Christopher Scapelliti
Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of GuitarPlayer.com and the former editor of Guitar Player, the world’s longest-running guitar magazine, founded in 1967. In his extensive career, he has authored in-depth interviews with such guitarists as Pete Townshend, Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren, and audio professionals including Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. He is the co-author of Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, a founding editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, and a former editor with Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and Maximum Guitar. Apart from guitars, he maintains a collection of more than 30 vintage analog synthesizers.
Latest articles by Christopher Scapelliti
Watch Steve Vai’s Insane “Teeth of the Hydra” Performance Video – You’ve Probably Never Seen Anything Like It
By Christopher Scapelliti, Rod Brakes published
Video Forever pushing guitar evolution forward, Vai remains at the forefront of technique and design.
“I Was Really Excited By the Prospect of Playing Hip-Hop Music Within the Context of a Punk Rock Band”: How Tom Morello Became the Whammy Pedal Wizard
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video Watch the Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist jam his unforgettable “Like a Stone” solo.
Watch Clarence White Demonstrate His Innovative B-Bender Telecaster in 1968
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video The newly recruited Byrds guitarist displays his virtuosity by successfully mimicking the sound a pedal steel.
Watch Looping Innovator Robert Fripp's 1979 Frippertronics TV Demonstration
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video Here's how the King Crimson guitarist made tape loops a thing decades ago.
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