| Periodical Title | Guitar World |
| Editor in Chief | Brad Tolinski |
| Managing Editor | Jeff Kitts |
| Executive Editor | Christopher Scapelliti |
| Senior Editor/Director | Brad Angle, Richard Bienstock |
| Technical Editor | Paul Riario |
| Associate Editor | Nick Bowcott, Alan di Perna |
| Contributing Writer | Michael Angelo Batio, Tom Beaujour, Joe Bosso, Matt Bruck, Dan Epstein, Ed Friedland, Paul Gilbert, Chris Gill, Kory Grow, Randy Harward, Philippe Herndon, Ihsahn, John Jorgenson, Vic Juris, Eric Kirkland, Richard Lloyd, Eric Peterson (2), Ben Shapiro, Jon Wiederhorn, Keith Wyatt |
| Contributing Editor | Terry Buddingh |
| Music Editor | Jimmy Brown (2), Matt Scharfglass |
| Publisher | Greg Di Benedetto, Future Network USA, Future US, Inc. |
| About/Subject | AC/DC, All That Remains, The Beatles, Ozzy Osbourne, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, David Gilmour, Angus Young, Richard Wright (4), Oasis, The Black Dahlia Murder, Daron Malakian, Deftones |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | USA |
| Cover Date | 2009-01 |
| Pages / Font | 186 pages |
| Barcode | 0 70989 38752 2 |
| EAN 2 | 01> |
| Price | $7.99US |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| ISSN | 1045-6295 |
