| Senior Editor/Director | Brad Angle, Richard Bienstock |
| Music Editor | Jimmy Brown (2), Matt Scharfglass |
| Publisher | Greg Di Benedetto, Future Network USA, Future US, Inc. |
| 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 |
| Managing Editor | Jeff Kitts |
| Contributing Editor | Terry Buddingh |
| Editor in Chief | Brad Tolinski |
| Periodical Title | Guitar World |
| Associate Editor | Nick Bowcott, Alan di Perna |
| Technical Editor | Paul Riario |
| Executive Editor | Christopher Scapelliti |
| 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 |