| 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 | Andy Aledort, Nick Bowcott, Alan di Perna |
| Contributing Writer | Michael Angelo Batio, Tom Beaujour, Joe Bosso, Matt Bruck, Jerry Donahue, 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 | Metallica, Children Of Bodom, Michael Jackson, Kiss, Kansas, Guns N’ Roses, Ron Thal, Ritchie Blackmore, Van Halen, Alex Skolnick, Alexi Laiho |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | USA |
| Cover Date | 2009-02 |
| Pages / Font | 178 pages |
| Barcode | 0 70989 38752 2 |
| EAN 2 | 02> |
| Price | $7.99US |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| ISSN | 1045-6295 |
| Notes | This issue came in 4 different covers: 1. Eddie Van Halen with Frankenstrat guitar 2. Eddie Van Halen with sunburst guitar 3. Eddie Van Halen with cream/white guitar 4. Eddie Van Halen with black guitar (this version) |
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