| Senior Editor/Director | Harold Steinblatt, Andy Aledort, Tom Beaujour |
| Music Editor | Jimmy Brown (2) |
| Publisher | Stanley R. Harris, Future Network USA, Future Network PLC |
| Contributing Writer | Rich Bienstock, Matt Bruck, Gary Graff, Kirk Hammett, Dominic Hilton, Joe Lalaina, Tom Morello, John Petrucci, Tony Rombola, James Rotondi |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Robert Dye |
| Managing Editor | Jeff Kitts |
| Contributing Editor | Nick Bowcott, J.D. Considine, Meredith Ochs, Dimebag Darrell |
| Editor in Chief | Brad Tolinski |
| Art Director/Editor | Evan Gubernick |
| Periodical Title | Guitar World |
| Associate Publisher | Greg Di Benedetto |
| Associate Editor | Alan di Perna, Vic Garbarini, Askold Buk, Alan Paul |
| Technical Editor | Paul Riario |
| Executive Editor | Christopher Scapelliti |
| Publishing Manager | Dennis S. Page |
| About/Subject | Korn, The Offspring, Disturbed, The Beatles, Marilyn Manson, The Doors, Linkin Park, Cat Stevens, Papa Roach, George Harrison, Matchbox Twenty, Geddy Lee, Allen Woody, Al Di Meola, Yngwie Malmsteen |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | USA |
| Cover Date | 2001-01 |
| Pages / Font | 214 pages |
| Barcode | 0 09281 02135 3 |
| EAN 2 | 01> |
| Price | $4.95 |
| Price | 5.95 Canada |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Notes | This issue came with 2 different covers. This is The Beatles cover. |
