| Publishing Director | Dennis S. Page |
| Music Editor | Jimmy Brown (2), Dave Whitehill |
| Publisher | Stanley R. Harris |
| Illustrator | Mark Marek, Jim Ryan, Jeff Wong (2) |
| Editorial Intern | Doug Edwards |
| Production Director/Manager | Roy Mosny |
| Senior Writer | Richard J. Grula, Joe Lalania |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Robert Dye, Bob Beucler |
| Managing Editor | Harold Steinblatt |
| Contributing Editor | Grant Alden, Reb Beach, Adrian Belew, Vito Bratta, Cesar Diaz, Alan di Perna, Elliot Easton, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Gilbert, Stuart Hamm, Frank Hannon, Scott Henderson, Ritchie Kotzen, David Lawrence, Jim Macine, Les Paul, Gene Santoro, Joe Satriani, Alex Skolnick, Bud Scoppa, Steve Stevens, Ed Strelecky, John Suhr, Matt Umanov, Doug Edwards |
| Associate Designer | Michael Chatham |
| Contributing Photographer | Larry DiMarzio, Glen La Ferman, Pete Kuhns, Aldo Mauro, Jonnie Miles, Ebet Roberts, Lorinda Sullivan, Ann Summa, Neil Zlozower |
| Editor in Chief | Joe Bosso |
| Periodical Title | Guitar World |
| Associate Publisher | Greg Di Benedetto |
| Associate Editor | Brad Tolinski |
| Director of Retail Sales | Ed Levy |
| Sales Manager | Richard Ciotta, Jonathan Rheingold |
| About/Subject | Guitar, Nuno Bettencourt, Reb Beach, Richie Kotzen, Mr. Big, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Metal Church, Forced Entry |
| Marketing Director | Richard Fogel |
| Editor-At-Large | Dan Forte, John Peden |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Cover Date | 1990-05 |
| Barcode | 02717296 |
