| Periodical Title | Guitar World |
| Publisher | Stanley R. Harris |
| Publishing Director | Dennis S. Page |
| Associate Publisher | Greg Di Benedetto |
| Editor in Chief | Joe Bosso |
| Managing Editor | Harold Steinblatt |
| Associate Editor | Brad Tolinski |
| Editor-At-Large | Dan Forte, John Peden |
| Senior Writer | Richard J. Grula, Joe Lalania |
| Music Editor | Jimmy Brown (2), Dave Whitehill |
| Associate Designer | Michael Chatham |
| 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 |
| Editorial Intern | Doug Edwards |
| Contributing Photographer | Larry DiMarzio, Glen La Ferman, Pete Kuhns, Aldo Mauro, Jonnie Miles, Ebet Roberts, Lorinda Sullivan, Ann Summa, Neil Zlozower |
| Illustrator | Mark Marek, Jim Ryan, Jeff Wong (2) |
| Production Director/Manager | Roy Mosny |
| Marketing Director | Richard Fogel |
| Sales Manager | Richard Ciotta, Jonathan Rheingold |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Robert Dye, Bob Beucler |
| Director of Retail Sales | Ed Levy |
| About/Subject | Guitar, Nuno Bettencourt, Reb Beach, Richie Kotzen, Mr. Big, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Metal Church, Forced Entry |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Cover Date | 1990-05 |
| Barcode | 02717296 |
