| Publishing Director | Dennis S. Page |
| Music Editor | Dave Whitehill, John Cerullo |
| Publisher | Stanley R. Harris |
| Typography by | 21st Century Music Productions |
| Illustrator | Chuck Dahmer, Mark Marek, Jim Ryan, Jeff Wong (2) |
| Editorial Intern | Joel Hurwitz |
| Production Director/Manager | Roy Mosny |
| Senior Writer | Dan Daley, Richard J. Grula, Joe Lalania |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Bob Beucler, Robert Dye |
| Contributing Editor | Phil Bader, Reb Beach, Adrian Belew, Pat Buchanan, Cesar Diaz, Elliot Easton, Robben Ford, Frank Gambale, Billy Gibbons, Bob Grossweiner, George Gruhn, Stuart Hamm, Joel Hurwitz, Lenny Kaye, David Lawrence, Jim Macine, Perry Margouleff, Bill Nitopi, Les Paul, Robert Quine, Gene Santoro, Joe Satriani, Bud Scoppa, Steve Stevens, John Suhr, John Swenson, Matt Umanov, Pete Welding |
| Contributing Photographer | Glen La Ferman, Pete Kuhns, John Livzey, Aldo Mauro, Jonnie Miles, Ebet Roberts, Ann Summa, Neil Zlozower |
| Design Manager/Supervisor | Jesse Reyes |
| Editor in Chief | Joe Bosso |
| Periodical Title | Guitar World |
| Associate Publisher | Greg Di Benedetto |
| Associate Editor | Brad Tolinski |
| Sales Manager | Richard Ciotta, Lisa Catanzaro |
| About/Subject | Guitar, Steve Stevens, George Lynch, Billy Duffy, Anthrax, Exodus, M.O.D., Testament, Richie Sambora, Steve Howe, Adrian Belew, Great White, Henry Kaiser |
| Marketing Director | Richard Fogel |
| Editor-At-Large | Dan Forte, Peter Mengaziol, John Peden |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Cover Date | 1989-10 |
| Barcode | 02717296 |
