Happy Birthday to us! Guitarist is celebrating 25 years of the best gear reviews, artist interviews and unbridled salivation over lovely guitar stuff. Open the sunburst box of wonders and prepare yourself for…

25 YEARS OF GUITARIST
We take a look at life for the guitar player in 1984, and ask… What's changed for the better, what's changed for the even better? Time for a visit from the ghosts of Guitar Past, Present and Future…

THE 100 GREATEST GUITAR THINGS
We argued, we sulked, we smashed up a Marlin Slammer in the car park, and we sat down again to compile our definitive take on the best 100 things that have happened to guitar players during Guitarist's 25-year reign. Will you agree?

STEVE VAI
He's been knocking great instrumental guitar albums for as long as this magazine has been on the shelves. What better time for a catch up, then?

STEVE HACKETT
The ex-Genesis man talks, nylon, shred, and breaking wine glasses. Can he still...ahem.. hack it?

THE BEST GEAR FIRST
The best new gear from Taylor, Schecter, PRS, Ibanez, Squier, Vintage, Normandy, Marshall, Hughes & Kettner, Line 6, MXR, Effectrode, Yamaha, Tascam Digidesign and many more!

ON THE CD
Hear the gear, see video demos of the Hughes & Kettner Coreblade and Line 6 M9, get an exclusive slide lesson from Sonny Landreth, and learn blues, rock, jazz, rhythm and acoustic guitar technique with our free CD

Guitarist 323 is on sale from 24 November, priced £5.50