Arteconciencias: Wolfgang Van Halen looks back on his mammoth year: “I’m not a guitarist of the year

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January 4, 2023

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Editor's Note

A word from two of rock's most exciting guitarists...

There were two covers of Guitar World's January 2023 issue – one featuring Wolfgang Van Halen and another featuring Nita Strauss.

Both of these young players made a huge impact in 2022, but, on top of that, both are also poised to influence guitardom for many, many years to come.

Just don't mention that to the two of them.

Strauss tells Guitar World, "At the end of the day, if I’m in the conversation, I’m happy," while Wolfgang nonchalantly tells us, “I’m not a guitarist of the year – I’m just a dude.”

With the former's electrifying solo work (not to mention her inspiring, high-profile six-string performances with pop superstar Demi Lovato) and the latter's already-huge Mammoth WVH project, we respectfully think that these two are underselling themselves a bit...

Read our newly-published chats with each of them below.

Jackson Maxwell – Associate Editor, guitarworld.com

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