Thatcher, the Berlin Wall, Starship…
But the eighties weren't all bad: in 1984 Guitarist was born.
Join us as we celebrate 25 glorious years of the magazine in our Special Anniversary Issue - and that means 25 years of great gear, players and albums too.
We've compiled the definitive 100 Greatest Guitar Things from the last quarter of a century into a packed issue. From the Marshall JMP-1 to Marty McFly in Back To The Future: everything that matters is here.
Meanwhile, our panel of experts review exactly what's been achieved in the world of guitar over the last 25 years - as well as what we might expect for the future.
That's all in addition to the usual feast of reviews and artist features: we chat to not one but two Steves: Vai and Hackett, while in reviews there's a soapbar electrics roundup plus Hughes & Kettner's feature-packed Coreblade head.
Guitarist magazine 25th Anniversary issue: on sale 24 November.
![Orianthi [left] wears a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses as she takes a solo on her signature PRS electric guitar; Michael Jackson wears mirrored shades and a gold bullet-belt as he performs at the half-time Super Bowl show in 1993.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tza9Zx5GwG6h38uSoxjLda-1280-80.jpg.webp)
“He was such a perfectionist, attention to detail, every part”: Orianthi on what she learned from Michael Jackson and how the King of Pop was so exacting he even directed her guitar tone
“I wanted to do it as if it was brand new”: Eric Clapton on his classic MTV Unplugged performance - which now features previously unseen footage
