Pete Prown

Who is Pete Prown?

Pete Prown is a noted American guitarist, writer, and music journalist. He writes extensively about guitar music and its history. Prown released a surf-rock guitar album in 2009 called "Guitar Safari" by Sir Clive & the Raging Cartographers and, in 2011, Guitar Garden III.

From 1993 to 1998 Prown was the editor in chief of the international magazine Guitar Shop, followed by his role as a Gear Editor to Vintage Guitar magazine. He is also the author of several rock-music reference and guitar-instructional books and CDs, such as:

Modal Riffs for Rock Guitar

Legends of Rock Guitar

Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends

Shred! The Ultimate Guide to Warp-Speed Guitar

Prown also writes Young Adult fiction, publishing Thimble Down in 2013. This is the first book in the Chronicles of Dorro series.

Prown has also written for Guitar Player, Guitar One, Guitar for the Practicing Musician, Car Stereo Review, Musician's Planet, InTune Monthly, Music Alive, Philadelphia Magazine, Aquascapes, as well as many others.