Guitar Player Magazine Spotlight Columns

1982
August(Varney's first column) - Pete Zizzo, Pete Fine, Glenn Michael Phillips
September - Scott Henderson, Bernie Pearl, Mark Lewis
November - David T. Chastain, Rich Lasner, John Roth
December - Bill Sheehan, Joseph LoDuca, John Juback

1983
January - Gary "Speedy" West, Jr, Steve Lynch, John Grant
February (Missing)
March - Stephanie Pitsas, Michael Jon Dowdle, Jon Scott
April - Steve Gillman, Grant Gittins, "Atomik" Tommy McClendon
May (Missing)
June (No Column)
July - Craig Yerkes, Michael Andre Fath, Burk Price
August - Mark Norton, Neville Pearson, Russ Olsen
September - Nancy Wenstrom, Beto Lovato, JOhn Berenzy
October - Lonnie Fraley, Dave Creamer, Mark Adams
November - David Iannuzzo, Garth Webber, Wayne Cupo
December - Craig E. Wallace, Daniel Graper, Peter C. Xifaras

1984
January - Melanie Davis Johnson, Mark Maxwell, Pat Thomi
February - Paul Hanson, Mike Reilly, Jennifer Batton
March - Jose P. Beledo, Stephen Paul Bernd, John Stanfield
April - Chris Hattingh, Kuni Takeuchi, Greg Ross
May - Mary Hazell, Carl Menk, Tim La Fik
June - (No Column)
July - Ronnie Crooks, Bart Samolis, Dino Alden
August - (Missing)
September - Carl Filipiak, James Claudill, Tom Kubiniec
October - T Lister Coleman, Ramzi Mikhail, Paul Johnson
November - Mojo Collins, Anthony Glise, Vaan Shaw
December - (No Column)

1985
January - Michael J. Corbin, Andrew Hardin, Vinnie Moore
February - (No Column)
March - (No Column)
April - Ray Matuzza, Lanny Cordola, Craig Collins Turner
May - Robin Johnston, Michael Nicholas Sciuto, Joe Cosentini
June - Jimmy Finley, Rusty Anderson, Warren Harris
July - Vito Lafata, Jr., Mickey Illardi, Brett Garsed
August - Jerry Wayne Rosner, Beaver Felton, Tony MacAlpine
September - (Missing)
October - Jorge Barnet, Michael Ricketts, Michael Daly
November - (Missing)
December - (Missing)

1986
January - Robert Baglione, Richard Addison, Roger Kaapa
February - (Missing)
March - Paul Anderson, Rob Cazin, Alfred Garcia
April - (Missing)
May - (Missing)
June - John Mizenko, David Crigger
July - (Missing)
August - (Missing)
September - (Missing)
October - (Missing)
November - (Missing)
December - Shawn Lane, Kinley Wolfe, James Marrino

1987
January - (Missing)
February - (Missing)
March - (Missing)
April - (Missing)
May - (Missing)
June - Mark Stefani, Russ Parrish, Jeff Lauterbach
July - (Missing)
August - (No Column)
September - Todd Barth, Jeff Zona, Scott Heard
October - Steve Ouimette, Ernie Jackson, John Onder
November - Jon Michael Jacquemoud, Matthew Prudoehl, Sean O'Donnell
December - Kirwan Brown, Roger "Roy" Zer'imar, Brian Wendt

1988
January - John Mark Schilling, Greg Howe, Michael Bean
February - Brian Young, Emil Lech, Don Aaron Mixon
March - Gabriel Martinez, Fredrik Soegaard, Dave Allen
April - Adrian Davison, Larry Mitchell, Gary Szymik
May - Jim Miller, Johnathon Greil, Christian Arvan
June - Richie Kotzen, Craig Garfinkle, Dave Werchiwsky
July - (Missing)
August - Mike McAdoo, Tom Kozic, Spirro Chrisafis
September - Stephen Ross, Bill Berends, Joey Goldstein
October - Darren Householder, Jim Fiano, Vince Oglesby
November - John Monaco, Robert Orr, Mark Caviness
December - Mashi Hasu, Steve Garvy, Mark Swicegood

1989
January - Mads Eriksen, Michael Chapdelaine, Dave Beegle
February - Eric Fratzke, Nick Nolan, Scott King
March - Joe Gallant, Brent Barker, Mark Keller
April - Scott Van Zen, John De Servio, Patrick Ki
May - (No Column)
June - David Matela, Dave D'Angelico, John C. Hahn
July - Jeff Pletcher, T.J. Helmerich, Stephen Humphreys
August - Ron Thal, Jaye Foucher, Ronnie James
September - Bob Betlejewski, John McCracken, Colin Mandel
October - Neil Torjeson, Chris Bayman, Torry Beau Corte
November - Mario Parga, Brian Hughes, Peter Fischer
December - Mark Thomsen, Blake Eberhard, Gino Nave

1990
January - (No Column)
February - Paul Abbott, Dana deChaby, Shawn Clement
March - Kurt Steelreath, A.J. Dunning, Quint Starkie
April - Steve Wilde, Jon Evan, Patrick James Fling
May - (Missing)
June - (Missing)
July - Toshi G. Iseda, Tony Moyers, Willie Otis Lemons III
August - Steven Lee Thornhill, Scott Mishoe, Gil Parris
September - (Missing)
October - Jon Crosby, Jamie Lebish, Lee Hall
November - Jeff Lang, Kevin Chown, Rick Lawhorne
December - (Missing)

1991
January - (Missing)
February - (No Column)
March - (Missing)
April - (Missing)
May - David Celentano, Chris Schleyer, David Cooper Orton
June - (Missing)
July - (Missing)
August - (Missing)
September - (Missing)
October - (Missing)
November - (Missing)
December - (Missing)

1992
January - (Missing)
February - (No Column)
March - (Missing)
April - Colin Greenan, Joe Cefalu, Dan Marshall
May - (Missing)
June - (Missing)
July - (Missing)
August - (Missing)
September - (Missing)
October - (Missing)
November - (No Column)
December - (Missing)

1993
January - Scott Johnson, Barrett Tagliarino, Donald "Ray" Fuller
February - Tom Lippincott-Samargia(Demo of the month), Steve Johnson, Andy Marder
March - (Missing)
April - Colin Greenan, Joe Cefalu, Dan Marshall
May - (Missing)
June - (Missing)
July - (Missing)
August - (Missing)
September - (Missing)
October - (Missing)
November - (No Column)
December - (Missing)