Californiaman Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I'm getting ready to subscribe to my favorite guitar magazine again. Last time they gave me a great deal on a three year subscription. Please Vote. Which guitar magazine do you currently receive or which magazine would you most likely subscribe to?
DamienAzrael Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I've been a Guitar World subscriber for years.
Duende Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I think in Barnes and Noble (?) you can get Guitar Techniques in the States. It is hands down the best and most varied guitar magazine packed with music,tab of all styles and killer backing tracks. Matt
Mr. Robot Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 Good question Californiaman. On recent form, Guitarist would be my pick of these. They also have an Australian edition. Their recent equipment reviews have been very handy and lets not forget their articles on the Les Paul and the 335. Recently, I have also got into Vintage Guitar Magazine. I am a long-term Guitar Player person, but I have found that it is a bit dry these days. Like everything else, go on current form. I think it is good to be prepared to change your subscription - because magazines do get stale and start to take you for granted.
DamienAzrael Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I think what happened to Guitar for the Practicing Musician is it folded. Future Networks (Which owns Guitar Wolrd mag) bought a spin-off (Guitar One, which also folded) and through this aqusition, got the right to the GFTPM domain name (Guitarmag.com)
dem00n Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I got guitar world...i want a mag thats has all guitar/amps and equiment reviews and nothing else.
ninety1vee Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I got guitar world...i want a mag thats has all guitar/amps and equiment reviews and nothing else. you don't read the lessons? that's the main reason i have a subscription to guitarworld, i love andy aledort's lessons and all the great columns in which they highlight different techniques every month
dem00n Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 you don't read the lessons? that's the main reason i have a subscription to guitarworld' date=' i love andy aledort's lessons and all the great columns in which they highlight different techniques every month[/quote'] I do...i loved how they did the The Top 25 cult guitarists...i learned alot from some of my fav guitarists.
FirstMeasure Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 The best ones been gine for about ten years or more - Guitar (For the Practicing Musician). Now I get Guitar Player and Acoustic Guitar. Acoustic Guitar is really good.
TinFish Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 Actually I used to get Guitar World every month about 10 - 15 years ago. Ever since that whole world wide web took over I haven't really felt the need to collect them anymore. I still have all of them(probably about a fifty) from the mid - late 90's in a box somewhere. Like someone else mentioned I mainly used them to find about new gear and read reviews.
retrosurfer1959 Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 Fretboard Journal is another very good magazine mostly acoustic based though.
saturn Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I remember GFTPM too. It was very good in the 80s. I had a stack of them and Guitar Worlds from the 80s and early 90s and my wife threw them out while "cleaning" sometime around 1993. She still didn't get it when I told her of all the knowledge she just threw out :o I still like Guitar World best. I've subscribed off and on and occasionally buy one off the shelf.
RichCI Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 My favorite is ToneQuest Report. It's a pretty expensive subscription but, like Consumer Reports, they don't accept any advertising which leaves them to write about anything they want to write about and express whatever opinion they have without worrying about offending advertisers. However, they've admitted that they really only write about the really good stuff they check out and, if something didn't thrill them, they simply exclude it. What I like about it is the very indepth articles about new and old gear and artists that you don't typically hear about in the mainstream guitar mags. My only criticisms are that sometimes the prose gets a little corny (but is still relevant to their articles) and that a lot of the gear they write about tends to be very top shelf (read: expensive) but they still give kudos to less expensive stuff like the Blues Junior and Danelectro 12 string. Sample articles (PDF) I highly recommend "The Welder" from Sept. 2006 which is an interview with Neil Young's tech. As for mainstream magazines, I like Guitar Player a lot. Their gear reviews seem to be pretty fair even if they sometimes try to be too cool by using cliche terms like "creamy" and some curse words (I'm no prude and enjoy cussing as much as anyone, but if you're writing an article about an amp, do you really need to cuss?).
RichCI Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 Just looked at the poll and noticed that Guitar World has the most votes. Personally, I find that one to be the worst of them all; it comes off as more of a fanzine like Tiger Beat or whatever than anything else. Vintage Guitar is another favorite of mine; I really like the large format.
Riffster Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I suscribe to 3 of them, Guitar World, Guitar Player and Vintage Guitar. Lately Guitar Player leaves me cold, too much Brad Paisley. Guitar World has too much newer metal but I do enjoy about half their issues. Vintage Guitar magazine is good reading and learning about gear.
ksdaddy Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I've been reading Guitar Player since 1976. I miss the old days. The past few years it's been nothing but a buyer's guide with a couple interviews grudgingly wedged in there. I miss the old columns with George Gruhn, Bob Baxter, Tommy Tedesco, Craig Anderton, etc. In high school I could lug the current issue around for a week before I felt I had read everything (ads and all). Now when it comes in the mail it goes on the back of the toilet and barely lasts through one library session. Either I'm reading a lot faster or the magazine has lost its relevance. *sigh* I feel old. And it's freakin' sad when I find myself pining for the SEVENTIES. I still subscribe to Guitar Player but it's mainly because they practically GIVE it away when you buy 3 years worth. Of course I get Musician's Friend, Carvin, and other catalogs free, so it's not much of a stretch for GP to be free also, since it's basically a catalog.
djroge1 Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I've been reading Guitar Player since 1976. I miss the old days. The past few years it's been nothing but a buyer's guide with a couple interviews grudgingly wedged in there. I miss the old columns with George Gruhn' date=' Bob Baxter, Tommy Tedesco, Craig Anderton, etc. In high school I could lug the current issue around for a week before I felt I had read everything (ads and all). Now when it comes in the mail it goes on the back of the toilet and barely lasts through one library session. Either I'm reading a lot faster or the magazine has lost its relevance. *sigh* I feel old. And it's freakin' sad when I find myself pining for the SEVENTIES. I still subscribe to Guitar Player but it's mainly because they practically GIVE it away when you buy 3 years worth. Of course I get Musician's Friend, Carvin, and other catalogs free, so it's not much of a stretch for GP to be free also, since it's basically a catalog.[/quote'] I have to agree with you about GP - This is the only one I subscribe to right now and I too miss the old days of the mag. There are soooo many adverts now it's pathetic, but somebody has to pay their salary. I have recently been enjoying the question/answer by Gerald Weber. I like how he explained how to make a loop box recently.
Californiaman Posted April 20, 2009 Author Posted April 20, 2009 My favorite is ToneQuest Report. It's a pretty expensive subscription but' date=' like Consumer Reports, they don't accept any advertising which leaves them to write about anything they want to write about and express whatever opinion they have without worrying about offending advertisers. However, they've admitted that they really only write about the really good stuff they check out and, if something didn't thrill them, they simply exclude it. What I like about it is the very indepth articles about new [i']and old[/i] gear and artists that you don't typically hear about in the mainstream guitar mags. My only criticisms are that sometimes the prose gets a little corny (but is still relevant to their articles) and that a lot of the gear they write about tends to be very top shelf (read: expensive) but they still give kudos to less expensive stuff like the Blues Junior and Danelectro 12 string. Sample articles (PDF) I highly recommend "The Welder" from Sept. 2006 which is an interview with Neil Young's tech. As for mainstream magazines, I like Guitar Player a lot. Their gear reviews seem to be pretty fair even if they sometimes try to be too cool by using cliche terms like "creamy" and some curse words (I'm no prude and enjoy cussing as much as anyone, but if you're writing an article about an amp, do you really need to cuss?). Yes, I've seen this before. Tone Quest is a quality more Consumer Reports style magazine.
ocdman Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 I subscribe to 3 of them. Guitar World, Guitar Player and Premier Guitar.
elantric Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 http://www.tonequest.com/ ToneQuest Report Has the best Info you can use.
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