https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:48:53 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-66116 Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:09:21 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion hobsonator https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-66116 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-65179 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:58:13 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Tucker https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-65179 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-65176 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:49:27 +0000
I have been really considering a guitar mag subscription. And I play acoustic pretty much exclusively. I noticed recently that my guitar teacher has no magazines on his table for acoustic guitars (Even though he plays in an acoustic band). So I was wondering if there's a good one out there?

Some of the above people mentioned "Acoustic Guitar" and "Guitar World Acoustic", but no one seemed terribly thrilled with them.

Any advice/clarification?]]> Guitar Players Discussion Matthew https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-65176 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64753 Sun, 08 Aug 2004 20:58:17 +0000 Then in February of 1995 they change the name to Guitar One(or at least I think they did)still covering a wide range of music including current Artist.

The only thing that bugs me about this magazine is that in the past ten years some songs tabs have been redone as many as four times.
And I also believe that they have shifted more towards Metal.
It is however the only Guitar magazine that I currently still subscribe to, and I do still have almost every issue. back to Dec 1986.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Tokai 12 String https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64753 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64654 Sat, 07 Aug 2004 00:54:41 +0000 usually its a choice betweem Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques and Guitar World Acoustic.

Total Guitar - great magazine, mostly pop/rock type songs, but does branch out occassionally.

Guitar Techniques - where i go for some jazz, blues and classic standards and exercises. usually on buy it every few months because it takes me alot longer than a month to play through everything in an issue.

btw - Alan, the current editor has just quit this month to go freelance, so maybe it'll get back to the standard you remember ?

Guitar World Acoustic - its good, but i only get it if it has really great content. mostly i stand in the shop and read it and copy down strumming patterns/chords for songs :p

birthday's coming up next week, so i might ask for a subscription to one of the above.


one the topic of gear reviews, there was a question like this in TG a few months ago. their answer went something like - "we only review stuff we think are worthy of people spending money on"]]> Guitar Players Discussion mordeth https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64654 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64647 Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:55:18 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Steve-0 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64647 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64645 Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:28:36 +0000
Magazines try to keep some separation between editorial and advertising, but they're still in a business supported by advertising. I don't think anyone fluffs up reviews, but the publisher will likely axe bad ones from big subscribers, so you won't see them in print. In my opinion, the best idea you'll get of how gear performs is by surfing user reviews on the web.]]> Guitar Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64645 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64644 Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:11:00 +0000
Compared to the computer and gaming mags that do side-by-side comparisons with both pros and cons, the music mags are not dependable.

-Laz I agree completely, most reviews in music magazines are basically worthless. I subscribe to guitar one and I rarely even bother to look at the instrument reviews because they are all praise. I wonder if the companies pay the magazines to publish reviews on their products. I've noticed that the Musician's Friend reviews are the worst I've ever seen. Every item they review is perfect.]]> Guitar Players Discussion kc13088 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/paged/2/#post-64644 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/#post-64637 Fri, 06 Aug 2004 20:48:36 +0000
August 2003 -- Metallica
September -- Couldn't find it
October -- Nirvana
November -- Velvet Revolver
December -- Korn, Hatebred and 10 Metal Bands
January -- Couldn't find it
February -- Zakk Wylde and Dimebag Darrell
March -- 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time, with Dimebag Darrell on the cover
April -- Page & Perry
May -- The White Stripes
June -- Metallica
July -- Zakk Wylde
August -- Edward Van Halen
Sept -- Ozzfest/Judas Priest
Oct -- Trey Anastasio (Phish)

I guess I would not consider Nirvana, Page (didn't he "invent" metal?) and Perry, The White Stripes and Phish to be heavy metal or even metal but the rest are pretty much in that vein IMHO. Also, the mix of song transcriptions is heavily tilted toward metal and hard rock. Nothing wrong with that but not my favorite. So 9 out of 13 have metal cover stories. You be the judge.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Jim_V https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/#post-64637 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/#post-64636 Fri, 06 Aug 2004 20:39:26 +0000
I thought that a fairly lame marketing gimmick... four different covers (one for each Beatle), with four different song transcriptions, depending on which cover you bought. The pitch is to 'collect them all', but at $5.99 per copy, I think I'll pass - that's an awful lot to ask for one additional song! They would have been better off doing an 'extra' edition, which they seem to do a lot (Blues Masters, How to Jam, etc.)

In spite of the bad marketing strategies, the magazine has improved a lot - I used to subscribe to it in the 80s, but the quality went downhill. Now I find I've bought it three months of the last four, so I'll probably subscribe again. Actually the only one in the store, but fortunately it was the Lennon issue!]]> Guitar Players Discussion Musenfreund https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/guitar-magazines/#post-64636