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Location: New Hampsha | I subscribe to Vintage Guitar (which I like and highly recommend), and Guitar World (which seems to be focusing on shred/metal and I'm not renewing).
What other guitar mags do you folks like or dislike and why? |
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Location: Utah | I've learned a lot from Guitar World in their lessons columns, but like you I am not renewing due to the focus on shred/metal. That will leave me without any guitar magazine subscriptions. |
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| I subscribed to Guitar Player in the late 70s and early 80s, but lost interest when popular music changed and I didn't. I was one of the initial subscribers to Acoustic Guitar, but I let it lapse and renew every now and then. I mostly read the ads. Guitar World has never caught my attention.
Just about anything I want to know or see about guitars and guitaring is instantly available on the internet. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I used to get several guitar magazines, now I just go to Borders or wherever and if there is an interesting article, I buy it. Same with other mags I used to get like for Motorcycles and Photography and Diving. One article of interest every few months is just not worth it. Sometimes better articles in magazines I wouldn't think of... Just easier to pick them up at a bookstore, walmart or wherever... I get most of my useful info online anyway from forums I belong to. |
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Location: New Hampsha | Miles,
You live in the big city. I have to walk 20 miles to work, uphill both ways, and I have more Guinea fowl than neighbors. (one of those statements is true BTW).
We don't get out much - a trip to Barnes and Noble is an event! Like grapes, I want any information to be peeled and delivered. |
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Location: SoCal | Fretboard Journal -- pure guitar porn! |
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| I've never bought a guitar magazine and now with the internet I doubt that I ever will. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I get all the p0rn I need right here!  |
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Location: East Tennessee | I subscribed to Acoustic Guitar for a while. Now like Miles, if I see an interesting article I'll pick one up. |
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| After looking over the offerings at a number of large bookstores and music stores, I have settled on Acoustic Guitar as the best of the lot for me.
I am a subscriber (and it is time to renew...again).
Of course, if you are not into acoustic guitar, then one of the others might be a little more interesting. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | None since the 80's.
Maybe every other year I'll get one or another mag to see if they've invented something new. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Fingerstyle Guitar magazine. Loads of great transcriptions and little else, AWESOME!
I don't want ads, and articles, I want music.
http://www.bassics.com/ |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Once a year, the current copy of just about every guitar magazine published, free, at NAMM. |
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Location: St Louis | Guitar Aficionado
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Location: Tampa Bay area, FL | I still read Guitar Player, and I like Premiere Guitar too. Guitar World is written for 14 year olds, and Guitar Aficionado tends to be for wealthy people who own guitars that real musicians can't afford. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | by Joe Rotax:
I've never bought a guitar magazine and now with the internet I doubt that I ever will. Amen! :cool: :p |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | VG and Flatpicking |
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Location: SoCal | There's a magazine called Flatpicking? Haven't seen that one. You got a link? |
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Location: Eugene, OR | http://www.flatpick.com |
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Location: Ontario Canada | Hello Mitzdawg,
I am reviving your post. Now that NAMM has come and gone I was wondering if anyone saw the magazine "Fingerstyle Guitar" at the show. I subscribed in Dec. last for 2 years and received confirmation from them but have not received a magazine as of yet. Thanks for any info.
Jim. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I think Dweezil said that was his favorite guitar magazine. |
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Location: Ontario Canada | Hello stephent28,
You are correct, that was what prompted me to subscribe to Fingerstyle Guitar. I was just wondering if there was any presence at NAMM.
Jim. |
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