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I said maybe.....
Before International Musician there was Nothing.
No. I am fibbing. There was Beat Instrumental. But International Musician changed the game.
Next time you see the owner of the Daily Express (Richard Desmond) being attacked for his er......top shelf publications.....I want you to remember that the young Richard Desmond had an idea for a music magazine that would fill a huge gap in the maket. And he then brought us the very first edition of International Musician. I think I still have the free Fender Picks sealed in the plastic somewhere.
It is hard for many to imagine how little information there was before we shared knowledge online. Beat Instrumental was a special order from WH Smiths. I would pop in once a month to pick it up. And one month the guy looked up at me and said: "This might interest you. International Musician." And then......I saw the Fender Medium Picks........stuck to the cover......
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Beat Instrumental did a few gear reviews of Marshalls or whatever but it read like something your Grandma might have pitched to Readers Digest.
I said maybe.....
Music UK! You may be right Mark.
Still can't find it on Google.
I think, somewhere, I have a copy I kept for a review of the Sessionette 75 which I subsequently bought. It was probably a toss-up between that and an Alligator.
The articals all seemed relevent to what I was doing or wanted to do. Even the stuff about other lesser instruments like drums and keyboards were interesting. And reviews on PA equipment by technically qualified unbiased people. They did a big supplement about sundry venues in the UK with contact details, addresses, capacities, stage size, power availability and also garage/service stations with late night or even the rare 24 hour fuel stops and cafes. In the back a directory of services for PA/Lighting/transport and local music shops for urgent supplies. It was not totally comprehensive but at the time it was the best available (I got mine bound so it could survive the rigours of the road). In pre interwebs days it was just about the bible. Interviews with both current and established guitarists was the norm and there would be tracks in several styles to improve your playing skills.
I must admit the depth of knowledge available in the internet is much greater but you have to wade through a lot of crap to get to the meat.
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I don't know about the connections between those different amp companies, but another name I'm remembering from those days is Burman - I think they were valve amps, though, not transistor models?
I still have my Sessionette 75, it gave up the ghost a long time ago but it's probably something that could be repaired.