Tom Wheeler

richardhomer · February 2018

Learned today that Tom Wheeler - long time editor of Guitar Player during its heyday and writer of many famous guitar books - has passed away aged 70.

Not a household name - but someone I’m sure many of us have learned at lot from. He took guitar journalism very seriously and really raised the bar.

RIP.

Jimbro66 · February 2018

Really sorry to hear that. His books and mag articles have been a treasure trove of guitar related info over the years. He'll be missed.

equalsql · February 2018

Sad news. I devoured Guitar Player magazine in my youth and Tom Wheeler's editorial and articles on that mag were excellent. So good that I've still got most of the issues that I purchased back then tucked away in my loft.

guitars4you · February 2018

just coincident that I was reading the new OP @HarrySeven started regarding Guitarist magazine - At the same time I just got an e-mail update from www.premierguitar.com and noticed Tom Wheeler had recently died

- https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/26987-remembering-tom-wheeler?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PGN - 021318&utm_term=PG Weekly

many will know him for some excellent books he wrote on the guitar history and I recall him as editor for Guitar Player in the 80's

Maybe there was some mystic with the USA mags and market place back then compared to our own mags, but I always looked forward to reading them - I still have shed loads of them and have debated selling them - Yet part says I should re-read some again - Fun finding out about products we never saw over here back then - World is now so much smaller so many such items are now available over here in one guise or another

I know this could/should go in 'tributes' but as it is relevant to the Guitarist magazine OP then thought it should stay amongst the guitar page !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

guitars4you · February 2018

just seen that and posted a similar blog in guitars section about it

Jalapeno · February 2018

MODS: merged

ICBM · February 2018

RIP

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’The Guitar Book’ was my ‘bible’ as a teenage guitar obsessive, and although some of the information in it is a little dated now it’s still a worthwhile read.

He had a knack of writing in an accessible style without dumbing things down too far.

57Deluxe · February 2018

Yeah, read a few of his books. Sad loss of a valuable knowledge base there for us all.

thermionic · March 2018

ICBM said:

RIP .

’The Guitar Book’ was my ‘bible’ as a teenage guitar obsessive, and although some of the information in it is a little dated now it’s still a worthwhile read.

Same. I bought mine in WHSmiths in London at the same time I spent the money I’d got for doing well in my O-levels on a Vantage Spirit (LP style). Still like picking it up now.

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