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But i do like your descriptive thoughts on this, very much
Surprisingly exuberant and gushing review for an amplifier "engineered" in the UK opposite a full page advert for the very same amplifier company. What a coincidence.
That's partly profiteering. At the lowest, the pound fell 17% against the dollar.
The pound is now only about 11% down on what it was before the referendum, so why are these guitars still 20% (or more) more expensive?
There is a strong argument that the pound was overvalued before the referendum anyway. So not only is the fall in the pound not enough to explain the price rises, it would have fallen anyway:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/12065157/Pound-is-most-overvalued-currency-in-the-world-analysts-claim.html
That article is about 6 months before the referendum.
I'm sick to death of the emphasis of gear over playing (although I get the realpolitik), the egomania of the contributors (bit better in TGM; bloody horrible in Guitarist) and the whole 'Instagram lifestyle' side of it. And when did £2k become a ' not noteworthy' price for a guitar?
Maybe this is the endgame made inevitable by tech advance. Stick a fork in the industry: it's nearly done.
It probably is a good amp though.
I gave up on Guitarist years ago. I still get The Guitar Magazine, but I don't know if I'll keep getting it.
They are trying to do different things (like the offset issue) but that doesn't always work. I don't like offsets.
I might unsubscribe and then get a free gift again to subscribe at the Guitar Show!
It’s not as easy as it seems
Quality and reach are possible, Guitar Player used to be brilliant in the 70's 80's 90's and at present Premiere Guitar do lots of cool stuff, I do "thumb" through their online version now and then.
I think it's also affected (as mentioned) by being part of a larger media conglomerate. Has you read a Time magazine lately, not worth wiping one's arse with. However, something like the Atlantic does the same thing Time used to but is dramatically better.
He had serious health issues before the magazine.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Do you feel that because I appeared in two editions of the magazine, it means that I’m exempt from an opinion and therefore personally can’t critique it’s current overall axis/target demographic?
Remember, this isn’t solely aimed at Guitar.
However, it is interesting where lines get blurred...for instance, as you mentioned the Private Collection features - these aren’t necessarily ‘private’ and have/do cover dealers (the latest edition, for instance). This is perhaps a different discussion - it could be said that being allowed a window into someone’s personal passion for collecting - which would normally *never* be on view - is somewhat removed from what practically amounts to an extended free advertisement for a shop/business.
Of course, no one publication can please everyone all of the time - and I think this thread is perhaps more about the state of the music industry, the impact of online publication vs. hard-copy, etc.
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