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I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Just clicked the link and it took me to a page that said "Ariel Posen guitar great"
You must be a "Blues Master" by now then what with all those "blues you can use" "master the blues masters" & "bluest of the blues" soloing sections they have every month
He's obviously good at guitar and self promotion though........
Investors Chronicle
This England
Knitting Weekly
Start playing the guitar not reading about it
(says the man with a fretcount of 8000 )
The Fretboard.
A well chosen example, if you don't mind me saying so.
WhatCar? contributing writers get to have free goes in luxurious motor cars. They know that, if they write anything too derogatory in a review, the manufacturer will insist that a different writer reviews their products in future. (Older forumites may recall the young Jeremy Clarkson, slagging off the then new Vauxhall Vectra. Auntie Beeb had to grovel to get any more Vauxhall test drives after that.) Consequently, motor magazines tend to print reviews that are generally favourable except for the odd grumble about hard plastics in the cabin.
The same tends to be true with guitar magazine reviews. The reviewers can not get too blunt about the latest big name products for fear of losing advertisement revenue or future freebies.
One major trend in recent years has been the vast increase in the number female guitarists. There really ought to be a music gear magazine, written by women, for women, giving a feminine perspective. On that basis, Guitarist is already several years behind the times.
e.g. Pedal steels, weird old pickups, duessenberg levers, useful mods, reviews of second hand gear, much more about pickups, less about vintage Les Pauls and strats, more about top-notch acoustics, weissenborns, lap steels, humidity, packing, couriers, neck relief, whatever. A monthly walkthrough of common repairs/mods
Old s/h amps that don't appear in shops, lots of things that never appear in shops
Not technical performance exercises
Which is almost as often as a thread pops up bemoaning its contents....