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I use to like/prefer Guitar Magazine but can't really be bothered with it now it is on-line - I get update/messages for it and kind of 'flick' thru' it - But preferred it on the lounge table as read thru' it bit by bit over the month
I still have many many copies of Guitarist, Guitar Magazine and International Musician from the 70's 80's and 90's - But stopped collecting as to many copies and getting out of hand - Maybe in truth or should try and move them on to some one who would appreciate such a collection - Part of me say's do this as I don't really look at them now - But part of me say's keep them as they reflect part of me - Good job I don't need the space
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Same for me.
At around the same time, in addition to the usual Australian rags, I used to read the New Musical Express. For the first year or so of reading it I assumed that I simply wasn't understanding it properly 'coz a lot of it seemed to be complete shit. After a while I slowly started to understand that NME was, in fact, simply full of shit.
I won't be buying it again in a hurry. It hasn't changed, and they're still recycling the same topics and interviews that I've seen recycled several times already over the years. The names aren't the same, but the aspirational GAS-feeding and inane interview questions and answers are.
And we don't all play blues. Just sayin'...
1-6: doesn’t exist
7: avoid at all costs
8: people who are really into this thing might like it
9: good
10: great
I think some of it is that obviously manufacturers will provide the best setup and most perfect examples of guitars which flattens the curve somewhat (which means whenever a review mentions any kind of setup issue alarm bells ring) but also I imagine there’s a choice to just not review the bad stuff.
Even then I remember thinking it had been years since I'd bought a physical magazine and the format was looking very tired.
On the other hand they don’t do sponsored reviews as they are often accused of. I remember Nev saying someone had accused him of giving a Gibson top marks to please advertisers then pointed out that Gibson hadn’t advertised with them for ten years.
As someone mentioned above, it was just there on the rack at Tesco, so I chucked it in with the shopping.
It will likely be another 5 or 6 years before I do it again, barring being stuck in an airport...