Do any of you still buy Guitarist?

guitarcookie1

I've just tried the iPad version, no internet connection here, and can view the videos fine.

SNAKEBITE

DLM said:

, though I've also been reading and buying the German magazine Gitarre & Bass, which is a bit like Guitarist, but with masses more text and covering a broader scope of music.

That'll be me buggered then I can't German and couldn't resort to just looking at the pictures.

Mark_R

uitarcookie1 said:I've just tried the iPad version, no internet connection here, and can view the videos fine.

Just re-installed app and restored past purchases and viola, it is all working now. 

Will give it a read to night now I know it is properly working!

DLM

SNAKEBITE said:

DLM said:

, though I've also been reading and buying the German magazine Gitarre & Bass, which is a bit like Guitarist, but with masses more text and covering a broader scope of music.

That'll be me buggered then I can't German and couldn't resort to just looking at the pictures.

Oh, there are still plenty of pictures. Just bags more text than Guitarist. And lots of ads, too. Which are rather skewed towards Warwick/Framus, who now own/distribute a stupidly large percentage of music brands over here.

JCA2550

Stopped about 18 months ago and can't say I miss it. For me it seemed to slip when they stopped issuing the cd.

kelvinburn

I've jus bought the anniversary edition and it really is poor. The survey section is pure filler. The reviews are comical too. Must do better.

Skipped

I would say most of it is filler (sadly). All of the recent features on the history of the Gibson Les Paul or the history of the Fender Stratocaster were predictable to the point that I was asking myself (seriously) what was the point of reading it?
But they would have been perfect in Readers Digest for someone who had arrived too early for their appointment at the dentist.

I don't know what the answer is. If you introduce anger and sarcasm to articles about Relicing, Dodgy Vintage Dealers, Historic Pickup covers on a £5000 guitar that are the wrong shape, etc etc etc etc etc etc, then I suppose the advertisers will get a bit nervous??

Norwegian_Blue

The Anniversary edition was the end for me too... cancelled this week. One of the realisations being (thanks to the survey) that the majority of readers have no interest in going out and playing live!

DeeTee

Guitarist is just no use to me.

Main feature: interview with current blues guitarist du jour, talking about their gear, why it's all vintage, and why the 1950s were the best time ever for guitar/amp design and nothing should ever change. Small mention of innovative technique that sounds exactly like every other blues standard you've ever heard. Either that or someone who hasn't made a decent record in twenty years.

Reviews: Fender standard, Gibson standard, Marshall standard. Occasional reissue. Handmade £3k guitar. Handwired amp made of stone and original 1950s valves for £2k. Small mention of a Squier strat. £200 overdrive as used by tedious blues player. £300 delay pedal.

Instructions on how to get either Van Halen's "Brown Sound", Page's tone, or whatever reliable staple they haven't covered for a couple of months.

There's very rarely anything on affordable gear I'm interested in, especially if it doesn't involve Fender or Gibson. It's the same stuff over and over again.

DeeTee

And if I read one more thing about Stevie Ray fucking Vaughan, I'm going to start cutting people.

EricTheWeary

DeeTee;243076" said:

And if I read one more thing about Stevie Ray fucking Vaughan, I'm going to start cutting people.

isn't he on the cover of Guitar Techniques this month?


[Hides sharp objects]

DeeTee

Well, thank god he's finally getting some recognition, eh?

57Deluxe

...just adding a further point:

Just had an in-depth read of the Slide issue and was surprised to see so little in way of advice for selecting right guitar; string heights, amps; acoustic option; tuning variants and consequences/songs related.

What was there mostly came in the interview with Trucksie... there should have been much more related articles/tips etc... And no Seasick to be had anywhere!