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Nudity.
But no naked photos of a Parker Fly, okay?
Other than that... I think I'm curing myself of playing guitar.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Practical projects, i.e. "lets make a ..."
Explanations on how to set up your guitar
Articles on why it is, geometry, etc
floppy plastic record stuck to the cover so you can hear samples using gramophone
How to bake a cheese wrap on your Marshall output stage
Reviews that don't just give 4 stars for everything
Secondhand market roundup - sort of a marketplace news page. What seems hot, what's not - this could be tied into a roundup of the crazies from eBay and Gumtree
Shop visits - secret shopper
Tone factory - how to nail the tone on a particular track (using real world gear)
Just a few ideas - I'd gladly edit the magazine if anyone would like me to. I haven't edited a mag since 2004 but I used to be rather good at it...
Does anybody read the free on-line iGuitar? I always think I'll read that on the toilet but the extension lead isn't long enough to get the PC in there...
I'll just be rehashing what other people have said in here (and what was said in the previous thread), but that's never stopped me before (plus arguably it's rather apt to have rehashed stuff in a thread about guitar magazines! ) ).
Good articles (like the one about fakes etc.)- the kind of articles that most guitar players might find interesting as they're not really genre-specific.
A DIY section and/or information about technical stuff (like pickups, say, or wiring mods, etc.)
Better reviews- I don't want gear to be unfairly criticised but a little more objectivity would be nice, too. If everything gets 4 stars, there's no point. Likewise, as I said, I don't want unwarranted criticism or nitpicking, but if it reads like an advert it's no use.
ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION OF "This guitar is so much better than what I learnt on!". I don't care. Times move on. Computer magazines don't give every current computer 5 stars on account of the fact that it's so much better than computers in 1983. You rate against what's currently available, not some arbitrary time period in the past.
No bias in favour of the "big guys" (like Fender and Gibson). I have nothing against them, and again I don't want them to be unfairly criticised (as lurching to the other, inverse snobbery, extreme is equally useless), but I've read a bunch of reviews which (paraphrased) basically said, "it's a Fender, buy it". That's no help.
If it doesn't come with a CD then some kind of appropriate reduction in cover price. If the going rate was ~£5.50 (or whatever) when you got a CD with it, it should be a bit less without one.
No refusing to review gear for almost arbitrary reasons (e.g. refusing to review copies like Tokais)- unless the things are genuinely illegal (like with counterfeits). if it's available off the shelf from legitimate guitar shops, it should be open to being reviewed, as it's an option for guitar players in the country.
Decent variety of gear from different pricepoints to be reviewed. Not all custom shop this issue, all beginner gear next one (though I realise that stuff being reviewed is dependent on what's being released). Also a decent range, from the big guys to smaller guys.
Maybe a rundown every issue on how to put together a rig for various styles of music with, say, 3 different budgets. Some of the mags used to do that (maybe it was a one-off special article) and that was good fun.
Maybe some decent lessons for different abilities.