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As a bit of a Holdsworth fanboy, I bought some old magazines which had some interviews with him in. If you look at the old magazines the level of technique and lessons given far surpass what's on offer these days. Maybe changing times and attitudes? Guitarists aren't necessarily interested in diminished sweep picked arpeggios as much these days?
Now it's some guy who strums a few chords in the latest band of the week. I'll buy the mag if the cover interests me, but only if im going on a train journey or coach trip etc. I find the magazine now, will only keep me amused for that length of time. Whereas back in the day it would be a once a month thing. Maybe forums and youtube have changed that?
I generally like his reviews - clearly in the quoted example, he didn't pull any punches - he told it like it is, in terms of Gibson's current quality. Perhaps the 'scores' are added later at editorial level? The suggestion of bias towards advertisers doesn't really convince me either - Gibson rarely advertise in Guitarist.
Some aspects of the magazine have improved. Simon 'Bradders' Bradley may have come across as a nice bloke but was neither a good player or writer. I would take any review written by him with a pitch of salt as I never considered him sufficiently discriminating to have an opinion I could respect.
The real issue is places like this. Does anyone writing for Guitarist have more knowledge about pick-ups than The Guitar Weasel, or ICBM with amps? The answer (IMHO) is 'no'. So why pay nearly £6.00 a month to read essentially the same old stuff, when you can interact FOC with experts on line?
Presentationally, I believe the magazine to be very good. Do I learn much from it, on the odd occasion I know buy a copy? No.
As I have said before, I doubt it will survive until the 35th anniversary issue. Which is a shame - but in all likelihood - an economic reality.
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Don't write "P90 growl" for the bazillionth time, just fucking tell me, is it like an early 50s P90 or one from the mid-50s on? Didn't know there was a difference? Why not? It's your JOB you useless wannabe-tabloid prick...
A random example I know, but they never get any more in-depth than explaining how a humbucker works, surely it's supposed to be aimed at guitarists, not just random readers in a dentist's waiting room?
* I'm actually not sure it was Guitarist, it could've been one of the other guitar mags, but I think it was Guitarist; even if not, I assume they all do something similar)
** That's paraphrased, obviously. Or it may have been "an interest in guitars is required", but it certainly wasn't required to have a degree in luthiery, or guitar playing/music, or electronics.
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* I'm actually not sure it was Guitarist, it could've been one of the other guitar mags, but I think it was Guitarist; even if not, I assume they all do something similar)
** That's paraphrased, obviously. Or it may have been "an interest in guitars is required", but it certainly wasn't required to have a degree in luthiery, or guitar playing/music, or electronics.
/\ I used to be in PR and had a division of Hewlett Packard Networking as a client. I had a good relationship with one of the Networking magazine's editors... One day we were all sitting round after a mind-numbingly boring presentation and got talking about stuff we would rather do if we could. He pipped in he wanted to work on a classic car mag by virtue that A) he was an editor already and he had a 1975 VW Golf... He now is a staff writer on a Classic car mag... or 'Classic Horse & Cart' as I call it...