Guitar World (1-year)

I've been a subscriber for some time now and I find this magazine to be a great bargain. This magazine/CD combo is a must for the electric guitarist. The only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is that there is too much emphasis on metal for my taste.

Is any one frustrated by the fact they paid good money to buy Guitar World magazine only to experience, in this case, the dreaded sense of Deja vu? Future Publishing is presenting as new, previously published articles again. I am referring to the trio of Pink Floyd articles that appeared in the Nov 2010 issue of GW. Wouldn't it piss you off to remember you read the same articles the previous year in another magazine. If you weren't aware, the illustration on pg47 was originally presented as the cover of last year's Classic Rock magazine Vol.139 2009 also by Future Publishing. Incidentally a better cover as it was in the form of Hi-def Lenticular cover! Let's see:

The title of the Article was changed from "Tear Down The Wall" to "Legends of The Wall"

Introductions, the same...

Credited to Glenn Povey, Illustrations by Magictorch, check

Bob Ezrin Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, representing Classic Rock now reworded/edited to represent GW especially the questions but the Erzin responses were repeated verbatim.

The title of the Kevin Murphy article was originally presented as "Behind the Wall", now reads Triumph of The Wall." Detailing Alan Parkers experience making the movie, the article was again recycled verbatim.

Classic Rock magazine went a step further and did a roundup w/ 21 different of rockstars Dio, Portnoy , Wakeman etc.and got them to share their favorite Pink Floyd experience. GW was too busy patting themselves on the back for lifting the first 3 articles.

First, while the articles were informative, they were more appropriate to and better presented in a magazine detailing the Rock Experience such as Rolling Stone, Spin or Classic Rock magazine. Actual guitar related content was minimal.

Second, I am certain the excuse will be related to country of origins, Classic Rock mag being more widely sold in Europe but if you can read english, have access to Barnes and Noble, Border Books etc. or even a computer you can buy CR Magazine anywhere in the USA. This is the very point of concern when Future Publishing bought out Guitar One and Guitar World. These 2 magazine coexisted for decades and still published original material alongside GFPM, Guitar School and Guitar Player. Why does Future Publishing have the right to repeatedly present year old material as current and original?

The magazines should conspicuously note re published articles and offer subscribers additional content or just offer original material!

apken

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I love "GUITAR WORLD"! For all those haters that gave it less than 5 stars, what do you want? THEY just started an AMAZING digital issue and have always set out to respect all styles of guitar playing. EVERY issue is a pleasure to read and they continue to bring in new and exciting articles every month. If a magazine ONLY wrote what YOU wanted it to, how would you be exposed to different styles and tastes. Guitar players are guitar players and WE ALL learn from each other.

ROCK ON GUITAR WORLD!

Jason

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I subscribe and I mostly like hearing about new metal music or seeing and reading about bands I like seeing what they got going on or reading stories about there experiences and that's pretty much what I look for with this magazine. I like reading the Readers mail and the readers art and the reader guitar players. I will agree with another poster they do repost articles but my memory is so bad that I most likely wouldn't catch it unless I had read the article previously. I only read what's interesting to me in the magazine so I don't always read it cover to cover sometimes I wait till the following month to read the readers mail and if they are raving about an article from the previous month and I haven't read it I will read it. I resubscribed for two more years

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This is the blackest magazine out there. The musicians all wear black. The tattos are black. The ads are black. And just for visual aesthetic, the blackness of the layout is offset by a bit of black on the opposing page.

If you are a teenage metal fan, this magazine is for you! But if your musical tastes veer outside of metal, you won't find much of interest here. Yeah, now and then you see the obligatory nod to SRV or Jimi, who we are told we should worship as gods. There are lotsa articles on old metal guitarists you wish would just go away, like Yngwie. But you will never ever see an article on Chet Atkins or Wes Montgomery. Maybe if they had more tattoos. . .

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