Guitar
I just finished reading the interviews on rockcritics.com with various Guitar Player principals, including Jim Crockett, Tom Mulhern, Tom Wheeler, Joe Gore, Steven Rosen, James Rotondi and Michael Molenda, the current editor. I'd love to hear from Bud Eastman, the creator of the magazine back in 1967. But all of these men have something interesting to recount about their time working on the magazine. Each seems to have their own version of Guitar Player's so-called golden age, as is to be expected when reminiscences are on the menu.
I was surprised by the rancor shown in reader comments, if not a little from the commentators, towards Michael Molenda. Molenda defends himself by pointing to the increasing subscriptions and newsstand sales, and Guitar Player is navigating the choppy waters of the print magazine business admirably. But for some, something has been lost in Guitar Player's change of ownership to large corporations heavily focused on the bottom line and thus encouraging a low-risk editorial policy.
I still buy the magazine from time to time and I think that aside from some clearly commercial cover story choices (the Matthew Bellamy cover this month has inspired some criticism on GP's Facebook page) the content is still reasonably diversified and the writing and editing are still of high quality. To an extent, I don't really care who's on the cover - my favorite parts of the magazine are the fiddly bits in between the big articles - the lessons, the gear reviews, the spectacular (and sometimes spectacularly odd) advertisements. I can't imagine a time when I'll never pick up an issue.
- Esp Ltd Famous Monsters Vincent Price Limited Edition Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: Yes, I am a fan of Vincent Price's movies, but I don't think I really want a picture of him looking freaked out on my guitar though. However, for those who would like the now legendary horror actor emblazoned on their axe,...
- Greco Gob Ii 750, One Of The Best!
Well, it's time to do this one. I took this shot, quite a few years ago and was going to feature this truly great bass, some time ago... but. . I then had second thoughts. If I tell everyone how good they are, they will be harder...
- Flat Eric And Lars Mullen. . . . . . . .
Sometime last year, I was contacted by Lars Mullen, who amongst quite a few other things in the music world, is a journalist and a really great photographer, with a passion for his subject. He does the monthly feature in Guitar & Bass magazine....
- Print Version Of Sustain
I just received the print version of the 1st issue of new luthiery magazine Sustain that had the good idea to publish an interview of yours truly as-a-guitar-maker - you can order it or download it for free on the website of the Fellowship...
- Guitar Player Magazine.
The first issue that I ever bought of Guitar Player was this one, from 1982. The cover story was on John Entwistle's vintage guitar collection, and I could not have asked for a more enticing entree into the world of guitar journalism. I had been playing...
Guitar
Guitar Player magazine again.
I was surprised by the rancor shown in reader comments, if not a little from the commentators, towards Michael Molenda. Molenda defends himself by pointing to the increasing subscriptions and newsstand sales, and Guitar Player is navigating the choppy waters of the print magazine business admirably. But for some, something has been lost in Guitar Player's change of ownership to large corporations heavily focused on the bottom line and thus encouraging a low-risk editorial policy.
I still buy the magazine from time to time and I think that aside from some clearly commercial cover story choices (the Matthew Bellamy cover this month has inspired some criticism on GP's Facebook page) the content is still reasonably diversified and the writing and editing are still of high quality. To an extent, I don't really care who's on the cover - my favorite parts of the magazine are the fiddly bits in between the big articles - the lessons, the gear reviews, the spectacular (and sometimes spectacularly odd) advertisements. I can't imagine a time when I'll never pick up an issue.
- Esp Ltd Famous Monsters Vincent Price Limited Edition Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: Yes, I am a fan of Vincent Price's movies, but I don't think I really want a picture of him looking freaked out on my guitar though. However, for those who would like the now legendary horror actor emblazoned on their axe,...
- Greco Gob Ii 750, One Of The Best!
Well, it's time to do this one. I took this shot, quite a few years ago and was going to feature this truly great bass, some time ago... but. . I then had second thoughts. If I tell everyone how good they are, they will be harder...
- Flat Eric And Lars Mullen. . . . . . . .
Sometime last year, I was contacted by Lars Mullen, who amongst quite a few other things in the music world, is a journalist and a really great photographer, with a passion for his subject. He does the monthly feature in Guitar & Bass magazine....
- Print Version Of Sustain
I just received the print version of the 1st issue of new luthiery magazine Sustain that had the good idea to publish an interview of yours truly as-a-guitar-maker - you can order it or download it for free on the website of the Fellowship...
- Guitar Player Magazine.
The first issue that I ever bought of Guitar Player was this one, from 1982. The cover story was on John Entwistle's vintage guitar collection, and I could not have asked for a more enticing entree into the world of guitar journalism. I had been playing...