Members Mistrals60 Posted October 11, 2012 Members Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hey Folks, I'm a theory egghead that loves to lurk here and feed on the knowledge. I'm curious what magazines and/or websites eveyone subscribes to. And if you do, what do you like best and least about them? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted October 11, 2012 Members Share Posted October 11, 2012 I subscribe to Guitar Player and Vintage Guitar. I enjoy both, but Vintage Guitar is by far my favorite magazine. I'm not even a gearhead, but it has the best interviews, music reviews and gear reviews. It's just always a fun and interesting read. One page you've got some unknown studio guy, the next page and article about a 70 year old bluegrass legend, the next page an up-and-coming fusion guy. Plus, they have really interesting articles about the guitar's history, like a recent issue's look at Gibson production changes during WW2 to help with the war effort. Tons of variety and great, professional writing. By far the best mag in the business, in my opinion. Not much in the way of lessons, it's not their focus, but high quality through and through. Guitar Player isn't as good, imho, but it's really cheap ($15/year if even that), and there's always something interesting. Some of the lesson columns are worth spending time with, and I like the variety of interviews. Some of the writing is a little annoying (mostly their editor-in-chief's silly, constant and over-the-top slang), but overall I like the magazine. As for websites, Harmony Central is the main one I go to (LL and EG sections mostly). I visit the Suhr forums pretty often, and the Joe Bonamassa and John Petrucci forums as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 12, 2012 Members Share Posted October 12, 2012 Least: The inevitable marketing premise. Don't subscribe anymore. Most: the smattering of good info and plethora of new gear leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members c+t in b Posted October 12, 2012 Members Share Posted October 12, 2012 The Daily Worker and The Watchtower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted October 12, 2012 Members Share Posted October 12, 2012 LOL c+t in b As far as print goes, I only do guitar player. They drop a nice nugget here and there and they do a wide variety of styles. I've done several others in the past, but I never keep them. Except for Guitar One...I saved all of them and have their whole catalog. Their soloing strategies column was fantastic...I use a bunch of them when I teach. Online I subscribe to Premier Guitar, and I check random youtube reviews for gear geeking. Theory wise, maybe jazzguitar.be but that's about it. I've gotten all of my theory from dedicated books, gigs, and other musicians. And of course here. If you want a great theory bump, just type jon r in the search bar and boom. No question, jon r is the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonR Posted October 12, 2012 Members Share Posted October 12, 2012 Websites:http://www.ibreathemusic.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1http://www.thegearpage.net/board/forumdisplay.php?f=30http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=27http://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/theory/http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/guitar-lessons/http://forum.emusictheory.com/list.php?5 - best for classical theory I visit all the above most days. I'm subscribed to the following but don't go there very often any more: http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34 - best for jazz theoryhttp://www.mudcat.org/ - folk music communityhttp://stefangrossmansguitarworkshop.yuku.com/forums/1http://www.wholenote.com/ Magazines: none.(Well, I do have a subscription to Mensa magazine, but I never read it - it's terribly boring - and am about to cancel it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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