Members Alan Roberts Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Anyone remember this magazine? How about "Guitar" which I think was what it later evolved into? I'm trying to find an online tab index for these mags. Anyone know of a resource? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I don't think they have an online library of all of their tabs. I know that there was a massive amount of Guitar Pro files going around for a couple of years though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members martyr40 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I do remember Guitar for the Practicing Musician and have many fond recollections associated with it. I can't help you with finding them anywhere though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 GFTPM is Guitar World now IIRC. It was a great magazine but had a lot of transcriptions and very few gear reviews and product shootouts. Today most people who buy guitar mags are interested in buying stuff not playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhorne Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 GFTPM is Guitar World now IIRC. Yep, more or less. It went from GFTPM to Guitar to being merged into Guitar One, then Guitar One ended up being owned by the same company as Guitar World and disappeared shortly after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seven58 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 One of my favorite mags. I remember the first one I bought. I still have them boxed up in the basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Yep, more or less. It went from GFTPM to Guitar to being merged into Guitar One, then Guitar One ended up being owned by the same company as Guitar World and disappeared shortly after. I went this route. I now have a subscription to Guitar World through no fault of my own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members etawful Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 The best similar magazine out now is Guitar Techniques from the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Yep, more or less. It went from GFTPM to Guitar to being merged into Guitar One, then Guitar One ended up being owned by the same company as Guitar World and disappeared shortly after. And now GuitarWorld and Guitarplayer are merging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 The first one I bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I actually got a bunch of those as packing material when I bought an RP150 from a guy last year. I was reading through them thinking "Damn, why isn't there a guitar magazine like this anymore? I'd actually pay for it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I always felt that that magazine was too much for aspiring musicians. The tabs/scores were too precise and overwhelming. It didn't help that the shred era was in full swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I always felt that that magazine was too much for aspiring musicians. The tabs/scores were too precise and overwhelming. It didn't help that the shred era was in full swing. It was always advanced stuff but the mag was for the "practicing musician" not the forum dwellers of today. A lot of us got a lot better by attempting those transcriptions:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Was my favorite mag when I started playing guitar. The tabs were by far the best I've ever seen. Whoever did those tabs was amazing. I still have a few issues lying around here and have tried finding an online archive of all their tabs but I have yet to find one. I know it has to be out there somewhere. Someone has to have an archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Was my favorite mag when I started playing guitar. The tabs were by far the best I've ever seen. Whoever did those tabs was amazing. I still have a few issues lying around here and have tried finding an online archive of all their tabs but I have yet to find one. I know it has to be out there somewhere. Someone has to have an archive. wolf marshall and jesse gress iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I have nearly every issue somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members straycat113 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I have close to a 1,000 issues in the basement on a table. Till this day my wife is trying to throw them out lol. Great thing is that if I hear a great song I have not heard in a few years I can go sift and more than likely will find the tab and off I go. etawful is dead on as Guitar Techniques from the U.K. is by far the best guitar magazine ever from a players stance. It is a bit pricy but one issue will keep most guys busy for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I loved Guitar One and Guitar Edge but unfortunately both went out of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 The first one I bought was this one and Guitar World both Sept. '86. I had just started playing guitar recently and it was the first time I'd ever seen any guitar magazines. Not long after I got this one at the music store. Also Sept. '86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Anyone remember Guitar School? I still have issue #1 somewhere.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 btw, for anyone looking for back issues of these magazines, check out www.guitarpulp.com They have a ton of cool stuff from ack in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skibob Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 GFTPM was the best. I still have a pile of old issues and once in a while I go back through them. Even 20 years later the articles and tabs are better and more interesting than anything I've read lately. I usually don't even bother with the tabs in Guitar World because most of the time I can get a lot closer by ear than with their tabs. I learned a big chunk of what I know with GFTPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BryanMichael Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I remember Guitar for the Practicing Musician" - my brother and I had a subscription. Ah, memories. But, I agree with every comment above to some degree. In the 1980's For me (at my age) "Guitar Player" used to be too "high brow" to me. Lots of articles, discussions about inversions and theory. Concentration on old school rock, fusion, jazz, blues. Guitar for the practicing musician was more accessible; rock, transcriptions, TAB's, articles on how to use effects pedals for different sounds, etc... but as someone else stated, shred and hair metal were in full swing and that wasn't really my thing either. I really got into Guitar Player again as they evolved their format and pretty much stuck with it throughout the 90's. Guitar World always seemed like a continuation of the hair/shred mentality (although it evolved as well) Now, I'm just rambling. Enjoying my memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 This magazine is responsible for me learning guitar! I loved it. Held on to all my issues for years but sold them maybe 2 years ago when I was moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goop Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 This magazine is responsible for me learning guitar! I loved it. Same here, I still have two boxes full of GFTPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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