Is it another shoddy magazine? (Total Guitar)

Member Name: LordYggdrasil

Product:	Total Guitar
Date:	20/07/09 (22 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Well written, plenty of tabs...with backing tracks, great advice from well known guitarists

Disadvantages: a fifth of the pages are adverts

I have bought and read many different guitar magazines, but only two really stood out. Guitar Techniques and Total Guitar. After buying this for the second time, I decided that I would subscribe.

Total guitar are very beginner friendly, they have tabs for beginners as well as tons of tabs for hardcore players. With each tab there is a music track to go with it available on a CD, which comes with every issue. If you have never read a guitar tab before, TG have a guide just before the tab section explaining what each symbol means and how to play like this.

Each issue has great advice and tips from well known guitarists, such as Joe Satriani and Paul Gilbert, which is really useful as they can show you how to get the same sound as them out of your amp.

There are loads of competitions which are always something cool like new equipment or custom plectrums.

Each issue is well written and explain everything thoroughly, I would recommend this to any guitar player, beginner - intermediate.

Plus if you subscribe now, you will get a string cleaner and a Joe Satriani guitar strap.

Summary: 8/10