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This is the best guitar magazine I ever bought or seen. I discovered this magazine a few years ago, and I bought it to have a close look. Well, this is a mag completely aimed to guitarists and... more

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  • 28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 BlueMidget

    Member since 07/01/2006

    Reviews written: 68

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Interesting and informative articles, great source of learning material

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some minor gripes with the CD; no diffculty rating for lessons

    'Total Guitar', as the name might suggest, is a magazine aimed at guitarists of all ages and various styles. It features news of general goings-on in the guitar world, reviews of albums and equipment, as well as tabs and chords of various songs, (for anyone who doesn't know a 'tab' or 'tablature' is a means of showing which notes need to be played on a guitar, enabling the reader to learn the piece without necessarily being able to read standard notions, or 'sheet music'). It also features lessons to try and help develop your playing skills. It is published monthly and costs £4.99, which is ... more
  • 44 of 44 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lazza123

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Makes me a better guitarist

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Too little time to learn it all

    I’ve played guitar for too many years than I care to mention! I hate practicing; I think if you practice, you only become good at practicing! I like to play different types of music, from classical right through to grunge rock and beyond. I love to listen to different styles, and try hard to copy. As I’m naturally quite lazy, I want something I can quickly look at and then bash out a tune, so this is where this magazine comes in. I have been getting it since issue no 1 (I’m now on issue 119!) ** What is it? ** Total Guitar is a magazine totally about Guitars!! More to the point it is a ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Gorman

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It makes you a profesoinal guitarist

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It cost about five pounds

    Total guitar is the best guitar magazine ever, it has everything a guitarist needs trust me.First is gives you tablature to popular guitar songs and it also has a cd with all the tablature in it. On the cd it has album tracks and the music for the reviews and tablature in the magazine. Then it has all the profesional tunes like Guns N Roses, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. On the cd it has things like first guitar solo, riff one and it also has a backing track which has the drums, bass and a second guitar if there is one in it. It also has the music to the techniques in the ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    beam

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages usually has good tabs

    Disadvantages Disadvantages price

    There are so many people wanting to learn a new instrument, whether you're a beginner, intermediate or have been playing for years, Total Guitar has something for everyone. There has never been a better time to play guitar, there are many guitar magazines including Guitar Techniques, What Guitar and quite a few others. But still I have found Total Guitar the best because it can appeal to a wide range of people. See why… Every issue has: - -Learn to Play every issue there are approx. 10-20 tabs. Each ranging from older music to today’s music, for example Rainbow, Guns N' Roses to ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Nikeomax

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Got everything to do with guitar, songs tabbed, news, reviews, interviews

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Probably a bit to easy for pros

    A brand new issue of Europe’s Best Selling Guitar Magazine hits the shelves every month. Each issue is packed with all the things to make you a better guitar player. Total Guitar contains tabs of your favourite songs, the latest news in the guitar world, interviews, reviews, tutorials and much more. You usually get at least 10 tracks tabbed in Total Guitar in range of different styles. One track is a Classic Track, one to be remembered, such classic tracks which have appeared in Total Guitar are The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice, Van Halen – Panama and Michael Jackson ... more

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