Guitarist Magazine Reviews

by Phodg50

Unable to download issues. All my other magazines are anywhere from 75 meg to 250. With this one I need well over a gig of space to even try downloading. I have 1.3GB of free space and that's not enough. Please make the downloading of media optional, like other magazines. Very poor.

by Guitar Jet

I was able to download one issue and really enjoyed the digital magazine so I bought the subscription and now I can’t download anything. Whatever is going on needs to be fixed ASAP. This is ridiculous

by RFK1951

Tried to download the current issue but the download showed as queued and would not load. Did all the suggested steps and reloaded GuitaristMagazine and now all my previous downloaded purchases are gone and will not download. GuitaristMagazine is a waste of time and money.

by Gas0073

Used to work great now in the last 2 months just horribly slow and won't share between the iPad and phone keeps wanting to double charge me for issues I'm about to take my business elsewhere

by Gambitvendetta

GuitaristMagazine would rather push notifications at me than function properly. I have tried everything the Help section suggests, but the issue I purchased (and for which I was already billed) refuses to download. What next? Delete GuitaristMagazine and look elsewhere.

by AEG Etc.

Unfortunately, after 6 months of nice and smooth experience, GuitaristMagazine started to be unresponsive and extremely slow in downloading (...the few times that I succeeded!)
I got twice the same “automatic answer” from Technical Support and I tried all their recommendations with no success.
I believe that all Guitarists love to spend time playing, reading news about Guitars and buy new stuff.
No Guitarist like to spend time fighting with GuitaristMagazine!
As much as I love Guitarist, I dislike GuitaristMagazine: please do something!

by Str@c@

I have been a subscriber of guitarist for years, pretty expensive in the states. When I got my iPad I decided to let my mail subscription go, for convenience and space issues. GuitaristMagazine was ok at first, having the audio examples and videos right there was nice. So I down loaded several issues. I "accidentally" down loaded the update to GuitaristMagazine, I have lost all issues that were previously downloaded. I took their suggestion and downloaded GD Archive app...still nothing. When I try to reload, not enough memory message appears. If you have GuitaristMagazine and enjoy it, don't update! You lose everything and gain nothing.

by Zampuuji

The magazine itself is great,but the download request rarely works correctly. I have to fight with it to get every new issue. Usually ,you have to delete GuitaristMagazine ,then reinstall and hope it works.
Sometimes it does,mostly it doesn't,requiring trying again.
Been a subscriber for a few years,but have decided not to renew because it's not worth the trouble.
Good magazine....terrible interface.
Recommend to steer clear until someone gets it together.

by Guitar Fellow

GuitaristMagazine is a disaster. It won't validate the previous issues I have paid for. I have sent an email through the help menu of GuitaristMagazine . All I received was a form email repeating the info on the help page. All others who have experienced this problem should also post a review here- it may save others a lot of time trying to get GuitaristMagazine to function as advertised.

by Tony Hay

I've been buying and downloading Guitarist for a year or so. The software got an - ahem - "upgrade" a couple of months ago, whereupon I lost all the purchased mags. I've tried following all the instructions for restoring lost editions, but it doesn't work. I've tried contacting them three times, and all three times I've received a useless automated reply. I give up. GuitaristMagazine doesn't work, and obviously they have no idea about Customer Service. Pathetic.

by Stratocraig

Serious stability and performance issues in current version. Store view can take a minute or more to update, and it refreshes every time it appears. Several failures to process downloaded issues properly. This has caused system freezes that require restarting the iPad. Puzzling because the same app for sister publications like FutureMusic appear to work fine.

by Funkymonk70

Like many of the other reviews have stated. I too lost all my issues that I purchased when I updated GuitaristMagazine . I love this magazine and its a great price compared to the news stand. But they seriously need to fix this bug or I will never purchase from them again.

by SoundItUp

GuitaristMagazine is fine BUT my 12-month subscription ended last month. At that time, I then lost access to the 12 issues that I had received as part of the subscription - I did not keep them all on my iPad, as they took up too much room. Guitarist's app support suggested I tried repurchasing the product. However, the 12-month subscription is no longer an option for in-app purchase. They have now advised me to contact iTunes support and get them to resolve the problem, as they can't help me. Please be aware that if you stop subscribing, you could lose access to the issues from your subscription, something that was not clear from the information provided at purchase.

by RobLuc1

Updated Review (edited).
I love and appreciate the issues. So well done.
Only problem was I had one magazine stuck in the cue, i.e. Refuse to download the issue. I followed the instructions, which advised to delete GuitaristMagazine and reinstall it. Then it is supposed to allow you to restore the magazines you purchased. The 24 magazines I purchased would not re-install. I kept getting an error message. GuitaristMagazine developer did not respond to the in App message (3 times). Needless to say I was crazy mad. However, they did restore my purchases after I left my review. Now all is well with the universe again.

by Johnpatn

Guitarist is a terrific magazine, with great content. From interviews and product reviews to lessons, the articles are informative and helpful. Add the extra online content, and you've got a combination that's hard to beat. I'd only give it's sister publication Guitar Techniques a higher score because of its additional lesson and music content.

by Futuredirected

I've not had any of the aforementioned problems. I enjoy Guitarist magazine. It is one of the best of its kind. App works, nothing fancy, but it is comparable to the Guitar Player magazine app (only the articles are better).

by What Ever #1

GuitaristMagazine is slower than molasses in January. It is totally unresponsive. I have complained about this same thing several times and NO response or change. I love the magazine but hate GuitaristMagazine ! Guitar World isn't much better. I have full subscriptions to both, they both keep trying to charge me for issues etc. the communication with iTunes Store is pathetic. This is way below the usual Apple standards! Irritating as can be!

by RetroSparqi

Bingo bongo

by Suttmike69

Great Magazine! Love the video reviews!

by Richie_D.

Beautiful hd pics and terrific lessons.