Guitar & bass
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| description | German music journal |
| First edition | March 1986 |
| Sold edition | 17,900 copies |
| ( IVW Q4 / 2018) | |
| Web link | gitarrebass.de |
| ISSN (print) | 0934-7674 |
Guitar & Bass is a monthly magazine for guitarists and bassists aimed at amateur and semi-professional musicians as well as professional musicians . From the first edition in March 1986 - at that time still under the title Musicians - a readership with a uniform age structure has developed, covering an age range from approx. 13 to 65 years. Today, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Guitar & Bass is, according to the IVW examination, the musicians' magazine with the greatest circulation.
Content
The magazine offers reports on and interviews with musicians from a wide variety of genres - usually instrumentalists from the electric rock, blues, jazz and pop fields - as well as factual articles and articles on topics such as instrument production and development and history. The idea of rare vintage and bizarre cult instruments and their origins has become a further focus in recent years. In addition, theoretical and practical skills are taught in workshops, and modifications and repairs to instruments are discussed. One focus of each issue is the numerous test reports in which new instruments ( guitars , basses and amplifiers ) and various peripheral devices (effects units, "recording" accessories, etc.) are presented, tested and evaluated by specialist authors.
Since 2017, the specialist guitar & bass magazine has been organizing the three-day Guitar Summit, a three-day music fair especially for string instruments, with exhibitors, workshops, autograph sessions by famous musicians and live performances in the Rosengarten congress center in Mannheim every September .
Editors and authors
The editorial team consists of Dieter Roesberg, publisher since 1986, Florian Stolpe (editor-in-chief), Stefan Braunschmidt (deputy editor-in-chief), Marian Menge (music editor), Lukas Bilz and Lars Horstmann. Some of the freelancers and authors of Guitar & Bass are well-known music journalists and photographers (Stefan Woldach, Marcel Anders, Matthias Mineur, Arnd Müller, Thomas Brill, Hyou Vielz, Stefan Malzkorn, Petia Chtarkova, Christian Hafer, LJ Eifel, Anja Behrens and others) , partly musicians (Markus Setzer, Michael Sagmeister , Ebo Wagner, Marian Menge, Martin Schmidt, Michael Dommers, Nils Finkeisen, Franz Holtmann, Simon Hawemann, Jil Y. Creek, German Schauss, Christian Rover, Joachim Schoenecker, Emanuel Stanley, Tom Riepl , Peter Fischer) and experts like Wolfgang Kehle (music notation & transcription), Lothar Trampert (music), Dirk Groll (bass), Guido Lehmann (acoustic), Udo Pipper (vintage), Frank Deimel (guitar maker), Sophie Dockx (guitar Design), Bernd C. Meiser (E-Technik), Josef Urbanek (Vintage Japan), Teja Gerken (Acoustic) André Waldenmaier (guitar maker) as well as Thomas Berg, Marie Haacks, Michael Doc Schneider, Florian van der Ohe, Joris Henke, Jogi Sweers, Chris Hauke, Christian Br aunschmidt and MO Richter.
Special issues
In addition to the monthly publications of the magazine, the following special issues have been published:
- 1989: Guitar & Bass Guitars ABC: Basics for Guitarists & Bassists
- 2001/02: Guitar & Bass - The Fender Special: Everything about Fender Musical Instruments
- 2002/03: Guitar & Bass - The Gibson Special: Everything about Gibson instruments, amps and pickups
- 2004: Guitar & Bass - STROMgitarren: Special issue for the exhibition of the same name in the State Museum for Technology and Work in Mannheim
- 2009: Guitar & Bass - The Ibanez Special: Everything about Ibanez instruments, effects and amplifiers
- 2012: Guitar & Bass - The Marshall Special: Interview with Jim Marshall , History of Brit-Rock, Making-of the Joe Satriani Signature Amp
- 2014: Guitar & Bass Special - Guitars ABC: Everything about electric guitars. Tips & tricks from professionals. Adjust guitars perfectly.
- 2015/16: Guitar & Bass Special - Effects pedals ABC: Everything about effects pedals
- 2016: Guitar & Bass Special - Acoustic Guitars ABC: Everything about acoustic guitars
- 2017/2018: Guitar & Bass Special - Do It Yourself ABC: Everything about setup, tuning, restoration, customizing & do-it-yourself.
- 2018/2019: Guitar & Bass Special - Jimi Hendrix ABC. The musician behind the myth. Guitars, amps, effects, songs, roots & sounds
Circulation statistics
In the first quarter of 2015, the average monthly print run was 45,411 copies. The average monthly circulation according to IVW was 23,926 copies, including 9,550 subscriptions.