The Guitar Magazine August 1996 Rare ZZ Top Billy Gibbons Black Crowes SKU 1457

Magazine Details

• Publication: The Guitar Magazine
• Full Date: August 1996
• Volume / Issue: Volume 6, Number 9
• Original Cover Price: £2.50
• Main Cover Feature: Billy Gibbons / ZZ Top
• Format: Vintage UK guitar and music magazine
• SKU: 1457

Featured Artists / Bands

This August 1996 issue is strongly centred around Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top, with an exclusive feature covering the legendary guitarist and his distinctive guitar sound and playing style.

Other clearly pictured or listed content includes:

• Billy Gibbons / ZZ Top – major feature/interview
• The Black Crowes
• Dodgy
• Guitar Slim
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Classic Rock lesson section
• Guitar-related editorial, lessons, workshops and equipment coverage

Guitar & Gear Content

A particularly good vintage issue for guitar players and equipment collectors, with plenty of period gear coverage. The contents shown include:

• Signature Guitars Special
• Gibson Jimmy Page Les Paul
• Fender Robert Cray Stratocaster
• Music Man Albert Lee
• Washburn Nuno
• Signature electric guitar comparisons/reviews
• Trace Elliot Trident amplifier
• Epiphone Expert 6-string bass
• Breedlove acoustics
• Laney LC30 combo
• Guitar, bass and blues workshops
• Technical workshop
• Amp and guitar advice
• Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar lesson

This makes it a strong period reference magazine for fans of 1990s guitars, amplifiers, effects, artist signature models and guitar technique.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage condition.

Please study all supplied photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description.

Visible age-related wear includes:

• Noticeable creasing/folding to the front cover, including a prominent vertical crease through the main cover image
• General surface rubbing and handling marks
• Wear around the outer edges and corners
• Some corner softening/creasing
• Light marks and scratches consistent with a magazine from 1996
• General page and cover wear from previous reading/storage

The inside pages shown remain readable and present well overall for their age, with strong colour reproduction and plenty of original period advertising, photography, guitar features and editorial content.

No poster is visible in the supplied photographs, so no poster is included or advertised with this listing.

Description

A rare August 1996 issue of The Guitar Magazine, Volume 6 Number 9, featuring Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top prominently on the cover.

An excellent piece of 1990s guitar-magazine history packed with interviews, lessons, guitar and amplifier reviews, signature instrument coverage and period music advertising. Alongside the extensive Billy Gibbons / ZZ Top material, the issue includes The Black Crowes, Dodgy, Guitar Slim and Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus a substantial Signature Guitars Special.

Particularly appealing to collectors of ZZ Top memorabilia, Billy Gibbons memorabilia, vintage guitar magazines, 1990s music publications, Gibson, Fender, Washburn, Music Man, Trace Elliot and Laney equipment.

The magazine does show genuine age and reading wear, particularly to the cover, so it is being sold as a collectable vintage reading copy rather than a mint example.

SKU 1457