Total Guitar Magazine December 1996 Issue 25 The Who Pete Townshend Guitar Magazine (1499)

Original Total Guitar magazine, Issue 25, December 1996, published by Future Publishing. This is an early issue of the long-running UK guitar magazine, with The Who as the main cover story and a large monochrome portrait of Pete Townshend dominating the front cover.

The magazine is heavily focused on guitar tuition, classic rock, technique and period guitar equipment, making it a particularly interesting issue for collectors of 1990s music magazines, The Who memorabilia and vintage guitar publications.

Main Cover Feature – The Who

The principal feature is devoted to The Who, promoted on the cover as “Return of the Modfather.”

Inside, the contents advertise:

• The Who – Greatest Hits feature
• Eight of Pete Townshend’s best-known guitar parts/tracks covered for readers to learn and play
• Major Who feature beginning around page 52
• John Entwistle interview around page 66
• Accompanying guitar tuition and backing-track material connected with the cover feature

This issue is therefore especially relevant to collectors interested in Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, The Who, mod culture and classic British rock guitar.

Other Magazine Features

The contents shown in the images also include:

• Fender’s 50th Anniversary
• Yes – The Return
• Magic Slim & Floodgate
• Satriani / Vai / Johnson tour feature
• Interviews, music news and new releases
• Guitar technique columns
• Competitions and reader sections

Guitar Lessons & Technique

This issue contains a particularly strong tuition section, with more than 30 pages of playing techniques advertised on the cover.

Visible contents include:

• Prince – Purple Rain full guitar transcription
• Neil Young – The Needle And The Damage Done
• Jimi Hendrix novice guitar lesson
• Manic Street Preachers – A Design For Life
• Rock chord tuition
• Stevie Ray Vaughan soloing techniques
• Bass tuition featuring Bernard Edwards of Chic
• Acoustic guitar lesson with Gordon Giltrap
• Rock, blues, rhythm, acoustic, bass and beginner technique material

This combination of artist features and practical transcription material makes it useful not just as a collectible magazine but also as a period guitar-learning reference.

Gear & Equipment

The issue includes extensive equipment coverage, including:

• Fender Hank Marvin Signature Stratocaster
• Boss GT-5 Multi-FX
• Washburn Red Rocker
• Zoom multi-effects equipment
• Peavey amplification
• New gear news and reviews

The cover also highlights Fender’s 50th Anniversary, making this issue additionally appealing to Fender and Stratocaster collectors.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage condition with visible age and handling wear.

From the photographs:

• Front cover remains complete and clearly readable
• Noticeable surface scuffing, rubbing and handling marks are visible across the dark cover
• Several light scratches and fine marks are present
• Bottom edge shows noticeable rubbing and wear
• Bottom-left corner has visible creasing and wear
• Upper and outer corners show minor softening
• Spine edge shows general rubbing consistent with age and use
• Internal pages shown appear complete, securely bound and readable
• Interior paper shows mild age-related toning/yellowing
• Some slight waviness/handling wear is visible to the page edges
• No major internal tears are visible in the photographed pages
• No obvious handwriting or personal annotations can be seen
• Overall, this is a used but complete-looking copy with noticeable cosmetic wear appropriate to a 1996 magazine

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

Issue Details

Publication: Total Guitar
Issue: 25
Full Date: December 1996
Publisher: Future Publishing
Main Cover Feature: The Who / Pete Townshend
Other Featured Artists: John Entwistle, Neil Young, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Manic Street Preachers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chic, Gordon Giltrap, Yes
Main Themes: Guitar Tuition, Classic Rock, Guitar Gear, Technique, Reviews
Language: English
Condition: Pre-owned
SKU: 1499