Total Guitar Magazine January 1999 Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin Hendrix Aerosmith (1499)

Original Total Guitar Magazine – Issue 52, January 1999, featuring a major “100 Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever!” cover story with Jimmy Page prominently pictured on the front cover.

This is a strong late-1990s guitar magazine with a heavy focus on famous riffs, classic rock guitarists, technique, tuition, gear and playable song material. It should appeal particularly to collectors of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Guns N’ Roses and late-1990s guitar publications.

Main Cover Feature – 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs

The headline feature ranks 100 of the greatest guitar riffs, with the contents page describing the selection as voted for by Total Guitar readers.

The magazine also includes tuition for a selection of major rock songs and riffs, with cover references to artists including:

• Led Zeppelin
• Deep Purple
• Eric Clapton
• Guns N’ Roses
• Jimi Hendrix
• Dire Straits
• Metallica
• The Seahorses

The cover specifically promotes playable material including Jimi Hendrix – “Hey Joe”, Led Zeppelin material including “Whole Lotta Love,” “Black Dog” and “Going To California,” Guns N’ Roses, Dire Straits, Metallica and Deep Purple.

Featured Artists & Articles

The contents page confirms a substantial selection of artist features:

Jonny Lang – feature on the young blues guitarist.

Idlewild & The Young Offenders – punk/alternative guitar coverage.

Hazeldine & Grant Lee Buffalo – feature material connected to alternative rock.

Tony Iommi – Black Sabbath guitarist feature.

Bryan Adams – guitar/music feature.

Joe Perry – Aerosmith guitarist coverage, including discussion around the band’s success.

The magazine also promotes guitar coverage spanning Metallica to Manic Street Preachers, reinforcing its broad rock and alternative guitar focus.

Guitar Tuition & Technique

A particularly useful issue for players as well as collectors, with dedicated tuition and technique sections including:

• 10 Greatest Riffs
• Jimi Hendrix – “Hey Joe”
• Randy Rhoads – Ozzy Osbourne-associated guitar technique
• Albert Collins blues tuition
• Glam Rock guitar lesson material
• Led Zeppelin acoustic technique / “Going To California”
• Van Morrison songsheet material

There are also regular guitar-focused sections covering new equipment, reviews, tablature, releases and reader material.

Guitar Gear & Reviews

The contents page shows equipment coverage including:

• Eggle Fret-King Esprit III
• Digitech 2120 Artist
• ESP LTD 250
• Sigma DR-28H

This makes the issue an interesting period reference for late-1990s guitar equipment and playing technology as well as artist content.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage magazine with noticeable age and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• Front cover remains complete and clearly readable
• Noticeable general surface rubbing and scratching across the dark front cover
• Numerous fine marks are visible due to the black glossy background
• Some scuffing around the cover edges
• Lower-left corner shows visible wear and slight creasing
• Lower edge shows rubbing and handling wear
• Right-hand edge and corners show light compression/use
• Spine appears intact, with age-related rubbing and handling
• Internal pages shown remain readable and generally clean
• Some natural page-edge ageing / light discolouration is visible
• Contents pages show slight waviness/handling consistent with a magazine of this age
• No obvious major internal tears are visible in the supplied images
• No obvious handwriting or heavy staining visible in the photographed pages

Overall, this is a used collector’s copy rather than a mint example, with clear cosmetic wear to the cover, but it remains complete-looking, readable and very displayable.

Issue Details

Magazine: Total Guitar
Issue: No. 52
Full Date: January 1999
Main Cover Subject: Jimmy Page / 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs
Featured Artists: Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Perry, Aerosmith, Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, Bryan Adams, Jonny Lang, Randy Rhoads, Deep Purple, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica and others
Publisher: Future Publishing
Language: English
Genre: Guitar / Rock / Classic Rock / Blues / Music Tuition
Condition: Pre-owned with visible cover wear, rubbing and age-related handling marks
SKU: 1499