The website guitarplayer.com will continue, with the magazine’s current editor, Christopher Scapelliti, assuming the role of digital editor-in-chief of the site.
Print subscribers will have their subscriptions transferred to a sister publication, Guitar World, unless they specifically request a refund.
Closure of the print magazine had been rumored for some time, as observers noticed in September that new subscriptions were no longer being made available. And the fact that its owner, Future, had two guitar magazines in print made it unlikely both would survive indefinitely in the current tough climate for print subscriptions and advertising.
“You have witnessed a revolution,” Scapelliti wrote in a final editor’s letter included in the December 2024 issue. “When Guitar Player made its debut 58 years ago in 1967, it marked a new era for guitar.
For its final cover, the magazine presents a brand-new interview with Jimmy Page, who discusses upcoming re-creations of the guitars and amplifiers he used on Led Zeppelin's classic recordings and tours. The issue comes out October 15 and can be purchased at newsstands.
