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With Guitar Aficionado,

we've created a magazine that intersects all areas of your lifestyle, with the guitar as the common point. After all, the man who appreciates the sleek lines and sex appeal of a fine guitar looks for the same attributes in a luxury automobile. Similarly, the nuances of tone emanating from the living wood of a guitar are like the subtle notes of a fine wine, and the refined sensibilities required to recognize them are the same.

And think of how often you've seen the guitar used in tandem with fashion, spirits, travel, and watches. Clearly, the time has come for a magazine that combines these shared passions and curates them in a way that speaks to you.

Guitar Aficionado is ultimately about interesting people who exhibit the requisite attributes for success: great passion and uncompromising drive. Those traits describe many of the guitar aficionados we profile-from Tom Colicchio, who demands purity in his ingredients, to Robert Foley, whose quest to grow the finest grapes has resulted in his excellent Napa wines.

As the greatest vintage guitars become rarer, love for the guitar-and for what it represents--continues to transcend generations.

Greg Di Benedetto
Publisher