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Missing Those Centerfold Posters

Longtime subscriber here, with all my issues going back to the late Eighties. I just read with great interest the 40th-anniversary edition [November 2020]. As always, stellar job by one and all! However, you slipped up in the “40 Greatest Moments” section. There’s no mention of what was, for the longest time, the first thing I’d look at regardless of who graced the cover — the mighty centerfold! How many jaw-dropping axes and artists are now on my man-cave wall [as a result]? Well, lots! Rory Gallagher’s ’61 Strat, SRV and his #1, Clapton’s Blackie, Rush. I could go on and on. And from a marketing point of view, I tip my hat — printing different shots on either side. Many times I had to go out and buy a second edition just for that alone. But hey, I’m all about keeping the economy going! Happy 40th, and here’s to 40 more! Now, how about slipping in a centerfold here and there?

— Darrin White

Noë Is Golden

Brad Tolinski writes in his “How Do You Sum Up the World’s Greatest Guitar Magazine in Roughly 3,000 Words?” essay [November 2020] that the magazine you hold in your