subscribe for a few year ... began send two copy of each issue for no reason ... they distributor or indie jobber be do a terrible job of get this otherwise worthy publication to its loyal reader . so when my current subscription lapse -lrb- I think that I have another year on it -rrb- I just let it go . just as I would not buy a `` name '' guitar with a warped neck , I will not subscribe to `` Acoustic Guitar '' because of its really , really poor customer service . Management need to get control of its distribution and sub-contractor . incidentally , I spend thousand of US dollar each year on instrument , accessory , recording , book . I still receive , however , they online edition . maybe the publisher would like to see the hard copy edition disappear and go completely electronic , hence the careless postal delivery service . whatever the reason , I be not gonna spend any more energy figure out they organizational problem . I 'll just read `` Vintage Guitar , '' `` Guitar Player , '' `` Premiere Guitar , '' and even the teeny bop `` Guitar World '' to get the information and instruction I need . `` Acoustic Guitar '' publisher : there be simply too much quality competition out there in the marketplace for you to permit sloppy business practice . you will lose the type of subscriber that you advertiser covet . I write this here because its useless and frustrating deal with knucklehead -lrb- independent contractor ? -rrb- on the phone try to sort out my subscription problem and communicate anything that require any semblance of intelligence to process . but that be America in general ; a `` who care ? '' attitude back by the disappearance of a once-robust manufacturing base . and that be one of the reason I support guitar craftsman who be profile in `` Acoustic Guitar '' -lrb- although I think Bob Taylor receive far too much coverage -rrb- . Handmade and hand-crafted guitar make in the USA be about the only worthwhile product that the US have to offer . that and guitar amplifier design and make by non-factory craftsman . too bad `` Acoustic Guitar '' prove to be the weak link in the chain .