Premier Guitar

Premier Guitar is a media company devoted to guitarists. It is based in Marion, Iowa, and its staff is focused on creating the best website, videos, podcasts, and print/digital magazine for gearheads around the world. Interviews have included guitarists such as Pete Townshend of The Who, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Guthrie Govan, Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon, and Dave Mustaine and Chris Broderick of Megadeth. The magazine is published online for free, and includes multimedia such as instructional videos and podcasts Premier Guitar was originally published under the name Musicians Hotline through 2006.

Premier Guitar

Editorial Director	Ted Drozdowski
Categories	Guitar
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Gearhead Communications, LLC
First issue	February 2007
Country	United States
Based in	Marion, Iowa, United States
Language	English
Website	premierguitar.com

History

Premier Guitar was founded in February 2007. Premier Guitar is published by Gearhead Communications, LLC, a privately owned company that is headquartered in Marion, Iowa. Premier Guitar also has offices in Nashville, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Content

Premier Guitar's editorial staff is composed of experienced musicians, and the content consists largely of guitar and bass-related news and gear coverage, as well as instructional material. Premier Guitar has interviewed dozens of world-famous guitarists, including The Who's Pete Townshend, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith's Joe Perry, Annie Clark, Guthrie Govan, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson of Megadeth, Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon, Bruce Cockburn, Alex Skolnick of Testament, Todd Snider and experimental luthier Yuri Landman.

Format

Premier Guitar is published in print and online on a monthly basis all around the globe.

All editions of Premier Guitar are available online for free. The digital version includes all the content of the print version, as well as added multimedia content. Premier Guitar also has applications that make it fully accessible on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.

Multimedia

Premier Guitar's website provides daily news, exclusive stories, complete video lessons in all genres, and written and video gear reviews. This in addition to our free digital magazine provides 100% of the content provided in the print magazine at zero cost to the end user. Premier Guitar's YouTube channel boasts over 450k subscribers and features gear demos, artists interviews, in-studio music, and the popular Rig Rundown series.

Staff

Management

• Patti Erenberger - President
• Jon Levy - Publisher

Editorial Staff

• Ted Drozdowski - Editorial Director
• Kate Koenig - Managing Editor
• Charles Saufley - Gear Editor
• Nick Millevoi - Senior Editor
• Jason Shadrick - Associate Editor
• Luke Ottenhof - Assistant Editor
• Naomi Ruckus Rose - Graphic Designer
• Melissa DeGood - Magazine Production Coordinator

Video Staff

• Chris Kies - Director of Video Content
• Perry Bean - Chief Videographer
• Jarrad Haning - Videographer
• John Bohlinger - Nashville Correspondent

Production & Operations Staff

• Shannon Burmeister - Director of Operations
• Lois Stodola - Accounting Manager
• Kerri Thompson - Circulation & Production Coordinator

Growth & Development Staff

• Matt Roberts - Director of Growth & Development
• Luke Viertel - Digital Strategist
• Ben Kuriscak - Digital Designer
• Connor Wade - Digital Experience Manager

Advertising Consulting Staff

• Gary Ciocci - Director
• Brett Petrusek - Director

External links

• Official website
• Free Digital Magazine