Bass Player+

So its a one year subscription or nothing No single issue purchasing Plus the subscription price is still more than the print edition As far as I can tell theres no multimedia component but I could be wrong I tried previewing the October 2012 issue only to find the preview includes the cover four pages of ads and the Contents page While Im sure the advertisers love being included its not much help for a reader trying to get the feel for what youre doing with the digital version of the magazine these days And with only an annual subscription option there appears to be no ability to try out the magazine one month The July 2012 issue had a purchase option but when I tapped on it I got the following message Product Not Found Sorry the product could not be located Not sure what the in the app title means but for now this app is a minus     New app to replace old one but still not good

It pains me to write this because I am a longtime fan of the magazine but it is true and I must warn you If you bought a years subscription through the old Bass Player app it WILL NOT transfer to the new app As a result I am out the ten remaining issues in my sub So far neither the app creator nor Apple seem able or willing to fix this AVOID AT ALL COSTS     Can I give this zero stars BEWARE

Very frustrated that this is not offered as a bonus for print subscribers but would need to pay twice to have both the physical magazine as well as electronic edition     WHY DO I NEED TO PAY TWICE

Had a subscription to the old app and all was good Now the new app asks for my username and password Huh Arent subscriptions managed by iTunes Why do they need my account Whats going to happen to my previous purchases I tried to retrieve password with every email address i have and nothing was recognized Tried restoring purchases on the info screen That asked for my iTunes password then proceeded to do nothing I am really regretting going digital as this is the biggest fear I had     Will not restore previous subscription

This is my experience with a sister publication Im not going to waste my time typing a new review since my experience with Bass Player was essentially the same After being lured with a free issue that they then tried to charge me for I deleted this garbage app Ive been a subscriber of Guitar Player since 1976 and I thought Id give the digital edition a try especially since the printed version has gotten so bad over the years I would think digital distribution would give publishers a chance to embrace a new technology and innovate but in this case a I think not Guitar Player youve been an old and dear friend and ill miss youthis experience just motivated me to finally stop reflexively renewing my print edition     More Garbage

App needs works Crashes far too often        Not stable

Great maglove the AppEasy to view and tons of extrasRock On                 Bass Player

I lost half of my subscription will not let me download Oct or Nov and my subscription is good until Jan 2013 what a rip off     Wont update previous subscription

I love this magazine However I am not able to download any past subscriptions It asks me for a user name and password That I never set up Please fix this I would have never purchased a more expensive subscription if it werent for the convenience But this has proven to be pretty inconvenient        Extremely Frustrated

Id like a refund please your publication is unacceptably blurry and Im forced to purchase print issues if I want to actually READ any articles     UNREADABLE

Just downloaded a digital back issue These are not digital retina designs just blurry poorly scanned PDFs You cannot pinch and zoom When you do the images and typeface just gets so blurry and grainy it is unreadable Waste of money I would not buy subscription for iPad until you catch up to the digital age Wish I could give it no stars     Blurry unreadable PDFs

I like this magazine a lot and think the transcription section is always helpful I have one other Ipad magazine and a newspaper that I read regularly so I thought Id subscribe electronically to BassPlayer Im disappointed that it appears as if these are just scanned PDFs of the pages of the print magazine as opposed to how others like The Economist display the same content as their print versions I find that the text is somehwat blurry to read to begin with and if you try to adjust the size of the print since this is like a static PDF it becomes even more blurry as you expand Not enjoyable The Economist text is crystal clear a pleasure to read I highly recommend that BassPlayer fix this issue so that they dont tarnish what is otherwise great magazine content        Great mag app readability needs a lot of work

You are purchasing an app that allows you to view the magazine You must purchase each magazine for 599 I was a subscriber since the inception of Bass Player now bass player I allowed my subscription to expire because the magazine has declined in value of content I did appreciate the interviews of players from diverse genres We in the brotherhood share common ideals regardless of musical styles Thought this would be worth getting for free but it is not free and as mentioned above I cannot justify the cost for this publication anymore Keep it low stay out of treble     I dont get it

I love this magazine and am a long time print subscriber However there is no way I will ever give up my print subscription when the digital subscription costs twice as much Could it be that is exactly the reaction the publisher desired in an effort to protect their print subs Conde Naste is the one of the few publishers that seems to get the digital model I am a print subscriber to Wired and I get access to the digital version of the magazine which includes actual digital content rather than just a digital remake of the print product with my subscription rather than as an added cost The result I actually spend more time consuming their product This app is a great example of how to do digital distribution in exactly the wrong way I love you Bass Player but this is just atrocious     Why dont publishers get it

This app crashes all of the time Needs serious revision     Great magazine but terrible app

Have had the subscription for a couple of years Now it wont open Turned off auto renewal until its fixed        Cant read it Wont open

I was looking forward to BP coming to the iPad Big letdown The interface is nothing more then an electronic paste up of the magazine It might as well be a PDF BP needs to look at how Wired or Rolling Stone presents their content Glad I didnt subscribe        Poor presentation