If you like to keep up-to-date with the very latest gear on the musical front you'll be familiar by now with the dreaded 'Tardis Syndrome'.

Leading experts in the field have defined it as the lag between a brand-new exciting gadget appearing in reviews, ads and top Pop stars' quotes and the (extremely variable) moment when it appears in your local shops. The condition varies geographically.

But now there's a miracle cure. Take one BMF and go straight to the expert class. For this year's British Music Fair is open to you, the sufferer.

All the newest gear will be there to help you overcome the cravings for enlightenment.

Yes, our British Music Fair supplement is 48 pages packed full of the medicine to keep you well informed on what's going to be in the shops a few months hence. Miss your dose and you'll be beyond help.

Catch the BMF supplement, though, and you'll be the best-advised musician on your ward. More informative than a progress chart, more exciting than a blanket-bath, it's all you need to avoid being a casualty of progress...