When I started playing bass back in 1998 I bought a couple of copies of Bass Player for a couple of flights. Other than that, I think it was sometime in the 70’s. All of my exposure to magazines is business, doctor and dentist lobbies.
I do have a few stacks of Model Car magazine from the 60’s. I was pretty into that sort of thing back then.
I still subscribe to my suburb’s daily paper (NOT the L.A. Times) plus: Sunset, House Beautiful and Town & Country magazines, all three pretty to look at....not so great on-line.