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Old 06-22-2017, 04:42 PM
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Default Why my guitar gently weeps - The slow, secret death of the six-string electric guitar

Interesting article sent to me about the electric guitar market, declining sales, the reasons why, and what is being done to change the trend. In the article, it stated acoustic guitar sales surpassed electric guitar sales for the first time in 2010. It was interesting learn that occurred however I am curious to the trend in acoustics versus what is discussed in the article regarding the electric guitar market.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...=.14c6f200dff0
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That is a great article - a must read if you play guitar of any sort - CK
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I think McCartney summed it up..."Now, it’s more electronic music and kids listen differently," McCartney says. "They don’t have guitar heroes like you and I did."
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That is a great article - a must read if you play guitar of any sort - CK
Not sure why this rates a 'great'. It's factual and to the point. It is what it is.
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All the stuff that my friends and I liked as young people is kind of going out of style now - motorcycles, guitars, games like pool, foosball, bowling. People have different interests now. Not worse, just different. I can see that this may negatively impact collectors who bought their instruments as investments, but such is the risk with most investments.
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I blame Sgt. Pepper for proving that the superior compositional instrument is the studio and not the guitar.
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It peaked that's all ...it has to be forgotten to be reinvented.
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Good article. Thanks for sharing the link.
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They need to find out when the guitar market out paced the mandolin market. My dad bought a mandolin when he was 12 in 1937 because it was cool. I'd guess in the late '40s to early '50s.
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Doesn't matter. I play the guitar to play the things I want to play. If the current music is not guitar based, I don't care. I haven't heard much - make that anything - in today's music which, were I not already a musician, would make me want to become one. If that means I can't get gigs, OK, I'll play at home. Besides, if the guitar market slows down the current stock will be cheaper.
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Yes but then a guy like Mateus Asato comes along. Interesting to note that he sounds like a cross between Hendrix and Candyrat. Expect a boost in sales for pinkish HSS strats :-)
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These things go in cycles. When I entered the industry as a recording engineer back in 1981, a guitarist couldn't get arrested, much less a job. Jangly MIDI keys (Yamaha DX7) were the "latest thing" in music. In the mid -80s Eddie VanHalen brought back a bubble. In the early '90s Grunge brought back a bubble. At the end of the '90s, the return of the bands from the '70s brought back a bubble. Starting around 2010 Americana has brought back a bubble. We'll see about long-range trends. I'm still playing sessions so someone is still using guitar, and specifically, electric guitar.



But I agree about one thing: there are no cultural "guitar gods" anymore, and music is now a secondary influence in society. When you hear it, it is always tied to something else - visual arts, dance, performance arts, documentaries, etc. And that is exactly where the work is coming from for me.

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Interesting read, but I'm not sure all the logic holds up. They talk about the lack of guitar heroes and then end with a bit about how Taylor Swift is bringing legions of new female players into the market.
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I thought this was a good article because as a teacher I've experienced exactly what it talks about. 15 years ago teenagers came in and we're inspired by Guitar Hero and guitarists like Jimmy Page and Slash etc. and now a lot of them are into pop which has very little guitar if at all or modern country songs where the guitar and solo's are fading in the background. Don't get me wrong there's still some fine young guitarists out there but the electric guitar as of right now is fading into history unless something or someone comes along and inspires the younger generation.

I thought this quotes summed it up nicely

"Andy Mooney, the Fender CEO, calls Swift “the most influential guitarist of recent years.” “I don’t think that young girls looked at Taylor and said, ‘I’m really impressed by the way she plays G major arpeggios.’ ” Mooney says. “They liked how she looked, and they wanted to emulate her.”

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