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The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:19 am
by Wittgenstein
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:21 am
by Wittgenstein
When he opened his store 46 years ago, everyone wanted to be a guitar god, inspired by the men who roamed the concert stage, including Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and Jimmy Page. Now those boomers are retiring, downsizing and adjusting to fixed incomes. They’re looking to shed, not add to, their collections, and the younger generation isn’t stepping in to replace them.
Gruhn knows why.
“What we need is guitar heroes,” he says.
Disgusting.
“Our customers are getting older, and they’re going to be gone soon,” he says.
He says that the company has a strategy designed to reach millennials. The key, Mooney says, is to get more beginners to stick with an instrument they often abandon within a year. To that end, in July the company will launch a subscription-based service it says will change the way new guitarists learn to play through a series of online tools.
Repulsive.
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:52 am
by Jwar
Meh.
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:01 pm
by Wittgenstein
That article, TGP, ILF...it all reminds me of how deeply and completely I loath guitars. Playing guitar is like a hate fuck for me at this point. I loath all of you, also. Deeply, and completely.
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:28 pm
by actual
Surely not more than you must loathe yourself.
And here I was, telling myself to practice restraint.
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:29 pm
by Jwar
I find guitar to be a stupid instrument anyway, so I agree.
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:31 pm
by actual
Too much treble.
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:03 pm
by dozicusmaximus
I'd be more worried about bass. The current guitar "gods" are the djent guys. Ambient intro Sweepy chugga wank y doodle dandy chugga chug. They pretty much have bass taken care of after they steal all of the frequencies
In all seriousness though guitar music just isn't really that popular right now as far as top 40 goes, right? It'll come back around. A lot of kids aren't into classic rock and grunge. Do the younglings have their own genre? Everything is so recycled at this point. Once they have a "new" sound to latch on to, maybe that will help. Kind of like what djent is doing.
I don't know kind of rambling.
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:11 pm
by 01010111
Yeah, they're right. The guitar's not the future...
...synthesizers are!
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:27 pm
by popvulture
Still the most annoying person on the board, I see. Way to keep it consistent, Witt.
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:38 pm
by 01010111
I like Witt?
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:50 pm
by Invisible Man
actualidiot wrote:Surely not more than you must loathe yourself.
And here I was, telling myself to practice restraint.
+1 for correct use of 'loathe.'
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 2:04 pm
by ritz
popvulture wrote:Still the most annoying person on the board
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 2:19 pm
by Jwar
ritz wrote:popvulture wrote:Still the most annoying person on my mind when I'm bored
Re: The Slow Secret Death of the Electric Guitar
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 2:29 pm
by tremolo3
01010111 wrote:I like Witt?