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Post by delb0y on May 5, 2018 8:36:45 GMT
The cost of a degree in folk music you could buy enough guitars to keep your local music shop ticking over for a few more years!
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Post by dreadnought28 on May 6, 2018 3:51:20 GMT
I think guitars will be around as long as people are. And with Trump still breathing, that could change anytime Sadly very true!
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Post by PistolPete on May 6, 2018 7:43:08 GMT
I don't think it's the end of guitars, although there could well be a bit of readjustment in the marketplace on the horizon.
I suspect guitar manufacturers may be in the same place now that brass & saxophone makers were in the 50s & early 60s as the big band era gave way to rock and roll. They probably shift fewer than they once did, but it's not like they've disappeared completely.
Likewise the upright piano is still here, and still being made, even though the days when there was one in every living room were ended by the radio and the television.
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Post by ianlp59 on May 9, 2018 8:22:02 GMT
It is hard to envisage a situation where the guitar, per se, has no future. I agree that trends come and go but the main reason for the guitar's popularity is its versatility and portability coupled with the fact that almost anyone can learn to play hundreds of popular songs armed with just a handful of chords. For those who are more ambitious the instrument offers a multitude of polyphonic possibilities through the use of fingerstyle techniques. And then you can re-tune it to whatever takes your fancy. I also agree with a previous post that there are probably too many builders, purely from a sustainability perspective.
Cheers,
Ian
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