This was an interesting article, thanx for sharing.

As mentioned about saxes Chinese guitars are of high quality for a fraction of the cost of a Fender or Gibson. It's hard to compete with China in today's climate.

One thing missing in this report is the fact that many today want instant gratification. It takes time and patience to play an instrument and many kids today do not want to learn the basics. I could tell be the second lessons which students would stick with it and which would drop out. Now they can load up a DAW and record a song using loops, BiaB/RB, VSTis that have automatic playing programing like finger picking a guitar, etc without touching an instrument (this is not a knock on those of us on this forum - I'm just trying to prove a point). The attention span is dwindling!

Just my thoughts - YMMV


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