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A stroll through any musical instrument store worth its salt should easily prove that at this time, the sheer numbers of guitars hanging on the walls is proof of a fad among consumers and fads just don't last a long time.



???

How does an activity that has been going on for close to 60 years qualify? Fads by definition tend to die out in weeks or months. A duration of years or decades indicates a trend.

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. . . there are going to be more and more great values to be had in the guitar market, both used and new, because of this.



You can pay as little as $150, or as much as 2 kilobucks for an off-the-shelf Stratocaster--more for a Custom Shop variant. That both ends of the spectrum are being served by the market again militates against a fad. This is evolution, not degeneration.

I think we see the germ of something in the iPod and associated musical apps that indicates a new trend, but IMO it's going to be a lo-ong time before they or another musical instrument replace the guitar in popularity.

Perhaps I am missing something in your basic premises.

*ducks*

R.

Last edited by Ryszard; 11/15/10 06:14 AM.
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