rsm
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I was starting to think that all my hobbies are old man hobbies; I guess not all are.
ChurchHill
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There's hope, yet, apparently... good!
When I was in high school, there was nothing cooler than being a guitarist. Now, hardly anybody even knows what a guitar is or what it sounds like. It's easy to think that guitar-driven music that's been around for 100 years is dying out. Glad to see there is still some hope that it survives my descendants having to parse through my ever-growing collection of electronic antiquities AKA tube amps...
When I was in high school, there was nothing cooler than being a guitarist. Now, hardly anybody even knows what a guitar is or what it sounds like. It's easy to think that guitar-driven music that's been around for 100 years is dying out. Glad to see there is still some hope that it survives my descendants having to parse through my ever-growing collection of electronic antiquities AKA tube amps...
stratjacket
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That’s pretty cool to see. Just gotta get em started and
rsm
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There's hope, yet, apparently... good!
When I was in high school, there was nothing cooler than being a guitarist. Now, hardly anybody even knows what a guitar is or what it sounds like. It's easy to think that guitar-driven music that's been around for 100 years is dying out. Glad to see there is still some hope that it survives my descendants having to parse through my ever-growing collection of electronic antiquities AKA tube amps...
I've put my sailing thoughts on hold, and my retirement hobbies are music (guitar, keys, bass), sports cars, and American v-twin (not HD, not Indian) custom choppers, and travel (going to Japan for just under 4 weeks later this year).
The average age of motorcyclists in the US just hit 50 for men, and 39 for women. When I started riding the average age was 27 years old.
At least guitars, tube amps and some pedals will hold value over time; digital keyboards made since 2010 or so are basically disposable like digital modelers, obsolete and newer tech keeps getting released. I do have a few analog synths that may hold some value, as long as parts are available; old transistor and tone wheel organs are going to be difficult to repair in the coming decades...
I'll probably start selling music gear in the next 8-10 years, keeping a few guitars, tube amps, and pedals...and keyboards. There's nothing I really want to sell today tho'; and always something I want to buy
RaceU4her
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im really not trying to be a dick, but i dont see how this is surprising to anyone other than GenX'ers who cant put down their van halen albums and are still going to Lynch shows. Country music is massive and most all guitar driven. Taylor Swift is the biggest thing since The Beatles who has legions of woman wanting to play acoustic like her, just as young dudes wanted to be like The Beatles. The jam and neo-funk scene around me is packing the clubs and bars literally every night, and most all the bands are 20somethings. Bands like Sleep Token are massive. Deftones are bigger than ever, these are guitar driven bands. Then you throw in the biggest factor being youtube and social media, and how easy and inexpensive it is to learn to record to do your thing on those sites, it seems like a pretty great time to be into guitar.
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VonBonfire
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I never got into something based on the average age of other people who are into it. Guitar is fun and cool unless you ruin it by plugging in to some lame ass computer amp.
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CoreyW
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It is an absolute golden age for learning or playing an instrument.
Look at the quality of entry level gear and try to remember what was available 20 years ago for starter instruments.
ChurchHill
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Music's been a part of my life as long as I can remember. I still remember a plastic uke I had when I was 3, started taking lessons when I was 7. For me, it had nothing to do with anything other than making music.
But yeah, @RaceU4her you've got some good points. I'm not really in the club scene like I used to be and there's not much left of it around where I live. Still, at least country still features guitars and at least Swift is inspiring people to play. There is still some good music out there, but there's a lot of drool, too, and too often guitars seem like props rather than musical instruments. But, my perspective is limited by my level of exposure, most of which is purposeful on my part.
Bottom line is I'm just glad that people are still playing and still wanting to learn. It doesn't matter what inspires them as long as they are inspired.
But yeah, @RaceU4her you've got some good points. I'm not really in the club scene like I used to be and there's not much left of it around where I live. Still, at least country still features guitars and at least Swift is inspiring people to play. There is still some good music out there, but there's a lot of drool, too, and too often guitars seem like props rather than musical instruments. But, my perspective is limited by my level of exposure, most of which is purposeful on my part.
Bottom line is I'm just glad that people are still playing and still wanting to learn. It doesn't matter what inspires them as long as they are inspired.
stephen sawall
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I wonder what percentage of the world population plays guitar compared with past decades.
I see the death of guitar about 2010. It came back in the last five years in several ways.
I definitely see a lot more young women interested in the instrument.
I see the death of guitar about 2010. It came back in the last five years in several ways.
I definitely see a lot more young women interested in the instrument.
rsm
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griff10672
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my youngest is 26 ..... he plays ..... he's a total Thrash nut now
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VonBonfire
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That's awesome. My son is just a dabbler playing EVH licks on some POS computer guitar program. Me talking to him at the dinner table...."son, when are you gonna grow some hair on your chest and buy a real tube amp?"
I can hear you guys talking guitar at the dinner table too...."son, I can build a high quality clone of any circuit you're interested in with the graphics you want for a really reasonable price as long as I can get a reliable schematic"
griff10672
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I literally just gave my Gibson Explorer to him for his Birthday ...... he might have a few pedalsThat's awesome. My son is just a dabbler playing EVH licks on some POS computer guitar program. Me talking to him at the dinner table...."son, when are you gonna grow some hair on your chest and buy a real tube amp?"
I can hear you guys talking guitar at the dinner table too...."son, I can build a high quality clone of any circuit you're interested in with the graphics you want for a really reasonable price as long as I can get a reliable schematic"
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VonBonfire
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That's awesome man. My son asked me what I could do to get help him get into a decent axe. I told him "nothing, I'm a musician"I literally just gave my Gibson Explorer to him for his Birthday ...... he might have a few pedals
311boogieman
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What is more surprising to me is that the gender distribution is 50/50.
Where are all the girls here at R-T?
Where are all the girls here at R-T?
rsm
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I literally just gave my Gibson Explorer to him for his Birthday ...... he might have a few pedals
My son took piano lessons, when he was around 12-13 he asked me if he could learn guitar. I let him try a few of mine, Based on his favorite guitarists / music at the time, I bought him a new Fender American Professional, black with maple board. He played for a few years, dropped it, and over the 2025-2026 Christmas break he got back into it.
I'll see how it goes.
When I first started learning to play guitar, I had a crappy Norma guitar with high action. My guitar teacher never mentioned anything about making my guitar playable, but would complain that I wasn't learning the lessons, and I told him the guitar was too difficult to play due to the high action, so I quit. I was probably 8 years old; at 13 I got back into it, had a knockoff flying V which was easy to play, and at 14 bought a brand new 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom, black and gold...with money I saved, and some help from grandparents...in time for my first paying gig at 14.
I didn't want my son to have a crappy guitar he didn't like to start with, like I had.
rsm
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311boogieman
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at least post an attractive chick 
WizardAmpIphoneClip
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Average age buying their first guitar is 28??
Really
Really
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