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Laser disc never died either; just ask my 8th grade science teacher and his collection of documentaries. Still (!) evidence of use today.

The remote people don't get to take their eyes off the screen...

It would be a lot better without karma.

This occurs mostly in private student loans vs. federal ones. Private offers even fewer options than the federally mandated ones provide.

I was really good at parks & rec basketball. I was so good that sometimes I'd score for the other team, too.

There's still an idea of wearing the pitcher out in the majors. Of course, if you're an ace throwing no-nos then you can routinely go 110+ pitches per game. Most pitchers go about 60-70. The bullpen is stacked with varying arms and pitch types to throw off hitters their 3rd+ time through.

I was speaking more about "riffage" over presence, but I'll keep an ear out for it. If anything to say, "here, listen to this".

8. The answer is 8. 7 was so late-90's/early-00's. 9 string still gets laughs. But wait long enough and everyone will want to get lower.

I ponder GC's choices. It was like a cancer in my major metropolitan area. Within 5-10 years all the mom-and-pop stores with a good solution of beginner and high-end equipment left and these things moved in. Coming from a millennial, it really isn't he way it used to be. Sad.

Slightly related, and assuming you like Blues, have you seen Joe Bonamassa's videos and tours of his collection? Very cool, too. Emphasis on Fender/Gibson, but still quite entertaining. I appreciate player-collectors.

The parallels to technology careers and music backgrounds is staggering, for sure.

> Confession: I've been playing since I was 16 years old, and I didn't buy a new guitar (an acoustic) until I was over 30 years old. There was no need to.

When I started playing guitar, and took it seriously, my teachers always insisted to buy up and used, instead of something you can afford new. Now, with the salary of a software engineer, I still do it today.

When no one will buy a new car they have blowout sales on the lot. Perhaps that's what we're trying to force, here :) Sadly it doesn't work that way.

This is evolution in the industry. It opens itself up to another whole population that wasn't seriously marketed before (Pink cheap guitars, Guitar World Swimsuit edition buyers' guides, "really good for a girl" comments)

I didn't downvote, but pegging the guitar as something with a "terrible user interface" was probably your problem.

LOL, $1k on a new Les Paul.

Serious players will still spend serious money on stuff. I think it has a lot do with oversaturation of the market.

In the beginning, when White Stripes/Black keys was still regional and people were getting these unique sounds out of old, unwanted gear the cost was cheap. But that drove Silvertone's/Sears/etc prices out of the ballpark when enough people got the read on where that market was going.