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07-08-2006, 01:27 PM
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From an article on Lycos Wired News.com July 8, 2006:
$7.8 billion in musical instrument sales in the United States alone last year, up 6.9 percent from 2004 says Scott Robertson, spokesman for the National Association of Music Merchants, or NAMM.
Worldwide sales topped $17 billion, according to a soon-to-be-released NAMM report.
Leading the way is the fretted phallic symbol of American rock 'n' roll freedom, the six-string electric axe, which cranked up a 13.3 percent gain in retail value in 2005, to more than 3.3 million units sold in the United States, for $1.1 billion in sales.
"What we're witnessing is a shift from passive listening to active playing," Robertson says. "Siblings are inspired by music-themed TV shows to come out and play instruments." |
07-08-2006, 01:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | six string basses are the biggest musical instrument seller???? wow. maybe more than 4 strings isnt evil...
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07-08-2006, 01:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Yonkers, NY | | | LOL! Right, they were ALL six string basses, I shoulda made specific mention of that! |
07-08-2006, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Tingly "What we're witnessing is a shift from passive listening to active playing," Robertson says. "Siblings are inspired by music-themed TV shows to come out and play instruments." | Oh great, MORE competition...   
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07-08-2006, 02:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Anaheim, Ca. | | "..six string basses are the biggest musical instrument seller???? wow. maybe more than 4 strings isnt evil..."
Ok..ok.. things do change. Facts are facts, more than 4-strings isn't evil. Very good.  |
07-08-2006, 03:41 PM
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Leading the way is the fretted phallic symbol of American rock 'n' roll freedom, the six-string electric axe, which cranked up a 13.3 percent gain in retail value in 2005, to more than 3.3 million units sold in the United States, for $1.1 billion in sales.
| It never mentioned bass specifically. |
07-08-2006, 04:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan | | I'm pretty sure it's talking about the 6 string electric guitar... |
07-08-2006, 04:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Yonkers, NY | | | Uh..yeah..we were just joking around about the basses... |
07-08-2006, 05:21 PM
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07-08-2006, 05:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas | | Sorry, I just got off work. I'm a bit dense right now! 
I feel like such a tool. |
07-08-2006, 05:47 PM
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07-08-2006, 09:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wantagh, New York | | | Basses are bigger than guitars, and to most people, much more phallic. Guitars/Guitarists got nothing on us. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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