Fender had $100 million worth of retail sales canceled in 2022 (The COVID guitar boom has crashed).

Guitar World ^ | 08/29/2023 | Matt Parker

[Drew68]

“We had 16 million people pick up a guitar during the pandemic..."

And now there's 15,900,000 guitars for sale on Craigslist.

[alternatives?]

And now there’s 15,900,000 guitars for sale on Craigslist.

No. There are 8,000,000 million more people who think they are stars and looking for a place to play. I guess the bright side is many of them will begin to go to church.

[chaosagent]

And now there's 15,900,000 guitars for sale on Craigslist.

Sure wish I still had my Stratocaster Sunburst.

[uranium penguin]

I have owned a lot of guitars, going back to the 80s. Many Fenders.

I have to say that the quality of the current fenders is, overall, really excellent.

IMO/IME. pretty much better than anything they have ever put out.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I have been to several NAMM shows in recent years and it has always stunned me to ponder How many Thousands of guitars the world can actually absorb,

[Drew68]

I have to say that the quality of the current fenders is, overall, really excellent.

It's like this across all brands. CNC machining has revolutionized the guitar manufacturing industry (thanks Hartley Peavey). Even the cheap Chinese counterfeits are better-playing instruments in fit and finish than what many American companies were churning out in the 1970s.

[Vendome]

They’re a plucky business

They’ll be fine

[Fido969]

I might have room for a few more. I have my eye on a really nice Rickenbacker.

[real saxophonist]

Something I don't understand, is why one would pay $10,000 for a guitar that looks like this:

This isn't used, this is how it comes from the Fender Custom Shop.

See it here.

[T.B. Yoits]

...it has always stunned me to ponder How many Thousands of guitars the world can actually absorb,

This.

Although they're almost like firearms where you need different models after winning the lottery.

-Electric
-Acoustic
-Twelve String
-Bass
-Baritone
-With locking tremolo
-Without tremolo
-With single-stack pickups
-With humbucker pickups
-With stacked humbucker pickups
-Slide guitar
-Mandolin-guitar
-Guitar with a compound neck radius
-Guitars with differing neck radii
-Guitars with different wiring options such as treble bypass
-Guitars with serial / parallel switches
-Guitars with tapped pickup coils
-Double neck guitar 12 and 6
-Double neck guitar standard and baritone
-Double neck guitar standard and slide
-Double neck guitar standard and octave neck
-Double neck guitar baritone and bass
-Double neck guitar standard and bass
-Guitars with double cutaways at the neck
-Flying V guitar
etc.

...and just when you think you've played some variations, you see a video of Justin Johnson playing a 3-string shovel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-ltPsbw9g

[crosdaddy]

I’ve enjoyed listening to Justin for a while now, very talented.

[Drew68]

Although they're almost like firearms where you need different models after winning the lottery.

Don't forget, you need a backup for all of those as well.

[T.B. Yoits]

I do need a backup for them all... as well as versions for the studio and versions for playing live.

...and then all the pedals and amp combinations...

The gods of tone allow no rest.

[Organic Panic]

“There were 15 million fingers, learning how to play, and you could here the fingers pickin’ and this is what they had to say...” -ACDC, Let there be rock.

But screw Fender. They went to bed with the Kenyan bastard Obama to attack Gibson. Fine guitars but it is run by woke pricks who use the government to destroy their competition.

[Boogieman]

Seeing all those guitars stacked up and leaning on their necks is causing me emotional distress :D

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

That’s some shovel ready music.👍👍👍

[Organic Panic]

First Fender acoustic I ever bought the neck broke while tuning. There was a knot in the heal that was an obvious manufacturing defect that should have been seen. They demanded I paid to have it repaired and ship it at my expense to and from the factory. Was going to cost as much as the guitar. Never again will I buy one of their garbage products. It just takes one issue to totally turn a fan of a company to one who despises them, me. Especially after their conspiring with Obama to take out Gibson.

[Drew68]

I might have room for a few more. I have my eye on a really nice Rickenbacker.

Nice collection! I've only got a measly thirteen electrics (twelve too many if you ask my wife).

I'd love a Ric 660/12. There's a waiting list for a lot of Rickenbacker models. They've never expanded beyond the small California guitar manufacturer that they've always been, selling every last guitar they make.

[Roadrunner383]

“...Janopaul says the figure equated to roughly “600,000 guitars and 200,000 amps”

Hang on.

800,000 units = $100 million? So each guitar or amp averaged about $120? I know Fender does make some less expensive amps and guitars, but I don’t see anyway that the average selling price of individual Fender amps and guitars is $120. Heck, a Mexican Strat is many times that price (and a pretty good guitar).

[caver]

The 3-string shovel was great!