On: The slow death of the electric guitar

[johan_larson]

The electric guitar is now what the saxophone was in the fifties: the iconic instrument of the hottest music of dad's generation.

[fh973 → johan_larson]

Hold on, I am a not very young dad and the music of my youth was with two turntables and a mic. The 90s golden age of hip hop :) There was also electronic music like techno, drum and bass, ...

Guitar music is I'd say evergreen, but hasn't been the hottest thing for much longer.

[johan_larson → fh973]

OK, so it's the music of dad's dad's generation. I was double-extra right. :)

[s3graham → fh973]

Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Metallica... 90s were still pretty hot on guitars.

(Maybe less so by the late 90s, so maybe I'm a few years old than you :)

[agumonkey → johan_larson]

Funny how saxophone was a big sidewinger in 80s pop too.

[zwieback → agumonkey]

I tried and failed at playing the solo from Urgent on my sax

[InitialLastName → johan_larson]

Let's be fair, the saxophone had a quick resurrection in the late 90's/early 00's.

Source: Played baritone sax in an early 2000's ska band

[meggar → InitialLastName]

At least we can always count on ska coming back. Isn't it about time for the fourth wave?

[grondilu → johan_larson]

That may be an accurate comparison.