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At 09:40 AM 8/28/2002, Hans wrote: >Somewhere I saw a figure that turntables outsold guitars last year. >Some people around here feel that the slump in guitar sales is due to >the fact that rock isn't as hip as it was in the past, and that there >aren't really any guitar heroes rockin' the charts. I don't have the namm numbers for 2001, but in 2000 they noted that dj gear "has gone from a curiosity to a rapidly growing phenomenon to a sizable mainstream category in the industry." as they note, their dj sales data doesn't capture the whole market since they split things like power amps, speakers, sequencers, drum machines, etc into other categories. so it is mainly dj mixers, turntables, and dj cd players that they track. US numbers for 2000 are: dj market: 131.5M electric guitars: 490M acoustic guitars: 440M electric guitars had been in a steady decline since the mid-90's, but spiked up again in 2000. dj gear has been on an exponential growth rate in the same period, starting to level out as that market matures. I don't have data for last year yet, but I doubt they crossed over each other. I don't have data for the rest of the world, just the US. kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com