SawaotheBuster said:
... I think it would be something like this
beginners will wanna get a guitar they see played(strat or tele mostly) > they go out and buy one of those > the stores don't sell the other guitars as well > the stores don't stock em
I remember when I bought my Les Paul. At the time Jacksons/Charvels were the big thing. A local store was having a big sale, and in the corner near a wall full of Jackson & Charvels was an early 70's Les Paul custom--(a remake of the old fretless wonder style)--Anyway everybody wa signoring the Les Paul--I knew it was there and wanted to be at the store before it opened in case somebody else grabbed it--but nobod "big" at the time was playing Les Pauls--so it was ignored. So while they were bowing before the still over-priced superstrats I picked up the Les Paul, strummed a chord (it was not plugged in--so it wasn't loud) and everybody looked over at me, and a some of those guys were kicking themselves that they ignored the Les Paul and were ogling the trendy guitars. So I think your scenario is right on. I still have that Les Paul.
As for the article-it says people didn't like the short scale neck, tremolo, or switches. Those are 3 of the best things about a Mustang. And I have long fingers. That trem is my favorite of all such bars.
