Interesting stat's Bit.

My first response was uninformed as usual so..

I would never have thought that. 
I think the sheet music likely stays strong because of schools. Smaller amps is my guess along with a glut of amps already out there... and the economy.

Interesting.


 

bitflipper


...instrument amplifiers are down ($230M, maybe because everybody's buying smaller guitar amps?)

All the more reason for manufacturers to start charging $2,499 for a 10w 8" speaker battery powered amp.

I would have thought guitar sales would beat (pun intended) drum sales.
As Bouy mentioned, it might have something to do with if you're counting full sets or single drums.
All guitar players I know own at least 4 guitars and a few amps where as most drummers only own one set and maybe a few different snare drums.

At one point I did own 3 sets tho. 
An old Ludwig that sounded amazing but didn't get much play time because I didn't want to beat it up.
Then there was my Rodgers set that was used for playing out
because I didn't mind the scratches, dents and dings so much.
And lastly is my DW's. They don't leave the house. If some drunk splashed or dinged them I would end up incarcerated.

Mike

I see musician's slaves sells are up 10% though, interesting...

chefmike8888

And lastly is my DW's. They don't leave the house. If some drunk splashed or dinged them I would end up incarcerated. 

Mike

DO NOT under any circumstance invite Mooch over to play your DWs.

craigb

bitflipper


...instrument amplifiers are down ($230M, maybe because everybody's buying smaller guitar amps?)

The Who has cut back on their touring.

Nahhh ... The Rolling Stones were so loud, and so out of tune, that I walked out 30 minutes into it!
 
The Who ... was awesome ... and played first ... then Blues Magoos and then Herman and the Hermits ... but the best part? ... that drum kit didn't exist when Keith was done, and Pete's guitar was in 100 pieces and that amp ... yeah ... it had a serious thud crash in it ... like a Mac truck ran over it! This was just before Tommy came out, mind you ... and I'm sure that they wanted to show those other two goons who was better and boss! I still think that Legs Larry Smith did a better job trashing the drums than Keith ever did ... but no one here will like their rock heroes getting trashed for their personal statements!
 
The only thing that is weird in that stuff is that it is not really adding numbers to software, that these days are making a lot of the more expensive equipment redundant ... you don't need a huge U2 rig, or a Fripp rig, or a Gilmour rig any more ... you can have some easy software and play through it and voila ... sounds even better! This was CERTAINLY the case with "The Wall" recently as compared to the original, and it was very "clean" ... and above all ... no hiss, which means you know it's digital!
 
The numbers for software are easily 3 to 4 times those in the hardware these days ... or all these companies that we talk about, including Cakewalk, would not be around ... Cakewalk would not be this big or around, if they only did 25 million per year! They obviously do a heck of a lot more than that ... now you got the other big DAW's, and you really think they do less than that?
 
Yeah

craigb


I didn't see accordians or bagpipes mentioned...

satan bought all of those up to include in his welcome wagon package ...

musicman100

craigb


I didn't see accordians or bagpipes mentioned...

satan bought all of those up to include in his welcome wagon package ...

This has got to be wrong!
 
All bad guys and such always played the mad Hammond Organ! ... and their mighty organ and tale as well, but that is another story, of course!

musicman100

craigb


I didn't see accordians or bagpipes mentioned...

satan bought all of those up to include in his welcome wagon package ...