Glastonbury driving guitar sales

NelsonP

https://www.nme.com/news/music/guitar-sales-soar-following-cures-glastonbury-headline-set-2524784

57Deluxe

that's Kylie Power for you...

BBBlues

That’s cool!

However with a sample of one shop, and 16% sales growth over a weekend likely being within standard deviation, it’s a bit Daily Mail for me.

Sassafras

Never before have so many guitars been stored under so many beds by so many people.
It's like after Wimbledon when tennis racket sales skyrocket only for them to end up in the backs of wardrobes.

thegummy

BBBlues said:

That’s cool!

However with a sample of one shop, and 16% sales growth over a weekend likely being within standard deviation, it’s a bit Daily Mail for me.

I wonder how many guitars GG typically sell in a weekend to see how many extra guitars 16% actually is.

How do they know the ages of people visiting their website?

guitars4you

BBBlues said:

That’s cool!

However with a sample of one shop, and 16% sales growth over a weekend likely being within standard deviation, it’s a bit Daily Mail for me.

exactly 

rossi

Sassafras said:

Never before have so many guitars been stored under so many beds by so many people.
It's like after Wimbledon when tennis racket sales skyrocket only for them to end up in the backs of wardrobes.

Went to our recycling centre and there was  a pile of raquets dumped.Keep looking for guitars .......

BBBlues

I think 29/25 would give you 16% sales growth. So potentially 4 more than avg?

Would they sell 25 on avg? Seems a lot. Maybe including all guitarguitar stores and online? But that’s the smallest fraction to satisfy the stat.

darthed1981

57Deluxe said:

that's Kylie Power for you...

I thought her set was surprisingly guitar heavy actually, great stuff.

ICBM

I thought her set was really poor, and I’m quite a fan. Chris Martin thrashing away badly on CGYOOMH was probably the low point.

darthed1981

ICBM said:

I thought her set was really poor, and I’m quite a fan. Chris Martin thrashing away badly on CGYOOMH was probably the low point.

What... like Boss Katana poor...?

thegummy

ICBM said:

I thought her set was really poor, and I’m quite a fan. Chris Martin thrashing away badly on CGYOOMH was probably the low point.

The only thing worse than someone strumming an acoustic guitar with stickers on it is Chris Martin

NelsonP

BBBlues said:

That’s cool!

However with a sample of one shop, and 16% sales growth over a weekend likely being within standard deviation, it’s a bit Daily Mail for me.

Fair point. But 20% increase in website hits amongst 18-24s not to be sniffed at, although there could be other reasons behind that too.

TimmyO

57Deluxe said:

that's Kylie Power for you...

Probably helped autotune plugin sales too 

Grangousier

I didn't see this, but is he playing disastrously badly, like a bad dream car crash performance that will haunt him for the rest of his life? Because that's the facial expression of a terrified, humiliated man (and he seems to be blushing very heavily, too). 

57Deluxe

Chris Martin for all his Mega£$ still doesn't seem to own a pair of proper trousers...

darthed1981

Grangousier said:

I didn't see this, but is he playing disastrously badly, like a bad dream car crash performance that will haunt him for the rest of his life? Because that's the facial expression of a terrified, humiliated man (and he seems to be blushing very heavily, too). 

Chris Martin just looks like that I think.

ICBM

Grangousier said:

I didn't see this, but is he playing disastrously badly, like a bad dream car crash performance that will haunt him for the rest of his life? Because that's the facial expression of a terrified, humiliated man (and he seems to be blushing very heavily, too). 

Maybe not quite that bad, but it was pretty ropey and sounded rubbish. I certainly can't see that it would have helped guitar sales.

Kylie is much better with the full campy stage show she normally has. Trying to do a more stripped-down rocked-up one just fell flat.

clarkefan

Johnny Marr on the other hand was brilliant with the Killers, bloke's turning into Keef throwing all the shapes

MagicPigDetective

I was on of those that googled his Shecter guitat after the set. Looks cool but won’t be buying one! 

Iamnobody

clarkefan said:

Johnny Marr on the other hand was brilliant with the Killers, bloke's turning into Keef throwing all the shapes

Except you can’t polish a turd! For me The Killers lack any sort of edge whatsoever and the front man gets dangerously close to being a cabaret performer. Shite! YMMV.

Marr though is very cool.