IMHO the obvious reason for the downfall of the guitar is the complete collapse of the music market, especially the "rock market". Who dreams of being a rocksta

IMHO the obvious reason for the downfall of the guitar is the complete collapse of the music market, especially the "rock market". Who dreams of being a rockstar today? Nobody, you'll make more money playing jazz these days than rock, and in jazz the guitar is optional. I lived the whole Nirvana craze in the 90's and every kid out there dreamed of becoming Kurt Cobain. A shitload of guitars were sold at the time. These were the good times though.