From an interview with Pollstar:

A few years ago, I took my son to a big video store and there was a cat there that knew who I was and everything. I’m sure he did this to amuse me but he said, ‘Check this out!’ and he put on his plastic guitar. I’m like ‘Is this guy for real?’ This was before [the trend] exploded and I was very skeptical. But having said that, I am completely for it now. This has become what MTV was 20 years ago but this is even cooler because it’s interactive.

We can go to Best Buy where I live, for instance, and there’s a full-blown music store as well. They sell the Marshalls and Strats like Guitar Center. To see these kids standing there, trying out their plastic guitars and then look[ing] over to the real ones, it’s a good thing.

And there’s lots more great guitar chat to be had in the interview.

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