Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto announced on Instagram that Guitar Center is starting a guitar brand using crowdsourced ideas from Reddit (instagram.com/reel/DWWhbWMhs3M/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
03:38 Your submitted ideas are now owned by Guitar Center
14:12 Is the tiki scene just hardcore retro people and lawyers?
17:08 Is there a difference between Youtubers crowdsourcing vs. a corporation?
22:13 Orangewood is doing great on the affordable guitar scene
23:50 Crowdsourcing tends to be generally problematic
29:24 Is your local Guitar Center better than it was a year ago? (mine isn't)
34:25 Thanks Patreon!
40:12 This song was sent by CHEEKFACE and is called "Black Site" (https://linktr.ee/cheekface)
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