Well, apparently, most of guitar magazines are filled with metal guitar players (at least Guitar World is). I think cover of latest Guitar World is EVH (lol); they still have tons of articles about Pantera (even though Dime isn't even alive), Lamb of God, Slayer, Yngwie (come on, as much as I respect him, he's something we should've forgotten in the 80s), and Richie Blackmore (for Christ's sake, stop). Even Zakk Wylde is getting attention for creating his own line of gear as his musical relevance fades away. So apparently, metal is very relevant to world of guitar players; i mean most of technical players are from metal (unless you're Tommy Emmanuel), and people still look up to them. Recent issues are also becoming about Djent bands/overly-downtuned prog metal-esque music with incomprehensible vocals.
They're still writing about that?
The luthier at guitar building class has recently brought his old 80's and 90's collection of guitar magazines to the class, and they're full of (hair) metal guitarists too. I guess maybe its because metal guitarists form the lionshare of their readership?
So, it makes sense that even though Edge is hugely famous, he may not be all that respected amongst jealous guitarists; so that might hurt the sales somehow? (i know it's absolute bullshit but hey, we believe in tons of bullshit like "these parts make Klon sound good" or something like that). It's somewhat evident from the fact that Sonic Youth models (Lee and thurston) didn't sell well and Tom Morello is often ridiculed because he uses "too much effect"[/quote]
Tom gets shat upon by the same people who diss Edge and for the same reason. To those people the only benchmark to being a good guitarist is to be able to shred or have blues chops akin to SRV. Ironically enough Tom Morello can shred. He just prefers to make pterodactyl noises instead. As for those Sonic Youth guys, they just have the bad luck in being in an underground band so their fanbase is limited. Metal is also underground but I think the ratio of guitarists amongst metal heads is a lot bigger, so the potential customer base is a lot bigger.
U2 on the other hand is the biggest band on Earth and even if the ratio of guitarists amongst U2 fans is smaller then with metal heads, the larger fanbase should make up for it. I predict the Edge Strat will be with us for a long time. I don't think the same can be said for the Edge Fender amp. The link between Edge and Fender amps is not the same in the mind of most people as it is with Strats.
I wish people respect alt rock guitarists more. or people with alt-rock mindset, like Edge, Johnny Marr, Lee Ranaldo, Joey Santiago, etc.
Haters gonna hate. Don't let their opinions ruin your day. Just smile and think of the intro to Where the Streets instead.
PS. I am disappointed by the fact that you guys didn't like my new Edge sig model idea
It was probably a bit too outlandish. And out of character, as Edge would want ridiculous vintage things on his guitar, not weird gizmos. Like pickups would by Fender unicorns from 1957. And why 1957, that was the year that unicorn handler Doris retired and the production shifted to Mexican goblins. As everyone knows, unicorn tears are a key ingredient to good tone.
