We ought to keep a tally on shows/specials and the like that we see and see what the breakdown is out of curiosity. A lot of it relates to particular styles/types of music to be sure. Like the tape Rick just watched, I saw a little homegrown PBS thing from Tennessee awhile back.....same thing, fiddlin and band contest. I didn't keep a count but I'm sure the Martin numbers would match. If you watch TNN much you find the "lineage artists" like Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, etc., playing Martin or Martin looking improvements (Skaggs plays Bourgeois). But you find a fair number of Gibson's. The pop-country big names seem to be in a category I can only figure to be "pay to play" so I doubt its too meaningful. A lot of them use Gibson and I'm sure they get a "something" out of it. I notice a lot of new Taks too.

But every alternative/folk-like/unplugged type concert I've seen in the past few years features a lot of Taylors.

I think I'll start counting for the hell of it.

Spaw