That's a valid question, DG, and all I can do is offer my own perception. For one thing, there are a lot more guitar players out there, and probably as a result, guitar is a lot more universal and featured in far more styles of music. Both have grown a lot from their earlier times over the past 75 years. However, a guitar is pretty much the same as it was decades ago...same 6 strings, and same tuning. Pedal steel guitar, however, has increased vastly in complexity over the same period, so the very thing that gives the instrument more capability actually makes it harder to play, and lessens the chances that someone will take up the instrument.DG Whitley wrote:I have a question if I may, why are steel guitar licks getting any older than guitar licks? Guitars were around for decades earlier that PSG, sure seems their licks should be getting a little old and stale too. Haven't guitar players played everything there is to play yet too?
In short, I feel guitarists have mostly reinvented their techniques, and how they play. Pedal steelers, on the other hand, have concentrated far more on trying to change and reinvent the instrument itself.