BrewA1 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 One thing I've pondered while watching tv, why are there no instrument adverts on? I'd love to be sitting there and see a new bass come up on the screen, would be a darn sight better than some adverts that are on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 It's an advert with a bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 It's simply not a big enough market to be worth the outlay anywhere other than specialist publications and websites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) It'd be interesting to know how many musical instruments are sold in the UK on an average week. I bet it's not that many. If you look specifically at guitars and basses it's going to be a lot less. Edited October 12, 2016 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 [quote name='BrewA1' timestamp='1476288034' post='3153069'] One thing I've pondered while watching tv, why are there no instrument adverts on? I'd love to be sitting there and see a new bass come up on the screen, would be a darn sight better than some adverts that are on! [/quote] Placing just a single national TV ad spot on ITV costs up to £60000. That ad would be viewed by hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people who do not play bass guitar and never will. Hence there would be a very high outlay for a high level of wastage. Advertisers seeking a specialised audience use specialist media in order to minimise cost and wastage. That's why they use musical instrument magazines, websites like BassChat and low visibility programmes like Google Adwords that deliver ads in response to keyword searches. Basically, it's the difference between buying an atom bomb to drop on a city just to kill one person or sneaking up behind him in the pub with a garotte. [size=2](Sorry, I really must work on my analogies).[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1476291660' post='3153127'] Placing just a single national TV ad spot on ITV costs up to £60000. That ad would be viewed by hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people who do not play bass guitar and never will. Hence there would be a very high outlay for a high level of wastage. Advertisers seeking a specialised audience use specialist media in order to minimise cost and wastage. That's why they use musical instrument magazines, websites like BassChat and low visibility programmes like Google Adwords that deliver ads in response to keyword searches. Basically, it's the difference between buying an atom bomb to drop on a city just to kill one person or sneaking up behind him in the pub with a garotte. [size=2](Sorry, I really must work on my analogies).[/size] [/quote] How much would it cost to employ two guys in Liverpool to call every UK mobile and ask if they want to buy a bass guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1476291660' post='3153127'] Placing just a single national TV ad spot on ITV costs up to £60000. That ad would be viewed by hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people who do not play bass guitar and never will. Hence there would be a very high outlay for a high level of wastage. Advertisers seeking a specialised audience use specialist media in order to minimise cost and wastage. That's why they use musical instrument magazines, websites like BassChat and low visibility programmes like Google Adwords that deliver ads in response to keyword searches. Basically, it's the difference between buying an atom bomb to drop on a city just to kill one person or sneaking up behind him in the pub with a garotte. [size=2](Sorry, I really must work on my analogies).[/size] [/quote] How do you kill someone with a carrot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1476307863' post='3153297'] How do you kill someone with a carrot? [/quote] I once read about a French gentleman who stabbed his wife to death with a wedge shaped piece of cheese that was so stale it had completely hardened. What were we talking about again?.... Edited October 12, 2016 by Painy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1476307863' post='3153297'] How do you kill someone with a carrot? [/quote] With a carrot rifle, obviously. [media]http://youtu.be/bo_oNLdpN7g[/media] Edited October 12, 2016 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) Sorry, derailed the thread by misreading 'garotte' as 'carrot'...must go to savespekkers Edited October 12, 2016 by yorks5stringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 (edited) - Edited February 22, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1476307863' post='3153297'] How do you kill someone with a carrot? [/quote] Slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1476307863' post='3153297'] How do you kill someone with a carrot? [/quote] In the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZD56 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 "50% of what you spend on advertising is wasted - trouble is you don't know which 50%" Don't know which marketing guru said that, but it's very true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 A carrot as a murder weapon? Would that be the root of the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 I handed mine in at the recent parsnip amnesty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 (edited) [quote name='LZD56' timestamp='1476361564' post='3153635'] "50% of what you spend on advertising is wasted - trouble is you don't know which 50%" Don't know which marketing guru said that, but it's very true [/quote] The observation is sometimes attributed to Lord Leverhulme the founder of Unilever which - as every schoolboy knows - is the owner of the Marmite brand. [quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1476318764' post='3153358'] Which carrot rifle is best for metal? [/quote] The metal one in the YT video. People were 'worried' about durability of the earlier plastic version. Frankly, I'd like Santa to bring me an oxygen-propane potato gun. [media]http://youtu.be/OwRAbVPsj5g[/media] Edited October 13, 2016 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Didn't Casio used to advertise some of their home keyboards in the 80s, particularly in the run-up to Christmas? OK, they're perhaps as close to toys as musical instruments, but that's the only example I could think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1476379554' post='3153849'] Didn't Casio used to advertise some of their home keyboards in the 80s, particularly in the run-up to Christmas? OK, they're perhaps as close to toys as musical instruments, but that's the only example I could think of. [/quote] I think Guitar Hero likewise did some TV ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Bontempi home organ. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Stylophone - don't go there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 [quote name='LZD56' timestamp='1476361564' post='3153635'] "50% of what you spend on advertising is wasted - trouble is you don't know which 50%" Don't know which marketing guru said that, but it's very true [/quote] A former boss of mine's favourite saying was along the lines of "[i]many books have been written about marketing, most of them were cheque books[/i]." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interpol52 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 (edited) TV promotion does take place but its not on adverts, usually it is via bassists being on music channels or TV shows using gear. A 45 minute set of an artist playing Fender guitars at Glastonbury on the BBC reaches out directly to a potential target market and doesn't cost Fender anything, unless they have paid to endorse the artist maybe. The great thing for older guitar makes is that even archive footage of a band from 50 years ago can act as an advert for a guitar to be purchased now. Edited October 14, 2016 by interpol52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Fender are advertising their wares on the sides of some London buses. Saw one yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 You get fenders on the side of boats as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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