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Bruce Springsteen has used the same 'bitza' guitar which he bought in 1973 for almost the entirety of his career.

[1] https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bruce-spri...

He's a singer-songwriter though not a virtuoso guitarist.

Which is irrelevant, and wasn't part of the original claim. He still made his livehood singing and playing guitar to tens of thousands of people at a time.

Besides, virtuoso guitarists also use cheap inexensive guitars all the time. Some examples, out of the top of my mind:

Prince, a big virtuoso, favorited his "Madcat", a Tele clone he bought for like $50 dollars.

Eddie Van Halen often used cheap Teisco guitars.

Mike Rutherford (the Genesis guitarist) used mucho-cheapo Squier Bullet guitars (Fender's cheapo line) for Generis 2020 live tours.

Marillion's Steve Rothery also uses a Squire as one of his main axes.

The Beatles were also known for using cheapo guitars like Epiphone Casinos.

That wasn't the position of the goalposts.

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