On the other hand, you have to be a Nile Rodgers to groove harder than robots and sequencers.

On the other other hand… guitars still make some of the best 'pluck' sounds. And I say that as someone who owns a x0xb0x, a JP-8000 and an Alpha Juno. People spend a lot of money on synthesizers that can get even close to the immediacy of an electric string. And modern samplers are so accessible you can take that electric string and do whatever you like with it.

Anything Niles produces or works on features his guitar, even the stuff he does with people half his age or less. You don't have to be a great soloist to add value to a song, even a modern dance type of music.

lol, I did learn that song on guitar when it came out! But the majority of the songs I listen to now no longer feature a guitar part to learn.