One online musical instrument site has been selling, on average, 1,000 guitars a day during the pandemic.
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Samantha Hissong reports in Rolling Stone:
“We’re now selling a thousand guitars every day.” Searches for acoustic guitars and acoustic guitar amps were up by 50% year over year. Fender says there was a 92% increase in under-$500 purchases and a 26% increase amongst “experienced players” choosing higher end guitars. “In software, offering Fender Play free for three months encouraged nearly one million new players to play guitar. With 40+-year-old players, we saw increased interest in learning to play an instrument. “We see increases in lessons students in the 11-to-15 age range and over-40-year-old during shelter-in-place.”