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GEAR OF THE YEAR 2020

2020 was a very different and much more challenging year for the guitar industry than the one we anticipated when we convened in California for NAMM back in January. But despite the enormous obstacles and difficulties that many makers had to overcome – the disrupted supply chains, the shuttered factories and much more – it’s also been a year of rejuvenation for guitar playing. Barely a week goes by without a news story proclaiming the guitar a massive pandemic success story, with sales soaring as guitarists new and old turn to the instrument while spending more time indoors.

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