Guitar sales rise as UK gets into lockdown groove

Life under lockdown has seen a surge in amateur musicians and podcasters, says the UK's biggest online retailer of instruments and sound equipment.
In the April-to-June period, Gear4music saw the value of UK sales rise 80% on the same time last year to £21.2m.
Among the big sellers were electric and acoustic guitar starter bundles, which contain all the accessories required for a budding player to get picking.
Digital pianos also sold particularly well, said chief executive Andrew Wass.
"People are interested in having a really good hobby that they can get into," he told the BBC.
"Maybe they played music at school and have found themselves indoors and decided to come back to it."

Mr Wass said home studio equipment, including microphones and recording software, was popular as well.
"It seems everybody wants to be a podcaster and they're buying into really professional set-ups at home," he added.
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