Is Guitar still Popular?

21/02/2020 5 min

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With the rise of pop, dance and rap music and a remarkable decline in rock music, it’s been a bleak period for electric guitar says Jesse Levine Norristown. The headlines are also not making things easier. From Eric Clapton’s announcement of the probable demise of this iconic instrument to the decline in sales. Just to drive the point’s home, the long-lived guitar maker and the brain behind the most popular instrument, the Les Paul guitar, Gibson’s filed for bankruptcy. Gibson is not the only guitar company that is struggling, Fender, another leading guitar company is also not left out. In the past decade, sales of the electric guitar have fallen from 1.5 million to 1 million, a number that is quite shocking. Does this mean that it is the end of this popular instrument? Is guitar experiencing a slow, secret death? What does the future hold for the guitar? Let’s explore with Jesse Levine Norristown, the founder “Alex Levine School of Guitar, a school serving as a wonderful tribute of her son, Alex, a rock and roll legend.
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