I have my hands into a few places in the music industry, and I can say that overall everything is a bit busier than it was pre-Covid. More instruments and software are being sold, and more people are recording albums (with or without a studio).

And heck yeah, guitar is alive and well, just as it has been all along! There are a lot of changes in the industry (digital guitar amps are now indistinguishable from tube amps), but the 'ol log with strings is still going!

Then again, I primarily listen to metal, and it's very difficult to do that without guitars.


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