It’s safe to say that guitar stores have been in the news recently – and not for a very positive reason. In the States, the institution that was Sam Ash Music closed shop last year, while in the UK and mainland Europe, GAK, Bax Music, and PMT announced their bankruptcy in very quick succession.
Yet, according to high-profile UK-based guitar store, online retailer and social media brand Andertons' main man, Lee Anderton, there are lessons to be learned from these closures – and, in fact, he can confidently say that in-person guitar retail isn’t going away anytime soon.
