Gone are the days of shopping for a new guitar in a dark music store; Fender has released a new retail experience.

Wentworth Music香蕉视频直播檚 Kelowna location is one of two stores in Canada to partner with the famous guitar company.

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Wentworth Music has been family owned and operated for 50 years and has watched their competition fall from twelve stores to now one.

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Because we are family owned and operated I think that it shows a testament of putting in the effort and not just looking into the benefit,香蕉视频直播漌entworth said.

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Fender chose their long time partner in Kelowna to bring a luxury retail shopping experience to musical connoisseurs and novices.

The clean eye-level guitar racks are meant to be more welcoming to customers where they can easily pick up a guitar and try it out without the help of anyone to find the right fit.

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Although it has been reported that guitar sales are dropping, from $1.5 million sold annually to just over $1 million annually by Geoff Edgers who covered the guitar industry for the Washington Post.

Fender says that they aren香蕉视频直播檛 going anywhere, with a new app to make learning the guitar easy for those that want to learn.

Along with this new experience they say the guitar will always be relevant in a digitally obsessed world.

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