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Musical Instruments & Gear

4 tracked retailers, ranked by NOligarchy Score. Best pick: Fender (85.2).
0 · worst score
avg 72.0
100 · best
3 of 4 tracked retailers rate Trusted, making Musical Instruments & Gear one of the cleaner categories to shop in. Scores range from 85.2 (Fender) down to 43.0 (Guitar Center). Musical Instruments & Gear ranks 15th cleanest of 44 tracked categories.
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Spend
$812K
Federal lobbying
$640K
PAC & Super PAC
$0
Executive donations
$172K
Ownership risk
3 flagged
Fender
#1 in this category
85.2
/100
Trusted
fender.com
Reverb
#2 in this category
83.0
/100
Trusted
reverb.com
Sweetwater Sound
#3 in this category
76.9
/100
Trusted
sweetwater.com
Guitar Center
#4 in this category
43.0
/100
Concerning
guitarcenter.com
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