Re: guitar store reflections

Date: 17 Jul 2003 05:59:49 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz
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email-address-deleted (dunlop212) wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> Traveled out of town last week, and of course looked up the
> neighborhood guitar store. First thing I noticed was the shoegazer
> music in the background; I get the impression that this is a marketing
> trend now going from the GCs to the mom and pops. I don't care much
> about the quality of the music; I just prefer silence if I am shopping
> for a guitar.
>
> I agree with this observation. I was in my local Guitar Center trying
out an L5 they were asking $7,000 for. The teenage sales"boys" were
blasting heavy metal music throughout the store. Not only could I not
hear the guitar (even with an amp) I couldn't even stay in the store.
Great management. This store has the music blasting all day long. I
wonder how many customers looking for upscale guitars they drive away.
Andy D.