Metalhex
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Yes it was!
My local Sam Ash is closing :(
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Got many good deals in the Orange CT one, as well as Stamford
TheGreatGreen
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This is a video about a video game store. It's not a music store, but the owner's philosophy applies to basically any merchant who sells specialty products. The thumbnail makes the video look depressing but the quote is more of a half-joke, and the store owner is actually a fairly positive and pragmatic guy.
One key point he makes is that you shouldn't be a miserly asshole who refuses to move product unless it sells at your perfect pie-in-the-sky super high price. Instead, go for slightly less margin in exchange for being able to move more inventory faster. It makes the customer happier and you'll make more money in the long run that way.
One key point he makes is that you shouldn't be a miserly asshole who refuses to move product unless it sells at your perfect pie-in-the-sky super high price. Instead, go for slightly less margin in exchange for being able to move more inventory faster. It makes the customer happier and you'll make more money in the long run that way.
RevDrucifer
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I suspect my local on will be closing as well, unless they figure keeping one open in the bottom corner of the US is prudent. That store has been shit for well over a decade with some of the worst employees I’ve experienced in any music store. Remarkable how they seem to hire the same personality type over and over.
That said, I snagged a brand new G-Force from them in ‘05 for $500 because they thought it was a G-Major, so all is not lost.
That said, I snagged a brand new G-Force from them in ‘05 for $500 because they thought it was a G-Major, so all is not lost.
Metalhex
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I'm probably too young to know those places in their hey day. But I remember starting out guitar as a kid and the orange location being a pretty decent siz3. I do remember seeing an orange and black Lynch stripe model on the wall or something similar.
BeZo
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I still remember going up there with cash in my pocket to pick up a VHT head, only to hold the door open for you as you walked out with it. It was like $800 or something stupid like that, and I was like "Fuck, I gotta come back for that!"
shar-vell Dan
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I got this from Hersch @ Daddys 23 years ago for $375. It needed work but its been a great guitar.
Was sad to hear they closed.
Bad.Seed
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hahahah sssooorrryyyy. Yeah it was a Pittbull 100 CL w/ the EQ. Even for the time it was a steal. Considering prices right now, it was damn near a robbery.
jchrisf
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I bought one of those in pearl white in 89' brand new for $495 after tax.. still got the handwritten recipe in the case (remember when new guitars came with cases lol). I pulled it out and played it last night for the first time in a long time and it is such a great guitar. I did recently replace the pot metal trem with a Gotoh since the string locking screws kept stripping out. Plays even better now.
I got this from Hersch @ Daddys 23 years ago for $375. It needed work but its been a great guitar.
Was sad to hear they closed.
shar-vell Dan
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Mine had an old OFR had been doweled professionally many moons ago.
GOTOH on there now is da shit. I bought a 90's EMG-81 from the old Mars Music thats in there now.
Turns out the older EMG's had an op amp that the newer ones don't have. There is a difference.
It ripps in this Basswood body.
japetus
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AHAHA I am glad is it closing! It is the place you always said we were nerds for paying higher prices for! Now you will never get these prices again.
But in all reality I am sorry bro, it sucks having a killer place like that close.
rottingcorpse
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Last thing I bought at a chain music store was my Kerry King head, and only because the amp was being discontinued and they were blowing them out for $1200. Once I joined rigtalk I had access to tons of great amps I'd never see in a music store for a decent used price. Most of the used amps I have now came from this forum. The new ones were custom ordered from builders. I only order picks, cables and strings online now.
In fact, I can't remember walking into a store and seeing anything I'd want in over a decade now.
In fact, I can't remember walking into a store and seeing anything I'd want in over a decade now.
jchrisf
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I just realized they are not the same. Mine is a Model 2 with just the volume knob and had a JT6 pickup which is a great pickup but I replaced it with a Dimarizio Super 3. The Super 3 kills in this guitar.. The combination of the new bridge and pickup with no neck pickup and the quality of the wood and build makes a great playing and sounding guitar.
Mine had an old OFR had been doweled professionally many moons ago.
GOTOH on there now is da shit. I bought a 90's EMG-81 from the old Mars Music thats in there now.
Turns out the older EMG's had an op amp that the newer ones don't have. There is a difference.
It ripps in this Basswood body.
Which model is yours?
BassforYourFace
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Hey, great memories. Focus II guitars in Bellmore was also a cool place. I wanted to ask: do you remember the name of the free newspaper you'd get at Sam Ash where you could place ads for musicians? I'm wracking my brain trying to remember. Thanks so much if you can help.
CarlF
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Oh yeah! Focus II in Bellmore and Commack, I was there often.
The paper might be GOOD TIMES. This is when my friend Ronni made the cover.
BassforYourFace
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Thanks! Awesome cover! That's a trip down memory lane! Those were called Steinbergers or something, if I remember correctly.
I actually think it's Buylines Press I'm thinking of. Maybe. But I remember Good Times.