romanianreaper
Well-known member
So, just a side note that I have been looking to get a Martin acoustic-electric and ended up getting one today. Great guitars! But anyway, back to the post...
I had planned on buying the Martin from Guitar Center, Sam Ash, etc. in person or was going to order from Sweetwater. I did a search within a few hours from me and there was a Mom & Pop store that had the guitar I wanted, about 2 hours away. I figured I'd make a day of it and stop some other places on the way back, etc.
So I go into this place and there are people coming in for lessons of all ages and everyone is "oh, hi Bob!!", "How's your grandmother doing Sue?", etc., etc. Everyone that walked into the door knew the guys in the shop and were making small talk. Was back to what I remembered from back in the 80s.
I looked at the guitar racks and everything was sorted by brand and guitar type. Fender Strats together, Jacksons together, etc. It was so organized. And then I look at the wall and there was the "Please Ask for Assistance" signs. Thank God!! There were no kids pulling knobs off guitars, etc.
The other cool thing was unlike Guitar Center, etc., they had more than just the vanilla guitars so to speak. They had an expensive Eric Clapton signature guitar, two of the U2 bass player's models, a Flea bass guitar. It was a great mix of stuff cheap and expensive.
The acoustic room had a crapload of guitars!! They were like "try out whatever you want man". My wallet was ready to catch fire in that place. The absolutely coolest thing was that I bought the guitar and then the guy said "hey if you have a few minutes, I'd like to put a new set of strings on the guitar. Kind of has that dead sound". I couldn't believe it. So the guy put a whole new set of strings on and this is after they gave me a discount for being a veteran.
There is something to be said about these Mom and Pop stores. I am going to plan on hitting this place from time to time when I'm looking for gear. The way they worked with me on things was just awesome!!
I had planned on buying the Martin from Guitar Center, Sam Ash, etc. in person or was going to order from Sweetwater. I did a search within a few hours from me and there was a Mom & Pop store that had the guitar I wanted, about 2 hours away. I figured I'd make a day of it and stop some other places on the way back, etc.
So I go into this place and there are people coming in for lessons of all ages and everyone is "oh, hi Bob!!", "How's your grandmother doing Sue?", etc., etc. Everyone that walked into the door knew the guys in the shop and were making small talk. Was back to what I remembered from back in the 80s.
I looked at the guitar racks and everything was sorted by brand and guitar type. Fender Strats together, Jacksons together, etc. It was so organized. And then I look at the wall and there was the "Please Ask for Assistance" signs. Thank God!! There were no kids pulling knobs off guitars, etc.
The other cool thing was unlike Guitar Center, etc., they had more than just the vanilla guitars so to speak. They had an expensive Eric Clapton signature guitar, two of the U2 bass player's models, a Flea bass guitar. It was a great mix of stuff cheap and expensive.
The acoustic room had a crapload of guitars!! They were like "try out whatever you want man". My wallet was ready to catch fire in that place. The absolutely coolest thing was that I bought the guitar and then the guy said "hey if you have a few minutes, I'd like to put a new set of strings on the guitar. Kind of has that dead sound". I couldn't believe it. So the guy put a whole new set of strings on and this is after they gave me a discount for being a veteran.
There is something to be said about these Mom and Pop stores. I am going to plan on hitting this place from time to time when I'm looking for gear. The way they worked with me on things was just awesome!!
