Stopped by guitar center....

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:54 pm

guess not... that's where i got my first instrument (trumpet). then i discovered the wonders of a guitar....

DreaminBassMunky · Unread post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:08 pm

I also have a Daddy's Junky music in Manchester. That's like 30 minutes from here, but they let you try out anything there. Last time I tried out some 6 string basses, now that was a good time.

aleceiffel · Unread post by **aleceiffel** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 10:37 pm

i-am-me wrote:I finally got around to testing all the guitars i've wanted to.

Secondly, I like elixirs strings now. haha. They're just more comfortable. Even with my callouses....

Also, i played a twelve string for the first time today. I played grey street and big eyed fish. It sounded so great compared to the six. I kinda don't get it though. Is the second string in each pair an octave of the first? What ever it is it sounds great. haha

yeah, elixirs are definitely my choice now too.

you know, though, i much prefer playing big-eyed fish on a 6 string. i just really prefer that... not sure what to call it, hard finality that the sharp stroking on the 6 string gives you. sounds meaner that way. pantala naga pampa sounds really good on a 12 string though.

and yeah, on the eadg strings, the higher string is an octave higher. the b and the e are just doubled up though.

so i've never been to a guitar center... this some sort of american invention?

gcom007 · Unread post by **gcom007** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 11:25 pm

I hate guitar center...that place just sucks...sleezy salesmen and unkept instruments. those guitars in there are in desperate need of setups most of the time. I just can't stand those guys. when I was getting my first guitar, this guy conned us into buying a used Martin D-35 with a pickup already installed and a case for $1000...not bad considering it was in perfect condition, no? We weren't going to spend that much for a first guitar but it was a good deal on a D-35...it said Shenandoah on the headstock though. Questioning this, the salesmen said that's just where they were made that year. We get home, find out it's a piece of crap Shenandoah D-35 list priced at $400 bluebooking at something like $160...this special guitar he pulled out for us to "hook us up" was him just straight up raping us. Thank God for the return policy. My dad went in and blasted the manager and the manager tried to get the guy to come talk but he wouldn't even show his face. Sleezy cockfaced guy was too big of a pussy. But my dad was just a marginal guitarist w/ little knowledge and I even less than him, so we saw firsthand just how they take advantage of people who don't know what's up. They just make me incredibly angry. I've seen them pull so much crap too with people other times I've been there. I don't know how they sleep...

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 1:47 am

Well that sucks man. that guy was an asshole. What a dirtbag. That's a horrible thing. I've never had that trouble though. The people who help me out are always really nice and have never screwed me over at all.

Ando · Unread post by **Ando** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 3:58 pm

gcom007 wrote:I hate guitar center...that place just sucks...sleezy salesmen and unkept instruments. those guitars in there are in desperate need of setups most of the time. I just can't stand those guys. when I was getting my first guitar, this guy conned us into buying a used Martin D-35 with a pickup already installed and a case for $1000...not bad considering it was in perfect condition, no? We weren't going to spend that much for a first guitar but it was a good deal on a D-35...it said Shenandoah on the headstock though. Questioning this, the salesmen said that's just where they were made that year. We get home, find out it's a piece of crap Shenandoah D-35 list priced at $400 bluebooking at something like $160...this special guitar he pulled out for us to "hook us up" was him just straight up raping us. Thank God for the return policy. My dad went in and blasted the manager and the manager tried to get the guy to come talk but he wouldn't even show his face. Sleezy cockfaced guy was too big of a pussy. But my dad was just a marginal guitarist w/ little knowledge and I even less than him, so we saw firsthand just how they take advantage of people who don't know what's up. They just make me incredibly angry. I've seen them pull so much crap too with people other times I've been there. I don't know how they sleep...

Just because one guitar center sucks doesn't make em all bad. The one I went to was quite nice actually.

DreaminBassMunky · Unread post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 4:03 pm

There are some sleezy people out there... :-?

gcom007 · Unread post by **gcom007** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:30 pm

andyrice_13 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:I hate guitar center...that place just sucks...sleezy salesmen and unkept instruments. those guitars in there are in desperate need of setups most of the time. I just can't stand those guys. when I was getting my first guitar, this guy conned us into buying a used Martin D-35 with a pickup already installed and a case for $1000...not bad considering it was in perfect condition, no? We weren't going to spend that much for a first guitar but it was a good deal on a D-35...it said Shenandoah on the headstock though. Questioning this, the salesmen said that's just where they were made that year. We get home, find out it's a piece of crap Shenandoah D-35 list priced at $400 bluebooking at something like $160...this special guitar he pulled out for us to "hook us up" was him just straight up raping us. Thank God for the return policy. My dad went in and blasted the manager and the manager tried to get the guy to come talk but he wouldn't even show his face. Sleezy cockfaced guy was too big of a pussy. But my dad was just a marginal guitarist w/ little knowledge and I even less than him, so we saw firsthand just how they take advantage of people who don't know what's up. They just make me incredibly angry. I've seen them pull so much crap too with people other times I've been there. I don't know how they sleep...
Just because one guitar center sucks doesn't make em all bad. The one I went to was quite nice actually.

I've been to atleast five that I can think of and all of them sucked and were sleezy...the only store you can really trust is Elderly

Ando · Unread post by **Ando** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:45 pm

gcom007 wrote:
andyrice_13 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:I hate guitar center...that place just sucks...sleezy salesmen and unkept instruments. those guitars in there are in desperate need of setups most of the time. I just can't stand those guys. when I was getting my first guitar, this guy conned us into buying a used Martin D-35 with a pickup already installed and a case for $1000...not bad considering it was in perfect condition, no? We weren't going to spend that much for a first guitar but it was a good deal on a D-35...it said Shenandoah on the headstock though. Questioning this, the salesmen said that's just where they were made that year. We get home, find out it's a piece of crap Shenandoah D-35 list priced at $400 bluebooking at something like $160...this special guitar he pulled out for us to "hook us up" was him just straight up raping us. Thank God for the return policy. My dad went in and blasted the manager and the manager tried to get the guy to come talk but he wouldn't even show his face. Sleezy cockfaced guy was too big of a pussy. But my dad was just a marginal guitarist w/ little knowledge and I even less than him, so we saw firsthand just how they take advantage of people who don't know what's up. They just make me incredibly angry. I've seen them pull so much crap too with people other times I've been there. I don't know how they sleep...
Just because one guitar center sucks doesn't make em all bad. The one I went to was quite nice actually.
I've been to atleast five that I can think of and all of them sucked and were sleezy...the only store you can really trust is Elderly

Well.. I guess I've got better luck than you

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 3:31 am

sorry, forgot to check back at this thread, I-am-me, I live in south NJ i goto samash/guitar center in Cherry Hill..

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 4:31 pm

o, never mind. I'm in California, just a coincidince, hehe.

Dead Dawg · Unread post by **Dead Dawg** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 4:52 pm

DMBFan63 wrote:I like sam ash, but where my sam ash is, guitar center is right across the parking lot :-d I went to sam ash the other day, and played some taylors and 12 stringers, i don't like playing grey street not that i played it on a 12, its just too much fun on a 12, 6 string isn't as fun now

My god are u from jersey...cause my guitar center is set up right across the lot from sam ash.....cherry hill?!?!?!

Dead Dawg · Unread post by **Dead Dawg** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 4:53 pm

whoops...didnt read the thread

man we should get together and jam dude im right down 38 in hainsport

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 4:54 pm

dude, look at his last post. yea its cherry hill.look up.

Dead Dawg · Unread post by **Dead Dawg** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 4:56 pm

hehe sorry....

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