Another Rusty Box Question :(

[packhowitzer]

Originally Posted by AmpedSilence

^ awesome man! the music go round to go to here in Gwinnett is the one in Lilburn off Hwy 29 and Beaver Ruin. Its in the Kroger shopping center right at the intersection.

The guys that work there are great people! Tell them Elmer sent you and they'll treat you like royalty ( I go there like every week! I need to stop. )

seriously though, Jerry, Baron and Tristan are all great guys to deal with.

I was looking at the newer Aphex DIs but I think I might end up going with a Whirlwind DI I have laying around, now that I got the tone I was looking for

Thanks for the reference. I'm up near Mall of Georgia now so it's not too far for me to get there. I'm stoked to go check it out. Due to work, it's gonna be a couple of weeks before I can get over there, but when I do, I'll letcha know how it goes.
Rock on!

[AmpedSilence]

Originally Posted by packhowitzer

Thanks for the reference. I'm up near Mall of Georgia now so it's not too far for me to get there. I'm stoked to go check it out. Due to work, it's gonna be a couple of weeks before I can get over there, but when I do, I'll letcha know how it goes.
Rock on!

Awesome! I've been going there for years, there is also a Guitar Center about 10 min from there, on Pleasant Hill Rd, in case MGR isn't up to par ( I only go there for the endless supply of Monster cables. I am not to fond of the people that work there...)

[packhowitzer]

Originally Posted by AmpedSilence

Awesome! I've been going there for years, there is also a Guitar Center about 10 min from there, on Pleasant Hill Rd, in case MGR isn't up to par ( I only go there for the endless supply of Monster cables. I am not to fond of the people that work there...)

Yeah, I've been to that GC and was thoroughly unimpressed. I've been going to the Atlanta GC since the '80s (back when it was Rhythm City!). I've had my ups and downs there like most people, but for the most part I get exactly the experience one would expect out of GC- adequate, but not great.

Although I will say that increasingly I have felt that it is not the employees that is the issue, but the other customers that are really grinding my gears. I've noticed that the Atlanta location has become more and more a place where people who are very obviously not there to buy are just coming in to bang away on gear and perhaps enjoy the air conditioning. I know you get that everywhere to some degree, but I actually work for a living. I may only have a few minutes to come in and try something out. It isn't easy to do that when some jackleg has been hogging the only guitar cable for a 500' radius and has had that markbass combo turned up as loud as it will go for the last 30 minutes.

Sorry for the rant. lol. I'm disappointed that what little time I do have to go to a music store has been nuked by chumps seemingly every time I try to go.

That being said, I am very much looking forward to MGR!

[AmpedSilence]

Originally Posted by packhowitzer

Yeah, I've been to that GC and was thoroughly unimpressed. I've been going to the Atlanta GC since the '80s (back when it was Rhythm City!). I've had my ups and downs there like most people, but for the most part I get exactly the experience one would expect out of GC- adequate, but not great.

Although I will say that increasingly I have felt that it is not the employees that is the issue, but the other customers that are really grinding my gears. I've noticed that the Atlanta location has become more and more a place where people who are very obviously not there to buy are just coming in to bang away on gear and perhaps enjoy the air conditioning. I know you get that everywhere to some degree, but I actually work for a living. I may only have a few minutes to come in and try something out. It isn't easy to do that when some jackleg has been hogging the only guitar cable for a 500' radius and has had that markbass combo turned up as loud as it will go for the last 30 minutes.

Sorry for the rant. lol. I'm disappointed that what little time I do have to go to a music store has been nuked by chumps seemingly every time I try to go.

That being said, I am very much looking forward to MGR!

ATL's guitar center is where I bought my first guitar years ago! I also remember there used to be a Mars music store where the Gwinnett GC is now. It was huge!
There is an amp repair shop near Atl's GC named Wizards and that was the only reason I went down there... its a bit far.

MGR has a scarce collection of basses but last time I went, they had some pretty sweet bass cabs!
Don't go this week! Its spring break and the metal kids have their own shred fest in there.

jk