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Another one Bites the Dust

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Mugre

Sep 21, 2011
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#1
West L.A. Music has been acquired by G.C. and will cease operations on August 4th. It doesn't say specifically in the e-mail that was forwarded to me but I assume they mean both locations. There's a big liquidation sale going on.

46 years in business and I've been going there for 39. It feels like losing an old friend. Maybe a friend with some issues but a friend nonetheless.

Mugre
 
#2
On the bright side,maybe you can find a great deal at your old friend's 'moving on party'..

I hate to say it,but I wish something like this would happen to my local music shop. It could only be an improvement..
 
#5
placedesjardins said:
Times are tough. I find that a strange acquisition. I would think GC would not buy a store considering how the economy is doing.
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They didn't buy WLA to operate it. They bought it to kill knowing most of the locals will migrate to the GC a mile or so away. Even as WLA struggled, those future visits are worth something and after 46 years I'll bet the owner was ready for a break.

According to the retailer trade magazine MM&R, spending on musical instruments has been increasing over the last year in most segments.

Mugre
 
#7
It kind of sucks, I remember when Mars Music came in, maybe about a year later GC came in and bought The Music Loft in Raleigh. A couple years later Mars Music goes out of business and in comes Sam Ash. Next thing, they build a GC in Durham and put the Music Loft in Durham out of business, I think the Music Loft in Carrboro is hanging on by a thread.

Conn-Signment Music in Raleigh is the first place I go when looking for strings, used basses and used amps. For the adventurous, the other side of his shop is a Full Service Head Shop. :eek:
 
#9
CrashClint said:
It kind of sucks, I remember when Mars Music came in, maybe about a year later GC came in and bought The Music Loft in Raleigh. A couple years later Mars Music goes out of business and in comes Sam Ash. Next thing, they build a GC in Durham and put the Music Loft in Durham out of business, I think the Music Loft in Carrboro is hanging on by a thread.

Conn-Signment Music in Raleigh is the first place I go when looking for strings, used basses and used amps. For the adventurous, the other side of his shop is a Full Service Head Shop. :eek:
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By Full Service Head Shop you mean amp head repair? :)
 

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