Guitar Center Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

[Killed_by_Death]

A day trip to Guitar Center, Nadines rare guitars, and Tower records was like a pilgrimage for us dirty nosed farm boys from out of town back then.
Once and awhile you'd even see big name players shopping there.

I lived there for awhile & the day-trips didn't stop for me, you could see stars shopping on Melrose as well, or go have a drink at the Rainbow & belly up beside someone you've seen in concert.
GC in Hollyweird was actually The First guitar shop I was in, at the time I didn't play, but it was still quite cool, including the Rock Walk out front.
At the time they had some 'showpiece' guitars hanging from the ceiling, but they stopped doing that at some point.

cut to now:
The nearest GC is right next to Sam Ash, so either way I still have to drive 100 miles to a big store.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

I lived there for awhile & the day-trips didn't stop for me, you could see stars shopping on Melrose as well, or go have a drink at the Rainbow & belly up beside someone you've seen in concert.
GC in Hollyweird was actually The First guitar shop I was in, at the time I didn't play, but it was still quite cool, including the Rock Walk out front.
At the time they had some 'showpiece' guitars hanging from the ceiling, but they stopped doing that at some point.

cut to now:
The nearest GC is right next to Sam Ash, so either way I still have to drive 100 miles to a big store.

Hell yeah... good times!
Sometimes we'd throw in a side trip to Melrose, take in the art galleries.
Have an omlet at The egg and the eye, see a Warhol or Peter Max exhibit.
Look through racks of old clothes in the rummage shops...
Those were the days my friend.....

 

[Jeff Scott]

Hell yeah... good times!
Sometimes we'd throw in a side trip to Melrose, take in the art galleries.
Have an omlet at The egg and the eye, see a Warhol or Peter Max exhibit.
Look through racks of old clothes in the rummage shops...
Those were the days my friend.....

In the mid '80s I worked on La Brea, just north of Melrose.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

What makes me cringe is the folks who are thinking they're going to benefit from GC going out of business. (clearance sales)
It's almost as bad as the running thread on how we can take advantage of people who are out of work & selling their instruments to help feed their family or pay the rent.

I haven't been to a GC in years, & not just figuratively.
However, I won't be happy about their demise, if it should come.

I can't give away instruments in my area, figuratively.
TBH I actually have been trying to give away a book on three Musician's groups, & had one response that went nowhere.
It's about applying Japanese culture to your practice routine, but people in my area are super-ignorant about Asian culture.

I guess what I'm commenting is that GC is a place I can sell, when the yokels in my area can't pony up the cash for a real instrument, which is basically all the time!
GC has more stock than our local Music store EVER has, & have pre-owned stuff. I've bought my fair share of pre-owned gear from GC & had it shipped to me.