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Guitar center

#61
Guitar center use to be a fairly decent place 15 years ago but I take my money elsewhere now. Last time I went into guitar center they had almost nothing worth taking of the wall and playing, it’s really sad as it wasn’t always that way.
 
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Tommy V said:
my local gc keeps the more expensive instruments on the top row, about 20 feet off the ground.. i've never had a problem getting an employee to bring one down for me to try out.. but then, i think the Spartanburg SC store is the only good store in the country, compared to most of the rants i see on here every week.
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Same at my local GC... the good stuff is up, but, ask, and it's yours to play...
 
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#65
pht2356 said:
I don't leave any keys in cars on my lot. Harder to stop a couple thousand pounds of metal screeching out than some fool with a guitar. Perhaps if you ask for assistance next time you're there it will be a more gratifying experience.
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#66
Nick Danger said:
I did not say that they have to make judgement calls on customers, anyone that asks may try the guitars. It merely keeps them out of the way to protect them from incidental damage.
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To be fair you did not. However, I think it is implied by the system and at least some of them will view it that way unless trained otherwise (and some of them will do it even if trained otherwise).
 
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#71
I don't generally have a problem with the basses and guitars being locked up. My issue is that trying to find someone to unlock them and work with you at GC has become like searching for a rainbow unicorn butterfly kitten.

It took way longer than it should have -- I'm a pretty patient guy these days -- but I've fired GC. I go elsewhere now.
 
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pht2356 said:
I don't leave any keys in cars on my lot. Harder to stop a couple thousand pounds of metal screeching out than some fool with a guitar. Perhaps if you ask for assistance next time you're there it will be a more gratifying experience.
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Yes, that's my point. I didn't actually go car shopping. I was using this as an example.
I should have just told the op to ask for assistance with locked up basses.
 
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#73
My local long & mcQuade store, which is the biggest chain store here in Canada doesn't lock up any instruments. They even have a few custom shop Fenders,Gibson and Prs at a reachable level. There is a sign with the higher end instruments to ask for assistance.
I don't think it's unreasonable for GC to lockup some instruments until an interested buyer asks to try it out.
 

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