this one time I was there wearing red pants and a red t-shirt and an employee called me "redman" when I walked in. I ran out and cried as I walked all the way home.
>>61392080
Great prices and great services! What's not to like?!
The employees there know very little about instruments. I heard that they follow a manual that corporate gives them which tells them jack shit
>>61392119
wouldn't be surprised. Maybe its time for their monopoly to finally end
>>61392080
I went there to buy a motherfucking drum machine, and they had a stupid open box unit that was $50 cheaper than new. It was still wrapped in plastic, and works completely fine. To top it off I played around on a bunch of expensive instruments. What assholes.
>>61392080
People who work there are pretty helpful and nice, and they have really good priced things if they're used, and average priced new things.
What is there to hate?
is this the FUCKING GAMESTOP of music stores?
>>61392800
Yeah, but instead of spending $30 NEETbux, you spend $500 Trustfunds
I have like $200 in gift cards there i don't know what to buy
>>61392080
Fucking Walmart of gearshops. The sad reality is that they're only doing so well is because nobody else can afford to be vendors for literally everything.
>>61392912
Same with Sam Ash, Sweetwater, and Amazon. Shipping is king.
someone post the bonus jonas story
>>61392105
Jesus red pants and red shirt?
>go in to buy MicroKorg
>purchase it
>leave in about 15 minutes
UNGA BUNGA GUITARSTOP
>>61392080
They still owe me a gold wammy bar for my guitar with gold hardware.
>Oh and here's your wammy bar anon
>This one is silver, the picture on your website displays a gold one
>Lemme look in the back
>I'm ordering one now, you can pick it up next time you come in, keep that one for now
>4 months pass
>20+ visits
mfw I see that guy every time I go in and he avoids me
>>61393170
>buying a microkorg new
Holy shit lmao. They're like $200 used
You don't know how bad it is until you've had to sell something to them.
It's getting teeth pulled.
>>61392080
>go in on two separate occasions
>one for a bass, one for a guitar
>employee is very helpful and gets me set up with a good guitar, guitar amp, bass and a mediocre bass amp
8/10 experience
>go into keyboard section
>start playing shortenin bread
>get kicked out for playing it 3 hours straight
I was just trying to teach my kids about playing hookey
>>61393450
ur doin good
>>61393373
How bad is it?
Im having trouble selling a bass on craigslist and I've been thinking about taking it to GC
>never find good used or vintage gear
>salespeople that hassle you or are clearly ignorant of the products they sell
>mostly crummy amps or effects that I don't even bother with most of the time
>tons of cheap gear for kids
>play a bunch of shitty expensive new acoustics in the soundproof room each and every time
>"experts" that don't know shit about recording
>teenagers fucking Sweet Child O'Mine whenever you walk in
Pretty much why I go to small music shops now, the selection isn't as varied but you do find better things and the people are nicer.
>>61393450
clever. Is crossthread stories the new meme?
>>61392080
They always have tons of picks laying around whenever I go there so I grab like 10 picks every time.
>>61393700
They make you sign a bunch of stuff, and you have to wait like 10-20 minutes.
>>61393729
>fucking up Sweet Child O'Mine, I meant.
For some reason I can never find picks here
>>61393783
that's it? big fucking deal. stop being a fucking baby bitch
>>61393793
just take them off of the amps
>>61393793
>mfw I have probably 50 stolen GC picks
They're good picks too, hard to find something in between medium/thin like they are.
I remember about 20 years ago I bought some PA speakers from one of them and one of the speakers was blown out. Since I was still under warranty, and returned the speaker in question within a week after discovering the problem I did so, for an exchange. They exchanged it, but the salesman that I dealt with, who was the original salesman that I purchased the speakers from, tried to get me to confess that I blew out the speaker. I didn't of course, and he copped an attitude with me about the exchange. I eventually did exchange the faulty speaker for a new one, but, as somebody said earlier, it was like a teeth pull to make the exchange.
>>61392105
Redman!
>>61393859
It's mostly dealing with employees that have trouble communicating with each other.
For instance, if I go to another music store to sell something I have no trouble at all.
>tfw banned from Guitar Center for shoegazing
>>61393931
>tfw banned from Guitar Center for shoegazing
The fuck did you do?
>>61393948
Gazed at people's shoes
ITT: ironic shilling
>>61393961
I see.
>>61393961
Well that's where you went wrong, you're supposed to gaze at your own shoes.
>new GC opening up in my town
>decide to show up first in line for the grand opening
>get $100 gift card
>go inside store
>spend $100 fog machine
>dont even need a fucking fog machine
>never walk into the store again
this was like 5 years ago. I got a free fucking fog machine out of it
>>61394081
Spare the sight spoil the might
>>61394136
>I got a free fucking fog machine out of it
Pretty awesome desu.
>>61394081
oh fuck i get it now
>>61392850
>>61393948
I've always been one of those guy who sets up at the pedal tree.
Last year I was really into trying to find the roaring Loveless sound, and I eventually found a cool tone with multiple distortion pedals and other effects. I cranked the guitar and it sounded great, but apparently it was too loud, as the guy ran over and unplugged the entire setup.
This happened two more times that day, andthey told me to leave, I apologized and ass kissed my way back in because I wasn't fucking done playing. I kept playing with pedals and then started making harsh noise with delay oscillations.
They unplugged it again, made me leave, and the manager told me that "I am not welcome in this establishment"
the one near me is decent
they have a few guys who know what they are doing for guitars
everything else its horrible for
they don't know shit about studio equipment at all
>>61393450
Brian?
>>61392080
Didn't the company go bankrupt or something like that a while back? The Guitar Center near me barely has any people browsing when I'm there.
Also lmao, does every GC have a fedora section?
>>61396675
guitar center is the fedora section itself
I was talking to the staff last time I was there and they said it was hell to work there
kids fucking playing the same few riffs of overplayed songs badly for hours
>not using musicians friend
>be me like 2 years ago
>go to guitar center to try out some basses
>black family enters the store
>employee walks up to them as says
>"we have a great selection of basses for jazz and blues"
>fathers face is fucking hilariously furious
>father complains to the manager
>mfw i heard they sued for a mill
>>61393139
/fa/ told him to
