Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

[lex666]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

GJ, you left out the part where you take off your clothes, set them on fire and then have 10 GC employees tackle you while appyling the tea bag.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

^ exactly

jesus

why can't any of the rest of you ******bags act like this?

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

GJ, you left out the part where you take off your clothes, set them on fire and then have 10 GC employees tackle you while appyling the tea bag.

This works best when working the crowd on a busy Saturday afternoon. :14:

 

[Dr.Mavashi]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

Etiquette is like playing doctor, show me yours - I will show you mine.

 

[sosomething]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

I usually walk straight to the glass case full of the most expensive guitars, and start yanking on it, till a manager runs up and unlocks it.

I proceed to grab the guitar with the highest price tag, then yank on the nearest guitar cord till it breaks free of the zip tie.

Of course, I'm not interested in anything but fullstacks, so I unbox any FX unit in the store that has stereo outs, so I can link a couple of them together for a richer listening experience.

Since I fancy myself more as an educator and entertainer, it's necessary to make myself as visible as possible, so I climb up onto a centrally located display, scoot the stands out of the way, and shout "attention Guitar Center punters, time for your lesson of the day." Then, I proceed to treat them to some SRV stylings, and wow them with some Yngwie inspired arpeggio work......sorta like the Maestro Alex Gregory with some blues thrown in for good measure.

By this time, they usually know I'm serious and get me down from the top of the display to begin the bartering. I try not to knock any of the Squiers and ESP's off the stands as I climb down over the Egnaters.

Since I know their cost on each item, I tell them to cut the bull and get down to brass tacks. Fluttering a stack of bills under the salesman's nose, while reminding him that he's got to beat his minimum wage draw, works WONDERS!!!

Of course, I know inside my head that I'm just there to test the gear, so I demand his absolute lowest price in writing. Since they don't do that, I use it as my excuse to exit promptly, while telling them they just lost the best sale of the day. If I really liked the sound of it, I'm sure it'll pop up on Craigslist eventually.

brilliant. instant classic.

we need a repository for awesome posts. something different than the vault (where actual information is stored). more like a hall of awesomeness where epic posts such as this are forever enshrined...

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

brilliant. instant classic.

we need a repository for awesome posts. something different than the vault (where actual information is stored). more like a hall of awesomeness where epic posts such as this are forever enshrined...

I'm pretty sure we have Siamese conjoined brains! :jester:

 

[formula73]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

I literally just laughed out loud at 2:09 am, much to the chagrin of my pregnant, sleeping wife.

 

[Virtual Kevorkian]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

The GC closest to me, and every other one I've been to in the state, has a dedicated 'amp room' where they keep the bigger ticket items, which also tend to be the louder ones. It's never really a problem cranking stuff in there.

Gotta say though, my last GC experience was awesome. I went in entertaining the idea of snapping up a Road Worn Tele they had on the used rack that felt and sounded pretty good the last time I had played it, ended up telling one of the guys (normally never do this, just tell them I'm fine and don't need help or something) that I was looking at picking up a Tele. Within 10 minutes, he had virtually every Tele in my price range (and some a bit below it, thankfully) and spec-bracket from the store in a semi-circle around me and the amp I was playing. I ended up finding an absolute gem that I never would have considered otherwise, and had no qualms paying full ticket price for the Silverburst MIM Tele I walked out with.

 

[B2D]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

The GC closest to me, and every other one I've been to in the state, has a dedicated 'amp room' where they keep the bigger ticket items, which also tend to be the louder ones. It's never really a problem cranking stuff in there.

Gotta say though, my last GC experience was awesome. I went in entertaining the idea of snapping up a Road Worn Tele they had on the used rack that felt and sounded pretty good the last time I had played it, ended up telling one of the guys (normally never do this, just tell them I'm fine and don't need help or something) that I was looking at picking up a Tele. Within 10 minutes, he had virtually every Tele in my price range (and some a bit below it, thankfully) and spec-bracket from the store in a semi-circle around me and the amp I was playing. I ended up finding an absolute gem that I never would have considered otherwise, and had no qualms paying full ticket price for the Silverburst MIM Tele I walked out with.

Was the Road Worn tele one of those yellowish ones with the black pickguard? I was playing one of those yesterday and that particular one had a little bit of extra sting in the sound... fun stuff. And then there was that one I played with a Minibucker in the neck and a Hot Rail at the bridge... my Tele GAS is flaring up.

 

[Virtual Kevorkian]

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Yellowish but aged white pickguard; the 50's model. You guys have one in your store on the used rack though, I remember seeing on the online directory. Awesome guitars, and they really breathe quite well, but I couldn't get into the ashtray bridge, old school tuners, and the overall "dumbass took a belt sander to this" aesthetic of it.

Plus, I mean... come on. Silverburst Tele. HUGE win. :laugh2:

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: Etiquette when testing out an amp at a music store

The GC closest to me, and every other one I've been to in the state, has a dedicated 'amp room' where they keep the bigger ticket items, which also tend to be the louder ones. It's never really a problem cranking stuff in there.

Gotta say though, my last GC experience was awesome. I went in entertaining the idea of snapping up a Road Worn Tele they had on the used rack that felt and sounded pretty good the last time I had played it, ended up telling one of the guys (normally never do this, just tell them I'm fine and don't need help or something) that I was looking at picking up a Tele. Within 10 minutes, he had virtually every Tele in my price range (and some a bit below it, thankfully) and spec-bracket from the store in a semi-circle around me and the amp I was playing. I ended up finding an absolute gem that I never would have considered otherwise, and had no qualms paying full ticket price for the Silverburst MIM Tele I walked out with.

i'm usually that sales guy