Sam Ash dumps Gibson brands?

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Re: Sam Ash dumps Gibson brands?

Not really following the conversation but...Sam Ashwipe sucks overall in everything, sorry just had to comment on that.

 

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Re: Sam Ash dumps Gibson brands?

SD97 when I was down in Clearwater last month their stock was sad. They have tons of stuff, tons of Carlo Robelli and Brownsville and 2 racks of cheapo Strats that were turned into clocks. It filled up a lot of floor space indeed. Now I know not all the Robelli stuff is crap but there were maybe 4 or 5 good electrics in the whole store and the guitar dept was a pretty dismal looking overall.

I can't imagine that store is long for this world, it is an awfully large rundown building and it looks like consolidation might be a good thing.

That building, with its 1920s era ballrooms and gargoyles used to not look so bad. When it was Thoroughbred Music, they did an annual guitar show, with lots of famous guitarists (Zakk, DiMeola, Yngwie) and not so famous (me), and they kept up the building, so it was a really cool place to shop. The former manager is a Roland rep now and still gets me good deals on the stuff.
I don't really like the Tampa Sam Ash either, or the Tampa Guitar Center. I like smaller stores, or I buy online.