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Guitar Center’s new CEO explains why the firm’s future must prioritize premium guitars (www.guitarworld.com)
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Whenever I see the phrase "an awful lot of..." I find it's almost always reversable.

"you see an awful lot of $300 guitars"

but also:

"you see a lot of awful $300 guitars"

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[–] livjq 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I get that the guy is trying to rebrand Guitar Center as a "premium experience" or whatever but saying dumb shit like "you see an awful lot of $300 guitars" is just bad marketing.

CEOs truly are worthless to everyone but the investor class.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Fuck, $300 guitar is fancy for me. I got lucky with my current one in that the seller had no idea what they had.

Edit; I also paid $300 for a Schecter they had and then resold it back to them a year later for $200 effectively renting a guitar for a year for $100.

[–] livjq 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm with you. I really only buy cheap instruments. I do know that once you get into the pro-sumer range they can get really costly.

I just feel like that line from the CEO comes off as really classist and shitty, even if he is trying to signal that he wants to get those higher end customers in the door.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah, for sure. I figure anyone with the CEO job title forgets or has never experienced being a broke ass.