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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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[–] ME5SENGER_24 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Professional guitar players aren’t buying from Guitar Center. Guitar Center, Sam Ash, etc. make their money off of entry level players. Guitar Center should focus on selling as many $100 guitars to as many teenagers as they can. Or the next article we read about them will be “Guitar Center declares bankruptcy”

[–] Crackhappy 12 points 7 months ago

I don't think it's at all about the price point of the guitars but the expertise of the people working there. I don't go to a guitar center to just buy a guitar. I go there to find expertise about which guitar to buy after a little conversation with a knowledgeable employee who can direct me to what I need.

I don't go to Best Buy anymore because they went the wrong way. Instead of hiring the best most knowledgeable people, they hire bottom of the barrel monkeys that could not help me if they studied for 10 years.

[–] Delphia 7 points 7 months ago

Yeah but people who just want a cheap piece of crap to try learning on these days probably buy off Amazon.

The only time I go to stores for stuff is when the cheap shit doesnt cut it anymore and I want to hold the more expensive items in my hand and see if I think the money is worth the quality or if its just the same factory with a different sticker and markup.