re: How do you buy guitars?

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I'm in the Midwest and recently went to Guitar Center and they had a ton of acoustics under $1k but all of the "good stuff" was locked up where you couldn't play it.

Basically nothing from Martin, Gibson, or Taylor.

Meanwhile, the local shops will let you play $5k and $6k guitars.

I doubt I ever go back to Guitar Center

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Had a similar experience recently and couldn’t believe that GC managed to get worse.

I look at the wall and I’m like wtf nothing but squires, then I saw the “private stock” room or some bullshite. I go in, some kid follows me in and asks what I’m looking for and tell him the model and color I want, tell him I want to play it first. He goes to the wall and gets the blue one (most convenient) and tells me they all play the same if I like this one I will like that one.

I’m like ok bro, play it and put it back on the wall. I don’t exactly look like a kicking the tires guy, and knew what I wanted down to the color . If you aren’t going to go through the trouble of letting me play what I’m there for, I’m not buying from you.

Funny enough I did wind up with the blue, but went with a tele deluxe instead of the strat. Ordered online through MF and shipped from a GC in Memphis with 15% off. My buddy and I have been ordering online from the top online stores from whoever has stock and it’s worked out fine. You can play and return from MF and Sweetwater. Might actually be easier than going to a store out of the way