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View Poll Results: Would you be interested in a single brand guitar store? | |||
I would be very interested in a brand specific guitar store | 67 | 30.88% | |
I have no interest in a store that is limited to a single brand | 127 | 58.53% | |
Oh no, not another stupid poll | 23 | 10.60% | |
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Although, space wise it might be a problem, I would be interested in having stores that have clear separate sections of brands. GC, for example, has them all mixed.
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I would like to see a brand specific store. Why not? There are a lot of guitars from brands that you hardly ever see in the wild, it would be nice to walk into the XXBrandXX store and be able to try their whole line-up.
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As I usually don't care about the name on the headstock.
There are a few I don't bother with. But if I want to a/b a D28 against a J35 against a 614 I'd need them all in one place, or in stores next door to each other. In the grand scheme, I'd prefer to have lotsa brands in one place.
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I think it would be wonderful. I'd fly there for a few days and spend as long as necessary getting familiar with different models. I'd love to play a bunch of guitars mentioned frequently on the forums but cannot be found by me without much travel to many places.
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Stonebridge has a Showroom in the Chicago area at which I do believe you can purchase guitars (I might be wrong about this). I do prefer to A-B different brands but showcase stores in major cites would be an exciting concept for consumers. I do believe retailers would have some animosity towards showcase stores in the states
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if i'm shopping for a fender, i would definitely go to one of their stores to try their electric guitars. the same with gibson electrics.
if i'm shopping for an acoustic, i'd like to see martin, taylor and gibson splitting one large building 3 ways. that way i get to try all of their products. ha! play music!
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Like a concept store - something like Carvin, but two in every state. Apple, well not Apple because they are a computer store...
Im not sure how I would feel but then again if they have everything under one roof, maybe it would be good. |
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At age 68 and into playing guitar for 50 years now, I know what I like and don't like.
Still, I enjoy going into a store where I can compare products. The largest stores will match whatever else is on the Internet, so I feel OK about buying something I've actually played vs buying online. That said, we have a local store near me (Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA) where the service and selection are so superior that I often pay more for a given model buying from them than if I'd ordered online. Happily for me, I'm in a financial position to do this. And, it makes me feel good about supporting a fantastic store that I don't want to see go away. When it comes to acoustic guitars, if it has the name "Collings" on the peg heard, I KNOW I will love it: For electrics from Fender, it's always going to be a used Strat Plus re-equipped with Lindy Fralin Vintage Hot pups. Best tremolo system out there and great build quality: If I could only own one electric, however, it would absolutely be my 1960 Harmony Meteor w/Bigsby: TONE TO THE BONE! For electric guitar amps, it's always going to be my '72 Fender Deluxe Reverb: For acoustic amps, it will have the "Fishman" label on it: After 50 years of playing, that's how I see it. Hope that saves you guys some money. Bill Last edited by 6L6; 09-03-2014 at 01:13 PM. |
#39
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There would never be one close to me, it would need a much bigger urban catch-basin than this presents, but it might be cool to visit just to see an entire line at once.
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What a dilemma to face, I just wish we had more variety at all here.
Closest Gibson dealer is over 2 hours away, and if I want to play anything other than a d-28, as in OM,OOO models of Martin in particular, it's 3 hours away. I am lucky to have found an Eastman and Huss and dalton dealer within an hour drive but it is select few, maybe 5 max of each brand. Like an Eastman e10d, but no Eastman e10ss in a burst finish. It gets frustrating and more frustrating to order online and wonder if there is anothe model that sounds better
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Interesting as a concept but not as a sacrifice of the traditional dealer market....follow the Apple model may well include the Apple pricing model.
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At first I thought, "No"....then I thought, why not...
we have many different types single brand stores today such as Apple, Bose Select Comfort Beds Coach Leather Thomasville Furniture Johnston & Murphy shoes BMW auto Subaru Ford,...etc.... just to name a few....Perhaps our paradigm for a music instrument store could use a shift, so sure, I will give it a try...
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Honda have a couple of 'super stores' here in Australia that feature everything made by Honda. (of course.) So you have cars, motorcycles, lawn-mowers, generators, etc, etc, all together.
If a big guitar maker decided to do the same I`d want to see one of everything they make under one roof. Every single model should be in stock and some examples of 'custom' models on display too along with a factory rep to answer all technical inquiries. Let people see the service department as well.
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Interesting premise. When I went to the Taylor factory, it was interesting to see many of the guitars available to play.
I am a Taylor fan, but I still like to try other brands when I am in the market for another guitar. I spent several decades avoiding guitar shops unless I was going to buy something. These days, I do like to "look around" a bit. All that said, I think the best part of visiting a guitar shop is seeing some variety. Of course, I bought two guitars from you, Ted, in the past year, but haven't made it to your store. One of these days. Sure hope you have more than one brand for me to check out. Best wishes, Jim |