Looks like Sam Ash is history....

[fitness1]

just read they are closing all 42 stores across the country.

Oh - guess the article was a couple days old - everyone probably knows already! Sorry!

[Bob from Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by fitness1

just read they are closing all 42 stores across the country.

Oh - guess the article was a couple days old - everyone probably knows already! Sorry!

Yep

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=685365

[egordon99]

Originally Posted by fitness1

just read they are closing all 42 stores across the country.

Oh - guess the article was a couple days old - everyone probably knows already! Sorry!

Come on man, put your guitar down and try to keep up with the news

I'm very sad about this.

I used to go to the Edison store all the time when I was growing up; it was the first place I drove to when I got my driver's license

Then when I moved to the Philly area, the KOP one was visited often.

I even got to meet Sam Ash himself when he showed up to see Chris Martin (not the Coldplay dude) give a talk.

Oh, and I lived in NYC for a summer (in 1998) and I frequented their NYC location as well.

Tough times for music retailers these days.

[RP]

I recently went into the Sam Ash store in Richmond, VA, and that's ten minutes of my life that I'll never get back. Little to see and 5% discounts. NAH.....

[RedJoker]

I bought my first "good" guitar there. A used, low-end Martin. Calling it "good" would be laughed at by most folks here but it was important to me.

[fitness1]

Originally Posted by egordon99

Come on man, put your guitar down and try to keep up with the news
.

Every time I do that I want to start drinking again!

[Jim Owen]

Back before the interweb, you could order from Sam Ash. I remember my buddy sending a cashiers check for a brand new hardtail sunburst strat. Of course, it’s vintage now.