Hi CodyToonz
We've lived in Cheyenne for 43 years, and driven to Denver, Fort Collins, Louisville, and other places to audition guitars.
When you live in a state with 550,000 residents (and more land than Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia combined) you trade guitar stores and professional sports for clean air, blue skies, Yellowstone Park, 6 houses on a block, friendly neighbors, and horses.
It IS more work to play quality guitars in states like ours, but there are no shortage of locals playing Santa Cruz, Olson, Kronbauer, Bashkin, Ryan guitars and plenty of Taylor, Gibson, and Martins, BlueRidge, Recording King, Eastman and others.
We also have a very active local custom electric guitar community in Cheyenne.
We had music stores when I moved to town, and one which eventually became a guitar dealer. Alas, the internet and Guitar Center came and the same thing happened to the guitar store as it did to the computer dealers in town. They folded up shop.
I don't regret it. I enjoy road trips.
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