What I Learned At A Music Store

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Oscar taught us he was a dick by working in a guitar store.

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James Franciscus said:
The way I see it I made the some common observations that my peers see in guitar stores every day, and was attacked for it by people who acted like I was personally attacking them. This exact same topic in on one of the FB gear pages (They agree with me) and nobody there is crying about it. By the way, kiss my black ass.
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They'd absolutely love you over at the TGP effects forum.
 
James Franciscus said:
The way I see it I made the some common observations that my peers see in guitar stores every day, and was attacked for it by people who acted like I was personally attacking them. This exact same topic in on one of the FB gear pages (They agree with me) and nobody there is crying about it. By the way, kiss my black ass.
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Kiss your black ass?

Wow.
 
This is a weird thread but hits home. If you work at a retail outlet, you should try your best to move merch. But music stores have always been sorta diff. Since the 2009 meltdown, I 've seen a shift in my parts where 4 out of 5 places are sort of neat to go to anymore, but they don't have the inventory they used to. I see Oscars side and the others. Merchandise needs to move, if you don't like stores, there are tons of online outlets and forums.

Noobs need to recognize effects aren't going to get them there. You need to know the fretboard inside and out. But I'm just realizing that as a 50+ y.o. home player, but like the occasional fuzz or other pedal.
 
surfsteve said:
Noobs need to recognize effects aren't going to get them there. You need to know the fretboard inside and out. But I'm just realizing that as a 50+ y.o. home player, but like the occasional fuzz or other pedal.
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Ultimately, nothing is going to get you where you want to go except learning to play. But once you learn how to play, you also need to know what goes into a circuit and why they sound different. I'm not saying everyone needs to be an electrical engineer. But if you know that almost all amps are some variation of a Fender or Vox (I consider Marshall and Mesa as Fender variants), and that most pedals are also tweaked versions of similar circuits, you're going to be a lot happier. And a lot richer.
 
On those 87 types of fuzz pedals the universe won't support: Did at least one of them have a thick sound without losing definition on the low strings?

Because my middle-aged consumerist ass is looking for one.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
Ultimately, nothing is going to get you where you want to go except learning to play. But once you learn how to play, you also need to know what goes into a circuit and why they sound different. I'm not saying everyone needs to be an electrical engineer. But if you know that almost all amps are some variation of a Fender or Vox (I consider Marshall and Mesa as Fender variants), and that most pedals are also tweaked versions of similar circuits, you're going to be a lot happier. And a lot richer.
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Sage advice, sir !
 
USian Pie said:
On those 87 types of fuzz pedals the universe won't support: Did at least one of them have a thick sound without losing definition on the low strings?

Because my middle-aged consumerist ass is looking for one.
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Well, I sold my Colossus to SurfSteve. But I suggest either it or the Blackout Effectors Musket. I've also heard good things about the Black Arts Pharoah, which I believe is also muff based (never played one).
 
James Franciscus said:
I've never done music retail. A friend asked me to fill in for a couple of days helping out at the coolest music store in the LA area. This is what I learned:

Guitar stores prey on people who should be in therapy three days a week. I sold a bunch of stuff to people who were terrible players who just had to have that Les Paul, that Relic'd Strat, and that boutique stomp box that's cooler than anything in the whole world.

It was really kind of sickening after a while. They're dropping tons of cash on stuff that will end up in their closet. They already have fourteen guitars and they suck on those guitars just like they suck on the new one I just sold him. I was talking to a customer and his mind completely left our conversation when he over heard someone talking about custom PAFs. As if that's important. Guitar ADD. He can't even play a chord in tune and he's concerned with up grading a Les Paul he hasn't even taken home yet.

-Edited for Brevity by ASB
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I understand it can be frustrating to see guys taking home guitar after guitar when they can hardly manipulate one themselves but honestly it's their money and their prerogative. I myself know a guy who literally just started playing less than 3 years ago. He's got a teacher and a American Standard Strat, a PRS Custom 24 and a Fender Jazz bass. He's a surgeon so he can afford all of that stuff. He primarily bought it because his daughter was learning keyboards and wanted a daddy/daughter activity to get into. But honestly, if he's just learning Foo Fighters songs for his own enjoyment whats the harm?

None of his kids are going hungry and his wife and he have all their bills paid so even if it's obnoxious and but makes the guy happy no problem.

I do know there are plenty of guys who are not doing much with their stuff. It's a bummer. Maybe if you know a guy like that you can ask to borrow some of their gear.
 
I'm one of those guys who buys shit he doesn't need and can't use. Luckily for me, I'm also a cheapskate, so it's usually a used Boss effect rather than a brand new boutique effect. And I know the pentatonic scale.

And I must say, I've enjoyed this thread.
 
reverend1 said:
Oscar taught us he was a dick by working in a guitar store.

The end
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