A trip to the music store

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:39 am

yesterday I took a trip to the local corporate music store in Canton MI ...

it is an interesting place to people watch ...

I saw 2 instances of a classic music store scene

there were 2 different guys there trying out an instrument and their girlfriend/wife was looking at them with a bored look ...

The Music Store is not a place to take your girlfriend or wife ... most women aren't interested in seeing use guys under the influence of GAS ...

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:07 am

Sort of like when they drag us out the the mall while they shop for clothes...

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:43 am

The 'captive' girlfriends I see in music stores around here are about 50/50 interested/bored.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:01 am

Great advice IMO Jeff.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:38 am

>>The 'captive' girlfriends I see in music stores around here are about 50/50 interested/bored.<<

In NYC it's 90% bored.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:53 am

Funny! I was in NYC over the weekend and the one I saw was enamored with her boyfriend's power chords... or maybe his eyes, I don't know. Apparently I did not get a representative sample! Probably a new couple.

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:46 am

A few years ago when MARS existed, they had a store at a major Houston mall. It was nice because I could kill time there while the rest of the family was shopping at the mall.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:03 pm

The wife and I are both into golf. The wife more so than myself. It just so happens that the new Guitar Center in Dayton, and the Sam Ash in Cincinnati are both right next to a Golf Galaxy.

I hit the bass department and she shops for golf accessories.

It gets expensive sometimes though.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:05 pm

another time a cute young woman was taking up bass and she needed an amp ... the salesman was there but he was a typical corporate music store rep ... he had attitude but not much knowledge ... so she asked me my advice on her first combo amp purchase ...

another time the manager who is highly skilled bass player was showing off ... well I happened to have a bass plugged in at the same time and I kept up with him playing fast show off rifs ...

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:13 pm

Ok, the GC I'm refering to just opened a couple of months ago. I go in looking for some new strings and spent about 20 minutes explaining to the "green" sales guy the difference between "roundwound", "flatwound", "nickel", "stainless steel",,ect...

Nice enough guy,,he just didnt have a clue. He did make me a good deal just for taking the time to explain things to him.

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:18 pm

Scott, the GC in North Houston shares the same parking lot with a Golfsmith.

bosco64 · Post by **bosco64** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:43 pm

Well, when your wife works in a music store (which happens to be my Rickenbacker dealer), I can't come home and tell her "Look at this killer deal I got on this 4003!" She now knows the MSRP and the cost. Damn! Can't get anything by her anymore!

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:43 am

Ron, I would think that your wife's employer would offer her an employee's discount, i.e. cost.

westtexasrickenbacker · Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:08 pm

Trips to the music store are fun. If only I had enough talent and $ to justify outrageous purchases.

I have a friend who has a 360-12, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson Acoustic, Fender Strat, plus several other big brand instruments.... and she's terrible

Has the money to plunk down though.

Life just isn't fair.

britye · Post by **britye** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:13 pm

Aren't friends are supposed to share?