8len8
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After playing guitar for 30 years and shopping at Guitar Center for almost as long I thought I'd seen it all. By now I've gotten used to having to listen to 5 different folks demoing gear too loud and with out of tune guitars while I'm trying to really determine if I like the tone of an amp good enough to buy it.
This last visit I experienced something entirely new. A guy was trying out various guitars on an amp (I think a Line6 FWIW). He sounded like a decent player (was at least in tune), but was pretty loud, and he brought a CD player with him and was jamming to prerecorded backing tracks the whole time I was there (about 1 hour).
It's hard enough to demo an amp with 5 others playing in the background, but having a whole band playing in the background brought it to a new level. I understand how what he was doing probably helped him with his purchase, but to do it so loud, so long, and at peak hours seemed really rude.
This last visit I experienced something entirely new. A guy was trying out various guitars on an amp (I think a Line6 FWIW). He sounded like a decent player (was at least in tune), but was pretty loud, and he brought a CD player with him and was jamming to prerecorded backing tracks the whole time I was there (about 1 hour).
It's hard enough to demo an amp with 5 others playing in the background, but having a whole band playing in the background brought it to a new level. I understand how what he was doing probably helped him with his purchase, but to do it so loud, so long, and at peak hours seemed really rude.