What it's 'really' like to work in a Music Store (19 second youtube)

[Lucidology]

What it's 'really' like to work in a Music Store (19 second youtube)
Been there .... done that!! Bet it's been like wise for many others here.

 

[Serious Poo]

Wow, that is seriously messed up.

 

[TheoDog]

That is why I frequent my local shops within an hour of opening.
Too bad for the employees... Having to sell single strings and remind players their guitar actually can go out of tune after it leaves the shop.

 

[Rod]

I owed and ran a guitar store for 30 years......I remember those sounds! Aaaaahhhhhhhhh

 

[ElDiabloBlanco]

Yup, 24 years in the business, that's about right...

 

[Drowned Rabbit]

I think I heard Purple Haze in there somewhere

 

[phazersonstun]

Yup. I wear earplugs rather frequently at work these days.

 

[ChrisP]

That is one funny dude....check em all out.

 

[TNJ]

Wow…talking about a major harsh to the mellow.


By appointment only doesn't sound so bad after all!


S.
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[Lucidology]

That look on his face says it all ...

 

[CharAznable]

Fake. Didn't hear a terrible attempt at Crazy Train.

 

[Tone Loco]

Wow, I never considered how bad it would be to be trapped there all day! I usually can't wait to get out. That must be excruciating for a musician.

It's really a no win situation though. Buyers need to test drive things but unlike a vehicle you can't take it elsewhere to do it.

 

[janosfia]

Headphone amps. Guitar stores should use them.

So I guess it's not only Guitar Center where you hear this.

 

[Tone Loco]

Headphone amps. Guitar stores should use them.

That might be OK for testing guitars, but what about amps? Though I admit, even after testing in the closed "amp room" it's hard to know how an amp is really going to sound in the real world. But at least you can get a general idea of how one sounds compared to another. It's bringing it up near real world volume that gets problematic.

 

[don carney]

Always go early in the day.

 

[Lucidology]

Yup. I wear earplugs rather frequently at work these days.

So you must take them out to talk with clients .... right?
Or do they just muffle background sounds...?

 

[Scott Miller]

I kind of liked Part II. Randomly deconstructed found object outsider music.

 

[blackmore11]

Sounds like my old band.

 

[Radspin]

When I worked in a music store, for about a year and a half in the late '70s, the last thing I wanted to to when I got home was play music. It's a serious occupational hazard.

 

[PTS]

Stairway denied.