SteveFord Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 To checking off all of the guitars on Ye Olde Bucket List. Maybe tomorrow afternoon a box gets chucked at me. Nothing fantastic but I think it'll be worth getting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 That's it, Steve? Isn't there enough tension out there? Got pics? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Ahh, but you see the bucket list changes with the passage of time. You think you checked off the last box on it, and then somehow another one appears. Look forward to seeing this latest acquisition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 It's good to know the bucket list changes as I guess when it's full you have to kick it? No pics, nothing to show yet. No Holy Grail type thing, just something that caught my eye and made me stop as it reminded me of something I stupidly sold in my 20s. When the buyer left with the guitar I just felt like such an idiot. The money went, the guitar was gone and that was the end of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SteveFord Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Boy, Guitar Center sure is stupid. Yeah, one store has 3 in inventory, we'll get you one that's still boxed up. Oh, they had inventory problems, we're getting a new one sent from somewhere else. It's going to the store and then they're sending it to you. No, I don't see anything being sent to us, I'll get one coming here... It's a GC exclusive and I wanted to buy new but maybe that was not the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I take it that's its not the LP 'Bats in Flight' model for Halloween then ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 Now THERE'S one for Grandpa Munster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Bats in flight huh? Ok! I suppose...  ..........NNNNNNEEEEEXT!!!!!!!!!............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 Cancelled my order with Guitar Center - they kept sending the order to store after store and none of them actually had one in inventory. I can't understand why they've been teetering on bankruptcy forever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 18 hours ago, merciful-evans said: I take it that's its not the LP 'Bats in Flight' model for Halloween then ? Heh, I do really like that one! I can see playing the Munster theme on that one, Haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Retired said: Heh, I do really like that one! I can see playing the Munster theme on that one, Haha.  You & Karloff could duet maybe... 🙃 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 9 hours ago, merciful-evans said:  You & Karloff could duet maybe... 🙃 Yep, we would be a hit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Well that sucks - get fired up for a new guitar, place the order and then just get jacked around by Guitar Center. They do pretty much suck. Unfortunately for a lot of us they are about the only option of a place where you can go in and play several different guitars of the same model with variations (well if it's a Les Paul, Strat, or Tele anyway - they usually have several of those). That is about the only thing I miss about not living in the Chicago area any longer. I had about 5 Guitar Centers, 2 or 3 Sam Ash stores, Chicago Music Exchange, Sound Post and a few other good shops all less than an hour from my house. Thankfully I discovered Sweetwater through this forum and they have provided almost everything I've wanted since I moved down here to SC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 32 minutes ago, Twang Gang said: Well that sucks - get fired up for a new guitar, place the order and then just get jacked around by Guitar Center. They do pretty much suck. Unfortunately for a lot of us they are about the only option of a place where you can go in and play several different guitars of the same model with variations (well if it's a Les Paul, Strat, or Tele anyway - they usually have several of those). That is about the only thing I miss about not living in the Chicago area any longer. I had about 5 Guitar Centers, 2 or 3 Sam Ash stores, Chicago Music Exchange, Sound Post and a few other good shops all less than an hour from my house. Thankfully I discovered Sweetwater through this forum and they have provided almost everything I've wanted since I moved down here to SC. The Guitar Center in North Myrtle, SC is a joke. Every acoustic over $1200 is locked up and you have to ask a sales associate to pull an electric off the wall to play as the electrics are roped off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 It was nothing really special, well in a way it was as it was a Les Paul Special, the 2019 w/ P90s in honeyburst. For a couple of hundred bucks more you can get a much nicer used guitar so I'm not too heartbroken.  My new Firebird was a little over $500 more and you get a case that will withstand a nuclear blast and it's a much better instrument so whatever. Right now I'm going to play the crap out of that TV Yellow Special and break it in a bit. Last night the G string sliced through a callous so it has that new guitar feel to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 8 hours ago, SteveFord said: It was nothing really special, well in a way it was as it was a Les Paul Special, the 2019 w/ P90s in honeyburst. For a couple of hundred bucks more you can get a much nicer used guitar so I'm not too heartbroken.  My new Firebird was a little over $500 more and you get a case that will withstand a nuclear blast and it's a much better instrument so whatever. Right now I'm going to play the crap out of that TV Yellow Special and break it in a bit. Last night the G string sliced through a callous so it has that new guitar feel to it!  You cant be the only this has happened to. GC obviously need a new broom. A good opportunity for someone, coz inventory doesn't seem like an awful lot to put right. You'll get more chances in the bye & bye Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 They have their problems, all right. The way it works is if it's not in their warehouse they go through a list of dealers who show the item in stock. Nope, next nope next... Are they just not capable of doing inventory correctly or are the places being robbed blind? Probably both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Here's my two experiences with GC, though I've never seen or been in one. They both involved small bod used Martins at bargain pricing. Believe it or not, the guitars were good deals. I found them after finding pricing on Reverb a little high, by googling the model where GC's ad pop up. The guitars were both in midwest understaffed stores, and when I contacted them I got salespeople that were completely unschooled in what to look for, so very few of my questions were answered. Both salespeople fell back on the point of hassle free returns, complete with 20 dollar return label, which made it a great short term tryout. Both were good guitars, so I got out of it with 2 nice underpriced Martins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 They are either really good or just horrible, I think the big part is high turnover with the staff. I've purchased three guitars and one amp from them, the amp was damaged in transit but they replaced the open box amp with a brand new one, no charge. The guitars have all been really good as were the prices. I look at them as being a department store that sells musical instruments. The people who work there have all been really helpful but they come and they go all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I bought 4 guitars from them. The 12 string had a wrapped neck which they took back and gave me a new one without any problems. Employees do seem to come and go a lot. Many have no clue whats going on. So I gave them up. They do have the best selections in both Electric and acoustic. Nothing is roped off or locked up here though. I can play which ever one I want without asking. I still like Dietze, better and they will let me take home any guitar I want and try it out. They just couldn't produce my last guitar and since GC had one, I had to go with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 The biggest problem they have is an archaic, DOS 4.0 based company wide inventory system that from what I've seen, and I don't work there, is just awful. Because it is so clunky and cludgey the managers don't get it updated very well at all. Our local guys have talked at me about coming to work there and just doing the inventory system because I'm basically an old operating system guy, so it doesn't scare me. But man, I just can't see dealing with that lump of poop all day every day. And they seem to have no intention whatsoever of changing it any time soon.  rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 I wasn't too heartbroken about GC screwing up my order so badly because I had a back up plan. This should be here late next week, I think it might be okay. Couple hundred bucks cheaper, too, with an honest to Firebird case. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Beautiful Steve. Love the wood grain with the burst around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) Thanks. The headstock did it for me: I kept looking at it and it's yeah, that'll work. Granted, it's no Bats In Flight Les Paul but you can't have everything. Edited October 19, 2020 by SteveFord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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