The final nail in the coffin and real death of most Mom and Pops.........

Mom and Pops are dead on average........ for realz this time......

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 66.7%
  • No

    Votes: 4 33.3%

  • Total voters
    12
Humbucker music
Make n Music (Pittsburgh)
Willcuts
Wildwood guitars
Etc. Etc. all seem to thrive, and I wouldn't call them a Big Box store.

I'm sure some folks in here from the west coast can add a shitload more.
Good Guys in Heath, Ohio are great. I got my Marshall Mini Jube from Mom's Music in Louisville, Kentucky. They are great!
 
I like Guitar Center, but the last time I tried to buy new from them, the display model they were going to give me had a caved-in output jack, AND the pickup selector just wandered around without doing anything. Granted, it was just an Epi LP, but I was going to pay $700 for it. At that price point, I wanted a "new" guitar.

The biggest problem I have is GC's website, which makes it tough to search inventory. It takes three steps to add an item to your favorites list, and the pictures are usually horrible. Compare that to Music Go Round, whose web presence is so much better. I live in Metro Atlanta, so I have six GCs in the area, the Music Go Round, and a pretty good selection of independent shops. Every other place has better customer service than Guitar Center. GC's is not bad; I find it generally indifferent most of the time.
 
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