I went to two music stores today. The first was Carlino Guitars because it’s by the recycling center. I’ve been there twice. I’ve asked the guy if there:
- Do you have a Roland Micro Cube?
- Do you have picks with textured grips?
- Do you have Strandbergs?
His answers have been:
- No.
- No.
- No.
I think that place makes most of its money doing custom builds and selling only a few high-end brands of guitar, like ESPs.
I also went to Wood & Strings, which did have grippy picks for me to experiment with, and also the guy there was happy to let me plug in and try out the basses.
I did not seat one of the basses in the holder right, and it fell and knocked over a bunch of stuff. The strap peg on the end actually got bent, but the guy just fixed it and didn’t charge me for it. I apologized, and he told me a story about when he grabbed and played a bass in another store and scratched up the back.
Then, we somehow got to talking about modular synths and how software synths tend to drive people to them, rather than making them obsolete.
Anyway: I guess the lesson (besides that I should be more careful) is that some stores are for going into and some are not.