I heard you can't haggle there anymore. DUMB.

last time i was in there, some guy working the guitar counter comes up out of nowhere, totally uninvited, and we had the following exchange:

GC: hey man, you know who that guy is over there? (pointing to random guy).

Me: no.

GC: that's fucking mike scaccia ... FROM MINISTRY.

Me: ok, man, can you tell me how much this bassman is?

GC: you don't want that, man.

without missing a beat, he then goes on to tell me some long-winded story about a friend of his who roadied for creed. i never found out how much the amp was, and i haven't been back since.

idiot.

I go sprinting like I always do into Guitar Center so I can get out. And tell the monkey exactly what I want. "I need an in-line XLR 10 or 20 db pad." Main dude scrunches face up tightly in thought. "It looks just like an xlr connector but it pads the signal." Assistant dude says "A what?"

The two of them start rummaging through their accessories rack. "No we don't have anything like that."

These guys seemed nice, but I looked a little more myself and overheard an awesome conversation between them about this cheesy mall-emo teary eyed sing followed by cookie monster scream song on GC radio.

"Dude, this song is rad. I wonder if this will be the radio edit, or the real screaming version."

Otherguy: "I just don't like how they start it with crashing chords, like they don't care whether I'm listening. Like they need to smack me in the head instead of luring me in."

Catholic School boy yelping gives way to cookie monster on the mall emo song

Main guy: "Oh sweet, this is the actual screaming version. I know what you mean dude, but I think it's totally sick."

losthighway wrote:I go sprinting like I always do into Guitar Center so I can get out. And tell the monkey exactly what I want. "I need an in-line XLR 10 or 20 db pad." Main dude scrunches face up tightly in thought. "It looks just like an xlr connector but it pads the signal." Assistant dude says "A what?"

The two of them start rummaging through their accessories rack. "No we don't have anything like that."

These guys seemed nice, but I looked a little more myself and overheard an awesome conversation between them about this cheesy mall-emo teary eyed sing followed by cookie monster scream song on GC radio.

"Dude, this song is rad. I wonder if this will be the radio edit, or the real screaming version."

Otherguy: "I just don't like how they start it with crashing chords, like they don't care whether I'm listening. Like they need to smack me in the head instead of luring me in."

Catholic School boy yelping gives way to cookie monster on the mall emo song

Main guy: "Oh sweet, this is the actual screaming version. I know what you mean dude, but I think it's totally sick."

Yes. Sick.

otisroom wrote:

losthighway wrote:I go sprinting like I always do into Guitar Center so I can get out. And tell the monkey exactly what I want. "I need an in-line XLR 10 or 20 db pad." Main dude scrunches face up tightly in thought. "It looks just like an xlr connector but it pads the signal." Assistant dude says "A what?"

The two of them start rummaging through their accessories rack. "No we don't have anything like that."

These guys seemed nice, but I looked a little more myself and overheard an awesome conversation between them about this cheesy mall-emo teary eyed sing followed by cookie monster scream song on GC radio.

"Dude, this song is rad. I wonder if this will be the radio edit, or the real screaming version."

Otherguy: "I just don't like how they start it with crashing chords, like they don't care whether I'm listening. Like they need to smack me in the head instead of luring me in."

Catholic School boy yelping gives way to cookie monster on the mall emo song

Main guy: "Oh sweet, this is the actual screaming version. I know what you mean dude, but I think it's totally sick."

Yes. Sick.

Lol.

I was there yesterday getting new strings and strap locks for Fly's old Electrical bass. I was with my kid and I went right up to the counter and spied what I needed, a d'addario 160xl set and some dunlop strap locks.

After watching 3 sales dude try to sell some dude a Boss multi effect thing for some blues, I coughed out loud. Muscle guy comes over and says, "hey man, yo, whoa, deed, man, sorry, whoa, hah, deed, what can I get you?(a bit of hyperbole there, sorry)" I said that I wanted strap locks and strings. He then asked me what I played as in what brand of guitar. I said an Electrical bass and he said, " dude, we sell electric guitars." I know, he has no idea, I just thought that was great. I said, "I'll take that set of those chrome dunlop strap locks right there and those d'addario 160xls." He said, "whoa, you know exactly what you want." I said, "yeah." Then he asked me if I still played in a band. I said yes. Remember I have my son with me. He then asked if I was a veteran of the scene. At that time my kid started pulling me towards the Roland V drums and my transaction had been completed. I hate that place 98% of the time.

You still play in band man?

otisroom wrote:You still play in band man?

Hah. I have a story of when I had to buy an iLok there. That was fun.

I have never been to this store. sounds entertaining.

Not quite GC but Maplin UK, sort of high street Radio Shack, I need a 9v AC supply

A sales guy corners me before I've even started to look

Me "9v AC supply, it must be AC"

him "We have lots of 9v supplies here " (all of them are DC)

me "no it must be AC, see these are all 9v DC"

Sales guy pauses and stares at the power supplies

him "Well what's the difference ?"

On the tip of my tongue is a rant about what kind of dumbfuck works in an electrical store without knowing what must be the most basic principle of electricity, but I just say thanks and leave.

man, the maplin people suck! I can't believe they didn't give me a job there over all those retards.