Re: Mail Order vs local

[Looping9string@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/21/2002 3:34:01 PM Mountain Standard Time, ghunicycle@yahoo.com writes:


> Beyond that, the other clientelle is often even more rude then the
> employees. How can you demo a piece of studio-quality gear when you
> have Eddie Van Kornhead blasting a Marshall stack 10 feet away? How
> long does it take to demo something? The last time I went to an LMS, I
> was there for half an hour looking around and a young man sat there
> playing a high powered halfstack the entire time (he was there before I
> came in, and was still there when I left...) WITHOUT CHANGING THE
> SETTINGS ON EITHER THE AMP OR THE GUITAR! Literally over an hour with
> one tone. It would have been pretty hard to try something out that
> day...


It's like going to a clothing store and wearing a new shirt and pair of socks for a couple of hours before you know weather or not you want to buy it...