Things You Always Wanted to Ask a Guitar Store Employee 

Same here 💀💀💀

It's funny to imagine Sammy G either having to always go pick The Jellyfish pick up when he thows it away or him having an altoids tin full of them to throw around as a stress reliever, lol.

I got one for xmas one year, and put it away....and a month later its on my desk in plain view. I never touched it, but every few months its there again... maybe it has a special jellyfish dna that's trying to kill you, who knows...

Belongs in the trash. Yet it somehow remains...

As soon as I heard the question I was like "Enter the jellyfish" lol and there it was. 😅

I can sound better than you using only a jellyfish I let my cat worry at for two weeks though

I almost want to buy one to frame it as a reminder that no matter what I do it can’t be more useless than the jellyfish.

This will be the third video in a row I've seen from him that mentions it 😂

Not to be picky… I know the truth stings…

Tell me why I thought everyone was talking about the animal

For reasons.

These days, that same guitar will inflate to over $1000 by the time they apprehend and charge you…

@@j_freed that's the joke, if $950, right now, they won't even try to apprehend or charge you.

@@MostlyLost apparently, depends on which state you are in, but several states have had lots of issues with shop lifting lately due to this.

It's kinda funny how people freak out over this when such laws existed for decades. Idk about UK but Europe and Asia this was normal. Reason is if you charged every shoplifter was charged even for theft of low value it would completely clog the court system and cost billions. And since such laws have always existed and only things changing is the amount allowed, and since its california mostly being bashed, I'm assuming the previous limit was something like 700 dollars and raising it to 1000 saves a lot of money from court cases but Fox needs a topic to complain about lmao

Better than "Big Pants No Bong" I guess.

This is now the name of my Doom Metal band

I am not getting over that name either

Family business's are rare as fuck these days :(

I hate working corporate anything. It sounds like a good experience at that shop.

@@qua7771 same

@@TheBanana93 Good ones especially

Hahaha that’s a good point! Which means he keeps grabbing it out of the trash. I’m beginning to doubt his hatred, and believe he’s now attached to it.

Only once. Everyone knows what happens to a pick once it hits the floor, so he must have a drawer full of them 😂

Not enough times yet

Same!

Unfortunately. women customers are also harassed by the male staff of these same stores. Pretty disgusting atmosphere all the way around.

@@CrossoverGenius Not to diminish your experience or the experience of others, but that wasn't a thing at the store I worked at. That would get you fired on the spot if there was even a hint of a rumor about that...which is probably a good thing IF management were sane individuals...however, that meant I saw people fired over significantly less serious complaints all the time. Funny how the management cared so much about the customers, but didn't give a rat's ass if it was the other way around. One day, a customer accused me of being racist...it was this whole big investigation. I didn't remember what the interaction was at all, but you know, misunderstandings can happen...I was often a "greeter" which meant pseudo-security (signing in customer-owned guitars, checking empty cases, checking serial numbers on guitars leaving the store, checking receipts, stuff like that.) so I thought ok, maybe I might have asked to check a receipt or something too annoyedly. I don't remember this customer at all, but fair enough. I took responsibility for it, and apologized to the customer. Later, my manager and I were talking about it, and the date of the incident came up - turns out, I wasn't even there when the incident in question happened! Fuck retail. I'd rather be homeless or shovel literal fecal matter all day than work one more microsecond in retail.

That's sad. At my local Sitar Renter for years there was always a really cool super skinny 'Goth looking' gal that was covered in tattoos, wore the most rad rock gear, and who could shred with the best of 'em. The funny thing was that it was always a different gal, but they looked like they played in the same band or something. I kinda thought maybe they had a quota to fill; never really could figure it out; but I know for sure that it was a different gal each time, just 'cut from the same cloth' so to speak.

Hahah ahh yes I know exactly what you are talking about

Oh that old chestnut, you hear that in ANY type of retail shop

Been with L&M for over 20 years. Definitely heard this one a lot.. 🤦‍♂️

I loved when people would use the church credit card to buy their own personal gear to not have to pay taxes on it , also those same people would think you would have to basically give them things for free or cheap because it was a church

@@jondnz sometimes I get people asking for discounts on their pizza order b/c "it's a really big order" meanwhile it's like $60 USD

Cheeky!

Your boss sounds like he was a real winner. .. ugh.

this was my highschool

Same here man. 😂👌🏻

That's been my experience in most music stores I go to, and retail in general. I have found smaller mom and pop type stores are a bit more helpful, but usually don't have much selection. Learning some of the language helps, like asking about a setup on the guitar, rather than asking for it to be checked out. Stick with it, and things will start coming together better.

Not to shoot myself in the foot, but I'd say any neckbeard working in a guitar store would be falling head over heels to go set up a female beginner's guitar. Your experience seems strange.

Idk if this has been the type of shops you've already been too but I find that smaller independent music shops usually have owners that are overly eager to help which means you often end up wanting to come back, but whenever I've gone to a big name place, I too have felt a bit like its my job to find everything and know everything

@@user-rh5eq7bl4c I feel like that extends to any type of store.

@@saintrhoads3375 true true

That’s a steal

Mr Godin is an awesome guy. He was like that in our store too. He is an amazing guy, and great company.

yeah fr, i bought my first guitar(besides my brothers old guitar) back in november and i will say it was amazing. i wasn't the best player and i'm still not but the employees helped me and me feel amazing beings crappy beginner

So... Are you guitar center?

Sigma grindset

I mean yeah, that's a pretty healthy, woke opinion on this topic

Reminds me of my dad's guitar, a Maton acoustic from around 1964. That guitar travelled the world with him and his wish was that he would pass it down to me. He took it to a festival last year and somebody broke into his car and stole it. Not a terrifically expensive guitar but had enormous sentimental value to him.

Exactly!!! I worked repairs at a small shop for a few years. If I found enough time between jobs, I'd grab one of the 'low wall' collection and do a full setup. GUITAR STORES: If you just do something about your setups on the wall. Maybe even just tuning. Sales would go through the roof. Having guitars on the wall which are out of tune with the action and intonation of a Costco floor sample are bound to chase people out of your store. Have someone set up one guitar each day. And, I mean a good setup. Like trim-down fretboard high spots, good. Moving units at low margin will always beat moving nothing and keeping dusty trash on the wall.

@@ImnotgoingSideways All the guitars in the shop I worked at were set up before the customer left the shop if they needed it. A lot of the time I'd set a few up here and there if they were in need of one, trimming down high spots on the fretboard though? Yeah, that's a little beyond the skills of the average guy in a guitar shop. Then again, guitars came form the factory with better set ups back when I was selling them for a living.

I would guess that you would negotiate the price according to it's damage. I noticed that about gear at GC as well. Some people won't buy a guitar they haven't seen, GC seems to be the shop where people spend hours playing gear they have no intention on buying.

For new guitars, they don't sell you the display model. They grab a box with an untouched guitar, the gig bag etc. from the back. At least in my experience.

@@griefman6550 I had a similar experience. Guy brought one fresh out the box and let me play it too. Best purchase I’ve made so far

I got rid of mine soon after purchase. I knew I wasn't going to like it when I bought it, I new it was stupid but I too was stupid.

@@zakkmylde1712 Yeah we tend to get rid of or let things slip away when we are younger. It may have saved you some frustration by reliving yourself of it. I'm not sure they are worth anything now. I have since put mine in a shadow box with a bunch of unique guitar picks to hang on the wall.

There's a store in Toronto that I had an absolutely terrible experience at. Not gonna name and shame it but I F that place

@@samuraiguitarist I bet we're talking about the same place. 😁

@@AshkonHobooti If it's in Etobicoke it probably is

Why I've always been into local stores. I know every guitar center is different......but I get that walmart feel from them. Or mall stores. Haven't found one I've ever liked either.

Omg hope you're okay D: Which location if you don't mind me asking? I made a comment on this video too about always being ignored at L&M, usually the one by York University in Toronto, and workers barely giving me the time of day when I do track them down. I remember applying to work there years before I picked up guitar. Had an interview but never heard back from them. If that's how they are though, I'm happy they didn't take me 😅

@@kamekomiyamora I worked at one in the lower mainland of BC