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A couple of days ago I went to check out a music shop in the new neighbourhood; a place called Cosmo Music, it's one of the bigger stores in the Toronto area.
YAWWWWWNNNN!
Wall of fenders here, in the usual colours; 95% of them were strats. (Just how many fucking strats do we need on earth??) Wall of Pacificas and Ibanez there. A dozen Gibsons with "Please ask for assistance" cards tucked in behind the strings. About 10 of those PRS Santana #8 specials, and 5 "real" PRSs just to they could say they had 'em, hung up on the highest rack. A single, brown, dusty DeArmond on a floor stand, with two broken strings. Bla!! Just like a million guitar shops in a million neighbourhoods the world over.
Amps? 2 BJs, a Blues Deluxe, a DeVille; a Princeton with a fourteen year old plugged in playing Randy Rhodes really BADLY. A Peavey Classic 30, a Delta, and 2 Bandits, plus something called a "Rage" that smelled so strongly of silicon transistors it made me a bit queasy. A marshall somthing or other half-stack. A Line 6 thing. Bla!!! I spotted an Ampeg reissue, raced over to it, only to find that it was a bass amp.
Pedals? A big array of Boss things and Dan'o things in gawdy colours.
Acoustics? You bet...75% Yamaha, 10% Fender, 15% other assorted brands. Nothing exciting, except a wood-body resonophonic Fender that played so poorly it startled me.
I knew the price of everything before looking at the tags, except the MIM fenders, which continue to creep up.
Went to the counter. Asked for Ernie Ball 10-52's --- you guessed it, all out. "You want a set of D'Addarios in those enviro-packs?" "Not if it would bring world peace!!"
Went to the repair shop, asked about putting an fx loop in my BJ; a guy with a nametag that said "Bob" had a hard time understanding the question; he was sure I said "Blues Deville" but I pointed out that that amp already has an fx loop. "Oh yeah..." Bob, who according to the plaque on the wall is a Gold-Certified Fender Electronics Repair Technician, took my phone number and said he'd call back with a price. He hasn't.
There was nothing NOTHING [SIZE=4]NOTHING [/SIZE] even remotely interesting or characterful in the whole store. I felt like jumping up on the counter and yelling "OOGA BOOGA!!" at the top of my lungs, just for a break from the oppressive blandness.
Ugh!!
- Rob
YAWWWWWNNNN!
Wall of fenders here, in the usual colours; 95% of them were strats. (Just how many fucking strats do we need on earth??) Wall of Pacificas and Ibanez there. A dozen Gibsons with "Please ask for assistance" cards tucked in behind the strings. About 10 of those PRS Santana #8 specials, and 5 "real" PRSs just to they could say they had 'em, hung up on the highest rack. A single, brown, dusty DeArmond on a floor stand, with two broken strings. Bla!! Just like a million guitar shops in a million neighbourhoods the world over.
Amps? 2 BJs, a Blues Deluxe, a DeVille; a Princeton with a fourteen year old plugged in playing Randy Rhodes really BADLY. A Peavey Classic 30, a Delta, and 2 Bandits, plus something called a "Rage" that smelled so strongly of silicon transistors it made me a bit queasy. A marshall somthing or other half-stack. A Line 6 thing. Bla!!! I spotted an Ampeg reissue, raced over to it, only to find that it was a bass amp.
Pedals? A big array of Boss things and Dan'o things in gawdy colours.
Acoustics? You bet...75% Yamaha, 10% Fender, 15% other assorted brands. Nothing exciting, except a wood-body resonophonic Fender that played so poorly it startled me.
I knew the price of everything before looking at the tags, except the MIM fenders, which continue to creep up.
Went to the counter. Asked for Ernie Ball 10-52's --- you guessed it, all out. "You want a set of D'Addarios in those enviro-packs?" "Not if it would bring world peace!!"
Went to the repair shop, asked about putting an fx loop in my BJ; a guy with a nametag that said "Bob" had a hard time understanding the question; he was sure I said "Blues Deville" but I pointed out that that amp already has an fx loop. "Oh yeah..." Bob, who according to the plaque on the wall is a Gold-Certified Fender Electronics Repair Technician, took my phone number and said he'd call back with a price. He hasn't.
There was nothing NOTHING [SIZE=4]NOTHING [/SIZE] even remotely interesting or characterful in the whole store. I felt like jumping up on the counter and yelling "OOGA BOOGA!!" at the top of my lungs, just for a break from the oppressive blandness.
Ugh!!
- Rob
I really like 'the guitar shop' on lakeshore in mississauga.
Small shop: for electrics they do have a lot of strats. But they have a dozen prs guitars (most of em ridiculously expensive) a few teles and gibbys...then theyve got:
Some nice hollow bodies by fender and gretch
Godin guitars.
Ernie balls
A couple of danelectros
And a few other nice electrics.
And they do bring in various other brands just to mix things up.
They have as many acoustics as electrics, and carry mostly the simon and patrick line (S+P, larrivee, seagul A+L) as well as some taylors, martins, and a few other semi-decent cheapie guitars.
Not too much in the way of amps for some reason. :confused:
Small shop: for electrics they do have a lot of strats.
But they have a dozen prs guitars (most of em ridiculously expensive) a few teles and gibbys...then theyve got:Some nice hollow bodies by fender and gretch
Godin guitars.
Ernie balls
A couple of danelectros
And a few other nice electrics.
And they do bring in various other brands just to mix things up.
They have as many acoustics as electrics, and carry mostly the simon and patrick line (S+P, larrivee, seagul A+L) as well as some taylors, martins, and a few other semi-decent cheapie guitars.
Not too much in the way of amps for some reason. :confused:
Hey Rob, I was in T.O this weekend and got to check out the Songbird there....holy fuck, talk about a killer store!! It fucken' eats the Ottawa one for breakfeast! Really friendly staff, too (..and I thought all Torontonians were assholes...seems there's a small percentage that aren't...) I did go by The 12th Fret, but it was closed, which is too bad 'cause that's where I wanted to go most, they're like the only store in Canada that stocks high end replacement pick-ups, ah well, another time I guess....
which is too bad 'cause that's where I wanted to go most, they're like the only store in Canada that stocks high end replacement pick-ups, ah well, another time I guess....
Originally posted by ShatteredMindofBob
Hey Rob, I was in T.O this weekend and got to check out the Songbird there....holy fuck, talk about a killer store!! It fucken' eats the Ottawa one for breakfeast! Really friendly staff, too (..and I thought all Torontonians were assholes...seems there's a small percentage that aren't...) I did go by The 12th Fret, but it was closed,
Why the hell didn't ta look me up, you Ottawa fuchkead!!
You shoulda gone 5 blocks further west to Capsule. It eats Songbird for lunch...
Originally posted by Rob Quail
Why the hell didn't ta look me up, you Ottawa fuchkead!!
You shoulda gone 5 blocks further west to Capsule. It eats Songbird for lunch...
heh, sorry man, I was visiting a uhh...lady friend...whose a tad on the possesive side....next time I'm down, I'll try to have more time for stuff....and will make sure to check out this Capsule Music place....Heh!! I did, however, glance in the window at Steves and yeah...can sorta see why you're not too fond of it...in that case, the Ottawa location eats it for supper.
And what the fuck is wrong with a wall of Strats?? I wish that we( i say we Rob, becuz I`m 48 and your not far behind) had this kind of selection, and the reasonable pricng and choice of quality when I was learning and coming up the ranks. All I had to choose from in my price range back then, was Kents and Aria`s with action so high, you`d bleed in 12 bars. A young kid reading your review of Cosmo, would think that its a place to run away from. I wish they had Asat Packs when I was 13! oh,, sorry,, I meant Strat packs, same diff....lol
Music stores today, while highly commercial(after all it is a business), offer a lot more to today`s youth to choose from, and I think thats a good thing, no?? I know you carry a big stick around here, but but ya gotta call it for what it`s worth, and don`t give the new- to- guitar guys the wrong impression. Lighten up, pal.
Tonemaster
Music stores today, while highly commercial(after all it is a business), offer a lot more to today`s youth to choose from, and I think thats a good thing, no?? I know you carry a big stick around here, but but ya gotta call it for what it`s worth, and don`t give the new- to- guitar guys the wrong impression. Lighten up, pal.
Tonemaster
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