Members Vere Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 ok, here is a camera phone pic. they've had guitars for a while, but can you see the following in the pic: PedalsWAHamps2 acoustics, 2 electrics and a bass pedals were 40 for the distortion, 70 for the wah and 60 or 70 for the chorus. not exactly a deal for lyon by washburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 {censored}, first WalMart is selling Gibsons. Now Target is doing it. Pretty soon you'll be able to buy them at 7-Eleven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grueller Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by Virgman Pretty soon you'll be able to buy them at 7-Eleven. they sell phrase samplers! (just little yakbak-style toys) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members destroyed Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by Virgman {censored}, first WalMart is selling Gibsons. Now Target is doing it. Pretty soon you'll be able to buy them at 7-Eleven. the walmart by me ain't selling gibsons... i know there was a big story about it in the future but ui have yet to see it, they do have a gazzillion first act guitars though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by Virgman {censored}, first WalMart is selling Gibsons. Now Target is doing it. Pretty soon you'll be able to buy them at 7-Eleven. "Let's see, that's one bag of Cheet-os, one Big Gulp, and a Les Paul Goldtop..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i51423 Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by MDLMUSIC "Let's see, that's one bag of Cheet-os, one Big Gulp, and a "Signature Series" Les Paul Goldtop..." Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Actually Walmart is NOT selling Gibsons. It was a rumor to be the next place. Target is rumored to carry them. Circuit City will carry them and Best Buy has them on the shelves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BowerR64 Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Target guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KovachianOne Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 HAHAHAHAHAHA... Being surprised by this makes you look like you were born last week. WalMart is NOT the first to do this so get that out of your heads right now. Sears was selling guitars for decades, as far back as the 60s, maybe 50s. I remember as a kid in the early 80s I could've gotten a guitar for $40 or so (and I THINK it was at WalMart, don't quote me), yet most people talk as if this is new ground being covered here. Looks like a Charvel San Dimas, although I know it's not. Originally posted by BowerR64 Target guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by MDLMUSIC "Let's see, that's one bag of Cheet-os, one Big Gulp, and a Les Paul Goldtop..." :D what, no Agiles? take the cheetos back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fill Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Why are there guitars sold everywhere now? Is there really that much of a market? Guitars are kind of pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by Fill Don't get me wrong, I love the guitar, but it seems like the peak of the guitar's popularity was a while ago. apparently its on the rise again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Questions to ask your WalMart / Target salesperson: "Do you have any Gibson SG's ?" Answer: "Ma'am, we only have what's on the shelf." "Does this Studio model come with a gig bag?" Answer: (Looks at box with puzzled expression) "Uh, not sure. I just started here yesterday. Let me go find someone who knows." (Leaves and never returns. After several minutes you walk out in frustration.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pwn3d Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 so yeah that sg is how much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Twangster Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Big hair and pointy guitars, coming soon. And lots and lots of practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armitage Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 I wonder if you can get a good fret dress done at Wal-Mart? Does Target do Floyd Rose installs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vere Posted September 30, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 the guitars didn't startle me as much as the bass strings, strings with an extra high E in the pack, pedals, capos, picks, instruction books and selection (lp special copy, strat copy, 2 acoustics and a bass!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bgmacaw Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by KovachianOne Sears was selling guitars for decades, as far back as the 60s, maybe 50s. Sears even sold them about 100 years ago. My grandfather told me about a guitar he and a couple of his brothers bought mail order from them when he was a kid (he was born in 1895). Given that there were 8 boys in the family the guitar didn't last long though. They end up fighting over it and one of them gave another one the "el-kabong" treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtomHeartMother Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 I think it's cool how a lot of chain discount stores are selling guitars; having the guitars available at such stores has to be getting more people into guitar, which is always a cool thing. I can just image families doing some shopping at Wal-Mart or Target, and the kid, who otherwise would never get the opportunity to get a guitar, would beg his parents into buying it for him/her. However, it's unfortunate that it is all such crap. It'll probably deter more people from guitar than attract them in the long run. But for some reason, I get the feeling that Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy don't care if they stick with guitar or not as long as they make their quick buck. I'm sure that the guitars are at least playable, but what are the parents going to do if the guitar plays like crap or doesn't work. They are sure as hell not going to know how to fix it or set it up; neither will anyone at Wal-Mart or Target. I have a feeling that they'll see a lot of returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by Fill Why are there guitars sold everywhere now? Is there really that much of a market? Guitars are kind of pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by bgmacaw Sears even sold them about 100 years ago. My grandfather told me about a guitar he and a couple of his brothers bought mail order from them when he was a kid (he was born in 1895). Given that there were 8 boys in the family the guitar didn't last long though. They end up fighting over it and one of them gave another one the "el-kabong" treatment. I believe that Sear's better guitars, mandos, and banjos back in 19-ought-5 were made by Washburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Silvertone was a department store brand...I'm thinking either Sears or Montgomery Ward. My grandpa has a mid 50's Silvertone hollowbody electric and a matching 5 watt tube amp that he gave a drunk $10 for back in the day. Both survived me as a child. Both still work to this day. My first electric guitar back in the mid 80's was a Dean 'Firecrackle' that I got out of the Sears catalog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fill Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Originally posted by jerry_picker Hunch or data? My evidence is purely anecdotal. Guitar isn't usually essential to hip hop or Britney Spears type pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doug osborne Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 Actually, guitar sales in general are the biggest category in music sales, and guitar sales are growing. It is surprising in this age of whatever-this-music-is, but guitars are big, on the high end and low end. Stats at NAMM. Sears is a great analogy - back in the early days of rock 'n' roll, for example, they sold way more guitars than music stores did, and today some (not all) Silvertone guitars and amps are worth a lot of money, both as collectors items and as great gear. I'm sure small music stores can get affected by this, but they should be ready to supply proper setup, teachers, accessories, etc., that Target/Wal - Mart/etc. can not supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 It doesent suprise me, there will be many out there for Christmas gifts. "If people buy they will supply". It makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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