Members bluesboy Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 So over the weekend i stopped by the local GC to see if they had a pickguard for my Epi LP standard. The original one was cream and i switched everything on the guitar to black. Anywho, I ask the guy behind the counter, "do you have a pickguard for an epiphone les paul? I'm looking for a black one." His response was, "You can check over here by the counter. Im an acoustic player, I don't even know what an epiphone les paul really is" im not even lying, i was dumbfounded. Even my fiancee, who knows just about nothing about guitars, knows what a les paul is and what shape it has, etc. This guy works at a guitar store!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members jaytee123 Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 {censored}, if he doesn't know WHAT a Les Paul is, he probably doesn't even know WHO Les Paul is!!!Chills down my spine...That's a scary fail! I get the same feeling when I hear a twenty year old (especially a guitar player) say: "Jimi Hendrix? Who is that?" Brrrrrrrrrrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldmanriver Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 I've said it before, and I'll say it again... GC sucks! I avoid it at all costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kowalski Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 did he then try to sell you some Groove Tubes and some extra strings:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesboy Posted October 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 did he then try to sell you some Groove Tubes and some extra strings:confused: actually, in addition to looking for the black pickguard I was looking for something to support my guitar by the neck and elevate the headstock for changing strings and doing other work on my guitar. He said if he hadn't sold one 15 minutes ago, he would've had no idea what i was talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 Guitar Center. Refuge for musicians who fell off the short bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jnurp Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 i recently went into a GC and i found the lack of product knowledge by the staff astounding. As a business owner i would be pissed as all {censored}ing hell that my employees know less that the customers about our products. They need to do weekly apptitude tests in places like that. It is really bad for any business to have employees as inept as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShlterfmthStorm Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm: GC= Fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mseriously30 Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 What the {censored} is an Epiphone Les Paul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesboy Posted October 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 What the {censored} is an Epiphone Les Paul? i mean seriously, there's only like 50 les paul guitars (epiphone or gibson) hanging on the wall of the store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bumhucker Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 I hate when they ask what your price range is, then they automatically try to find you something about 300 bucks over that, then tell you that they have this vonderful financing available at like 31.9342% interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leftwing73 Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 Maybe he was trying to get rid of you so he could go get some lunch or go work on another sale or something like that. Seriously - there's no way the guy doesn't know what an Epi Les Paul is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members argument_clinic Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 Maybe he was trying to get rid of you so he could go get some lunch or go work on another sale or something like that. Seriously - there's no way the guy doesn't know what an Epi Les Paul is. exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Your_Dad Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 I went to GC to buy an EMG 81-7 for a seven string and the dude came out with a 707 saying it was the same thing. I just walked away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesboy Posted October 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 Maybe he was trying to get rid of you so he could go get some lunch or go work on another sale or something like that. Seriously - there's no way the guy doesn't know what an Epi Les Paul is. no to both of those points, because he was the behind the counter guy, not one of the guys roaming the sales floor, and he was behind the counter the whole time we we're there, at least 30 minutes. And he talked to me for 10 mintues about random stupid crap before I could even get away from HIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted October 7, 2008 Members Share Posted October 7, 2008 So over the weekend i stopped by the local GC to see if they had a pickguard for my Epi LP standard. The original one was cream and i switched everything on the guitar to black. Anywho, I ask the guy behind the counter, "do you have a pickguard for an epiphone les paul? I'm looking for a black one." His response was, "You can check over here by the counter. Im an acoustic player, I don't even know what an epiphone les paul really is" im not even lying, i was dumbfounded. Even my fiancee, who knows just about nothing about guitars, knows what a les paul is and what shape it has, etc. This guy works at a guitar store!!!! I'm impressed he anted up his ignorance. Most sales morons will try to wing an answer, ala "I know it all; what I don't know I can fake". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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