pondsnorkeler
HD Softail Slim
I got the call from GC, he read off what was available and nothing appealed to me. Do I have my GAS under control? Maybe, maybe not...lol
It feels like what happened with Mesa boogie is happening here.
So, does anyone get the idea that Guitar Center is trying to discontinue/or greatly reduce ALL USA made core line PRS guitars, or do you think they are just tying to move out New Old Stock?
I know that Bain Capital recently sold their controling interest in the Guitar Center company. Perhaps they are just clearing out ALL of the stores of EVERYTHING in order to raise cash to pay off millions of dollars in debt. If so, they might be planning to gut GC and scrap whatever is left over.
I just pulled the trigger on a stripper off the GC list today at a ridiculous price. I would be very hard pressed to find a used SC for what I paid. There are some amazing deals to be had.
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Anyway, the biggest losers here are the smaller independent dealers, right now. The number of lost sales to them because of this inventory clear out is going to be measurable. Yes, that guy who got the Artist Pack CU24 in a GC blowout may have only been able to get the non-10 standard version of same from their local dealer, but that potential sale may be gone nonetheless.
GC is doing what it feels it has to do and hopefully the small guys can stick it out long enough so that they are no longer in competition with them... but a couple bad quarters is all it takes to cause serious trouble.
This right here. Admittedly it's hard to walk away from 40%-50% off a high end guitar you dream about particularly if you are cash strapped. But yeah I feel for the smaller shops and online stores who are probably not moving too much PRS at their standard street prices right now. Personally I'm on the sidelines as nothing at my local GC's appealed to me in that list except a MEQ which I cannot justify to my wife at all despite the lovely neck and top. On the plus side lots of NGD posts coming soon to the forum I hope!
EDIT: Oh no, now I see something cheaper on that list I hope is still available when I call tomorrow. Wow I'm a hypocrite, but hard to pass up these deals.
snatched this up because it was too much of a deal...hope this doesn't make me a bad person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0WYxSLdYaU
snatched this up because it was too much of a deal...hope this doesn't make me a bad person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0WYxSLdYaU
This right here. Admittedly it's hard to walk away from 40%-50% off a high end guitar you dream about particularly if you are cash strapped. But yeah I feel for the smaller shops and online stores who are probably not moving too much PRS at their standard street prices right now. Personally I'm on the sidelines as nothing at my local GC's appealed to me in that list except a MEQ which I cannot justify to my wife at all despite the lovely neck and top. On the plus side lots of NGD posts coming soon to the forum I hope!
EDIT: Oh no, now I see something cheaper on that list I hope is still available when I call tomorrow. Wow I'm a hypocrite, but hard to pass up these deals.
Bummer. I guess I'll have to hold onto my money :'-(
Not just yet my good man!