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Location: Phoenix AZ | You just knew THIS was coming.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | click. |
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Location: Vernon CT | What's next , Toy's R Us!! :eek: :eek: |
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Location: big island | think i'll get one just to be the first to write a review... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Guitar Center will not be happy.
Specs state it has a solid top.
I'm sure these are a much, much better value & quality than the crappy Gibsons & Epiphones I've seen displayed at Best Buy before. |
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| WTF is "sound conduction"????? |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | My personal favorite:
"Gold tuners
Help ensure accurate tuning." |
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Location: south east Michigan | "WTF is "sound conduction"?????"
Isn't that the guy who stands in front of an orchestra waving that little stick around?? |
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| I thought he was the guy who rang the bell on the SF trolley buses. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | wow |
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| My son really wants one of those "Police Line Do Not Cross" guitar straps. We saw them when we were in The States but he didn't buy one and now regrets it because he can't find one over here.
If anybody puts in an order for anything from Best Buy I'd appreciate you getting the strap for me. I wouldn't trust me for the money, but hey there's one or two born every minute. I'd offer a couple of names here to vouch for my character, but that would actually work against me. |
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Location: south east Michigan | It's a new world of marketing out there, boys!
Clive... There is a Best Buy right down the road. I'll check it out today at lunch for that strap. |
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| See, I told you there was one born every minute.......
Thanks Brad, you're a pal. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | (lemme know if Brad's store don't have it) |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by schroeder:
See, I told you there was one born every minute.......
at least every three minutes. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Clive... check your e-mail.
I found it on THE GOOGLE.
Just do a search on.. Police Line Guitar Strap
It's a new world out there boys! |
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| I was in our local Best Buy this past Saturday & checked out their new acoustic room, such as it is. All Celebs, low end Epiphone, Alvarez, Yamaha, and a couple of mid-range Taylors.
I did convince the one kid who was in there to give US O's a look before committing. I think he was impressed by the sound I got out of the Celebs.
The sales associate knew absolutely jack-shite about guitars.
BTW, Matt Smith & my guitar instructor Richy Stano are getting together to do guitar clinics at all the area Best Buys to promote Best Buy's entrance into the guitar market when Matt comes down to FL in March. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | 15 years ago we were constantly trying to get product into these type of stores. They'd have none of it.
Yes it sucks and all that but it exposes guitar to many more people than would normally see it. If it creates 1% more guitar players, well that's better than it was. The GCs of the world aren't going for "new" customers. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Makes more sense now with Best Buy being ground zero for the Guitar Hero stuff.
A Matt Smith demo at a Best Buy will sell a TON of guitars. A few might be scared away by what it takes to play the real thing, but just a few.
I'd LOVE to see that demo and watch all the jaws drop in amazement. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I think a demo by Matt of the iDea would have the Best Buy geeks going crazy. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | FYI
My office computer says that the Bestbuy website is trying to download malicious code. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | ANYthing that helps real instruments maintain market share in a world of kids being seduced by Guitar Hero, etc. (how many of US are going to buy Beatle Hero or whatever when it comes out? and go nuts playing along to Revolver for months?)
I'm for it. Get 'em hooked young and they're yours for life. Worked for the Jesuits, works for the pushers, it'll work for guitars. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by fillhixx:
...Get 'em hooked young and they're yours for life. Worked for the Jesuits, works for the pushers, it'll work for guitars. "from cradle to grave" is disney's inside motto. i rep'd their fine art and cels for many years. i heard that phrase over and over from their sales force. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | If some parent buys their kid a celebrity instead of one of those pieces of junk they sell at Walmart or an Esteban, that kid will grow up to be a guitar player, and eventually buy a USA Ovation. The important thing is a celebrity is playable. I say "Good on 'em". |
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Location: Montana | Sorry to go off topic here for a moment, but I've googled, wikipediad, merriam-webstered, and slang dictionaried and I can't find an answer - What does it mean when someone responds to a post with "click" as Jeff did above? |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I've taken it to mean that the thought's got you ticked off enough that you hung up, just as you would with a phone. Am I interpreting this correctly??
If I'm not, I know one of you will take me aside and kindly enlighten me.....
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Location: SoCal | Bingo. Jeff clicked off because he thinks he has too much class to deal with Best Buy.
We all know better. He's just as classless as the rest of us..... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | They can put them right next to the Starcaster Starter Pack...
I think they the would have done better to 'copy & paste' the description like everybody else...
You figure that somewhere in their offic they have a kid who knows something about guitars who could create that listing.
I ain't complaining about BB carrying them...
Like was said... It beats some poor kid getting an Esteban for Christmas.
(although they do come with a DVD lesson course)
add-on; I just looked, and they got Taylors too! :p |
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Location: NJ | In a way, it's good&all that it "gets the guitar's out there" and the recipients will likely "upgrade" . . .
. . . but I think it just kinda' widens the increasingly indiscernible grey line between these & the US models . . .
. . when the kid eventually goes into a guitar store (or online), he/she'll likely discount Ovations as
"the starter guitar my parents bought me at BestBuy".
Bob Taylor thanks you . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | What Cliff said.
. . . and Paul, I gots class out my ass. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I think it's great. A solid top Ovation in a non-music store. Like Beal said this is likely to attract new guitarists. A good (i.e. playable) guitar will increase the chances that the person sticks at it. This brand loyalty will help sell higher end Ovations in years to come. (Worked for me) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | My son really wants one of those "Police Line Do Not Cross" guitar straps. We saw them when we were in The States but he didn't buy one and now regrets it because he can't find one over here.
I used to use this tape to ring my stage set-up at gigs years ago...worked to keep curiosity seekers/tire kickers/thieves away...the "Police Line...Do Not Cross" got them to thinking...some club owners didn't see the humor...too bad! :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I hope this was before you were playing in church, Mike.
And Jeff, that was "gas". It only rhymes with class. |
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Location: Michigan | I dont know if having Best Buy selling an Ovation is good for the reputation of Ovation guitars.
I can hear it now over the PA in B.B.............
Would someone from Washers & Dryers please come to the Guitar Room for customer service.
Thank You.Sorry Best Buy is not the place to sell Ovations IMHO I think that it just degrades O's again to a low end cheapy guitar.The values will go down even further when the name Ovation gets tagged at Best Buy stores.GWB |
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Location: Nashville TN. | I say Taylors being sold @ costco 2 years ago |
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Location: Jet City | Who the hell cares. Will they be selling strings cheap? That's all I care about. They're closer than my nearest music store. |
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