For those who have never had the opportunity to tour Sweetwater....

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Umm... okay. Whatever. I sell stuff to CME all the time. I was there twice over the last 3 days. It's another large music store. Yawn.
 
The best part of Sweetwater I found was that when I wanted to buy a new $4000 guitar they had five of them to choose from. I had every intention of trying them all if I needed to, especially at that price point. Turns out the first one I picked up was perfect.

I’ve since bought quite a bit of stuff through them that I don’t need to be at the store for or try out on the spot. I know it’s weird, but I talk to my sales guy about every two or three months.

I don’t even like BitOHoney and Laffy Taffy.
 
I recently drove almost the entire length of the state of Indiana, from Whiting to whatever town is across the river from Louisville. I did not stop at Sweetwater. Ended up in Nashville for a few days, did not go to Carters, Gruhns or Rumble Seat.

Myself is not a hanger out at guitar stores.
 
PunkKitty said:
Umm... okay. Whatever. I sell stuff to CME all the time. I was there twice over the last 3 days. It's another large music store. Yawn.
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Chicago Music Exchange is special.... they have brands in there I've never seen in another music store. Both are unique in different ways... Sweetwater is Disneyland. CME is that singular out-of-the-way destination that needs to be on everyone's short list.

Honestly... I know this will sound like blasphemy... but I enjoyed it better than many of the Nashville stores.

At least at CME when I picked up a guitar and liked the way it played, and turned the ticket around, I didn't feel like I stumbled into a museum of priceless artifacts and accidentally picked up something worth my house that the guard just hadn't tackled me yet. :messedup:
 
baimun said:
Chicago Music Exchange is special.... they have brands in there I've never seen in another music store. Both are unique in different ways... Sweetwater is Disneyland. CME is that singular out-of-the-way destination that needs to be on everyone's short list.

Honestly... I know this will sound like blasphemy... but I enjoyed it better than many of the Nashville stores.

At least at CME when I picked up a guitar and liked the way it played, and turned the ticket around, I didn't feel like I stumbled into a museum of priceless artifacts and accidentally picked up something worth my house that the guard just hadn't tackled me yet. :messedup:
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I was in Chicago by accident on Monday (late plane from St Louis to ORD and I missed the connection so ended up with a day to kill before the next one) and to my disappointment, CME is closed on Mondays. I went to the Art Institute instead.
 
cuffdc said:
I was in Chicago by accident on Monday (late plane from St Louis to ORD and I missed the connection so ended up with a day to kill before the next one) and to my disappointment, CME is closed on Mondays. I went to the Art Institute instead.
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Chicago Art Institute is no slouch. I went there quite frequently as a kid, and even after I got my fine arts scholarship. Little fact, I was actually accepted to their college... but my parents couldn't afford the tuition and my scholarship was only good for in-state schools.
 
Got a call from my Sweetwater rep this week. Kind of disappointing in the sense that I felt we didn’t really have a meaningful conversation but that might be because my item was only $35.

I think I might try a different approach next time and instead of talking about gear I bought and asking my rep what his musical activities are these days. Many people like to talk about themselves.

When my gear came I was excited to try the vanilla Tootsie Roll but it was a letdown too.

The Behringer Ultra Vibrato I bought was worth it though. Fun little device.
 
Dew Knot Humps said:
Got a call from my Sweetwater rep this week. Kind of disappointing in the sense that I felt we didn’t really have a meaningful conversation but that might be because my item was only $35.

I think I might try a different approach next time and instead of talking about gear I bought and asking my rep what his musical activities are these days. Many people like to talk about themselves.

When my gear came I was excited to try the vanilla Tootsie Roll but it was a letdown too.

The Behringer Ultra Vibrato I bought was worth it though. Fun little device.
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HNPD
 
I had a rather large delivery on Friday. 4 boxes in total. No bit of honey. Sad. They did have the dad’s root beer candy which was nice.
 
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