Matthew Sorrels Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Got an email from them this morning (and a 16% off coupon only good on non-sales stuff excluding every manufacturer you'd buy from) Quote Thank you for being a loyal customer of Guitar Center. We genuinely appreciate your business. I'm pleased to share that the Guitar Center Company has announced an agreement to strengthen our financial structure which will allow us to serve you better for the long term. During this time there is likely to be press coverage, so we wanted you to hear from us what to expect. Our stores, e-commerce, lessons and call centers are open and available to you as we continue to operate our business as usual. We will continue to serve your needs as usual, therefore, customer service, financing with your GC Card and Pro Coverage remain unaffected. To facilitate this financial process, we will voluntarily file for restructuring under Chapter 11 which we expect to complete quickly. During this time, we will continue all of our operations without interruption. Most importantly, we are staying focused on helping more customers make music. We continue to have the gear you want and need, with new gear arriving regularly and we are here to support your holiday shopping needs as we have exciting holiday promotions ready for you. If you have questions or concerns please feel free to email us at service@guitarcenter.com or call us at 866-498-7882. Ron Japinga Chief Executive Officer The Guitar Center Company More on the deal: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-13/guitar-center-is-said-to-prep-bankruptcy-with-creditor-support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Just now, Matthew Sorrels said: ( excluding every manufacturer you'd buy from) Same with the sibling Musician's Friend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 But it was a "special coupon" with a whole extra 1% discount. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 What's next, Tower Records? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawajava Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Many good memories there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Yeah, I miss Tower Records a lot. Guitar Center? My guess is that they’ll successfully ....err....restructure their debt (again) under Chapter 11 and rise again like Phoenix from the ashes to continue offering their ubiquitous 15 per cent off MAP holiday “deals”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 18 minutes ago, emeraldsoul said: What's next, Tower Records? Thanks for bringing back memories. I spent quite a time in Tower Records and yes I did buy plenty of LP's, cassettes. But I can say I never did buy any eigth-tracks from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Got some really great deals from the Guitar Center near Berklee, among them a new Alesis Fusion for $500 or so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecode 101 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, InstrEd said: Thanks for bringing back memories. I spent quite a time in Tower Records and yes I did buy plenty of LP's, cassettes. But I can say I never did buy any eigth-tracks from here. No surprised by this at all. Up here in Canaki we have two main music instrument store chains. I could tell the days of strolling into the store to try out guitars and stuff and pickup strings was coming to an end long time ago. I have all my main brand of strings in my Amazon watch list and when they go on sale, i click buy. Even at regular price, the Amazon strings are still cheaper than the store prices. It makes no business sense to pay rent and run a music story that caters to only one type of customer in the current reality of the world. I imagine many people that work at music instrument stores probably had zero work hours over last 9 months. I do miss the music store shopping experience. We had Sam the Record man up here. It was a fun way to kill an entire afternoon. You go in there and disappear looking at different music sections and usually pickup something after killing 2 or 3 hours hanging out. I feel back for teens and young people these days. They don't get to experience that anymore. Edited November 14, 2020 by telecode 101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 3 hours ago, emeraldsoul said: What's next, Tower Records? I bought Abbey Road on the day it was released from that there store (assuming it was on Sunset Blvd. which is what it looks like). My buddy had a battery powered record player and we listened to in the car before going home and putting it on the "big box" for full effect. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 4 hours ago, emeraldsoul said: What's next, Tower Records? 53 minutes ago, Fleer said: Got some really great deals from the Guitar Center near Berklee, among them a new Alesis Fusion for $500 or so. Ahh....and just down the street a bit ...from that GC, until a few years ago, was the iconic EU Wurlitzer. Best musical instrument store I’ve been in before or since.(allowing ,of course, for my adolescent and teenage nostalgia:) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Oh man, Tower Records in Cambridge. Gone forever. Luckily we still had Newbury’s. And those great dogs in Charlie’s Kitchen. Best dogs ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 I can't believe Rolling Stones in Norridge, IL is still around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 58 minutes ago, Fleer said: Oh man, Tower Records in Cambridge. Gone forever. Luckily we still had Newbury’s. And those great dogs in Charlie’s Kitchen. Best dogs ever. I worked for about 2 years in the record dept. at the Coop. Possibly the most fun job I ever had:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 1 hour ago, LAGinz said: I worked for about 2 years in the record dept. at the Coop. Possibly the most fun job I ever had:) Wow. Loved that place. Good book department too. But I got most of my records from Newbury’s in The Garage. And its sister store in Newbury Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Russ Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Nothing makes me want support a store more than sales that aren't special and coupons that can't be used. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 7 hours ago, Bapu said: I bought Abbey Road on the day it was released from that there store (assuming it was on Sunset Blvd. which is what it looks like). My buddy had a battery powered record player and we listened to in the car before going home and putting it on the "big box" for full effect. It is indeed Sunset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Probably even void when not used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom B Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 The Tower Records in the photo looks like one in San Francisco. There's a sign in the foreground which says "North Beach" and the top of the distinctive TransAmerica building is in the background. That store was several blocks from Fisherman's Wharf. I only visited it a couple times. Perhaps, the photo is a montage! Or mirage ?. Many Tower stores had a similar facade. I bought a lot of LPs and CDs from other Tower locations. Drifting away from the original topic ... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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