Quote Originally Posted by Jim Clark
The trip to Guitar Center was eye opening and disappointing. We had a chance to play the Les Paul 100. the sales man plugged it into a 1,300 dollar Marshall amp to "show you what the guitar was capable of". Then, without our asking he brought in a 1,300 Gibson, "just to show the difference". It's goes without saying that even I could tell a major difference in tone. Then as salesmen do, he brought in a different epihphone, this time 200 dollars more to show how for "just a little bit more money" you could come awfully close to the Gibson sound. At this point, the damage was done. We are still considering our options. I'm going to Sam's Loan Office tomorrow to check out amps. We did try some amps yesterday and that Vox was pretty cool although the sales guy was pushing an Epiphone 10 watt tube amp for a mere 119. He pretty much didn't like the vox at all and I'm not sure why. Is that Vox a SS piece? I thought it was tubed too with a name like Valvetronic.

Regards,
jc

Yikes Jim, you wouldn't take a girlfriend to the jewelry store would you?

I always snoop around first and tell the salesperson my expectations first, and I always try to control the shopping experience. I know he's trying to make a living but what he did was sleazy.