Ok, where do I start? So I am up in Vegas for a movie premier.(I also have a house there that I like to visit and make sure it hasn’t been pillaged, so two birds. one stone) And I see this guitar online, and it looks pretty cool… its a Yamaha… yeah, I know what your saying, I never pictured myself in like 100 millennium ever EVER buying a Yamaha guitar… So I drag my happy ass on down to guitar center, and make my way through what seems to be like 258 teenagers until I get to the guitar desk, and say. «hey, you gotta RGXA2 in stock?» The fat kid behind the counter stares at me with his bad skin and says… «ummmmmmmmm yeah.» and waddles off somewhere to find it. he emerges from the back of the store a few minutes later with this interesting looking guitar… **(kinda looks like an Ipod fucked and Xbox 360 and had a fucked up flipper baby, but thats cool, cause | jerk off to fucked up flipper babies.) **-partially stolen from a rant by MC Chris… I grab the guitar from him and notice the weight first. its 5.5 lbs. wow. that is considerably lighter than any of my various guitars. so I plug the bastard in… and it ROcKS!!! like seriously. sounds great… the price. 499– not a big deal… so I thank the kid, put down the guitar and leave the store. (I have a thing about buying instruments that like 408 people have touched before me.) that nite the movie premier was dope! I walked down the red carpet, got my photo taken, got interviewed, and chilled out. that nite lying in bed. there I was thinking of that guitar. I MUSTOWNIT! The next morning I call the small family music store I typically buy things from, none in stock, at LEAST10 days to get one in. well me being a man that is ALL about the instant gratification I call around the shops in Vegas. and I find this shop… «Music world» in the phone book. I have a soft spot in my heart for family owned business, heck my family owns a business, and I would much RATHER give my money to them, than some faceless corporate shithouse. the man on the phone«Matt» was pleasant, hey said that they did indeed have one in stock. I said thanks, hung up and went straight there… now. in the place. its not really a guitar store. more of a piano place. so I go in, and there it is. hanging on the wall… I pull it down, introduce myself. wow, he remembered me from the phone! I asked to plug the gutar in, and he let me plug it into this crappy little practice amp he had on there, there wasn’t much of a response from the amp… and then… here is the kicker. he says to me «Oh, that must be a bad cord or amp» … … … … Fine… I believe the little guy… SOLD! I say, and walk out of the store, he even threw in a free case with the guitar!!! very nice… the last day I spent playing the guitar. * I dont have any amps in my vegas house. so this morning I left vegas early to get home, to plug into my live rig, and let her RIP!!! … Processor on, amp ON, Footswitches ON!!! … … no sound… hmmmm check the cables, cables are good, plug in another guitar. works fine. … That fucker… he knew the guitar didn’t work, and here I am 400 miles away. So I call him on the phone. «Oh really? wow, I had no idea…» sure dick. So I am sending the guitar back to him tomorrow to be delivered in person by a friend of mine. with the orders to refund my money ASAP!~~~ what is my review? That is bad bad bad bad… bad business dealings. I WOULDNOTRECOMMEND that ANYONE buy a guitar there.
Crystal C.
Place rating: 5 Brooklyn, NY
Music World is one of the largest music stores and, I believe, THE largest piano retailer in the city. Their pianos are lovely, they don’t mind if you test them out(which I do, gladly), and their staff is friendly and helpful. They offer in store or at home piano and vocal lessons, and have a large selection of sheet music including a digital music-on-demand service. They’ve been operating here since 1962, so they obviously know what they’re doing. If you’re a pianist or vocalist, this place is awesome.