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Also yes, Musical Exchanges, IMO the best guitar shop ever.. so sad that it's been gone for so long, spent so much time and money there .. ..
I basically had to have a row and threaten to walk away to get a decent price (not a superb price, a decent one) last time I bought from there, and because of that it's tough to go back.
For example, the new Squier CV go for about 329 at Andertons, but no stock, so in PMT I'd pay 379, an extra 50 quid I know they can afford to drop that they would insist on me paying...
Talk Sport/Planet Rock's Ian Danter is an ex employee and tells his MX story here.. it's a long way from doing Trevor Francis impressions amongst the Jacksons and Charvels to commentating on the World Cup. Very nostalgic read for musical Midlanders..
http://www.iandanter.co.uk/blogs/rock-and-roll-stories-part-10-musical-exchanges-men-myths-marshalls
IIRC it was bought out by the short lived Reverb chain before closing. Others may remember better.
Thank God they finally have a bit more of a car park.
My last experience of buying a guitar at PMT (before they removed the price tags). Yes I was a nuisance customer, but at least I bought something.
I was after a Variax Standard.
There were 2 in the shop. A black one & a white one. I preferred the white look but after checking the relief, chose the black one instead because it was perfect (finish not too important – the variax was for recording).
I wanted the action adjusted so spoke to an assistant who got on with it (reluctantly). After some minutes I checked up on him and he was adjusting the truss rod! I told him he needed to reset it as it originally was and to use the bridge saddles instead. He did (reluctantly).
Price: I pointed out there was a one to price match at another store, and he wouldn’t do that because that other store’s one was white and this was a black one.
If I wasn’t already tired of being there I would have told him ‘ok I’ll have the white one then, just set it up as you just did the black one’. But I was tired of being there so I stumped up the few quid difference.
I was aware he had better things to do than carry out my requests. but as a customer I cant adjust their guitar before I've bought it. I would have preferred to. I just needed to know the thing would handle well.
It was hard work for both of us.