Everybody, from the guy at the door, to the other salesmen, to the
tech guy who does the free set ups, are class acts, friendly and go
out of their way to be helpful. I even got a free t-shirt.
Well, I just wanted to give this place two thumbs up. I will
definitely buy there again. If you are ever in DC, this is the place
to be for new stuff. (for used, check out atomic music in College
Park)
Bob
Bob>>
The guy to talk to there is Brian Meader.
SEFSTRAT
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MW-
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I think they might be highly insulted to say that "it's got the inventory
of a Guitar Center," though. Last time I asked they had over 200 Taylors
in stock. And they also said they sold as much as five or six Guitar
Centers or MARS's. It's also far and away the place to buy band
instruments. I got first class treatment buying a decent clarinet for my
daughter this winter.
Couple of quirky things I don't like though, but that's what makes it
Chuck's--hours never seem to fit my schedule, parking lot's tiny, etc.
Also it can be a real zoo any time other than a weekday morning, but
that's part of the charm. Wish it was less than 45 minutes from my house,
too.
I talked to a colleague at work today who left his guitar there for repair
last weekend and got a lot of attitude from the guy who filled out the
paperwork. He stewed about it and then went back and took the guitar back
and got the work done at Atomic.
Dick Thaxter
Parker
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JD
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Chuck's is an institution in this area and have a well deserved solid
reputation.
By the way, when I bought my Taylor there the salesman gave me a t-shirt
that was way too small. I mentioned the size problem and he said, "it's not
for you, it's for your wife." Smart, very smart indeed!
Jcarp
Jcarp
> From: sefs...@aol.comnospam (Steve)
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Chuck's is Chuck's. Good place.
My favorite salesperson there is Paul Schein, but everyone there is most
helpful, although they can get frazzled at times. I know that I would, too, in
that hectic atmosphere!
It's unusual to go there and not have a good choice of whatever it is that you
are looking for, although it has happened to me a couple of times.
The DC area has a good group of guitar stores, although they are spread out all
over the place.
JD mentioned that he bought his first electric at Chuck's. Mine was from
Sear's catalog, and the second was from Ace Music in Miami. Anyone ever go
there? I have very fond memories of that store.
A pal and I just missed bumping into Eric Clapton when he was in that store
during the recording of Derick and the Dominoes. I think that he bought that
red acoustic he's holding inside the album sleeve at Ace.
--Jim
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Danny, the tech at atomic in College park, is another great guy who
does great work. Plus, he's another Gretsch head!
They have a pretty nice HD-28 there right now for around $1500... I
bet he'd go lower too....
Bob
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That, I don't know. But, the last time I was there, I saw Nils
Lofgren buy a new Gretsch 6120. That was cool.
Bob
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Jcarp
> From: "JD Blackwell" <jdb...@blarg.net>
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> Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 06:07:08 GMT
> Subject: Re: Let us now praise Chuck Levin's
>
JD
If you were from that area (and era) then you must also
know, or know of Stanley Whitaker and the (now reformed)
prog rock band "Happy the Man"? Used to play at the Cellar Door
in Geo-town regularly?
The aforementioned bratty little punk named PRS sold
his first coupla commissions to Stanley and the bass player Rick
Kennell....shortly thereafter he managed to get one of his
guitars into the hands of his highness, Carlos and the rest is
history.
MW-
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>> The guy to talk to there is Brian Meader.
JCarp then said:
>I disagree. All of the guitar salesmen are knowledgeable. I usually deal
>with Tim, I've spoken with Paul and Brian many times. They all know their
>stuff and will go out of their way to help you.
So you don't like Brian?
What the hell's with you? I recommend a guiy there and you disagree, then name
everyone else in the shop? Did I say anything bad about the rest of the staff?
What color is the s\ky on the planet where you live?
Jcarp
> From: "JD Blackwell" <jdb...@blarg.net>
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> Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 16:16:21 GMT
> Subject: Re: Let us now praise Chuck Levin's
>
>
Jcarp
> From: sefs...@aol.comnospam (Steve)
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> Date: 18 May 2002 18:59:26 GMT
> Subject: Re: Let us now praise Chuck Levin's
>
Jcarp
>>
Sorry. Didn;t mean to, but when I recommend someone by name and you say "I
disagree", I don't think that my interpretation of whatyou wrote was especially
a stretch.
FWIW, I have dealt with others there, and found Brian to be best at getting
back to me, following up, and so on.
>Paul Reed Smith just donated one electric guitar to every high school in the
>state of Maryland. Not bad, I guess that obnoxiousness paid off.
>
That's a nice gesture.
I've never played an off the shelf PRS that seemed worth the money.
Suspect that has as much to do with the lousy pre-sales service in
most UK guitar shops as anything else.
They always LOOK nice though.
Pete
--
Pete
You ought to try my PRS Swamp Ash Special. Whew. Plays like butter, BIG sound.
Pix and review from my site, BTW.
> I've never played an off the shelf PRS that seemed worth the money.
They're all built well and such, but sound wise you have to go through about
twenty PRS to find one that is really excellent, and for the money they
charge, they have to be really excellent to be worth it. Thing is, there are
those few that are really excellent.
It's not unlike acoustics, but the hit rate is lower mainly because electric
builders don't do as much to control the sound as acoustic builders. The
first eight Goodalls I came across were nothing special sound-wise, but the
next two were super, and then the next three after that were again just OK.
I've only played four Thompsons, but three were exceptionally good sounding
and the fourth was almost that good. Just luck or superior luthiering? Who
knows? You can't really tell that much from a sample of four.
Later,
Andrew Mullhaupt
Jcarp
peace,
jb
We've had DC gatherings the past two summers and will probably do one again
this year. We also have fairly regular jam sessions. Drop me an email and
I can put you "on the list".
Jcarp
Some of us DC area folks do get together from time to time. There's the Music
Masters Jams one Saturday night each month in Tysons area--there's usually about
half a dozen RMMGA regulars (and others) at one of these--Jim Carpenter, Chuck
Boyer, Dick Thaxter, Jim Page, Dale "Big Daddy" Gardner, Hank Alinger. Also Ron
Lipps, Jeremy Shanahan, Marsha Allen, Bob Hampton, Roger Hamel, Phil Kane, Jeff
Bernstein, Mark Kinniburgh who may not post on RMMGA, much but perhaps on other
forums like the 13th Fret.
We've had other gatherings that have been more-or-less open houses in the last
couple of years.
Dick Thaxter
JD
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I agree. I haven't bought anything from Bill (I've used Paul Schein),
but Bill seems like a great guy and is fun to shoot the bull with.
And a pretty fine guitar player, by the way!
Bob