Guitar Packs In-Stock(updated Jan.1.2012)
All prices INCLUDE our own custom shop set-up and our own comprehensive "We take care of it for you"
maintenance program,ensuring you get a hassle free,great playing guitar from the get-go. We've got you covered!
We DO NOT sell guitars "raw-out-of a box" like you get from most other stores and ALL big-box chain stores.
If you can find a better value,better serviced,better playing guitar package anywhere else,we'd really like to know about it!
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The cold hard facts about "guitar packs".
Warning! If you hate a biased opinion based on 35+ years of experience repairing,customizing and selling just about every guitar brand there is,then skip this entire section.However,If you're new to the guitar world and want the real nitty gritty so you can make an informed buying decision,then read on.This is for you! Over the last several years,as manufacturers scramble to hit lower & lower price points in order to capture , or retain their part of the market share,the quality level of guitar packages has actually gone down as well.In most cases,pretty dramatically.Pretty depressing.Something had to give.In the industries now infamous "race to the bottom" ,the (guitar package) customer is definitely not the winner,even though on the surface it looks like he/she saved a bundle.To put it in more generalized terms for a moment,lets look at a few non-guitar world examples...... Skis & tables saws? What's that got to do with guitar packs? You decide to take up skiing(and lessons) with a pair of skis that don't fit properly,the bindings keep loosening up, and the poles are too long.It was the lowest priced package around.Three weeks of frustration later,one of the ski's bindings had to be replaced,which means the other one's not far behind.One of the poles has developed a hairline crack,cause it was made so cheaply,to reach that magic price point mentioned earlier.This means you'll likely have to replace the pair.Oh,and by now you've kinda twisted your ankle,cause the bindings on the other ski let go when you were maneuvering that simple turn.And the instructor has just let you know he can't keep teaching you safely,until you get a properly fitted,reliable pair of skis & poles......... Okay,skiing's not your thing.You decide to get into woodworking so you buy the lowest priced tablesaw ,cause what the heck,you're not a professional right? You just need something to cut wood into pieces.After cutting more 2x4's than you'll ever need, you like this.So now you decide to tackle some more complex project like kitchen cabinets.The table saw's blade just chewed thru the melamine coatings on the sheet stock.oops.The low priced saw came with an even lower budget priced general purpose blade.Darn.Now,by the fourth sheet,the saw's underpowered "budget" motor is smoking and bogging down in the middle of the cut in process.But you persevere. You clear the air and measure the cut panels and none of them seem to be square.What gives? The saw's "budget" cheaply made,sliding fence is either flexing or "something" is out of alignment.Wow, this is frustrating(and $$$ adding up......) It's hard to like doing something that's no fun,frustrating & costly all at once. The guitars that get stuffed into everybody's packages range from the unplayable to quite simply horrendous.You can't expect a budding young (or older) guitar student to have to endure pain just trying to fret a simple set of chords.Talk about suffering for their art.Since "package" guitars are made so fast and cheaply,there is no "room" for the manufacturer to take the time ($$) to ensure the guitar plays properly or, reliably for that matter.It's a "one-way trip" to the retailer,so sayonarra-out the door it goes. Who wants to attempt learning on a guitar that feels like hanging on the edge of an eavestrough, getting their palms shredded and needing a set of visegrips to get into playing barre chords with? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
When good enough isn't....................... The Guitar Package so big,it couldn't fit into a single box!
This year we've put together our own guitar packages,with individually selected components offering the best bang for your bucks.No,we're not offering "the lowest,we'll beat anybody's price on the planet package",since time and experience has already proven those Guitars Shaped Objects and their brethren are suitable as wall ornaments anyways.We offer the widest choice of popular styles around.EVERY single guitar in our packages is individually shop customized by us with upgraded components,shielding,pro-level fretwork and Better-Than-Factory-Spec action setup for effortless playability. Unlike pretty much all our competitors "package" guitars,our guitars are an absolute breeze to play,for hours on end! We know,cause yes ,we play guitar,we've been there too(a long time ago). There's simply no excuse to want to play a "bad' guitar just 'cause you can it get cheaper somewhere.They're a pain to play & learn on ,and just plain frustrating to deal with.With those headache generating "things" you'll only have to shell out more $$$ to make a silk purse out of a pig's ear(ask grandma what that means!). So what's the big deal? Most guitar beginners "can't tell" the difference right? you ask,so why spend some extra bucks if you don't have to? You don't have to write source code for a living to appreciate the difference between dial-up and high speed right? Remember when you plodded along with dial-up and then you experienced the difference,the improvement when you went to high speed? Need we say more? If you're a newcomer to guitar and haven't got the slightest clue,you'll want to deal with the shop that actually knows guitars.Yep,that's us.All our guitar packages are covered by our own exclusive seasonal maintenance program that easily surpasses & exceeds the manufacturer's(and our competitors)warrantee.We take care of your guitar for you,so you get a worry free package from us.Need more details? They're all available in store. Guitar Packages start from $399.95 and up This is just a small selection of the most popular body styles to choose from.For more details,stop by our store.
WE make it easy to "assemble" your own guitar package.Just add any guitar from the ones shown here to the bundled amp & accessories listed below to complete your setup ,all packaged priced at only $399.95
Bass Guitar Package
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