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    Guitar Center

    Guitar Center

    2.7
    (45 reviews)
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    I've gone to this store a lot because my son's gym is down the street and I love guitars. I've…read morespoken with several employees here, spent a good amount of money here and at other Guitar Centers, and I genuinely want this business to succeed. I appreciate having a store nearby where I can try inventory, grab what I need, or get a guitar set up for a reasonable price. I also appreciate not having a sales associate hovering over me the whole time. That said, only about one out of every three employees seems genuinely pleasant, helpful, or even remotely interested in customers. The other two often come across like they barely tolerate anyone walking through the door. I try to be empathetic because I know difficult jobs and difficult people are real. I work in schools with kids who struggle with emotional dysregulation, and I've done that work for over twenty years. I understand frustration, burnout, and how unreasonable people can be. But part of being a professional is not unloading that frustration onto the people who are not causing it. If I'm in your store browsing guitars, spending hard-earned money, asking reasonable questions, and making a polite attempt at conversation, then don't meet that with a sneer, a condescending correction, a blank stare, or obvious annoyance. You do not have to love your job, but you should at least act like you understand that customers are the reason you have one. And here's something else: it is a terrible look when employees stand around loudly talking about how stupid customers are. I hear that kind of thing almost every time I walk into a Guitar Center. Yes, some customers are difficult. Everyone knows that. But if you work in customer service, then some baseline professionalism is part of the deal. Constant visible contempt, complaining, and bad vibes make people not want to spend money there. What makes this especially frustrating is that I'm not talking about unreasonable demands, returns, or haggling over junk gear. I'm talking about normal interactions. Guitar Center offers something online retailers cannot: the chance to come in and try gear in person. That should be your advantage. Instead, too often the experience is long lines, snide attitudes, and a general sense that customers are a burden. Honestly, I've had friendlier, more helpful experiences at local fast food places. That should concern management. I should not feel like I need to minimize all interaction with staff just to avoid being treated like an inconvenience. I rarely leave angry reviews. This is the kind of thing I might write once in ten years. So this is not casual complaining. Over time I've bent over backward to give Guitar Center the benefit of the doubt, but the employee culture at too many locations is a real problem. And if management does not see that, then management is part of the problem. To the employees who are helpful, friendly, and professional: you are the reason I still come in at all. You are appreciated. To the others: dealing with people is clearly not your strength, and that becomes the customer's problem every time someone walks through the door. Guitar Center will not lose customers because people suddenly stopped wanting guitars. It will lose them because too many customers would rather buy something sight unseen from a company with decent service than deal with the attitude in your stores. Signed, a concerned customer.

    We went here just for fun because it's Wednesday and I'm like bored. We walk in and uh the store…read moreand it is very big. I played a lot of guitars. I want a flying V

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    Michael Strauss Violin and Viola Studio

    Michael Strauss Violin and Viola Studio

    5.0
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    8.8 mi

    Our daughter is in middle school and has been studying with Michael for a few years now. He has…read moredone wonders with her tone and technique. He spent considerable time early on teaching her proper bowing, all the little important details she would never get at school that make a world of difference in sound and volume. At every school concert, her sound stands out above the rest of the violin section. Michael introduces more complex items such as vibrato, trills, shifting, etc., progressively, with exercises that build up towards the skill. Difficult pieces he breaks down for her to understand, and as needed he introduces the relevant music theory. Michael has worked with her on a number of exercises to increase finger speed, which have made her able to take on more challenging studies. One thing Michael has done that is helpful is to have her go back to an old piece she studied months ago. Revisiting a piece she previously struggled with, and now playing it fluently, he is able to show her how she has progressed, and she lights up seeing how she has improved.

    Michael is a phenomenal teacher and musician. Within five minutes of meeting Michael Strauss at…read moreThe Conservatory in Doylestown where my son was about to take a trial violin lesson, I could tell Michael was someone who understood kids. He sized up my son's personality with uncanny accuracy; when I asked Michael if I should stay for the trial lesson, Michael turned to my son and asked, "How old are you, Nick?" After Nick answered, Michael turned back to me and said, "Yes, you should stay. He's a young 13-year-old," and he was right. Michael was also right about my daughter, who joined us halfway through the lesson. Though she hadn't said anything but hello, at the end of the lesson, Michael told her that she was mature beyond her years -- and again, he was right. Surprising to me as it was that day, Michael's strikingly perceptive instinct became only more apparent and more surprising. At Michael's suggestion, I have joined him and Nick for every lesson for the last year and a half. Though Nick is more mature than he was when he first started playing violin, I have continued to join the two of them simply because it is an unparalleled treat to watch Michael work his magic with Nick and to watch Nick respond. Nick started as a remedial violin player and has progressed into an intermediate, and at times, an advanced student because Michael's methods work. Michael is gifted, and Nick knows that. At times on our way home from a lesson, Nick will ask me to repeat some of Michael's wise words that really struck Nick. At times, Nick and I discuss how apparent it is that Michael isn't just an incredibly talented violinist and violist, but how lucky we are to benefit from Michael's pure intellect and insight. Though I had spoken to Nick on many occasions about being mindful or about his posture, it wasn't until Michael had gotten through to Nick on ideas like these that Nick will ask me, "How does my head seem right now?", which is a Michael-ism about Nick's focus and posture. Michael is inspiring to Nick as a musician and as an adult. Michael's art is not only in his musicianship, but it is also in his thinking, which can be both deliberate and spontaneous, done in layers and in loops, philosophically and pragmatically, both simple and yet complex. Michael is able to perceive what Nick is doing and what he needs to do, all the while simultaneously delivering messages in ways that impact Nick very profoundly; Michael pulls from a familiarity with Science and Physics, Art and Literature, Theater, History, Music History, Math, current events and is somehow able to communicate in an amalgam of all of these modes -- and make it all make sense to a teenage brain. Michael shapes his lessons both carefully and as seamlessly as involuntary reflexes. Michael observes. He hears and sees what's happening with Nick and then pulls from an extensive palette of study and wisdom as well as from his teaching and his life experiences. Where he goes and what he weaves together in the course of a one hour lesson is a wonder, but a purposeful and powerful one. Michael is amazingly well-read, but what's more amazing is the command he has over what he has read and his ability to use so deftly all of what he knows and knows about people in order to craft a meaningful and mindful message that makes sense to his students. Two of Michael's other students are classmates of my son and my daughter. Their parents and I have spoken about our respect for Michael and the way he works with his students. Michael is a life-long learner. He puts my son at ease, partly because he can so evidently relate to anyone who is eager to keep learning. Michael is not just a teacher or a professional musician. Michael is a Renaissance Man who inspires those of us fortunate to witness his brilliance. He is an artist who knows people and knows how to connect -- not just with them but how to connect them to the way they need to think in order to be the best they can. Michael is influential, and it is a pleasure to watch his art unfold and be reflected in Nick. Michael is a role model for Nick, and Nick has chosen very wisely to look to Michael for guidance about music and about how a consistent adult behaves. As a 30-year veteran of teaching in a public high school, I appreciate Michael's many indisputable and impressive talents.

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