brokenvail
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I went to my local GC yesterday. I love in a small town and my GC never has anything good (except some EBMM Basses). It is so small they just about don't have any USA Fenders very few Gibsons and very few PRS. You guys know it is small if even the "big 3" are not representing their USA models there. The last time I was there (a few months back) PRS was starting to make a push and sent them a few newer toys. So while I am standing waiting for the guitar department manger (he has bene my go to guy since he was a part time guitar guy)and behind the counter next to the PRS and high end Used guitars I see a REFLEX! I pick it up to just hold it since I was shocked. I already have a 25th so I know what she wil sound like. When I put her back I notice out the corner of my eye and HH AL! I pulled her down and something that I would never think happened happened. While I was there strumming her unplugged (I had back surgery 3 weeks ago and I can't sit in front of an amp and play) loving the RW neck all of the guitar sales guys came over one by one and told me how much they love it and how amazing it sounds and that they all wanted 1! The could not stop talking about the tone and the feel of the RW neck! They know I love EBMM and they always said stupid things because they have never tried one but the AL is changing minds.
I asked what they thought about the Reflex one of them says "I don't like it" he is the one that al;ways makes the craziest comments. i said have you played it. To my surprise none of the sales guys have, they have all been stuck on the AL. He said it looks like the "used P-branks EVH we have here. What is so special about another single cutaway HH guitar with a hardtail and RW fretboad? The web site doesn't even list the Reflex on it!" Needless to say I schooled him on the EVH thing as well as the Relfex. I explained why it is not on the site yet and how it is the 25th production model. I gave him the full lesson from cover to cover and ordered him and the other guys to try her out. The all seemed super interested once they found out just how different that black single cutaway HH hardtail guitar really was. I think my GC is becoming an EBMM believer and if they hopfully one day I can see more balls there.
By the way they said the EBMM Rep brought those two guitars in personally. They were super impressed by that and said he was a cool guy! Looks like EB migt be getting a few more "hooks" over at GC!
I asked what they thought about the Reflex one of them says "I don't like it" he is the one that al;ways makes the craziest comments. i said have you played it. To my surprise none of the sales guys have, they have all been stuck on the AL. He said it looks like the "used P-branks EVH we have here. What is so special about another single cutaway HH guitar with a hardtail and RW fretboad? The web site doesn't even list the Reflex on it!" Needless to say I schooled him on the EVH thing as well as the Relfex. I explained why it is not on the site yet and how it is the 25th production model. I gave him the full lesson from cover to cover and ordered him and the other guys to try her out. The all seemed super interested once they found out just how different that black single cutaway HH hardtail guitar really was. I think my GC is becoming an EBMM believer and if they hopfully one day I can see more balls there.
By the way they said the EBMM Rep brought those two guitars in personally. They were super impressed by that and said he was a cool guy! Looks like EB migt be getting a few more "hooks" over at GC!
