Road Trip Pops Brian and Dargie St Louis and KC

[Big Poppa]

HEllo Kids Greetings form the hotel room in KC....Not used to be woken up by thunderstorms in the summer...kind of cool

We are on a road trip visiting a few Guitar Centers with Marty Albertson (ceo)
Dargie and Brian and Pops along with Gary Hanser (BC RicH and Kustom)

WE started in St Louis...Here is the view from my room


The first band we saw was Madina Lake..They were really good and had a constantly positive message..refreshing
They guitar player played a rw neck AL with Humbuckings

HEre is Gary and Brian having a blast


Marty resting for the next band


The next band Aiden was very heavy and not quite as positive a message Also played a rw al 2h no covers

Gary almost joining the moshpit



The stores in St Louis are very nice...(maybe we can get them to carry the guitars)

Ate a great BBQ lunch at Pappy's in St Louis Highly recommended! more later

 

[roburado]

Thanks, BP.

 

[JoeDogInKC]

If you're visiting the Independence, MO or Overland Park, KS stores today, I'd love to come shake your hand for making the best guitars ever!

 

[leftyguitarblue]

thanks for sharing BP! Very cool.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Have fun BP, you're going to need a vacation after all that noise!!

 

[marduke]

.Not used to be woken up by thunderstorms in the summer...kind of cool

hah! you need to come to Queensland sometime during out summer/storm season! its great! we get some fierce storms that may last for 5 minutes, but do the damage of a small cyclone... pretty crazy. then right after the storm it will be sunny again...

have fun mate

 

[Dizzy]

Cool, thanks !

 

[slucas]

The stores in St Louis are very nice...(maybe we can get them to carry the guitars)

I always wondered why GC here carried MM basses but no guitars

Ate a great BBQ lunch at Pappy's in St Louis Highly recommended! more later

You're right BP, Pappy's is great. Like melt in your mouth good

 

[brasco68]

Cool to see the EBMM crew in my hometown....yeah the thunderstorms in St.Louis are more common in the summer and more frequent than anything we ever see in Cali. One of things I miss about living in STL, and wish we had more of in Cali...actually getting some rain on a regular basis.

Cool pics BP!

 

[Spudmurphy]

Yeah yeah yeah BP - get loads of outlets in SL MO. I will be going to SL as I have family there.

 

[Jimmyb]

I've been through SL many times. Never stopped though!

I went to Kansas once as well. It seemed to be closed.....

 

[Big Poppa]

OK day two
First off went to the Musicians Friends Distribution Center...700,000 feet of incredible systems 350 different motors operate this maze of conveyors for shipping




They amount of returns and the way they handle them is amazing some is for defective merch but most is buyers remorse or someone abusing the return policy...here is a days worth


There was one of our guitars hit the return stack right when we were talkint to the returns guy...we opened it up could find zero wrong with it...its from Sam in Chicago...(heheheh) we looked in the computer and he claimed a scratch in the top...when they got it and told him there wasnt a scratch he said the action was too low....funny it was a very nice guitar

Then visited the two KC area stores and went to Oklahoma Joes for BBQ (marty not waiting for us to start)





Then off to the Warped Tour and this is a short from the Hurley/Ernie Ball SLinky Stage of a english band called Tat...the lead singer guitarist has serious star power. She is great....

Then a great time at the Kansas City Royals game...had great seats here are Dargie Brian and Gary Hanser having fun....


Doesnt Gary look like he is having fun...

Long Day....

 

[Colin]

those pallets of returns are amazing! Unbelievable setup in the warehouse

 

[Dante]

those pallets of returns are amazing! Unbelievable setup in the warehouse

mine's way bigger
but people eat more mars bars than they buy guitars.

 

[Eilif]

Humbucking ALs...

Humbucking ALs...

Hmm...

 

[Roxy]

Please stop by the Cleveland (N. Olmsted) GC store sometime. I'm working there now. It would be great and an honor to meet you.

 

[Big Poppa]

Ill get there!

 

[beej]

Looks like a helluva trip. That warehouse is amazing!

 

[Big Poppa]

when you figure that GC owns mf harmony central music 123 tune core it is an amazing organization....Marty still cares about every little detail The store visits with the CEO are a great experience

 

[SteveB]

That MF distribution is really cool, thanks for the pics.

If the road trip has any Pittsburgh, PA area stores on the agenda, let me know. I'd show up and say hi and buy you some lunch.