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I may be goin' to hell for this
Wed, 04/01/2009 - 2:52pm
Due to my hands always being shredded and sore from my long career as a motorcycle mechanic, I decided a job change is in order.........I just interviewed for a job at Guitar Center. Does that make me evil?:eek:
Wed, 04/01/2009 - 3:18pm
#2
Nah, I wouldn't call it evil. I wouldn't call it lucrative either. Those kids don't do all that well for themselves.
Wed, 04/01/2009 - 5:24pm
#3
j rug;167574 wrote:
Nah, I wouldn't call it evil. I wouldn't call it lucrative either. Those kids don't do all that well for themselves.
I couldn't agree more. Imagine being around all that gear and not making enough to buy any of it.:(
Wed, 04/01/2009 - 6:06pm
#4
i had a friend who worked at the swedish answare to GC its called Musikbörsen, anyway, he's pay was not bad and he had wicked discounts, i got 25% on everything i bought from him, sadly i had no income at that time cuz i was just a kid, but i bought my ibanez twang from him for 200 dollars, it was worth like 600 back then but was second hand and a got a sweet discount. sooo i think you'll have a good time being around music all day, seeing people play talk to some cool dudes and dudettes
Thu, 04/02/2009 - 2:13am
#5
Dthraco;167571 wrote:
I don't think so. Every one I have been to could use the help of an actual UGLY, not a twanger is disguise.
i agree. i have never met someone in a music store who actually liked to talk about the bass. its always been a twanger or a cello player:confused: (in my experience)
you should wear a shirt that said Ugly Bass Player, and then people would know. all bass players would come to you and all twangers would avoid you.:rolleyes:
personally i wouldnt mind working at guitar center (or a finnish/swedish equivalent). i'd get to be around musicians and gear all the time and thats good enough for me, even without pay. :eek:
it'd be an awesome summer job.
Thu, 04/02/2009 - 7:29am
#6
I don't think I'd quit my day job just yet.
Ya gots ta remember the fact that you have to make enough to pay the bills, and then some.
I'm an auto mechanic and I faced the same dilemma with the torn-up hands.
About four months ago I started using nitrile/latex gloves.
Not the thin white surgical gloves, but the 6mil blue or black mechanics gloves.
Voila!!! No more tore-up hands.
Still get the occasional cut here and there but nothing like they used to be.
Try it if you're not using them already.
As for the GC gig, maybe you could do it as a part-time grind.
My $.02 worth.
LowDown:cool:
Thu, 04/02/2009 - 10:54am
#7
No, every hero is supposed to visit a hell like place and prove themselves worthy. Odysseus, Beowulf, Moses, William Wallace, Neo, Simba, they all did it. What you do while at GC is what matters. You will hear the sirens, but will you succumb to their ways? Will you avoid the temptation to become a GC douche bag, or will you become one of them. Ship me a USA Fender tabacco sunburst P bass and a strap that has a skull that is actually a bottle opener, and you will show your self to be a true ugly. Don't and your judgement will be made.
Godspeed bredren
Thu, 04/02/2009 - 1:48pm
#8
I think it's great, it's a job - right?;)
Thu, 04/02/2009 - 5:22pm
#9
Just keep in mind that the manager will probably frown on punching out the smarmy little kids banging out half-a$$ versions of Metallica or Iron Maiden through the Marshall stack turned up to 11 :D
I don't think so. Every one I have been to could use the help of an actual UGLY, not a twanger is disguise.