"RadioShack's days are numbered"

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:58 pm

Huh, the end of a era, what really ended a decade or so ago ...

I was inna Chi-town suburb Banjo Mart last week; it was artfully arranged but clear that they are stocked about 75%; see here for some news about them.

mrpicholas · Post by **mrpicholas** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:38 pm

Here's the latest:

http://www.ericgarland.co/2015/02/03/end-guitar-center/

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 5:37 am

Maybe they should just become a cell phone store like RadioShack....

And where will the music school graduates work if Guitar Center is gone?

I can't say I've helped GC's situation, due to their abysmal selection of gear that interests me, the current days of no sales tax and free shipping and price matching with online retailers..its kind of hard to see how they have held up this long.

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 6:29 am

Guitar Center and musiciansfriend.com are the same company. They'll keep going online; I'm sure they're doing fine. I rarely went to the store and didn't like it when I did, at least in the Manhattan location.

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:39 am

Indeed, their distro center is not all that far from me...they used to have an outlet store but it was just damaged low end guitars for the most part...

Also they are the same company as music123.com

floid · Post by **floid** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:32 am

Went in Ratshack this morning for some connects to finish out a snake. Obviously empty, and just the manager, Lee, working. I really do like the guy - he's knowledgeable, experienced, and we're both Teac/Tascam fans. Traded some war stories, ignored the obvious, tho he managed to mention he's retirement age. Hopefully it'll work out okay for him.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 1:09 pm

kslight wrote:

Also they are the same company as music123.com

Huh, I never knew that.

The Scum · Post by **The Scum** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:33 pm

Music & Arts and Woodwind & Brasswind are also in the GC fold.

GC/MF also run a fair number of "stencil brands" - products that they either manufacture, or have manufactured for them.

Trademarks they use for that include Rogue, OCDP, Harbinger, Raven, Laguna, Carlo Robelli, among a fair number of others.

With an interesting parallel at th' Shack: Optimus and Realistic are often devices made for them by other manufacturers. There was a time long ago that the mics were made by Shure, and sometime later that they were Audio Technica. I'd also seen Optimus cassette and CD decks that were probably Denon or Onkyo under the hood.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:10 pm

I have a cuppla nice Rat Shack mic's what are made by Shure, are like a omni '57 ... Radio Shack 33-1070D.

I like Optimus speakers, the little metal ones.

And then there's the black EQ ...

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:14 pm

Ah, that EQ...

CraigS63 · Post by **CraigS63** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:47 am

I thought Carlo Robelli was the Sam Ash house brand, is Sam Ash part of Guitar Center now?

The Scum · Post by **The Scum** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:36 am

As far as I know, Sam's is still its own thing.

A little research tells me Carlo is a Sam's stencil.

So strike Carlo Robelli, replace it with Acoustic Amplification and Markbass.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:37 am

GC and alla them are, of course, owned by Mitt the Romney's company, Bain; my guitarist works for Panduit Corp. and they are also held by Bain, and he's concerned in that they are just starting a re-structure ...

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:16 pm

Here are the 1,784 RadioShacks set to close

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:35 am

FYI for any synth nerds or people with kids that want to get into electronics, I went to my particular RadioShack which is in mega clearance mode...they had a whole lot of Littlebits modules which are in a way like electronic Legos, you can make synths and stuff with them. Normally those are really expensive but I found them to be 70% off...which would be a great way to get into this stuff.

You might call first because I could only find one location that really sold them (mine) but definitely worth checking out.

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