maguchi
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I was sad
to hear that Sam Ash is closing all it's stores. I bought many very nice guitars and amps from them over the last 35-40 years. I can remember wandering around the stores and a certain guitar would catch my eye and I'd play it and end up buying it. Some weekends I'd drive around to 4 or 5 of their stores within a 70 mile radius just to see what was available. Got a lot of good deals on used guitars and amps too.
Anyway, now that there closing up, I wonder what's next for them if anything. The name is very well established and some forward thinking company could buy them and make a go of it.
Sam Ash had a website for sales for quite awhile. But over the years as retail websites advanced. SA's website didn't. SA was firmly rooted in brick and mortar retail and didn't invest a lot of resources into their online presence.
A company that would buy Sam Ash could make a go of it if they had a strong online presence like Sweetwater or Musician's Fiend. Possibly keeping their stores...or not depending on what the business climate is like.
What do y'all think?
Anyway, now that there closing up, I wonder what's next for them if anything. The name is very well established and some forward thinking company could buy them and make a go of it.
Sam Ash had a website for sales for quite awhile. But over the years as retail websites advanced. SA's website didn't. SA was firmly rooted in brick and mortar retail and didn't invest a lot of resources into their online presence.
A company that would buy Sam Ash could make a go of it if they had a strong online presence like Sweetwater or Musician's Fiend. Possibly keeping their stores...or not depending on what the business climate is like.
What do y'all think?
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