Dammit.

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So what does this mean?

Well, the company won& #39;t be going away. There& #39;s going to be Guitar Center (and Musician& #39;s Friend, same company).

But we& #39;re very likely looking at store closings which will suck for lots and lots of towns across the US.

Guitar Center did the Walmart model: they came to town and little stores couldn& #39;t compete.

If you& #39;re in a bigger city, that& #39;s not a huge deal. You& #39;ve got Sam Ash, you& #39;ve got CME, Norman& #39;s, etc.

But say you& #39;re Spartanburg, SC where Guitar Center was almost the only game in town.

As a result of Guitar Center& #39;s business model, if they close stores then there are going to be deserts in the US where finding musical instruments and gear locally will be something of a challenge.

Musical instruments are a lot like cars: you have to test it before you buy it.

When you& #39;re talking about guitars or brass or strings, you& #39;re also talking about instrument-to-instrument variances. You can& #39;t just buy one sight unseen.