XeoFLCL
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EDIT: Sorry I posted this in the wrong place.. Meant to click General Discussion.. Can a mod move this? Sorry about that ![ugh :ugh: :ugh:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/ugh.gif)
I'm not sure if one of these threads has happened, I remember reading one somewhere a long time ago, but couldn't find one here.. So here we go!
So I kind of had an experience today that I really feel the need to talk about, and drove me to start one of these threads.
Today I dedicated the day to hunting multiple music stores for good bass cabs. Went to a few samashes and guitarcenters, and didn't really find anything spectacular except for a cab at a local samash that I'm kind of interested in. While doing this however, I decided to drop by a certain Guitar Center in Orange, California. From my experience there, most of the guys are really cool and I've had them score me some awesome deals (mint condition ISP Decimator for 50 dollars? Mint Super Chorus for 40? yes please
) but this story is very different. I went in today and took a look in the used section, and didn't see anything good, so I decided to ask a salesmen to see if there was anything hiding possibly. He asked which amp I was using, which I quickly replied with a 500 watt ampeg. I told him I was mostly aiming for an 8ohm cabinet so I could pair it up with my other 8 ohm cab so it'd turn out to be 4ohms. I told him I was aiming for a higher wattage cab, preferrably with a constant 800w rating. The guy says, and I shit you not, "running a cab that's too high wattage will cause your amp to burn out because your amp will try to run at the wattage of the cabinet, you should run a cab that is under the wattage of your amp so your amp is safe".....
At that point, the first thing that came to mind was "you can't be ....ing serious". I immediately told the guy that was not the case, and he must be confusing the amp wattage with the cabinet wattage, but no, he was insistent. "running your amp through a cab at it's rated ohmage/wattage into a cab that is rated at a higher constant wattage will cause your amp to overheat and die". I tried to convince him for a good 20 minutes, but the guy had to have some kind of brain block or something. He wasn't even trying to sell me anything, he was simply spreading false information and was insistent on convincing me to think that buying a cab that was under my rated wattage for 4ohms would be safer than buying one that had more wattage headroom. I even went on to tell him that I was certain this was not the case, as one, I've run well over 10 different amps, guitar and bass, through cabs rated MUCH higher wattage wise, which he replied with "well, tube amps are different they can run with any wattage cabinet".
Wait, what? I didn't even say any of them were tube amps. So at this point, I just tell him that he should probably look it up and that I've taken classes specifically for electronic engineering, which he replies "I have also gone to school for electronic engineering".. Unfortunately, the guitar center position kind of immediately made him look like a fool saying that
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Granted, after that I quickly handed him the cable I was holding (as this argument wasted at least 15 minutes of my time and I did not even get to try any of the cabs they had), put up the ibanez I was holding, and just left. It's really unfortunate, and honestly makes me not want to ever go back to that particular store. This has to be the most absurd thing I've ever had a guitarcenter employee say to me, ever. It wasn't even to try and sell something, it was just to defend a know it all additude with no actual knowledge.
Kind of saddening the people they hire on there.
Anyways I'd love to hear similar stories from others, since these threads always provide entertaining![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![ugh :ugh: :ugh:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/ugh.gif)
I'm not sure if one of these threads has happened, I remember reading one somewhere a long time ago, but couldn't find one here.. So here we go!
So I kind of had an experience today that I really feel the need to talk about, and drove me to start one of these threads.
Today I dedicated the day to hunting multiple music stores for good bass cabs. Went to a few samashes and guitarcenters, and didn't really find anything spectacular except for a cab at a local samash that I'm kind of interested in. While doing this however, I decided to drop by a certain Guitar Center in Orange, California. From my experience there, most of the guys are really cool and I've had them score me some awesome deals (mint condition ISP Decimator for 50 dollars? Mint Super Chorus for 40? yes please
At that point, the first thing that came to mind was "you can't be ....ing serious". I immediately told the guy that was not the case, and he must be confusing the amp wattage with the cabinet wattage, but no, he was insistent. "running your amp through a cab at it's rated ohmage/wattage into a cab that is rated at a higher constant wattage will cause your amp to overheat and die". I tried to convince him for a good 20 minutes, but the guy had to have some kind of brain block or something. He wasn't even trying to sell me anything, he was simply spreading false information and was insistent on convincing me to think that buying a cab that was under my rated wattage for 4ohms would be safer than buying one that had more wattage headroom. I even went on to tell him that I was certain this was not the case, as one, I've run well over 10 different amps, guitar and bass, through cabs rated MUCH higher wattage wise, which he replied with "well, tube amps are different they can run with any wattage cabinet".
Wait, what? I didn't even say any of them were tube amps. So at this point, I just tell him that he should probably look it up and that I've taken classes specifically for electronic engineering, which he replies "I have also gone to school for electronic engineering".. Unfortunately, the guitar center position kind of immediately made him look like a fool saying that
![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)
Granted, after that I quickly handed him the cable I was holding (as this argument wasted at least 15 minutes of my time and I did not even get to try any of the cabs they had), put up the ibanez I was holding, and just left. It's really unfortunate, and honestly makes me not want to ever go back to that particular store. This has to be the most absurd thing I've ever had a guitarcenter employee say to me, ever. It wasn't even to try and sell something, it was just to defend a know it all additude with no actual knowledge.
Kind of saddening the people they hire on there.
Anyways I'd love to hear similar stories from others, since these threads always provide entertaining