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23. Awesome! NT

Sun Apr 22, 2018, 02:56 PM

Apr 2018

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Guitar Center reportedly facing "imminent bankruptcy" [View all] Miles Archer Apr 2018 OP

fuck Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #1

The problem is that there is no place to sit? oberliner Apr 2018 #2

That would suck. Loki Liesmith Apr 2018 #3

Vultures - isnt this Bain capital? Dream Girl Apr 2018 #4

It would have to be some bullshit like this. Dave Starsky Apr 2018 #7

They'll probably merge it with something like PetSmart... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #10

Guitar Center to Be Acquired by Bain Capital for $1.9 Billion FarCenter Apr 2018 #9

Bain - as I recall they deliberately treestar Apr 2018 #16

That's exactly what they do. That's ALL they do. Dave Starsky Apr 2018 #20

That's the general idea, but the ploy is more complicated than that FarCenter Apr 2018 #24

then Ares Capital came in melm00se Apr 2018 #26

Uh-oh. That's my toy store. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2018 #5

Another brick & mortar store gone CountAllVotes Apr 2018 #6

The problem is licensing Miles Archer Apr 2018 #8

Thank you mshasta Apr 2018 #11

Is Bananas at Large still around? CountAllVotes Apr 2018 #17

Seems they are still around CountAllVotes Apr 2018 #19

GC Owns Musician's Friend as well OneBlueDotBama Apr 2018 #32

Sweetwater Sound... Adrahil Apr 2018 #21

Guitar Center owns Musicians Friend. Eko Apr 2018 #33

I read that the sales of electric guitars have been declining ismnotwasm Apr 2018 #12

And Epiphone is an affordable alternative to a Gibson... Adrahil Apr 2018 #22

Not surprising blake2012 Apr 2018 #15

Some place to sit. Yes! MineralMan Apr 2018 #18

Awesome! NT Adrahil Apr 2018 #23

What a great story Beakybird Apr 2018 #28

No more guitar heroes! nt USALiberal Apr 2018 #25

It had to happen. All of trump supporters are buying banjoes instead. tonyt53 Apr 2018 #27

Just Another Bain Capitol Success. OneBlueDotBama Apr 2018 #29

Good - as a player/collector for years, happy to see this DrDan Apr 2018 #30

Rock is not as popular w/youth as it once was. radius777 Apr 2018 #31

Pretty much every year Eko Apr 2018 #34