• From: Stockton-on-Tees UK
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Topic: Today's a REALLY good day

Hi all

Had an interview for a job today and that seemed to go well - I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  While in was in an area I hadn't been to for many years I decided to have a look around and came across a music shop I hadn't seen before so I had a mosey in and a look around.  The guy in the shop left me alone to look around the masses of guitars on the racks, the walls the floor - it was amazing.  Eben down to the axe on the wall signed by Gary Moore.
I got talking to the guy in the shop and he was fabulous.  I was talking to him about lefty guitars and he said if I told him what make and model I wanted he would get it for me on appro.  Nothing was too much trouble for him - he showed me everything I wanted and more besides.
At this point my son was buying some strings for his bass and the manager of the shop was giving him some advice.  I thought I knew his face and it turns out that he is Steve James former bass player of the Dogs d'Amour and Slyder.  After Slyder he went on tour as guitar tech to the Levellers and from there became a well respected luthier.  At the weekend they are going to have a look at the setup on my current guitar - he was great no snobbery when I said I had a 20 year old Tanglewood.
What a fabulous down to earth guy he knows where his money comes from and he treats all of his customers accordingly.  What a pleasure to go into his shop.
This has definitely restored my faith in music stores - well some of them.

Ian

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Re: Today's a REALLY good day

Good luck with the job interview results.

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Re: Today's a REALLY good day

Hi Ian,

I am pleased to hear you are no longer a 'hacked off lefty' and good luck with the job hunt.

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Re: Today's a REALLY good day

Sounds great Ian.  Everything is just falling in place for you.  I'm glad to hear it.  Good luck with the job.  It really makes you feel good when you go into a shop like that and get their undivided attention.  That;s the way it should be in every shop.

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Re: Today's a REALLY good day

Hope you get the job and thanks for the comments on a class act.

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Re: Today's a REALLY good day

Ian sounds like you had a great day!  Here's hoping you get the job you want, and awesome about finding a great guitar shop to do business with!  AWESOME!

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Re: Today's a REALLY good day

It's amazing how one conversation with one outstanding person can lift our spirits and inspire us to a huge degree.
Congratulations Ian, you met somebody who is a winner and I hope you get to do business with him from now on.
Best of luck finding a satisfactory job.
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wish you luck on landing a job in a guitar shop,that sounds like a dream job?, to me,I hope you get it!!.

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