Re: First trip to Carter's!
Originally Posted by
colorado_al
We did stop by Gruhn's. I was not as thrilled with that experience. Nice mandolins, but not friendly like Carter's. It felt like they didn't want us to actually play anything, just look. There was only one chair available for testing and it was already occupied. Not a friendly store.
I had just the opposite experience. The guys at Gruhn's were friendly and told me to play whatever I wanted. Then we went to Carter's and couldn't even find anybody to talk to us. Wandered around for a bit and then went back to Gruhn. After everything good I'd heard on the Cafe I was disappointed. I'm sure it varies by the day, who you talk to, etc. There can always be extenuating circumstances. But I will be heading back to Nashville for the Punch Brothers show in June, and I'm sure I'll give Carter's another try.
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