Buying your first electric guitar is exciting. You’re picturing stage lights, screaming fans, and mind-blowing solos. Excellent. But, before ordering leather pants let’s find a guitar you’ll actually enjoy learning to play. Budget Don’t spend every dollar on the instrument. Leave room for an amp, cable, tuner, picks, and strap. Consider an amp with a headphone output, … [Read more...]
No Sales!
Well… that sounds harsh, don’t it? We get asked about sales and discounts often. We get it. It is human nature to want a deal and a steal. Here at MGR STL we don’t partake very often… Now, hold on a sec and stay with us here… There are GOOD reasons why… Kindly let us explain… 1. We price everything pretty aggressively to begin with… We thrive on quick turnaround … [Read more...]
I’m Looking for a Cheap Good Guitar…
We hear this a lot… Growing up this often was taught as a contradiction. Nothing good can be cheap… Nothing cheap can be good, right? Wrong. The problem is the word. And you see that word avoided out in marketing everywhere. Very few businesses will use the word ‘cheap’. Instead, they hang on ‘inexpensive’, ‘affordable’, ‘reasonably priced’ – yadda, yadda – Anything to … [Read more...]
Big Box or Not – How About Something Unique…
We all know the behemoth in the guitar/musical instrument industry. It’s a long historied and storied institution. Though the stories, for quite a number of years, have been less than favorable. Let’s give the big boys some due. They were once a great franchise that started from the thriving needs of the LA and surrounding music scenes. They grew due to expertise and gear … [Read more...]
The Quest for The Uncommon Guitar…
There’s Les Pauls. There’s Stratocasters. Telecasters… 335’s… SG’s… Etc. Then there are the OTHER things… Boutiques. One-offs. Rarities. Hand Mades. Hand Painteds. Conversation Pieces. Even rare versions of the afore-mentioned ‘standards’. We LOVE the rare stuff. The one offs. The boutiques. The limited releases. The smaller brands. The knock-offs… There are … [Read more...]
