assuming acoustic guitar rooms are a thing everywhere. it’s just a well sound isolated room in the guitar store.
I feel like I was chastised for playing while someone else was playing? I just want to make sure it’s some rule like 'no stairway, to heaven ’ or something that I broke.
some guy was strumming away testing guitars. I walked in and started playing quietly in the corner facing the wall, no pick. he approached me after a few guitars and asked me to play his choices of guitar and asked for my opinion on them ‘since I was better’. I’m not even a month in yet.
did I break a rule or something and he was chastising me, or was this genuine type interaction that does happen? I don’t pick up on social queues at all so… yeah. I’m just not sure.
That sounds like a little passive aggression to me, but whatever.
I think most people use those sound rooms to get an idea of what each guitar (or amp) sounds like, and that’s kinda hard to do with someone else making distracting noise.
I think it would be best to just ask if the other occupant minds before picking up a guitar. Communication is easy.
It’s hard to tell without knowing exactly what he said and the tone of voice, but he was maybe being sincere? Maybe you have a knack for it, or you just seem like you know what you’re doing, or maybe he’s even newer than you and he’s choosing the guitar he’s going to learn on.
It’s not impossible he was being passive aggressive, but that seems like a weirdly elaborate way to go about it.
It sounds like a brand noob was so new that even YOU sounded experienced, and he needed guidance. He needed to find a employee to demonstrate for him.
Best this ask the store, they would know the etiquette their guests expect
true… next time I will
In the room within the room where everything is priced upwards of $3000, where there’s usually like 1 bench and like 12 guitars… yeah.
The regular room? No.
this room ranges from 300-8000 and there’s like 35-40 guitars. I didn’t think I was doing anything wrong personally, wasn’t loud. I’m probably didn’t do anything wrong. going to ask the staff when I go back to purchase. got 3 in mind but need to save a bit more first.
No you’re fine
Some shops have special rooms for demoing high end stuff.
If it’s not a room kinda clearly for one person to sit and play, it’s fine.
if you actually played a few for them then they where sincere but I feel like even someone who doesn’t pick up on social cues could figure that out.
It just just reads to me like he genuinely wanted your opinion and the chance to hear his choices of guitars from a different perspective.
Although when you said “I’m not even a month in yet” and he said you were better, that’s a little confusing unless you’ve been making better progress than you give yourself credit for.
But getting back to perspective, if he just wanted to hear what an audience would hear (without the resonance through your body you get as a player) the skill might not matter so much, and he was just being polite.
Or maybe… Is there any chance he was flirting with you? Just to mess with your mind even more.
Although when you said “I’m not even a month in yet” and he said you were better, that’s a little confusing unless you’ve been making better progress than you give yourself credit for.
there is a good chance this is the case, I was Travis picking in 2 or 3 different styles of picking and doing some chord changes and slides but I have nobody that’s ever judged my playing yet. literally 3 weeks into learning with no lessons.
I am taking him as being polite and just asking for my opinion, but I wasn’t sure of it was an unwritten rule or not. I will inquire with the store when I go back.
thanks for the reply. makes me feel like I wasn’t being super rude to others.
