Simply: Fuller's Guitar is the place to go if you're looking for a guitar.



Being a patron of the Guitar Centers of the world, I'm all too familiar with the disconnected "buy something or don't, I don't care" attitude a lot of their sales reps have, so the buying experience at Fuller's is a huge contrast.



The folks around the shop are just there to help (as cliche as that sounds) ... They know that you're not going to walk in, pick a guitar off the wall and pay for it before you compare it to other brands/models, and they encourage you to make some noise so you get the full experience. The first time I walked in, I was taken aback by everyone stopping by to ask if I had any questions (thinking it was just a passive-aggressive way of asking me if I was going to buy already), but when I actually started asking questions, it clicked that they just wanted to share what they knew.



I'm a fairly regular visitor to the shop now, and when I'm not buying something new (three guitars from them and counting), I'm having them tinker with a guitar I already have. A pick up on my Les Paul was acting up, and they took it to replace a pot only to find that it just needed to be cleaned out ... so they didn't charge me.



When you're looking around for your next guitar, I definitely recommend you check out their website or stop by the shop before you pull the trigger.