Our Mars in Richmond just closed; served the freaking morons right. When I was searching for my ultimate guitar, Bevis grabbed me and said I really needed to play the warped takamine in the used section. Poor service, non-existent set up and no knowledge.

That said, I did go into a Guitar Center near King of Prussia, PA. They had a lot of stuff and you could play most of it, but the sales force was a bit out of it. Still far superior to Mars.

For my $ we are fortunate to have "Guitar Works" in the city and "Bang!" music up the road just north of Fredericksburg.

Ed