Bo Eder
Platinum Member
Here's something that I just had to call a couple of salespeople out on the floor, and many of you would probably respond with, "well what did you expect?" So, if anything, check the humor here....
I go to the local GC (where they get new salespeople at least every other month or so) and see two guys behind the drum counter that I've never met and proceed to ask for 20" bass drum heads. Of course, they don't have a big selection because I'm told, "Nobody plays 20's. Everyone plays 22's". What they did have, after I said I was looking for a new reso front head, was a clear pinstripe, and an ebony powerstroke 3 (one each). Nothing in stock from Evans for 20s. either. I tell them it'd be cool if I could get a smooth white front ambassador, or a clear emperor, and again I'm told that nobody plays that stuff, and they haven't seen it done in years. But they could order it for me if I want. They even told me the only guy who uses clear front bass drum heads is Simon Phillips, and did I know who he was?
Of course, I'm being nice and proceeded to continue to look around if there's anything else I might need, but I had to point out that Remo makes the heads I need. So does Evans. I had to remind them that just because they didn't have them, doesn't mean nobody uses them. I asked them if they could read the Modern Drummer magazines they sell, maybe they'd see my jab and the light. No luck. Got the deer in the headlights look. I had to stop in to see the manager on the way out to have him educate those poor sods about not telling paying customers that "nobody plays this or that anymore" simply because they don't have it in stock. Then again, that manager could've quit as soon as I left....
Oh well.
I go to the local GC (where they get new salespeople at least every other month or so) and see two guys behind the drum counter that I've never met and proceed to ask for 20" bass drum heads. Of course, they don't have a big selection because I'm told, "Nobody plays 20's. Everyone plays 22's". What they did have, after I said I was looking for a new reso front head, was a clear pinstripe, and an ebony powerstroke 3 (one each). Nothing in stock from Evans for 20s. either. I tell them it'd be cool if I could get a smooth white front ambassador, or a clear emperor, and again I'm told that nobody plays that stuff, and they haven't seen it done in years. But they could order it for me if I want. They even told me the only guy who uses clear front bass drum heads is Simon Phillips, and did I know who he was?
Of course, I'm being nice and proceeded to continue to look around if there's anything else I might need, but I had to point out that Remo makes the heads I need. So does Evans. I had to remind them that just because they didn't have them, doesn't mean nobody uses them. I asked them if they could read the Modern Drummer magazines they sell, maybe they'd see my jab and the light. No luck. Got the deer in the headlights look. I had to stop in to see the manager on the way out to have him educate those poor sods about not telling paying customers that "nobody plays this or that anymore" simply because they don't have it in stock. Then again, that manager could've quit as soon as I left....
Oh well.