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Originally Posted by ArtGarceau

These are questions I've gotten from GC employees. I work for a "industry standard" mic company so keep this in mind otherwise you won't understand.

1. GC employee: This is Razor from store xyz....what mic would you recommend for a guitar cabient?

Me: Uh....

2. GC employee: How do I wirelessly connect a guitar speaker to the PA system without hearing the speaker?

Me:

3. GC employee: My customer doesn't like how long the antennas are on his "insert model for $4k wireless system." Will it still work ok if we cut the antennas in half?

Me: No

GC employee: Can I place an order for a pair of antennas?


4. GC employee: I'm looking for the invisible wireless headset.....

Me: Invisible?

GC employee: Yeah.

Me: Like you can't see it....invisible?

GC employee: Yeah.

Me: I'm pretty sure something like that doesn't exist

GC employee: I'm looking at a picture of it right here!

Me: You are looking at a picture of an invisible mic? Is it a blank sheet of paper?

GC employee: Well it's not really invisible smartass!

Me:


5. GC employee: I'm looking for an cardio headset mic for an aerobics instructor..

Me: Well zyx, and xyz are cardioid...

GC employee: No I need one that is CARDIO...ITS FOR AEROBICS!!!


6. GC employee: Do you guys make some sort of cable for your wireless mics?

Me: Like a cable to plug the receiver into your FOH board?

GC employee: No...so the singer can swing the mic around by the cable.

Me: Why not just get a wired mic?

GC employee: Why would he want that?


There are a lot more...anyone want me to continue?

sweet merciful crap. that has to be the stupidest crap I have ever heard, yet i know its true since i worked in many music stores before *yes sadly even GC* i felt that i was the only one who knew how to actually hook up a rig.

I had a kid come in and ask for something to make his mic louder so when he sings it will record better. its too low when he puts it into his tascam recorder. *in other words the kid had no idea what a mic pre was* ok understandable, some young kids spend more time jammin... no prob. so i show him a couple low end pre's (the m-audio enemy, art, behringer etc.) finally the kid pics the m-audio, so me tryin to get a bigger sale, "hey bro, mogami cables are sick, i highly reccomend you invest in good cables, you'll be much happier later" other HEAD sales guy from the other side of the recording dept. "nah man it wont work, those only work with pro tools" ... he was dead serious... I quit 2 days later.