This has always been my favorite music shop- not guitar center necessarily, but this particular GC in Kirkland, WA. Since the new year the place has gone downhill, to say the least. The store is always a disarray, the old familiar faces that kept me coming back are disappearing and being replaced by a bunch of moronic kids (some of whom are teenagers that lack even the most basic knowledge of guitar and audio equipment) who mostly just try to get me to purchase whatever it is I'm standing in front of. I've started shopping at Best... read full review »