Was away at Penang recently. I was last here 14 years ago.
It's inevitable that I checked out the guitar stores there - at least the ones within reach. Bentley Music is located at Gurney Paragon, a shopping mall overlooking the sea. One has to climb five floors up to reach the store which was easily thrice the size of their KL outlet. I was hoping to come across some guitar string brands that are not available back home but the shelves were dominated by Ernie Ball. Guitar-wise, pretty much what Swee Lee has to offer but there are EBMMs in store. I saw a couple of Suhrs as well. Nothing too enticing here & there was this moron who tested drums & blasted the hell out of whatever he could lay hands on much to the annoyance of other shoppers.
Day 2 saw me here - Evolution Music House which is located in Plaza Gurney, adjacent to Gurney Paragon. There were less electric guitars on show, acoustics, drums & pianos dominated more floor space. Just walked around, no enticing string brands here as well. In my humble opinion, if you peddle instruments, do make it a point to train your staff to be versed in their job scope. The sales chap here kept using 'better' in his line of duty; I recommend you this one because it's better/ That black one there is even better/ This brand is better. No extended stay here as well; 5min tops.
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