I think it's really depends on what part of the country you're from. Like out here GCs suck and Sam Ash's are great, but I've heard from friends out east that it's the exact opposite there.
Yep, the exact opposite. At the Sam Ash closest to me, every guitar has something wrong with it, whether it be missing strings, broken pickups, whatever. They don't let you play any guitar over about $1000, unless you're gonna buy it (
), and if you manage to pressure them to let you, the setups are poor, the strings have been rusted black. It sucks ass. It's pretty much the same with the amps, except that they'll let you play any amp, but they've all got something wrong anyways.