Rough News...

UTTuba_09 · Post by **UTTuba_09** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:51 pm

Apparently wwbw has filed for bankruptcy, and Guitar Center is set to buy them out...

http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/s ... ily27.html

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:54 pm

ouch...........................................? Anyone else feel the pain?

dwerden · Post by **dwerden** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:08 pm

That's a major drag. I have always like BW - good service, good selection, etc. It was nice to be able to go into a store that had several brands to try. Too bad, but maybe Guitar Center will keep the operation going. Why else would they have bought ALL the inventory?

Daniel8802 · Post by **Daniel8802** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:14 pm

oh no ... this sticks!!!! I love WWBW lol!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:15 pm

Next up: the Meinl-Weston Flying "V"...

Casey Tucker · Post by **Casey Tucker** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:58 pm

mmm sad news indeed. but does this mean a sale or price cut on horns? i could go for some low priced F tubas and other stuff.

-casey

ASTuba · Post by **ASTuba** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:54 am

I will gladly post my thoughts to this in a PM to anyone who is interested. I'll just say this: don't expect anything good to come out of this for the music industry.

Carroll · Post by **Carroll** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:22 am

Guitar Center (and the ones they bought up - Music and Arts Centers) bought up most of the small, local music shops around here. The good thing is they have IMMEMNSE bulk buying power. We can get brands and deals we never could have hoped for, before the merge. They have a rental program where they put a horn in the hands of kids, for three months, for $25. That's not $25 a month- that's $25 total!

Of course, centralized corporate management makes things more... interesting some times. Perhaps this is the way the music industry can better compete with the big box discounts stores with look-a-like music instruments.

We will have to wait and see what shakes out.

BVD Press · Post by **BVD Press** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:28 am

If it helps keep them in business, it cannot all be bad!

I am sure many of us, including myself, have used WWandBW for purchases in the past and hope to in the future as well!

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:59 am

Guitar Center is a publicly traded company. Buy stock!!

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:09 am

And what of Roger Lewis?

Norm in Bellevue · Post by **Norm in Bellevue** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:37 pm

Steve Marcus wrote:And what of Roger Lewis?

I spoke with him this morning. He has no immediate plans to leave wwbw.

chipster55 · Post by **chipster55** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:12 am

Music and Arts Center (and Holze) haven't wasted any time moving in near where Brook Mays was in Lewisville, TX.