Sweetwater. - Inside America’s Biggest Music Store

[@sweetwater]

Glad to hear about your positive experience! Come back anytime!

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Thank you!

[@davidmcaninch4714]

You guys can’t be beat!!!! Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, pianos, synthesizers, electronic drums, acoustic drums, percussion, audio gear, DJ gear, recording gear, microphones, and now violins, violas, cellos, upright basses, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, tubas, marching and concert percussion!!!! I haven’t seen the new store yet but I know that when I do, it will be legendary!!!!!!!!!! You guys rock!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@sig310]

So my sales rep is watching movies and playing arcade games instead of answering my emails, got it.

[@gardensteeleaway673]

Love the Store....what an amazing way to do business!

[@johnbettmann6888]

I'm a Sweetwater customer. Always GREAT service. Never did I imagine the place was this huge. Awesome!

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Right John!!! It’s and incredible company! Worth my trip!

[@drewlaws983]

Absolutely awesome! If only all corporations operated this way.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

It was quite amazing! The atmosphere was inspiring for certain!

[@patricklosiniecki8503]

I consider myself beyond blessed to be part of the Sweetwater family, and it genuinely makes me so happy to see how many people come in and see everything and leave with a gigantic smile on their face. I love what I do and it's amazing to see that everyone loves what we do too.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Thanks for commenting Patrick! I was blown away by my trip!

[@patricklosiniecki8503]

@@letsbuildaguitar9230 that's all I ever want

[@MySecretSpotrecording]

WOW!!! Had No idea!!! Been a customer from their start! Just love them!! Solute Chuck! Amazing man!! Need more like him!

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Absolutely agree!

[@rickshearer]

I just ordered my Fender American Pro II Strat from Sweetwater! Watching this video is a great perspective of where my guitar is coming from!

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Rock on! That’s awesome!

[@umbertopalamara260]

What a wonderful place! The land of toys! 🤩🤩🤩 Thank U Steve 4 sharing these experiences with us 🙏

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Absolutely! It was a blast!

[@raf5.13]

This is beyond amazing!

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Right?!!! What a cool company!

[@jimstamper8135]

I'm a lifelong resident of greater Fort Wayne, it's always been a nice place to live. But I agree there's nothing cooler than Sweetwater, in Fort Wayne or anywhere else.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Thanks for chiming in Jim....it's great to hear from someone who lives there!

[@G-Man-kc2nm]

If I worked there, I would never want to go home! Lol. What a great company. Looks like customers first and employees are just as important as customers. Looking forward to my first Sweetwater purchase. Thanks for the amazing video.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

I totally agree! Thanks for the encouragement!

[@bowlmaned]

Official on my "Bucket List"...I need to see this in person!!!

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Absolutely!!! It’s worth a road trip!

[@davegenske8973]

So love that. I have it on my bucket list to go there

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

It was a lot of fun to visit!

[@01157ify]

Have been a customer for a long time and have purchased a lot of equipment here. Awesome experience.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

That is awesome! Love it there!

[@operasinger2126]

Chuck is a genius.

[@Blueshade]

Just bought my PRS Paul's Guitar in faded blue from Sweetwater! Loved being able to choose my own guitar from the online photos! Would love to drive there someday!

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Good choice!

[@judychalal2333]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow i felt very happy after watching this video and i wish i can go see this music store even if i don`t have money to buy anything but for me to see this in a real life that will make me very very very happy wooooooooooow i have never seen anything like that before please make more videos like these and show us the instruments and make longer videos show s all the details and thank you so much for this video

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

You are very welcome! Thanks for sharing your encouragement with me!

[@kadeydoll]

I’m like an hour away and never knew there was so much to them! Gonna have to go check it out very soon

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

That’s awesome have fun!!!! Bring money hahaha!

[@mikebottiaux5850]

A great success story! Will there ever be additional stores built?

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

That’s a great question!!! It’s a 14 hour drive for me….it would be nice to have something closer🤓

[@tyeman3039]

They were not always huge. I remember Sweetwater in the early days when they would just throw candies in the box! 😂😁✌️

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

They still throw candy in the box, but now they are in a little Sweetwater bag.

[@rubentrevino6288]

Sweetwater is the real deal

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Absolutely!!!! Thanks for watching and interacting! I appreciate it!

[@eearts]

Love Sweetwater!

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Me as well!!! Love that place!

[@elixir418]

Amazing!!! \m/ Chuck U the Man!!! Thx 3x.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Rock on!

[@timkreun586]

Talk about a dream job

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Right!!! Pretty crazy huh! What did ya think of the guitar pedal selection?

[@Kushalien51_nv]

Wow great video mate I'm from las vegas and wish they had a sweetwater here but I try my best to visit the facility one day 🙏🏽🔥

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Thanks bro! It’s pretty amazing!

[@BiggestKornFan1993]

I would love to work at a place like this!! There would always be something that catches my eye everyday if I worked there, Looks like a very comfortable place to work at

[@suzukiyesteryear]

An avid customer. Amazing to work with...like old school...

[@trade0714]

I'd love to work in the place where they do the inspections before they ship out a guitar. I'd learn s-o-o-o-o-o much about the ins & outs of guitars of all types.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Right!!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@AverageMusicPlayer]

What was that guitar at 12:13 with the p bass looking pickups?

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

I apologize, but I really am not sure.

[@Wythaneye]

14:53 Sorry to say it, I was a little disappointed that it wasn't Steve going down the slide ;-)

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Believe me , I certainly thought about it!

[@davidmcaninch4714]

I wanna say that Sweetwater is at least 5 football fields in length.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

That’s Big Eh?!!

[@davidmcaninch4714]

@@letsbuildaguitar9230 right?

[@MarcG7424]

My dream job 😁

[@Corbs_]

Where is this at?

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Fort Wayne Indiana😃

[@Rick_Cleland]

😮😮😮

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Best of luck! A new Cloud Style is currently being built if you are interested in once again nominating someone to win....I will let my Patreon supporters decide the recipient of this one!

[@danmillward3480]

Sweetwater doing the apple thing....but actually doing it

[@philheath9854]

Holy Shit Batman..Only in America.

[@MegaTechnoteacher]

Bring back Geasfest

[@MarkZIMMER-m4c]

I thought they had saxophones but it looks like just another guitar store.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

They had a room with other instruments…but you’re watching this on a Guitar KZbin channel, thus the guitars are the focus instrumentally. Although I did peak in on the pianos and drums.

[@twintriode]

Wow nifty. I'll pass though. 3,500+ right handed electric guitars to 130 left handed? They aren't even trying.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

I am wondering if you have found a company that does a great job with having left handed guitars available? I’ve built two lefties so far. When I go to music stores, I’ve been intentional about looking to see if lefties are on display, but I rarely come across them or if I do, they have one or two options, otherwise it’s special order. Wondering what you’ve found and maybe I can pass that info on!

[@twintriode]

@@letsbuildaguitar9230 bout the best place I've found, and I use that loosely is southpaw guitars in Houston Tx. Generally I just go in with a guitar in mind and shop for that guitar. Years ago I wanted a PRS McCarty, that purchase took me to some music store in Baltimore. They were the one's that had the guitar. Sweetwater and Musicians Friend tend to stock a lot of Schecter....not interested! Lots-and-lots of "not in stock, but we can get it"

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

@@twintriode I'm sure this has to be extremely frustrating for you. I think about my lefty friends often when I go into guitar stores and only see right hand guitars....not everyone wants to play with a Hendrix style Strat. or Doyle Bramhall.

[@twintriode]

@@letsbuildaguitar9230 Actually its not that bad. My peak time of playing was in the 80 - 90's. During that time I still had local mom and pop music stores and I could always find something. When the big box stores came in i.e. Guitar Center, and Sam Ash not only did they run the smaller stores out of business, they had a big box model, and it didn't include left handed players. Fortunately by this time the internet was around and that is where I would buy. Now that I'm in my 50's. I'm only hitting bucket list guitars. The one's I could not afford when I was younger. I bought a LP Special last fall (not really a money thing there more of an availability/P-90 thing), next is a ES-335, and then a D-35. I MIGHT get a custom shop 62 Telecaster Custom. Those double bound kind. I use to have a 80's Tokai replica that I loved that got stolen in St. Louis while in-route to California. I had an attachment to that funky little guitar, but a Custom Shop Tele like that would be over $4k, and I just don't believe Fender makes a guitar worthy of that price, or I find it hard to justify. But I was lucky I guess. New left handed people are fairly screwed. LOL! The only good buy I got from a big box was a used Rickenbacker (mint) 370/12 in fieglo. $900. I sold it though. I could stand that Rickenbacker would not stamp that damn "R" tailpiece upside right for left handed people, and all that guitar could do was Byrds songs, but plugged into my '66 Super Reverb it really did sound like Mr. Tamborine man. Its the only guitar that sounded the same as having a vintage guitar without being one.

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

@@twintriode I didn't even realize that about the Rickenbacker R not being the way it should be...Crazy! Sounds like you have some nice guitars to chose from now! Stay strong and keep up the fight!

[@yadielmercedes3635]

we need more companies to be like sweetwater, Ive heard good things about sweetwater from everyone and it is especially telling when it comes from employees aswell

[@letsbuildaguitar9230]

Absolutely