I will say this. I've gone to a guitar store, not unlike Guitar center, a couple of times with a friend who was interested in getting into it. The salesperson

I will say this. I've gone to a guitar store, not unlike Guitar center, a couple of times with a friend who was interested in getting into it. The salesperson was interested in selling an expensive ass guitar to a beginner and less interested with her concerns as a beginner. She felt very uneasy about the whole thing. Luckily she found a smaller teaching school where the sales person was more personable and even helped her find a nice used guitar at a reasonable price and she took the time to talk to her about how to go about beginning. My point being: when some of the big guitar stores have a reputation of having people try push and rush to sell you expensive stuff and, also, chastise and sometimes even mock people trying out instruments. Then it's no wonder people would go elsewhere to look for instruments, even online. At least they can take the time and get comfortable and compare even though they can't hold the instrument.