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GUITAR CENTER PROFESSIONAL OPENS NEW SALES AND
DEMO FACILITY IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
— New Guitar Center Professional presence adds a new dimension
in high-end
pro audio in the Middle Atlantic region —
— New facility will provide high-technology products and services
to the recording studio,
live touring, audio post production and DJ market sectors —
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, July 25, 2008 – Guitar
Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center
that focuses on the needs of professional users, has opened a new sales
and demo facility within the Guitar Center location in Rockville, Maryland,
serving the greater D.C. area. The new space was opened in mid-February
and will bring even greater comprehensive coverage to the high-tech
region around Rockville. The new 24,000-square-foot GC Pro sales and
demo facility will offer the highest quality professional audio gear
inventory as well a dedicated listening environment. Centered around
an SSL® AWS 900+ analog workstation system, recording clients will
find an array of top outboard signal processing equipment from brands
such as Manley, Avalon, Empirical Labs, SSL and Neve, as well as microphones
from manufacturers including Audio-Technica, AKG, Sennheiser and Neumann,
in addition to monitoring from Ocean Way, Genelec, Adam and Dynaudio,
among many others. For live touring sound customers, the facility will
offer consoles and sound reinforcement systems from all major brands,
including JBL, Yamaha, Midas, EAW and Studer/Soundcraft. GC Pro’s
excellent reputation throughout the country will be furthered by the
Rockville store; no other pro audio dealer can call upon such a vast
spectrum of products lines, and no other dealer can offer GC Pro’s
level of personnel resources, superb service and expert advice.
The new Rockville, Maryland facility joins the other 24
key Guitar Center Professional locations within Guitar Center’s
stores nationwide, among them Chicago, Hollywood, Houston, Las Vegas,
Miami, Nashville, New York City, Seattle, Sherman Oaks and many more.
“The vision for this new Guitar Center Professional
location was that it reflect the diverse nature of the professional
audio industry in and around the D.C. area,” comments Scott Schwartz,
Account Manager at the new location and a GC veteran of over six years.
“The area has several large professional recording studios. In
addition, the region is a major hub for the live sound/DJ business,
with a variety of churches, nightclubs and outdoor concert venues. We
wanted to create a comprehensive resource for all of these customers
and make it as accessible as possible.”
Billy McCommis, Store Manager for the Rockville Guitar
Center store (which opened in 2001 and is now home to the new GC Pro
facility) agrees, adding, “The D.C. area is one of the most high-tech
markets in the country. Scott has been planning the design and execution
of the new Guitar Center Professional facility here for quite some time,
and the result will show that level of effort. This gives Guitar Center
Professional even greater coverage of a region that has a long and deep
investment in professional audio.”
Photo File: GCPro_Rockville_Schwartz.JPG
Photo Caption: Scott Schwartz, GC Pro Account Manager, pictured with
the SSL® AWS 900+ analog workstation system at GC Pro’s new
Rockville, Maryland location.
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About Guitar Center Professional/Guitar Center
Guitar Center Professional is the outside sales division of Guitar Center
that focuses on the needs of professional users. Its clientele includes
recording studios, audio engineers, producers, recording and touring
musicians, live sound venues, post production facilities and more. Emphasizing
extraordinary individualized service via local account managers, GC
Pro offers expert consultation and a comprehensive selection of the
world’s finest equipment for music and audio professionals. More
information on GC Pro can be found by visiting www.gcpro.com.
Guitar Center is the leading United States retailer of
guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio
and recording equipment. Our retail store subsidiary presently operates
more than 200 Guitar Center stores across the U.S. In addition, our
Music & Arts division operates more than 100 stores specializing
in band instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors,
college professors and students. We are also the largest direct response
retailer of musical instruments in the United States through our wholly
owned subsidiary, Musician's Friend, Inc., and its catalog and Web site,
www.musiciansfriend.com.
More information on Guitar Center can be found by visiting the Company's
Web site at www.guitarcenter.com.
The Guitar Center logo is a registered trademark of Guitar Center,
Inc. Other brand or product names may be trademarks of the respective
companies with which they are associated.
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