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assuming acoustic guitar rooms are a thing everywhere. it's just a well sound isolated room in the guitar store.

I feel like I was chastised for playing while someone else was playing? I just want to make sure it's some rule like 'no stairway, to heaven ' or something that I broke.

some guy was strumming away testing guitars. I walked in and started playing quietly in the corner facing the wall, no pick. he approached me after a few guitars and asked me to play his choices of guitar and asked for my opinion on them 'since I was better'. I'm not even a month in yet.

did I break a rule or something and he was chastising me, or was this genuine type interaction that does happen? I don't pick up on social queues at all so.. yeah. I'm just not sure.

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[โ€“] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's hard to tell without knowing exactly what he said and the tone of voice, but he was maybe being sincere? Maybe you have a knack for it, or you just seem like you know what you're doing, or maybe he's even newer than you and he's choosing the guitar he's going to learn on.

It's not impossible he was being passive aggressive, but that seems like a weirdly elaborate way to go about it.

[โ€“] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

It sounds like a brand noob was so new that even YOU sounded experienced, and he needed guidance. He needed to find a employee to demonstrate for him.