Sam Ash Closing All Stores Sale

[David Houck]

Sam Ash has announced that it's closing all of its stores with a "everything must be sold" sale.  They had been in business for 100 years.

https://www.samash.com/closing-stores

Apparently they had been looking for a buyer, but at this point have not been successful.

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/sam_ash_to_begin_store-closing_sales_today_thank_you_for_allowing_us_to_serve_musicians_like_you_for_100_years.html

[dannobasso]

I have heard that ch 10 is inevitable. The shame is the vendors are out a lot of money and no recourse as all of the stock belongs to the creditors.

[edwardofhuncote]

I can only recall ever being in the Sam Ash Music in Richmond one time, probabably... twenty years ago. It was the first big-box guitar store I'd ever seen. I was in town for a three-day conference and was looking for something to do in the afternoons. Nice place. Pretty good selection of mid/upper-end guitars to choose from. It's a shame somebody couldn't buy it and turn it around. On the other hand, I get to see what a headache it can be just running one guitar store... hard to imagine managing a chain of them in different markets.