Comment by TheRealDunkirk
3 years ago
I sort of head up all "tech stuff" at my mid-sized church, including sound. (I also have played piano and bass, at times.) I had to talk my pastor into starting to use Sweetwater about 20 years ago. He was stuck on using some hole-in-the-wall shop in LA on Sunset. (Which I eventually visited, and, sure enough, every who's who has a signed headshot on their wall). But Sweetwater is in our back yard, and we've made the trip a couple of times, and there's just no comparison. Sweetwater's presence, with the rooms and the demos and the videos and every thing is just unbelievable. Anyway, the point I wanted to make was about salesmen. We've had the same one for 20 years, and he's always kept a close tab on us, and helped out whenever we've needed advice. It must be a great place to work to keep a salesman that long. They advertised hiring for programmers, and I'd LOVE to give them a shot, but I'd have to move, and I'm not ready for that. Kent? Love ya, man.
Oh yeah! Years before the above story took place, I happened to be in Fort Wayne and I needed an audio cable, so I swung by Sweetwater, not really knowing what to expect. Of course they had the cable, but they also had time to show me around the whole place, the showroom, the studios, the repair lab. I was a scruffy teenager spending less than twenty bucks, but they treated me like a visiting prince.
It's why, when I thought about getting a piano years later, I didn't really consider anyone else.
I've had two sales engineers now; Dontae who walked me through the keyboard choice apparently moved on, and I haven't had a need to call up Colton yet, but his name is in my notes, and I'm sure I'm in his.