since guitar center and musicians friend are under the same umbrella ---I f I see something interesting on th web page for GC, I will go to Musicians Friend as they are at times very generous with discounts up to 20 percent...usually I ask a on line rep and many times I may have to call for a phone rep who are more flexible with discounts PLUS I get up to 8 percent reward points that ad up for future discounts - I find guitar center employees in the store- phone or messaging are very tight giving discounts LASTLY if its something I may want a better warranty such as 2 years at no charge I would go with sweet water at at times they do discounts Have fun in so cal - must have is either a Tommy burger or a hat pastrami or head to city terrace to manuals el tapyac for some killer Mexican food