I have always been intimidated by that whole scene - because I'm a woman and you kind of get the feeling when it comes to guitars that its a man's world. But being a chick that knows the difference between a cam and crank shaft I wasn't going to let that scare me off...
So when I showed up today with my guitar, embarrassed by the fact that I messed up - he was really great. He opened up my case and looked everything over and explained different things to me and was really great about it. I spent a fair amount of money on my first guitar, and he probably feels that if he makes a little investment of time on his part - that I would be back to buy more expensive guitars in the future...
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.