well the guitar store i go to is damn kewl. I know everybody there and i drop by like everday on teh way back from school. Whats neat is that all teh staff are in metal bands and we jam every saturday and so when i go there they let me play with any geetar and on any amp ... and we get to mess about with the FX pedals there. I'm no special person, its the same for all my friends and we play for like 2 - 3 hrs straight and the manager doesn't mind. ( + its a big store) he sez it helps attract customers. so usually i fool around with the high range gibsons... and plug in a Line 6 (which is way to expensive ) so i can mess about with it there. it beats buying them since i (we including teh group o guys i go down wit) can play with it everyday almost.

In terms of impressing others...that'd be the guys that work there. they burst into songs by soulfly or megadeth... we either watch or just join in. and getting summer jobs there is easy ,... and we get paid to have fun and all.