Comments on: Goodbye Manny’s Music.

By: DRWLFR

DRWLFR — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:26:17 +0000

The last time I was at Manny’s they didn’t have what I was looking for, so I planned to head over to Sam Ash, the clerk helping me let me know: “Oh no, they don’t have it at Sam Ash either, I was working there until a few hours ago… they bounce me between the stores all day, I’m the only one that knows what I’m talking about.”

Too bad it’s closing, though.

By: Fresh!

Fresh! — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:09:33 +0000

Wow…The last time I’ve been to and shopped at Manny’s was in the late 80′s and now it’s gone (moment of silence).

Great store that was.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:19:59 +0000

Judd Goldrich I think he is the son of Manny has been @ g.c. 14th street now for a hot minute. I was never into 48th street to much of a hike.

By: digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com

digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:02:33 +0000

Side affect of corporatization for ya..

My uncle RIP… talked about Manny’s and 48th street as the music block..mentioned b4 Manny’s there was Mandolin Brothers out on Staten Island where he brought a first run Dobro slide guitar..I don’t think they were called Resonators yet.

Most music stores I’ve been in have dickheads that work there. I’ve been kicked out of Sam Ash(though Rich Formidoni whose now doing product demoes for Korg, from the Queens Blvd Sam Ash was one of the coolest sales guys).. literally got cockblocked on a mixer at guitar center by F.Bones (fuckin sales guy was unracking mixer for me, nice floor model price, Frankie walks in, and literally salesuy just ignored me and sold Frankie the mixer)..Manny’s was good though…they had an eBay store that was huge but died a few years back.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:40:43 +0000

There used to be a GREAT guitar shop down the block from Manny’s called 48th St. Custom. When that place closed, it turned into Two Lines Music (they had another, larger location in lower Manhattan, too), a fantastic synthesizer store. Amazing used gear, nice staff and everything was plugged in for you to try. My favorite place to hang out in the city while it was around, hands down. Two Lines (both locations) closed its doors a few years ago.

There was a psychic/palm reader thing in the space the last time I was on 48th St. Even though that block has been on a death march for a while now, I’ll be sad when it’s gone.

By: John Holdun

John Holdun — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:41:25 +0000

While I’m sure I’ve walked past Manny’s many times, I swear I’ve never seen it. I’ll have to visit before it’s gone.

I’ve never really liked the Sam Ash stores, though. Depressing lighting, or something, and the few employees I’ve found myself talking to were never terrible friendly.