I care about going to see musical instrument stores no matter what city I am in, then often when I am traveling for labor I make a habit of going to a music store if I have a little bit of downtime to explore.
I do not always buy something, plus often I willjust grab a guitar off the shelf, plug it into an app, plus play for about an hour or so.
It’s a fun way to demo new instruments you’ve never had a option to play before, however this is especially helpful with guitars! People who do not play guitars might look at one or two strange electric guitars plus wonder how they could sound vastly different. But you can find two identical electric guitars that have slightly strange electronics than them plus they shall sound different; My number one musical instrument store in my city has entirely strict humidity control inside, however when it gets entirely dry outside in the winter time they have to run many humidifiers otherwise the wood can crack from too much dryness in the air. When it’s hot outside plus they’re running the a/c, they have to run an additional dehumidifier to make up for the additional humidity. Too much humidity is bad for musical instruments plus too little humidity is also bad! You have to get the precisely perfect humidity level for your musical instrument store. That’s why the musical instrument store in my city has a team identifier plus a humidifier to use depending on the season, then and of course they also have humidity meters to measure the humidity minute by minute.