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Still have my Radio Shack cassette recorder I bought about 10 years ago,
just before Radio Shack closed up shop in Canada, they've been gone for quite awhile now,
Radio Shack saved more than one musician's goose.
There was always a store that was still open around the time when an old microphone cable failed at last, or when a mic holder broke, or a guitar chord ended up left back at home. In a pinch, even a lot of Radio Shacks carried a last-resort set of guitar strings that were sure needed when they were needed. The Mall was always the easiest place to find in a strange town.
There were some of their speakers that, though never intended nor sold for the purpose, were the best close-field stage monitors money could buy. Those little metal-bodied outfits designed for portable outside use ended up on Realistic microphone stands on a thousand stages, and they could sure take a licking. (and could hand one out when a too-rowdy drunk tried to take the stage away.) I still use a pair going on 30 years old, dented, beat up, and still working as good as ever.
I think that was a big part of Radio Shack's problem; the company never seemed to know what it really had going for it for the last 10 years of its corporate life. A lot of professional musicians got their start using products from Radio Shack, and the company served many other occupations equally as well.
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