Sam Ash in Paramus, NJ was in the same location for any years, on Rt. 4, right next to an entrance ramp, which made getting into the parking lot a very tricky maneuver, and it was at times, very dangerous. I almost got hit a couple of times. That store closed a couple of years ago, and it had gone downhill very badly over the years. The drum department was pretty barren, and there were a lot of midline and cheap guitars, plus the sales staff was lackadaisical and inattentive. I shopped there from the time I was 18, but had stopped going there a while ago.
It was inevitable Ash would close down after Sammy Ash died a while ago. We'll see what happens. Maybe they'll continue as an online operation.