Martin dealers with decent stock?

TimmyO

Any suggestions for dealers in the UK who are likely to have more than the odd one in stock? 

Ideally I'd like to try a D28, HD28 and something with a V spec neck all in the same place... 

Winny_Pooh

Guitar Village in Surrey have loads

ICBM

More than one? Back when I were a lad - in the 1980s - there was none of this going to a shop with *more than one* of the brand you wanted. You trudged around town every weekend looking in the half dozen music shops, waiting patiently for any example at all, even if it wasn't the model you wanted. You took it or left it - mostly took it, because you'd never played another one and didn't know any better... it might be a great one but could easily be a dog and you wouldn't really know. You played it and made it your own whether you liked it or not, because now you couldn't afford another guitar.










On balance it's probably better that it's not like this any more .

BRISTOL86

Winny_Pooh said:

Guitar Village in Surrey have loads

They do, but they are missing a 00-28  

scovell001

Westside in Denmark street has quite a few

pmg

Based on their website peach have a large range including some sinker models

Gomers

Coda have a good range, custom shop dealer too

TimmyO

Fun fact - the disgrtibutor (Westside) can’t tell you what shops have what stock - so if you’re trying to find a less than common model of Martin you have to ring every dealer individually and ask (or check their websites - but given that we all know thta many shopss stock lists are unreliable, it’s a call) 

That seems a bit naff. 

stickyfiddle

TimmyO said:

Fun fact - the disgrtibutor (Westside) can’t tell you what shops have what stock - so if you’re trying to find a less than common model of Martin you have to ring every dealer individually and ask (or check their websites - but given that we all know thta many shopss stock lists are unreliable, it’s a call) 

That seems a bit naff. 

Yeah, Westside are the same chaps that shaft us on Mesa pricing too, iirc

impmann

I came here to suggest Coda. :-)

Jalapeno

Winny_Pooh said:

Guitar Village in Surrey have loads

Was going to say the same.

Coda Acoustic too ....

TimmyO

I went to Guitar Village on Saturday.

Mistakes were made.

Andy79

Expensive ones?

TimmyO

Andy79 said:

Expensive ones?

Is there another kind? 

Andy79

What happened? Drop something?

Legionreturns

Steven James Guitar and Amps in Middlesbrough have a decent selection and are a very good local store rather than a big chain 

TimmyO

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GTC

ICBM said:

More than one? Back when I were a lad - in the 1980s - there was none of this going to a shop with *more than one* of the brand you wanted. You trudged around town every weekend looking in the half dozen music shops, waiting patiently for any example at all, even if it wasn't the model you wanted. You took it or left it - mostly took it, because you'd never played another one and didn't know any better... it might be a great one but could easily be a dog and you wouldn't really know. You played it and made it your own whether you liked it or not, because now you couldn't afford another guitar.

On balance it's probably better that it's not like this any more .

If you are left-handed it still is much like this!  Anyway - back to the thread - if you are around the South West then Project Music in Exeter have got a wide range - and a lot of other top brands as well. If that isn't enough then Mansons is just a stone's throw away

Funkfingers

Last time that I asked, my nearest dealer (Pembroke, South Wales) had a D28 in stock but almost certainly nothing else in the price range against which to compare. 

TimmyO said:

you have to ring every dealer individually and ask  

Looks like I just saved the OP one telephone call.

Jalapeno

Funkfingers said:

Last time that I asked, my nearest dealer (Pembroke, South Wales) had a D28 in stock but almost certainly nothing else in the price range against which to compare. 

TimmyO said:

you have to ring every dealer individually and ask  

Looks like I just saved the OP one telephone call.

(He was the OP, or was this an attempted funny ?)

TimmyO

it just struck me as good that a distributer wouldn't think it part of what they do to be able to direct customers to dealers with particular uncommon items. They seemed baffled by the question.