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I would like to share my Friday blues with living so far away from decent, well stocked guitar shops. With two young kids, work and endless chores, opportunities to go on a guitar safari are severely limited. I’m driving myself crazy with internet research without being able to try things out. There are a couple of smaller shops nearer but usually with cheap, used stuff.
My nearest chain dealer is Dawson’s in Chester ( 1h 40, 68 miles)
Nearest decent independent: Mid Wales Music Centre in Newtown, Powys is 1h33, 62 miles.
Does anyone else live in a land that guitar shops forgot?
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If I want I can get a train to London in around 30 minutes, from there I can get the tube to Camden or Denmark Street.
When I lived in Cardiff it was far easier!
I buy Yamaha and G&L Guitars blind, as I've never had a bad one - Had over 10 of them now.
The 2nd hand market is almost non-existent in Cumbria, so that's not an avenue for me.
I said maybe.....
Coda an hour and a bit. For buying guitars and amps.
That is all I need
Guitar Guitar in Epsom is about a 25 min drive.
Andertons the same.
Both the are shit for left handed guitarists like me however. Especially Andertons. So I don't really bother with either.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
I don't know if that helps.
I used to go past (occasionally into)GG a lot and Friday afternoon is a horrible time to go as it's full of dentists finishing work early for the weekend playing Ticket to Ride on PRSs. So shelve those blues until Monday.
Richard's Guitars in Stratford is quite close to me, and there's an Express Music in Cov, but I still usually just got for the trip into Brum for GuitarGuitar and PMT.
5 minute drive from my local store (Gig Gear), about 20 miles away from Coda
Not too shabby!
For acoutics Frailers in Runcorn is well worth the half-hour's drive, as is Amp Guitars in Macclesfield for used stuff.
None of the others merit a mention, really.
Like @EricTheWeary I don't bother with Fair Deal, I just don't like the place.
Secretly I want Bill Greenhalgh's on Fore Street back... the Grace Bros. of music shops.