For a while now I've been in the vicious cycle of buying a guitar online, getting bored with it within a week or so and then flipping it on eBay/Reverb/Gumtree. I gave this scenario some good thought yesterday whilst watching England snoozefest - I mean football match -and came to the conclusion that, for me at least, trying a number of guitars before buying one is an essential part of the buying experience... Rather than choosing one somewhat arbitrarily online and clicking 'checkout'...
So that leads me to my question... I've always spent around the £1500 mark or less on a guitar as I've been too eager to make the purchase instead of actually saving for what I really want. Well I've managed to save up a decent wedge and I'm going to travel to either Peach or Coda and try out a whole host of guitars, most probably custom shop or alteenative-brand equivalent. Which store would you suggest I go to? Peach, Coda or other?
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*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
I've been to Coda and they're great, never tried Peach.
@not_the_dj is bang on though... both relatively close
To be honest when I bought my 335 they weren't super great either, just about the same as other shops I've been to.
You are left to freely grab and play whatever you want and no one bothers you.
Doug is also an absolute gent and always does something on the price
But more importantly, the after sales when things go wrong is un-matched by anyone, imho.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Coda is great and I've been buying stuff for years. Don't go at the weekend and. Call first to check stock.
Moral of of the story -visit them if at all possible.