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I've got a mate out in Stockholm, who I've known for a few years online.
We got talking over both having uploaded a few cky guitar videos to youtube.
I keep meaning to go over and actually hang out for a weekend. I've got £50 of nectar points so I'm hoping that will help with the travel there!
But the prices, I'd need a hotel for a few nights and gluten free food..
I've never looked into it properly, but I hear its expensive..
Won't be like it might have been in the old days where a new shop could mean seeing dozens of guitars you hadn't seen before or didn't know about.
Incidentally, I always liked walking past Kenny's Music in Glasgow as they tended to have really nice basses and high end Gibsons in the window to have a gawk at. The other day I walked past and they had a Harley motorbike for some bizarre reason and a couple of second hand Squiers!
You can see why so many UK dealers sell guitars in to Scandinavia - I sold 2 last week alone - 1 to Sweden and 1 to Finland
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So I went to the guitar centre there which was within walking distance of my hotel.
It was a thoroughly disappointing experience.
Maybe we're more spoiled with the guitar shops we have in the uk than we think.
Nice to see though that some of the character shops like World and Guitar Village have survived. Refreshing also to visit some good old style stores in the US last year like Rudys, and Carmine St. The street in Paris with the guitar shops is okay too.
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I get Pinterest emails every day that simply floor me with the beauty and ingenuity of guitar makers and only a very few are made by major manufactures. I decided that from the end of last year I'm not gonna buy another off the shelf from a big maker any more, for this reason.
If you play what everyone else plays you are only ever gonna sound like everyone else.
I bought a one off prototype guitar from a guy end of last year and it's really opened my eyes to what can be done with innovation and an absolute other level of quality that just isn't possible from any of the major manufactures.
I think maybe the problem is that guitarist in general are so resistant to moving on. I visit many guitar forums regularly and the only thing that any one ever talks about is Strat's, Tele's and Lester's. It's that constant focus on the past that stifles the instrument in many ways. The thing most guitarists are interested in buying are from another era, not that they don't do the job of course, but it's that very thing that drives a stagnant industry. Most guitarists are interested in buying a commodity rather than the best, most original and personal thing they could possibly have. Music is an art, as is making an instrument, it's not and should never be an industry. What happened to something special?
Just my opinion of course and I know it won't be popular, but I thought I'd say it anyway.
Apologies if I offend anyone
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