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Martin dealers with decent stock?

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TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
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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... 
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7202
    Guitar Village in Surrey have loads
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    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 :).

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  • BRISTOL86BRISTOL86 Frets: 1916
    Winny_Pooh said:
    Guitar Village in Surrey have loads
    They do, but they are missing a 00-28 :) 
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  • scovell001scovell001 Frets: 56
    Westside in Denmark street has quite a few
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  • pmgpmg Frets: 297
    Based on their website peach have a large range including some sinker models
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  • GomersGomers Frets: 16
    Coda have a good range, custom shop dealer too
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    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. 
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    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
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12286
    I came here to suggest Coda. :-)
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
    Winny_Pooh said:
    Guitar Village in Surrey have loads
    Was going to say the same.

    Coda Acoustic too ....
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    I went to Guitar Village on Saturday.

    Mistakes were made.
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 881
    Expensive ones?
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    Andy79 said:
    Expensive ones?
    Is there another kind? 
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 881
    What happened? Drop something?
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  • LegionreturnsLegionreturns Frets: 7962
    Steven James Guitar and Amps in Middlesbrough have a decent selection and are a very good local store rather than a big chain 

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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    edited June 2019
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  • GTCGTC Frets: 241
    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
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    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. :)
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
    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 ?)
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    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. 
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
    TimmyO said:
    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. 
    Indeed, that's what car dealerships rely on, new & s/h.

    Think it stems from pre-internet box shifting mentality of some distributors that aren't particularly aligned to their brands.
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9089
    My pal dainty stocks Martin... in fact all he does is accoustics really... 

    https://treeoflifeguitars.co.uk/guitars

    Based in Hampton right next to the train station...
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  • greggreg66greggreg66 Frets: 378
    BRISTOL86 said:
    Winny_Pooh said:
    Guitar Village in Surrey have loads
    They do, but they are missing a 00-28 :) 
    I played one there last week, still seems to be on their site?
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7202
    @poopot said:
    My pal dainty stocks Martin... in fact all he does is accoustics really... 

    https://treeoflifeguitars.co.uk/guitars

    Based in Hampton right next to the train station...
    Have they rebranded? The old shop I was in 18 months ago was totally different in terms of acoustic stock.
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9089
    Winny_Pooh said:
    @poopot said:
    My pal dainty stocks Martin... in fact all he does is accoustics really... 

    https://treeoflifeguitars.co.uk/guitars

    Based in Hampton right next to the train station...
    Have they rebranded? The old shop I was in 18 months ago was totally different in terms of acoustic stock.
    He’s been like that for a while now... it’s just acoustics now... pop back in!...
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  • fobfob Frets: 1430
    edited June 2019
    Frailers maybe. A lot of used stuff as well. I haven't been in for a number of years but, from memory, their online stock matched their actual stock so you could browse before making the journey.
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