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mrleon83mrleon83 Frets: 174
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Following my last post I've deceided to go shopping between birmingham and london , any recommendations ? Looking at the 500-1000 mark
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10333
    PMT have a good range of faith guitars not much else (northampton)
    Express music coventry have a lot of Taylors and Martins and various other stuff on a whole floor. (worth a look)
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    Guitar Village. Not really on the way but worth every moment of the detour.
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    Coda in Stevenage have a good acoustic selection.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • mrleon83mrleon83 Frets: 174
    Cheers guys, I'll head north I think
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  • proggyproggy Frets: 5721

    If you're in London, Hanks in Denmark Street and Macaris in Charing Cross Road,

    both have very good selections.

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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    proggy said:

    If you're in London, Hanks in Denmark Street and Macaris in Charing Cross Road,

    both have very good selections.

    If you are in this part of the world then Ivor Mairants is only 5 minutes walk away.
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  • proggyproggy Frets: 5721
    Yeah, I forgot about Ivor Mairants. That's a good shop.
    They sell those lovely Brook guitars.
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  • english_bobenglish_bob Frets: 4817
    edited December 2014

    A bit of a detour (although not a massive one if you're heading up the M1), but Sheehan's in Leicester have a large selection of acoustics including some nice higher-end stuff and some very tasty Lowdens and the like.

    +1 for Express Music in Cov. Well stocked, friendly and helful in my experience.

    There's a mahoosive branch of PMT in Birmingham with a large acoustic section. The singer from my band bought her Taylor there, but didn't appreciate the recommendation of a smaller guitar "because of (her) lady lumps". That after she had convinced them that yes, she was in actual fact a female guitar player (a good one too, IMO) and that yes, that was a thing.

    Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.

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  • english_bobenglish_bob Frets: 4817

    Ah- I see from your other thread that you're interested in Stonebridge guitars. Maybe visit Richard's Guitars in Stratford-on-Avon? (Not far south of B'ham on the M40). He's a Stonebridge and Faith dealer and should have some in stock. Might be worth calling ahead though- he's a one man operation so opening hours are subject to change from time to time.

    http://rguitars.co.uk/

    FWIW, a friend of mine bough a Stonebridge guitar from him a few years back and it was bloody fantastic.

    Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.

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