Kuro

Can anyone recommend a decent online retailer..? I like using www.guitars.co.uk but they are not stocking Gibson at the mo, so I am a little bit stuck.

Also, for any Strat players, has anyone coupled this to a BOSS MT2 - just wondering what sound I can expect from that setup - weird I know, but could be interesting

Thanks all

David Lock

Whereabouts are you? Andertons are a decent store in Guildford and do some on-line as well. Can't help on your BOSS question.

http://www.andertonsonline.co.uk/aca...son_Elect.html

shug

Merchant City Music in Glasgow - stock Gibson
http://www.guitarstrings.co.uk/

Sound Control
http://www.soundcontrol.co.uk/mod_1/...d_ref=1.1.8.10

Guitar Guitar
http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/electr...son&guitars=15

All of the above have various Gibsons in stock.

little-ginge

Whatever you do, DON'T buy from

www.soundsmusical.com

They sell all kinds of musical gear... well they take your order and your money but nothing turns up and you can't get your money back off them

Bubba po

Christ. What's the matter with you? Go to a guitar shop and have a go on the guitar you wish to purchase. If you don't like it, pick up another one off of the wall and try that one. Guitars are musical instruments (shock!!) and should be bought according to how they suit the person and how they wish to express themselves.

Online, my ****.

little-ginge

What area is Kuro from? Perhaps then 'someone' could recommend a proper shop for him..

oik

Nothing wrong with online ... it really depends what level you are at!

Impossible, for example, to 'road test' a custom shop build!

Bubba po

I would say only people with too much money or an inflated opinion of their own talent would opt for a custom shop build. There are squillions of excellent guitars out there - it's how you communicate with them that counts. The bloke out of the Hamsters has an enormous bank of custom guitars with L.E.D fret markers and God knows WHAT other extras, but I'd rather crush my knackers in a vice than listen to the utter wanking drivel that he plays.

All my opinion, of course.

oik

And to that you are entitled.

To brush off purchasing a perfectly good instrument online is, however, cobblers!

All my opinion, of course.

Bubba po

Why buy anything blind, Mr. Oik? Particularly anything as subjective in its appeal as a musical instrument? Fair play, if you wish to buy a deWalt 18V battery for one of your cordless tools then fill your boots: cost is your only concern.


Only an eejit would buy something like a guitar untried.

Unless it's a vintage guitar and you're buying it as an investment. Which is **** as well.





IMO.

Simon C

I'm with Bubba on this, guitars have to be tried unless you have previously tried it and want a price match.


I only bought mine online (ebay) cos I couldn't find a Matt black 1988 Gibson SG in any shop.

oik

If you know what you want, and you are familiar with the product, I can assure you that buying online whether it be a shop or an auction, can achieve a perfectly good instrument.

Interestingly, a guitar I tried in a shop turned out not to suit me in the long run, I sold it ... online. The same make and model instrument, with a slightly different neck profile, was bang on. I bought that, online.

You have fickle hands, it would seem!

IMO.

oik

And how do you find it?

Simon C

I haven't played it since I bought it. It needs restoring (but is playable) and work have got in the way.

In the near future I intend to sit down with a few tabs and my old books and relearn it. I haven't played since 1987 - 1988 (see the significance, well part of it there is another reason too)

However, the bit I think your getting at is I bought it untried online. I know what a Gibson SG feels like when I play 1, I have played a few before, the question mark for me was the sound. I laso asked the seller for lots of photos and asked a huge amount of questions as well.

oik

Are you going to be performing the restoration?

Tone, as you say, is hugely important ... I have played some <po>communicative instruments</po> with dreadful pups and have struggled to achieve an agreeable sound!

I hope you aren't too offended at being referred to as an 'idiot'!

Simon C

It will indeed be getting restored, but not by me, its being done proffesionally. I wouldn't dream of trying to restore something like this.

I'm no idiot, my dermagraphic is commonly known as more money than sense

oik

Some pics, when it is done, would be nice!

Simon C

I will post pics when its done. However when its getting done I'm not sure. Might be in the next couple of months though. 1 thing that will be changing is the keys, they are the modern Gibson style fake ivory plastic horrible things, to be replaced with a nice set of solid stainless keys but in the same shape as the current ones.

oik

Marvellous!

Simon C

A very crap pic of how it looks now

Bubba po

I never called no-one no idiot.

Eejit is milder, with a tone of playfulness.

Bubba po

My point ferzackaly - the process of playing the guitar you want is essential, though. If you go to a music shop, play the instrument you fancy and you like it, then I couldn't object to someone searching online for a better price. Modern manufacturing produces very consistent instruments.

Hanslow

I bought mine online (an ESP LTD MH-400 without tremolo) Couldn't find any local(ish) shops that stocked it, so I bought it online from what looked like a massive place and turned out to be a small shop in Burton on Trent. The good thing is that that small shop turned out to be one of the old traditional style music shops and not the like of Fox's where they are more interested in showing you how good they are rather than letting you try the instrument.

I've been very happy with it since I bought it, but then I would as the guitar far surpasses my talents

Bubba po

Same here.

oik

Once again it is subjective it would seem ... hang on ...

All becomes clear!

Kuro

Thanks for the constuctive comments

I'm from the North West, so I am surrounded by some very good guitar shops, which I visit quite a lot. If you can tell one Les Paul Standard Gold Top from another then fine, I have difficulty with it

I'd rather pay the least cash you see, that's the top and bottom of it, and buying online means I get exactly what I want without the bother of going into a shop and more than likely - paying WAY over the odds.

I also don't have to deal with those perpetual I'm-going-to-be-big-oneday losers that enjoy playing Steve Vai tracks in your face, just to justify their minimum wage joy

Bubba po

Lol, I sounded a bit harsh, didn't I?

Fair comment about the music shop divs.

Kuro

Ah, you've seen (and heard) them as well

Mark_S

These guys have loads of Gibsons at good prices
http://www.coda-music.com/aboutus.html

Boarder1

Have been thinking about learning to play the guitar, as it is something I have always wanted to do.

Can anyone recommend a decent starter guitar (electric), I have quite small hands if that makes any difference. Have always fancied a Les Paul copy.

Sorry to hijack the thread.

Mark