Where to go

mrleon83

Following my last post I've deceided to go shopping between birmingham and london , any recommendations ? Looking at the 500-1000 mark

meltedbuzzbox

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)

GuitarGuitar Birmingham 

stickyfiddle

Guitar Village. Not really on the way but worth every moment of the detour.

VimFuego

Coda in Stevenage have a good acoustic selection.

mrleon83

Cheers guys, I'll head north I think

proggy

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

both have very good selections.

crunchman

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.

proggy

Yeah, I forgot about Ivor Mairants. That's a good shop.
They sell those lovely Brook guitars.

english_bob

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.

english_bob

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.