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If you go for a typical high street location you should see if you can get a temporary parking permit outside the shop so people can load up with heavy stuff.
I'd actually have a drum, keyboard and PA section as well.
So ideally large premises with parking on the outskirts of a well healed area with lots of advertising
Same with Charlie Chandlers' Guitar Experience. That's close by to Hampton Wick station or Kingston. That's a nice area and there are metered spaces outside, but parking can be a pain.
The M25 ring of music shops - Guitar Village in Farnham, Andertons in Guildford and Guitar Guitar in Epsom - are all in great areas. The latter has a car park behind it and Epsom Station is 10 mins walk away. It's my favourite and local shop and bar internet or private acquisitions, I've not used another shop in the last 2 years. Superb customer service and stock!
Now where do successfully musicians go to check out gear.
And where do they get all that fancy switching gear from that look commercially made but never makes an appearance in guitar mags/shops, etc
If you're going top end a lot of businesses who want something different, even though it's nothing new, set up in converted farm units/parks. Architects, IT companies etc love them, nice location, can be cheaper than a town centre and some have flexible rental agreements.
Depends on whether you're aiming for passing footfall or more exclusive boutiquey type of feel
Is there any one in Chester? Footballer country...
But I think there is a reason why the shops holding serious levels of high end stock are all in the south of England and I don't see how this can change anytime soon.
It would be interesting to know which part of the (varied) business is keeping Sounds Great going. Judging from the stock turnover I cannot imagine that it is their Gibson dealership.
The problem with The Trafford Centre is that rents are really high - far more so than Central Manchester I understand - so big premises would be very hard to sustain.