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danbandanban Frets: 343
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hi guys, I'm looking to go guitar shopping tomorrow but am having trouble deciding where.
I'm after a shop that has a decent selection of used guitars along the line of Gibson, Non electromatic Gretsch, higher up fenders and Rickenbacker as I'm not quite sure what I'm after but want something else alongside my Gibson Les Paul Traditional.
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  • GassageGassage Frets: 31154
    Top Hat in Horncastle.

    Gretsch city too.

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • danbandanban Frets: 343
    Cheers James, is there anything to do in horncastle? We need to buy things like Christmas decorations too lol?
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  • GassageGassage Frets: 31154
    Good independent Porsche dealarship! Good amp tech nearby.

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • GassageGassage Frets: 31154
    Old Hat even

    http://www.oldhatguitars.com/

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • chrispy108chrispy108 Frets: 2336
    @digitalscream is in this neck of the woods.
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5106
    edited October 2016
    Have you considered the fine chaps at Music Street Huntingdon?
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5106
    Also Horncastle is flippin miles from Stamford, at least an hours drive. 
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • mrkbmrkb Frets: 7054
    PMT in Northampton is nearer to Stamford than Horncastle is.
    Karma......
    Ebay mark7777_1
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5106
    Roadhouse music in Boston is good for Fender. 
    PMT in Cambridge is closer than horncastle too, and is really good shopping in general in Cambridge. 
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • danbandanban Frets: 343
    Cheers guys, I think I'll go to music street before going into Cambridge
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10340
    Don't go to Northampton, it sucks ass
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 27090
    Music St in Huntingdon is probably the best bet. Either that or any of the places in Leicester.

    Honestly, there's bugger-all around here. You could try The Guitar Lounge in Peterborough, but that might not be the kind of stuff you're after.
    <space for hire>
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24581
    The one thing from the OPs post that stuck out was 'used' - not sure there's anywhere I would recommend for having a really good broad selection of used gear
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  • danbandanban Frets: 343
    Cheers digitalscream, I've found a couple things of interest at music street so I'll be heading there tomorrow.
    I popped into guitar lounge on Thursday but nothing that appealed however I did try the guitarist featured vanquish gold top which was lovely!
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12724
    meltedbuzzbox said:
    Don't go to Northampton, it sucks ass
    Amen. Its where badly set up guitars go to die. Slowly.
    Never Ever Bloody Anything Ever.

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  • GassageGassage Frets: 31154
    impmann said:
    meltedbuzzbox said:
    Don't go to Northampton, it sucks ass
    Amen. Its where badly set up guitars go to die. Slowly.
    Oversupply of those old offset Jag/JM bridges there too, so I'm told.

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10340
    Gassage said:
    impmann said:
    meltedbuzzbox said:
    Don't go to Northampton, it sucks ass
    Amen. Its where badly set up guitars go to die. Slowly.
    Oversupply of those old offset Jag/JM bridges there too, so I'm told.
    Guilty... 
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • danbandanban Frets: 343
    Thanks for the pointers guys, I'm now a proud owner of a new 2016 Gibson ES335TD 1958 VOS Historic....NGD to follow if I can put it down for 5 minutes!
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  • GassageGassage Frets: 31154
    danban said:
    Thanks for the pointers guys, I'm now a proud owner of a new 2016 Gibson ES335TD 1958 VOS Historic....NGD to follow if I can put it down for 5 minutes!
    From? Old Hat?

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • danbandanban Frets: 343
    Unfortunately not, I stumbled across it in Pmt in Cambridge after playing loads of guitars between music street, PMT and a pawnbrokers around the corner that has lots of vintage guitar stuff but this guitar is exceptionally superb in sound and feel....also has that neck resonance like your tele has James
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