Guitar shops near Cheshire?

DrJazzTap

I'm currently on holiday in Cheshire. Any shops I should check out whilst I'm in the area? I'm planning on visiting the little guitar shop in Birmingham on the way back.

IvisonGuitars

Amp Guitars in Macclesfield is a must for me every time i'm that way and Chris is an absolute gent. 

Sounds Great in Stockport also worth a look.

badlydrawnbanjo

miserneil said:

Amp Guitars in Macclesfield is a must for me every time i'm that way and Chris is an absolute gent. 

Sounds Great in Stockport also worth a look.

Cheshire's a big place mate, where abouts are you? Also, not sure how long it's been since your last visit to Sounds Great @miserneil but it's a shadow of its former self these days. I live 15 miles away and would go...

richardhomer

Frailers in Runcorn - loads of second hand American guitars (acoustics in particular) at sensible money.

@Miserneil - not sure when you last visited SG? Stock is pretty mainstream these days.

richardhomer

badlydrawnbanjo said:
@miserneil but it's a shadow of its former self these days. I live 15 miles away and would go...

I was obviously posting the same thing at the same time!

I live about 6 miles away and - if I'm honest - wouldn't cross the road to go there now....

DrJazzTap

badlydrawnbanjo said:

miserneil said:

Amp Guitars in Macclesfield is a must for me every time i'm that way and Chris is an absolute gent. 

Sounds Great in Stockport also worth a look.

Cheshire's a big place mate, where abouts are you? Also, not sure how long it's been since your last visit to Sounds Great @miserneil but it's a shadow of its former self these days. I live 15 miles away and would go...

I'm near Whitchurch bud. For some reason staying in a Gypsy caravan.

blobb

Whitchurch is in Shropshire!

That being the case you are only an hour away from Mid Wales music in Newtown

(Whitchurch > Oswestry > Welshpool > Newtown)

Just leave your wallet in the car.

:-)

cj73

richardhomer said:

badlydrawnbanjo said:
@miserneil but it's a shadow of its former self these days. I live 15 miles away and would go...

I was obviously posting the same thing at the same time!

I live about 6 miles away and - if I'm honest - wouldn't cross the road to go there now....

That's a wide road 

lustycourtier

Yup, amp, frailers are your best options. 

IvisonGuitars

@badlydrawnbanjo @richardhomer Ah right! It was probably at least 2 years ago that I last went in there, they had a second hand Bad Cat I was looking at. More like Sounds Shite now then??

richardhomer

miserneil said:

@badlydrawnbanjo @richardhomer Ah right! It was probably at least 2 years ago that I last went in there, they had a second hand Bad Cat I was looking at. More like Sounds Shite now then??

Honestly - it's like a privately owned (small) Dawson's - a 'Mom & Pop' store these days.....

IvisonGuitars

richardhomer said:

miserneil said:

@badlydrawnbanjo @richardhomer Ah right! It was probably at least 2 years ago that I last went in there, they had a second hand Bad Cat I was looking at. More like Sounds Shite now then??

Honestly - it's like a privately owned (small) Dawson's - a 'Mom & Pop' store there's days.....

ooooh dear.... 

Neckwringer

Yeh,when that lass used to sort of be in charge it was better.
86' MIJ ri strat in Lake Placid Blue = £315
Boogie Sudio pre amp = £525
2nd hand JV Tele blonde = £250

Yeh,they were the days.......

richardhomer

Neckwringer said:

Yeh,when that lass used to sort of be in charge it was better.
86' MIJ ri strat in Lake Placid Blue = £315
Boogie Sudio pre amp = £525
2nd hand JV Tele blonde = £250

Yeh,they were the days.......

That 'lass' was Tina - who was the owner's daughter and was married to Gary Sharpe who was the Managing Director. She was brilliant to deal with - though she left over 15 years ago and married Doug Chandler....

The last I heard she was a director in of Guitar XS, which distribute Collings in the U.K.

Gassage

FFS: don't you dare refer to our wonderful home ground on which my mighty Shropshire defeated said northern monkeys Cheshire in my last full Minor County appearence in 2013 .....

ToneControl

richardhomer said:

miserneil said:

@badlydrawnbanjo @richardhomer Ah right! It was probably at least 2 years ago that I last went in there, they had a second hand Bad Cat I was looking at. More like Sounds Shite now then??

Honestly - it's like a privately owned (small) Dawson's - a 'Mom & Pop' store these days.....

yeah, who wants to look at a wall of Suhrs (etc), a pile of Suhr and Carr amps (etc),  and an acoustic room full of McIlroys and Martins, usually with some Santa Cruz guitars as well

;-)

DrJazzTap

Gassage said:

FFS: don't you dare refer to our wonderful home ground on which my mighty Shropshire defeated said northern monkeys Cheshire in my last full Minor County appearence in 2013 .....

Sorry my bad, I am actually in Tilston. Which i believe is in Cheshire. No offence intended. 

Strat54

blobb said:

Whitchurch is in Shropshire!

That being the case you are only an hour away from Mid Wales music in Newtown

(Whitchurch > Oswestry > Welshpool > Newtown)

Just leave your wallet in the car.

:-)

Is this the worst website or what? 

http://www.midwalesmusic.co.uk/

lustycourtier

ToneControl said:

richardhomer said:

miserneil said:

@badlydrawnbanjo @richardhomer Ah right! It was probably at least 2 years ago that I last went in there, they had a second hand Bad Cat I was looking at. More like Sounds Shite now then??

Honestly - it's like a privately owned (small) Dawson's - a 'Mom & Pop' store these days.....

yeah, who wants to look at a wall of Suhrs (etc), a pile of Suhr and Carr amps (etc),  and an acoustic room full of McIlroys and Martins, usually with some Santa Cruz guitars as well

;-)

I remember going in once looking at acoustics with my wife and they had a great selection of women's interest magazines and a sofa in the waiting area

MagicPigDetective

Strat54 said:

blobb said:

Whitchurch is in Shropshire!

That being the case you are only an hour away from Mid Wales music in Newtown

(Whitchurch > Oswestry > Welshpool > Newtown)

Just leave your wallet in the car.

:-)

Is this the worst website or what? 

http://www.midwalesmusic.co.uk/

Bad website but good shop, in my hometown and where I got my first guitar. 

The facebook site is better https://www.facebook.com/midwalesmusic/

ToneControl

ToneControl said:

richardhomer said:

miserneil said:

@badlydrawnbanjo @richardhomer Ah right! It was probably at least 2 years ago that I last went in there, they had a second hand Bad Cat I was looking at. More like Sounds Shite now then??

Honestly - it's like a privately owned (small) Dawson's - a 'Mom & Pop' store these days.....

yeah, who wants to look at a wall of Suhrs (etc), a pile of Suhr and Carr amps (etc),  and an acoustic room full of McIlroys and Martins, usually with some Santa Cruz guitars as well

;-)

and while I'm on it, each Dawsons is just a bunch of USA Gibsons and fenders, and a load of  midrange  guitars and amps. Definitely a scaled-up mom & pop