New York Guitar Stores

Gileadi

Hi,

Im wondering if any of you have come across any good (and cheap) guitar stores in new york? Im there for 6 nights from tomorrow and ive to go looking for a US telecaster for a friend and possibly some form of les paul or even an SG for myself.

If anybody could help out with suggestions about where to start looking it would be greatly appreciated!

ogy

go to 33rd street guitars on (suprise) 33rd street between 7th and 8th avenue and drool at all the beautiful vintage gutairs and pedals and amps that are insanely expensive...then go to Guitar Centre or Sam Ash's which are like big department stores for music gear (i can't remember their addresses but you'll find them on google maps, theres a couple of sam ash's as far as I know). pawn shops are good but random, you can't really expect them to have what your looking for.

lalalalinda

http://www.umanovguitars.com
-Recommended if you're a professional

http://www.guitarcenter.com
-Highly recommended

http://www.mandoweb.com/
-Didn't get a chance to see but it's meant to be great. It's on staten island, though.

http://www.guitarmannyc.com/
-SMALL shop but the guys in there are great. Only does 'copies' though. You won't see Fender's or Gibsons but they do have a nice range of G&L

http://www.30thstreetguitars.com/
-Didn't have time to get to this place either



You can get directions on the websites. I've forgotton the rest of them but those listed are probably enough to keep you going! Really great stuff, great prices, friendly people. At least you have time - I only had 2 days!

Have fun, New York is amazing!

Ravelleman

Try West 48th Street. It's got Sam Ash, Manny's Music and Rudy's, all within 10 metres of one another.

colm_r

lalalalinda wrote:

http://www.umanovguitars.com
-Recommended if you're a professional

I'd second this recommendation & I'm in no way professional

They don't have low-end guitars but if you're looking for a US telecaster I'm assuming that doesn't bother you too much. The staff are really friendly and the guitars are kept in good condition, neither of which I could say for Sam Ash....

-=al=-

I love Ny

i met steve vai twice walking down the street lookin for a gutiar store ...met him lookin for one then met him leaving one... weird but cool


Oooh when i got home i was restringing my guitar and his film crossroads came on tv? coinsidence????

i bought a cd of his the day before in virgin, and in the foto i have of him hes holding a virgin bag.. even weirder, I love Stevie

demanufactured

Did ya chat to him much , what was he like?

-=al=-

only for a sec, he was with his mother one of the times and the whole family the 2nd time... ive met him here twice in Dublin, Ny and London, ive had a few conversations with him, he's a greay guy

i went over to Ny to get a guitar too, but ended up buying one on music123 a few weeks before

smok

I recently got a Martin d16GT in Guitar Center for $1000 - worked out €600 cheaper than the exact same guitar in Perfect pitch.
I got it in Guitarcenter. I found this very handy because I was able to browse thier website and price the guitars I wanted - I also phoned in advance and made sure they had it in stock.
I seen the same gguitar in a store in Grenwich Village for the same pprice but I suspect I could have haggled on this one.
It was a chance I took going to guitar center but the people there were very helpful and I had the benefit of browsing in advance!