beat it music shop,blackrock,co louth.

johnboy8

anyone any dealings with this shop,i was enquiring about a standard gibson from them and they quoted me 1900euros which is cheaper than thomann and gak.co.uk(which i never saw in ireland before)there other guitars seem very competitive as well, thinking of heading up for a visit(45mins from dublin)

sei046

Brilliant shop, sound lads and great bargains to be had. They can be very very cheap at times!

Paolo_M

sei046 wrote: »

Brilliant shop, sound lads and great bargains to be had. They can be very very cheap at times!

Is this Danny Hughes' place?
If so it cetainly used to be a great place to go and get a bargain. I bought a Les Paul there myself about 12 years ago now.
Jeez, that guitar almost qualifies as vintage now, I think I'm officially getting old!!

sei046

It is yes. Sound lads

BuddhaJoe

johnboy8 wrote: »

anyone any dealings with this shop,i was enquiring about a standard gibson from them and they quoted me 1900euros which is cheaper than thomann and gak.co.uk(which i never saw in ireland before)there other guitars seem very competitive as well, thinking of heading up for a visit(45mins from dublin)

A Les Paul Standard is 1750 from Thomann http://www.thomann.de/ie/gibson_lpstdeb_egitarre.htm and 1,822 from Gak, although given the recent quality control in Gibson I would be wary buying one online.

Rigsby

BuddhaJoe wrote: »

A Les Paul Standard is 1750 from Thomann http://www.thomann.de/ie/gibson_lpstdeb_egitarre.htm and 1,822 from Gak, although given the recent quality control in Gibson I would be wary buying one online.

Show me any Irish instrument shop that is cheaper than buying on line.

I suppose the only advantage would be to be able to hold the instrument and get the feel of it before buying.

Value for money in Ireland ?............. NEVER !! :rolleyes:

BuddhaJoe

Rigsby wrote: »

Show me any Irish instrument shop that is cheaper than buying on line.

I suppose the only advantage would be to be able to hold the instrument and get the feel of it before buying.

Value for money in Ireland ?............. NEVER !! :rolleyes:

To be fair to Beat It Music I looked at their website and they seem open to price matching online prices which is great to see.

sei046

They are pretty negotiable on prices and often take trade ins

johnboy8

BuddhaJoe wrote: »

A Les Paul Standard is 1750 from Thomann http://www.thomann.de/ie/gibson_lpstdeb_egitarre.htm and 1,822 from Gak, although given the recent quality control in Gibson I would be wary buying one online.

the standard i was looking for was tobacco burst,which are dearer than the ebony models,so all in they are around the same price as thomann and gak,and you cant put a price on going in and playing the guitar and taking it away there and then.also they have a good website which is as rare as hens teeth in this country.i talked to a guy called conor on the phone and he could not have been more helpfull.

sei046

Conor is the man you want to deal with. Tall lad black hair

punchdrunk

website?

Paolo_M

punchdrunk wrote: »

website?

Website?!?, when I was living up there they didn't even have a sign outside the shop. It used to have a "fancy goods" store at the front that sold buckets and shovels and ice cream cones!! Danny used to always try and sell the poor punters a fiddle when all they wanted was a 99!! It was almost all word of mouth. Then again that was 12 years ago, maybe things have moved on...

DeadSkin

punchdrunk wrote: »

website?

http://www.beatitmusic.ie/index.php

remember, google is your friend

Krsnik87

Alot of the smaller music shops are amazing these days, theres one in dundrum that beat thoman on prices for a BD-2 and an RV-5 and even delivered to my house... Only took a day to order them in aswell. At this rate we can only hope the rest of the shops will follow suit and make Ireland a musician friendly enviornment!

lavasoft

I live near to beat it and was in there yesterday \conor has a lot of nice axe,s and he has at least 2 good les pauls I tried them one was desertburst and the other ebony he has more but those are v good he also has a really battered telecaster (70s) that plays like butter he also gives a good trade in on anything you buy from him he let me swap 1 guitar for another after a year ot no cost I buy most of my stuff from him and he is v good to deal with, as is Jimmy his grey haired assistant any problems I have had have been sorted v quickly all in all a nice guy with some great bargains ( he also has a warehouse full of gear not just whats in the shop) diden't know he had a website though?

sei046

That post was exhausting to read. Can you please use some full stops?

Rigsby

lavasoft wrote: »

( he also has a warehouse full of gear not just whats in the shop)

Maybe he should put all his stock up on the website. I could only find 3 or 4 basses there.

lethal dose

Have to say this my favourite shop! It's where I got my strat about 6 years ago. Guys are great any customer will always leave that shop happy. Might be there tomorrow in the hunt for a new combo.:D

lavasoft

sorry about the grammer, but thanks to this tread it looks like I may be getting a new guitar checked his website and seen something I always wanted.:rolleyes: but I have no cash today:mad: and I was in their the other day and diden't even notice.