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Musician Inc closing down?

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  • 02-09-2008 1:19pm
    #1
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Just walked past Musician Inc a couple of minutes ago and there's a For Sale sign outside. Anyone hear about them closing?


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    #2
    DeadSkin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭DeadSkin


    From their website?????
    http://www.musicianinc.ie/frame_for_pages.htm
    Musician Inc. is undergoing some exciting new changes. Please bear with us while we update our website.

    In the meantime, we will be looking for some new personnel. Please forward CV's to Stephen O'Brien via e-mail or post.

    Did ya take a peak inside? Any decent offers?


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    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Closing down sale?
    Well, i can't say i'm all that surprised, with the thomanns of the world destroying the Irish guitar shops, the only things i buy in there are strings plectrums and the odd bits and bobs.


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Wonder are they just moving. Didn't see any evidence of a sale though. Might pop in and make sure though... :D


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    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Moving to a bigger premises maybe ?

    I was in there a few weeks back, they had a Ibanez Jem20th in stock. They can't be doing too badly when they can afford to stock a €5000 plastic guitar that nobody is ever going to buy :pac:


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    That's what I was thinking. They do have some decent stock, had Satriani in a while back to sign guitars and so on.


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    :eek:

    Maybe they're moving to a bigger premises or moving off the street and to web-only???


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Hmm, dunno if moving to web only would be a good move for them. They're pretty handy to call into. I doubt they could match Thomann et al for pricing.


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Yeah, I usually buy bits and pieces there. Wonder where they'll move to.


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Do some investigating work fey and find out what the deal is! :D


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Hopefully not too far away. It's handy having all the guitar shops near each other


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    My name is Mud
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭My name is Mud


    I wonder are they going to get a bigger premises, and do what their trading title says, and cater for MUSICIANS, instead of just guitarists...

    PAH!

    Im also now waiting for the "drummers aren't musicians" joke


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    kranog
    Registered Users Posts: 628 ✭✭✭kranog


    Aaaahhhhh...I wonder if the rumour is true!
    I heard some mad idea that they might be the heads behind the franchise of Guitar Centre over here!
    In fairness....the yanks know the way to bury the internet competition....strength in numbers and all that!

    I'll have to ask a former employee friend of mine! :)
    Stay tuned!


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    My name is Mud wrote: »
    I wonder are they going to get a bigger premises, and do what their trading title says, and cater for MUSICIANS, instead of just guitarists...

    PAH!

    Im also now waiting for the "drummers aren't musicians" joke

    Everyone knows that drummers aren't musicians! :rolleyes: ;)


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    kranog wrote: »
    Aaaahhhhh...I wonder if the rumour is true!
    I heard some mad idea that they might be the heads behind the franchise of Guitar Centre over here!
    In fairness....the yanks know the way to bury the internet competition....strength in numbers and all that!

    I'll have to ask a former employee friend of mine! :)
    Stay tuned!

    OOoh that sounds interesting! I love a bit of gossip! :pac:


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    Septico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭Septico


    I am not surprised they are closing down.. they have done nothing but over price their stock and rip people off for the last 10 or whatever years.

    Staff always had a snobby approach to people in there too.

    Plenty of better shops around the city. RANT OVER


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    kranog
    Registered Users Posts: 628 ✭✭✭kranog


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY7OATiWOYU

    48 seconds in lads...


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    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    kranog wrote: »
    Aaaahhhhh...I wonder if the rumour is true!
    I heard some mad idea that they might be the heads behind the franchise of Guitar Centre over here!
    In fairness....the yanks know the way to bury the internet competition....strength in numbers and all that!

    I'll have to ask a former employee friend of mine! :)
    Stay tuned!

    AFAIK Guitar Center and the big US interweb music shops - Musiciansfriend and Music123 are all the same company.

    Bein' an aul' lad I am conversant with the use of analog communication methods so I just used what's called a telephone to contact Musicians Inc. They are closing the acoustic part of their shop and keeping the electric part open. They are opening a new shop in a retail park near the Red Cow roundabout :rolleyes:. The name will change to X Music.


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    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Septico wrote: »
    I am not surprised they are closing down.. they have done nothing but over price their stock and rip people off for the last 10 or whatever years.

    Staff always had a snobby approach to people in there too.

    Plenty of better shops around the city. RANT OVER

    Are you thinking of Musician, Inc. or Musicmaker? Musician, Inc. have never been anything less than helpful gents in all the time I've gone to them.


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Johnny Storm wrote: »
    AFAIK Guitar Center and the big US interweb music shops - Musiciansfriend and Music123 are all the same company.

    Bein' an aul' lad I am conversant with the use of analog communication methods so I just used what's called a telephone to contact Musicians Inc. They are closing the acoustic part of their shop and keeping the electric part open. They are opening a new shop in a retail park near the Red Cow roundabout :rolleyes:. The name will change to X Music.

    http://www.x-music.ie/ :)


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    #21
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Ireland's Biggest eh? Doesn't have to be very big so.


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    I'll have to go out on the Luas and check it out when it's open. :)


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    Vim Fuego
    Registered Users Posts: 743 ✭✭✭Vim Fuego


    Musician were always spot on but like most, they were my call for random bits and bobs rather than big purchases.

    That x-music crowd at the red cow, I remember a crowd called Rae Sound were based out there, same people?


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    I don't think so... Rae sound were just for P.A. equipment afaik.

    The X music website is registered to Professional Audio Ltd., who it seems are also in charge of Roland Ireland. I think Music Maker used to be the main Roland dealers in Ireland, Musician/Xmusic seem to have gotten it now.


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    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    A megastore in Ireland, awesome!! Wall-to-wall Epiphones and Squire Strats!! :eek:

    Or can I dare to dream that maybe they'd stock a whole bunch of cool brands never before seen over here? Mmm.... No :pac:


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    DeadSkin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭DeadSkin


    Johnny Storm wrote: »
    AFAIK Guitar Center and the big US interweb music shops - Musiciansfriend and Music123 are all the same company.

    Bein' an aul' lad I am conversant with the use of analog communication methods so I just used what's called a telephone to contact Musicians Inc. They are closing the acoustic part of their shop and keeping the electric part open. They are opening a new shop in a retail park near the Red Cow roundabout :rolleyes:. The name will change to X Music.
    LOL

    Eh telephone, yeah I heard about them "tel-e-phone.......telephone" :pac: :P :)

    Ah us young lads, only deal with emails, less personal :pac:


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    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Here's hoping for some bacchus!
    ...i can only dream...


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    68 lost souls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭68 lost souls


    Hmmm.... updates CV.......... How far to the Red Cow Retail Park from the City on the Luas?

    Please let them have a parts department that stocks some decent parts at internet like prices.


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Damn how I wish I lived in dublin, would be handing in a nice cv right now lol!


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    Darkstrike
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    R_H_C_P wrote: »
    Damn how I wish I lived in dublin, would be handing in a nice cv right now lol!
    +1, I spend most of my time talking gear anyway, why not get paid for it.:D


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    dazberry
    Registered Users Posts: 2,145 ✭✭✭dazberry


    68 lost souls wrote: »
    Hmmm.... updates CV.......... How far to the Red Cow Retail Park from the City on the Luas?

    AFAICS its just behind the Redcow hotel, the Retail park appears to be a fancy way of saying Ballymount :rolleyes:, but atleast its more or less on the edge. Not sure with the new revised layout of the Red Cow and the Luas changes, but it would have only been a few minute walk back across the old Luas bridge. There's also a bus stop outside the Redcow hotel for the outbound 51b/c,68,69.

    D.


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