Good online guitar store

evil-monkey

anyone reccommend any good online stores for buying guitars other than thomann?? something with a very large selection, and a good reputation??

thanks in advance

Doctor J

What kind of guitar are you looking for?

Karl Hungus

www.gak.co.uk or www.musicstore.de

I've used both, and found them great.

FX Meister

http://www.thomann.de/

Karl Hungus

evil-monkey wrote: »

anyone reccommend any good online stores for buying guitars other than thomann?? something with a very large selection, and a good reputation??

thanks in advance

FX Meister wrote: »

http://www.thomann.de/

Read post before replying perhaps?

FX Meister

That's what I said, thomann, I read your post and you suggested gak and musicstore. :rolleyes:

Sergio

you could try http://www.machinehead.co.uk/ or try http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/ also.ive dealt with both and know the owner of machinehead too so could probably get you a good deal on what ever your looking for.anything to help out a fellow cork rebel!

where abouts in cork are you fella?

Rigsby

What about good ol' Ebay

I bought a bass there with no problems.

johnboy8

soundslive.co.uk.

evil-monkey

FX Meister wrote: »

http://www.thomann.de/

hmmmm...not quite the alternative to thomann that i had in mind...

evil-monkey

Colinboy wrote: »

you could try http://www.machinehead.co.uk/ or try http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/ also.ive dealt with both and know the owner of machinehead too so could probably get you a good deal on what ever your looking for.anything to help out a fellow cork rebel!

where abouts in cork are you fella?

tramore road / togher. yourself??

looking for a fender sonoran...but not in the quirky colours that thomann has em en...or a fender cd110ce in black...

evil-monkey

Karl Hungus wrote: »

www.gak.co.uk or www.musicstore.de

I've used both, and found them great.

could be in luck with gak...seem to have the sonoran in good ould fashion natural spruce...

evil-monkey

johnboy8 wrote: »

soundslive.co.uk.

these guys ok to deal with?? i've heard some horror stories...

evil-monkey

which wud ye reckon lads:

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Fender-CD110CE---Black~ID~8661.asp

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Fender-Sonoran-SCE---2008-Model!~ID~8519.asp

Teferi

evil-monkey wrote: »

which wud ye reckon lads:

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Fender-CD110CE---Black~ID~8661.asp

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Fender-Sonoran-SCE---2008-Model!~ID~8519.asp

The second one is hot. Want.

Sergio

Im only out the road from ya fella.im living in douglas.

i bought a gibson les paul from soundslive a few years ago and only sold it recently.there were ok to deal with then and there was no problem with the guitar when it got shipped over.whats your budget with buying a guitar.i bought a lovely semi acoustic guild from russells music last year and the tone from it is savage.i would buy a fender acoustic personally but its up to yourself.have ya been playing long?

evil-monkey

Colinboy wrote: »

Im only out the road from ya fella.im living in douglas.

i bought a gibson les paul from soundslive a few years ago and only sold it recently.there were ok to deal with then and there was no problem with the guitar when it got shipped over.whats your budget with buying a guitar.i bought a lovely semi acoustic guild from russells music last year and the tone from it is savage.i would buy a fender acoustic personally but its up to yourself.have ya been playing long?

about 6 months. i have an electric and mainly play that. just wana pick up an acoustic for sing songs and the likes.

Sergio

No bother,the fender would be grand if your only starting out.In my experience if you can play acoustic guitar well then your electric playing will be far easier.i play both electric&acoustic too.

johnboy8

evil-monkey wrote: »

these guys ok to deal with?? i've heard some horror stories...

they are great to deal with,never any issues.i bought a ac30 off them and it was 350 euro cheaper than thomann and music store.

hamstervision

I tried buying a guitar on Thomann recently but they told me they weren't getting it back in stock for a while. So I found the same guitar on Dolphin Music (http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/). I wasn't sure about whether or not to get a hard case with it so I emailed them asking about the guitar I was buying and what cases would fit it. They said they didn't have any cases in stock but guaranteed that it would be delivered safely. So I ordered the guitar, only for them to come back saying it wasn't in stock (could have told me this when I was emialing them about it) and that they wouldn't be getting it back into stock as it was discontinued.

Now, here's the clever part. They charged the credit-card once the order went through (i.e. not when dispatched)!!! So even though they didn't have it in stock, they still charged the credit card. Because it's an English site, the conversion rates were applied. When they (eventually) refunded the money, they paid back the exact GBP price, so again I lost out on the exchange rate, and finally the credit card charges applied too. So, for the privelage of ordering a giutar that was no longer in stock I'm down nearly €50. And all they said on the matter was that it's not their fault.

Johnny Storm

Total bummer! I'd try emailing them with pretty much what you wrote above but with exact details. If they have any class they could at least give you a credit note. You could discretely imply that if they don't make good you will spill it all in various on-line fora where their potential customers hang out. It might also be worth contacting the credit card company. And UK consumers rights organisation?

hamstervision

This is what I got back from them:

We have refunded the amount we received in GBP in full. As you paid via a European credit card, your card issuer will have charged you to place the order in GBP and issued their own exchange rate. When we refunded your order, your card issuer applied their own exchange rate and charges to the transaction.
Since these charges were made by your card issuer, we are unable to refund them.

We always charge on the placement of the order to ensure that we have business for the item that we are purchasing from the suppliers.

I told them that any reputable site would only charge once they dispatch the product and that I would smear their name wherever possible unless they rectify the situation. No reply yet!

Johnny Storm

Not sounding good
Get back to them and say you actually tried to buy from them and they could not supply through no fault of yours and you end up out-of pocket at the end of the day

Try these guys http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/ At least they could let you know where you stand with legal options.
Use Skype Out or similar to phone them as you may be on hold for a long time :eek:

You might also get some good advice on this boards forum http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=580

Glassheart

Soundslive are the best imo.Far cheaper than Thomann on a lot of the stuff i'm interested in.Items are usually at my house within 2 days.

GAK are cheaper again but you only find out an items availability after you put through your card details.That's happened to me three times with those guys.P1sses me off...