Paris, the city of dreams

Eoin Madsen

I've just come back from Paris.


Oh

My

God


The street I was staying on in Montmartre was probably about as long and wide as O' Connell Street, maybe a little smaller. On that street and 2 streets that run parallel to it there is:

2 general guitar shops with some proaudio gear
2 dj gear shops
1 keyboard/proaudio shop
1 dedicated proaudio shop
2 dedicated guitar shops
2 drums shops
1 percussion shop
2 acoustic guitar shops
1 bass guitar shop
1 guitar amp shop
1 guitar effects shop
1 guitar hardware shop
1 microphone shop

david

Mad! I couldnt find any shops at all when i was there. Whats the name of the street/district?

Eoin Madsen

The main street in the area was the Rue De Rochechouart. The closest metro station is Anvers. Eh... on line 4, I think. Can't quite remember.

slowhands

Kinda Like Tin pan Alley in London so,was there on thursday, unreal!but ten or twelve guitar shops in a row,but the best was a small shop dealing in vintage and rare guitars some absolute gems there!!!almost bought a Thunder bird 4 there for 1200 pounds,not bad eh?

Zapp Brannigan

A dedicated Bass shop? :eek: *feints*

david

Dedicated Effects shop! That must've been fun... Plug EVERY pedal in and turn em all on... hehehehe

It wasn't me!

Yeah, I stayed in the creepy part of Montmartre, on a school trip and everything. There were ridiculous numbers of guitar shops in the area though. I was devastated I didn't get to visit them.

jcoote

i'd probably need extra underwear if i went to an effects shop

feylya

Especially if you're trying to get the brown note with all those effects

fish-head

Mon dieu!
I got back from Paris and was totally musically disappointed...****e.
Looks like I might have missed something..

cornbb

I know the place. Tis down the hill and around the corner from the Moulin Rouge but I can't remember the name of the street. There was a whole shop dedicated to, like, left handed acoustic basses

Eoin Madsen

cornbb wrote:

I know the place. Tis down the hill and around the corner from the Moulin Rouge but I can't remember the name of the street.

Yeah, that's the one - Music stores and the red light district, all within walking distance!

It's only a 10 minute Metro ride from the Zenith as well. Now, that's what I call a venue.

fitz

I got me a cowbell.
God bless Paris.

Spicy Lauren

Yea I know, they even have a shop called Le Gauchet, which specialises in lefties instruments...