and dont forget stairway to heaven
in the local music stores here if you
play stairway to heaven you will be asked to leave
the store.

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sombody get me a doctor!

I've used ebay a couple times, Harmony-Central a couple times, craigslist a few times, and classifieds on our local music scene website a few times. Plus a goodly number of pawn shop buys locally, and the occasional music store buy, for things on consignment or going-out-of-business sales, for example.

Fullers Vintage Guitar down here in Houston Texas.

I bought a few from Fullers, I left Houston ten years ago for Phoenix and discovered Bizarre Guitar.
If you EVER get to Phoenix you HAVE to check that place out!!!

Bob Turner has owned it for 32 years, Mike has been the manager for most of that, and they are both blazing guitar players.

No commission sales baloney, all the guys have worked there for years.
It's NOT Guitar Center, so don't just grab something off the wall and bang it into five other guitars.....

If you want to play something, one of them will gladly take it down for you and plug you in to whatever you want - and answer any questions.

They beat GC prices every day without the hassle of haggling, and the new gear is REALLY NEW.

They have used gear that comes and goes, all very nice stuff.
I've bought a lot of gear from them for a reason....

Oh, I've bought a few guitars used on Ebay with pretty good luck too.

i def go to my local shop to get the feel of the guitar, or if there is a bigger selection i used to go to manny's or a gc/sa store.

then i would find that guitar on ebay and talk to the seller on the phone and really research the item.


most of my guitars were on ebay and they play great.

Local music stores, pawn shops and craigslist.
I will not buy a guitar that I have not held in my hands, inspected and played. There are just too many people out there that will be dishonest about condition, damage and if the guitar is stolen!!
I like to hear it, see it, play it, taste it, fondle it, smell it, you get the idea.

I buy my guitars from alpha music in Virginia Beach. Locally owned and operated since 1979

thats not far from da burg (aka Strasburg VA), next time im down there i will have to check the place out.

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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!

Long & Mcquade, Winnipeg

Should be a Federal Law!!!

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Stagemaster
Roadhouse Strat
Epi Traditional Pro Les Paul
Ovation Celeb
Esteban Celestial Night(nicely tweeked)
Blackheart tube amp

They give free setups for life for the guitars you buy there. where is strasburg va. im from richmond.

Where is "paddle faster i hear banjo music" from ive seen someone with that shirt on before.

strasburg is in the shenandoah valley, at the northern end. a few miles from winchester (south of)*its a good 5 hours maybe from VA beach.

and that is from a movie that i cant remember the name of right now

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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!

I only buy from:
Dave's Guitar Shop in La Crosse, Wisconsin & Elderly Instruments someplace in Michigan.

Dave's is like mecca for guitar enthusiasts, and luckily the website is just as good as the brick and mortar business. You'll pee a little while looking at the personal collection.
Elderly ain't bad, either.

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It's okay, because the ball is on a string and attatched to the cup.

Sears