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Author After an acoustic guitar... looking for online shops as a guide
Robbo
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19th Dec 05 at 22:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As above... looking to get a nice acoustic guitar an learn... loads of mates can play an its awesome
Robin
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try www.gak.co.uk
or google "guitar shops oxford"
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I got one off Ebay think its called Falcon or something like that - got it real cheap but the quality was really good actually, been learning on it for a while. The other guitarists in the band think its brilliant for the price.
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oh, by the way, prices for the epiphone stuff on GAK are awesome, and epeihone stuff is pretty darn good
Robbo
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Thinking bout trying The Music Box in Cowley Road Oxford... have some decent ones in there apparently
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Whats a good name, anyone know?
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http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=67054

Nice

Would I want 6 or 12 string as a starter?
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yes, music box is a very good shop

whats your budget, cos good names are expensive

the likes of rickenbacker, gibson etc will be silly money, but fender are good, and epiphone are made by gibson, like a budget brand for them, but to the same basic designs as their top spec guitars
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6 string
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that one (AJ200) is a good choice, and price is good too
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Aye, yeah probably fender or epiphone... those are ones Ive heard mentioned... I shall hop along to Music Box an hav a shufty Problaby would want to spend no more than £200 all in (stand, plecs etc)
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http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=9748

Good budget one
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id go for epiphone over fender personally, but really you need to have a feel for what the guitar is like, wether you like the build of it etc

also, when you are in the music box, get a couple of basic guitar books, they are very useful
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Aye deffo mate, cheers for the advice One of my friends can do a very very good rendition of when the sun goes down (arctic monkeys)

I personally think hes very good as I can pick up 95% of songs he plays within 5 seconds or so (seems like a good measure to em ) But hes been playing 5 years I think
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yeah dude, get down music box and pmt down cowley road just so you can hold some and try them out, even if you order it cheaper of net in end. Theres a few guitar shops round oxford, if you pick up that free paper nightwish or whatever its called theres a few in the back worth taking a look at too
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Good job chap
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robbo also try www.theflyingpiguk.com

Tis a great site that i use to get my guitars!
Robbo
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Robbo Im in Abingdon as you know and ive been playing for a while now.....

The best guitar shops in oxford area are-----

Modern music(abindon)-- quite cheep , small collection, staff not bad.

The big one on the cowley road-- with the mickey mouse on the window -- next to blockbusters= Big selection, loads of deals... staff are muppets.


The best one by a mile is called the guitar gallery in sumertown.... only sells stuff the owner rates... not necesarily expensive,,, if your a newby it helps to speak to good sales staff.. or at least take a friend who can play-- means you can actually hear what the guitar sounds like and your mate can tell you how easy it is to play.

Just remember that cheap acoustics often need alot of fiddling with string type/height ect before they are nice to play... buy the best you can.. i know lots of peole who have given up quickly because they bought a guitar which is horrible to play



Sorry if my typing is poor--- im a bit pissed

[Edited on 20-12-2005 by Dr Pepper]
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Also if your thinking about lesons then wait a while... I learnt to play most of the basic chordsfirst--LEarnt a few songs and basically got to grips with the coordination needed before i had a few lessons.... I found i had got to a point where i had gotton pretty good but wasnt improving at the same rate as before-- i then had a few lessons and they really helped me--- dont think they help that much early on as its mainly just learning chord shapes ect-- you can get loads of beginner guides off the internet

[Edited on 20-12-2005 by Dr Pepper]
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Dont know why im feeling the need to write all this at 1am when ive got to be at work atr 6 when you are clearly not on line lol
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epiphone over fender? are you joking me? I would agree epiphone over squier, and gibson over fender maybe. But thats just stupidity.
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quote:
Originally posted by Butler
epiphone over fender? are you joking me? I would agree epiphone over squier, and gibson over fender maybe. But thats just stupidity.
Robbo
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Cheers for the advice Doc

Shall check out that shop in Summertown as well
Carr
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I'm looking at maybe getting an acoustic guitar too Robbo. You found any good online shops yet as I don't live near Oxford and won't be in Leicestershire much longer so online reccommendations would be good

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