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As i will probably be ordering a guitar online this summer because most instruments in Iceland cost twice as much as they do in the US for example:mad: ...I will be needing some advice on online guitar stores, please post your experience (if you have any) with such stores. What is the best choice ?
(I didn't know if i should post this here or in gear, if i posted in the wrong place please let me know and i will move it ASAP)
no, you posted in the right place matey.
www.billyhydemusic.com.au that is a top australian site. go there for all your musical needs. :beer:
A friend of mine bought some ibanez and esp from music123 about 2 years ago. Due to the great distance between Romania and the Unided States the guitars arrived after 3 or 4 weeks. They were in great shape. The down side with music 123 is that they charge a lot of money on transport. After that experience my friend boght another 2 esps form jrrshop.com . The transport taxes were much lower (but still from US to Romania) . Again the guitars were in perfect condition.
Just look for the best deal. I've bought tons of shit online and never had a bad experience yet (except for e-bay, you've got to be careful with that site). www.musiciansfriend.com www.samash.com www.etc...etc...etc...
Good luck and be sure to hi to Bjork for me. I love that chick... :beer:
no, you posted in the right place matey.
www.billyhydemusic.com.au that is a top australian site. go there for all your musical needs. :beer:
that shipping might cost pretty much ;)
I'de recomend music123 (http://www.music123.com) musiciansfriend (http://www.musiciansfriend.com) or guitartrader (http://www.guitartrader.com)
I haven't ordered anything from them yet personally but I know that many peoble have and are very satisfied. I'll soon be orderering new pickups from music123 or musiciansfriend hopefully thoug :cool:
BEHEMOTH
2005-02-25, 11:13
I usually buy at www.musik-produktiv.de
In germany
blizzard_beast
2005-02-25, 11:31
Yeah shipping from America might be quite expensive. I suggest checking out the German shops, also check out ebay.de - I have gotten quite a things from Germany, and postage for my snowboard (even bigger than a guitar obviously) was pretty cheap. Around 15 euros by UPS.
For your pickup needs also try guitarpartsdepot.com and stewmac.com
metal|boy
2005-02-25, 13:23
The down side with music 123 is that they charge a lot of money on transport
How much exactly? I'm form slovenia and that's not very far from romania. I guess the transport will be cheaper know for slovenia, since we are EU.
don't you have to pay a fee based on how much the item is valued at?
Yeah shipping from America might be quite expensive. I suggest checking out the German shops, also check out ebay.de - I have gotten quite a things from Germany, and postage for my snowboard (even bigger than a guitar obviously) was pretty cheap. Around 15 euros by UPS.
they charge for shipping based on weight. i dont know how much a snowboard weighs though, so i cant make a valid comparison
that shipping might cost pretty much ;)
it's worth it though :)
Art-Of-Shredding
2005-02-25, 17:19
www.guitarbargins.com really cheap for people in the EU :beer:
metal|boy ...
it was about 150$/guitar which is a lot
if you want esp check jrrshop.com . they charged about 50$ or 60$ for shipping an esp ltd deluxe dv8.
10x for the tip with guitar bargains :) they're kinda cheap :D
HermanRi!
2005-02-25, 19:45
which american sites ship to the uk?
does music123 or musiciansfriend?
yes they both do :)
zzsounds doesn't ship anywhere else but the US. The rest of the major sites do :)
fatdanny
2005-02-26, 16:10
www.guitarbargins.com really cheap for people in the EU :beer:
Drop the s: www.guitarbargain.com
Art-Of-Shredding
2005-02-26, 16:25
nope, thats a different site.
http://shop.guitarbargains.com/index.lasso?stid=guitarbargains&from=
thats the link I use, I dunno why the url I put up before didnt work :confused:
fatdanny
2005-02-26, 17:14
ah ok, my bad
Thanks for the comments everyone, i guess i'll be going for music123 or guitarbargains.
fatdanny
2005-02-28, 08:16
Wow, artofshredding, guitar bargains has the best prices I have ever seen in the UK. Fantastic. Cheers for that one.
HermanRi!
2005-02-28, 17:04
Wow, artofshredding, guitar bargains has the best prices I have ever seen in the UK. Fantastic. Cheers for that one.
yea but the shipping evens it out...
emg 85 is 60 something, but with p&p, its £85...sounds normal to me
fatdanny
2005-02-28, 20:09
I didn't check shipping... cuntscrape. Never mind.
brainsforbreakfast
2005-03-01, 04:46
Their located in Belgium, so postage fees shouldn't be to high for me :vampire:
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