Sounds Great

The only thing I don’t like about this place is that it’s not next door to my apartment. Most guitar stores sell so many commercial models, and half the time they’re straight out of a factory, don’t play so great and are ridiculously overpriced. I find this place different, especially for advanced players. If you’re in the early stages of learning to play the guitar, the model won’t matter as much, but when you develop those chords, tasty licks, riffs and solos, this is the place to go.
One thing you should always do before buying equipment is try it out. Sounds Great is one of the few stores in which you can really accomplish this, because they actually HAVE IT IN STOCK! It drives me crazy when you walk into a guitar store and ask for a particular item and they don’t have it, but might have some model you don’t want in about 80 billion colours filling the whole show room. Grr.
Anyway, if you’re are a serious player and like to spend a buck or two, I heavily recommend Sounds Great. In store they have some rare makes such as Diezel, Matchless, Divided by 13, Suhr to name a few… I guarantee you that these names along with your custom Fenders, Gibsons and Marshalls, cannot be found in the average music store. Oh and the accessories section is awesome. The guys that work there are not afraid to take a risk on bringing in a new product.

Jack White
Jimmy Page
Neil Young
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley
B.B. King
Neil Young
Frank Zappa
Brian May
Bert Jansch
Joni Mitchell
Elmore James
Django Reinhardt
If you want to add your list to the world’s best guitar players, you’re gonna need flexible fingers, pots of ambition and determination and a great axe. One of the best places to go, get advice and try out different guitars is Sounds Great. It’s a bit of a hike from the city centre but they have a good selection of new, vintage and secondhand electric guitars, acoustic guitars and basses. Prices range from a few hundred pounds to £15,000 for one of Fender’s rare and highly collectible, hand-​crafted, Eric Clapton Blackie Tribute Stratocasters!
For those with a significantly smaller budget, they also sell amps, pedals, tuners, spare strings, recording equipment and the musician’s enemy — drum machines!
The mighty Bo Diddley in action: