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TimD
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Aug 10, 2005 - 08:04 AM |
 
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Got a buddy of mine looking to buy a cheap accoustical guitar. He lives in the Gubai area. Can any one recommend and shops close by |
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bellabella
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Aug 10, 2005 - 08:22 AM |
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I don't think there are any good guitar shops close to Gubei, but there is a street downtown called jinling Lu that runs parallel north of huaihai lu that is full of music shops and has many guitar shops. |
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dfoo
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Aug 10, 2005 - 08:59 AM |
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Is there a decent shop in town? I went out looking for guitars a while ago and visited all (or at least most) of these shops. None of the guitars were setup well. They were all totally out of tune, and had strings that were at least 87 years old. Many of the guitars were also totally screwed. Warped necks, cracks, etc. I also went to parsons music over on fenyang lu. This shop was also total crap.
All in all they sucked.
Matthew |
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dfoo
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Aug 10, 2005 - 09:02 AM |
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Just to clarify what I think a decent guitar shop is:
- Has guitars that are not broken.
- Has guitars with somewhat new strings (ie: they don't feel like rusty wires).
- The guitars are tuned daily by the staff.
- The guitars are setup at least semi-well. I don't want 2" of clearance between the strings and the fretboard. I also don't want the strings to be ON the fretboard either.
Regards, Matthew |
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bellabella
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Aug 10, 2005 - 09:07 AM |
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My boyfriend bought his guitar froma decent shop on that street, I don't remember (neither does he!) the cross street it was near, think it might have been close to henan road. But the shop was on the south side, fairly big and only sold guitars, had a separate room in it for checking the guitar out I think. |
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dfoo
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Aug 10, 2005 - 09:20 AM |
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Sounds like you are talking about parsons. Fairly near XiangYang market?
Matthew |
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bellabella
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Aug 10, 2005 - 10:06 AM |
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No I'm talking about shops on Jinling Lu |
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dfoo
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Aug 10, 2005 - 10:13 AM |
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Ok. Anyway, when I came back after my trip home I brought over one of my guitars & a pod. Woo! I have no amp here, so I won't annoy the neighbours (except maybe with foot stomping!)
Regards, Matthew |
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TimD
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Aug 18, 2005 - 06:48 AM |
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Thanks for the comments, I think we'll try Jinling Lu this weekend. |
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