Recommended Guitar Shops for Used Acoustics

[SoCalSurf]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Larry's Organic Sounds Select Guitars in Orange County, CA has a great selection of quality used guitars at very fair prices. And Larry is a great guy to deal with!

- Glenn

Originally Posted by LakewoodM32Fan

I cannot +1 this enough, Larry is just one of the nicest people you'd hope to meet. Even though he's an hour or so away from me, I'm constantly tempted on Saturdays to make a trip down to his new shop. And if you know anything about SoCal traffic, you know that someone has to be a good person to hang around with if you are contemplating getting on one of our freeways for an hour or so, each direction. I'm just glad he isn't open Sundays (the easier of the weekend days for traffic) otherwise I'd just camp out there on that day basically every weekend.

++++++1 on this.

Or is it just +2?

Either way, I agree. Best guitar shop experience I've ever had was at Organic Sounds with Larry.

[MorrisT]

I heartily recommend Lark Street Music
http://www.larkstreetmusic.com/

[srgprod]

Originally Posted by buddyhu

In the Northeast US, Northern Lights Music has some near or below $3K. The Music Emporium only has 2 or 3 right now. Acoustic Music Works has several to choose from right now. On the West Coast: Gryphon Stringed instruments.

I second Northern Lights Music. Great store! Excellent service and fair prices.

[Wade Hampton]

Mass Street Music in Lawrence, Kansas. Closer to me here in the Anchorage, Alaska area is Mammoth Music in downtown Anchorage.


whm

[EZYPIKINS]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

Mass Street Music in Lawrence, Kansas. Closer to me here in the Anchorage, Alaska area is Mammoth Music in downtown Anchorage.


whm

Mass Street Music in the Midwest, does have a big variety, of some really nice guitars.

If you're after Martin. Check Maury's Music, in Coaldale PA. Got allot in stock. Show room not open due to the way of the world today.

Found my HD-28 with them when everybody else was backordered.

[TennesseeWalker]

Originally Posted by JAMKC

Stay Gold is fantastic.

I’ve been recently trying to get some additional pics and specs of a posting that Shawn Lee has on Reverb and on his website -

It has been challenging and an awful experience being both ignored and dismissed.

My personal recommendation would be to stay away from ‘Stay Gold’

[wguitar]

Thanks to all for you responses! Great to know that there are still quite a few quality brick and mortar guitar shops out there!

Cheers!

[grandstick]

Check out TR Crandall, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

https://trcrandall.com

[Matthew Sarad]

Mighty Fine Guitars in Lafayette California.
http://mightyfineguitars.com/inventory

Regarding Organic Sounds, Larry has a Ken Franklin of Cedar and EIR that is tempting me.
https://organicsoundsguitars.com/pro...-rosewood-2010

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by JAMKC

Stay Gold is fantastic.

+1. Shawn at staygoldguitars.com is a great person to work with, and is very knowledgeable about guitars. I bought a Huss & Dalton from him.

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by TennesseeWalker

I’ve been recently trying to get some additional pics and specs of a posting that Shawn Lee has on Reverb and on his website -

It has been challenging and an awful experience being both ignored and dismissed.

My personal recommendation would be to stay away from ‘Stay Gold’

Sorry to hear that. It's pretty much a 1-man shop. Maybe he's away. I bought a Huss & Dalton from Shawn, as mentioned above. Really good guy. He made a few videos and sent them to me to compare a couple guitars he had. Very responsive. I visited him about a month later. Again, a really good guy. Have you tried emailing Stay Gold directly?