Music shops in dublin (1 Viewer)

[chymera]

hey,

I've never really had much experience of the music shops in dublin. There's a few musical instruments on my wishlist (namely cheap bass guitar, fender strat and cheap mandolin). What's the best music shop? - ie. where am I least likely to be ripped off?

thanks,
bren

 

[mark]

if you can avoid shopping is music shops in dublin, do. you can save up to a 1/3 online or abroad. depends on what you're after really, but it would be cheaper to get pretty much everything on your list on the interweb. if you absolutly have to shop in dublin, it doesn't really matter. music maker and musician inc deal mainly in fenders, you get more gibsons in waltons.

 

[chymera]

thanks

 

[Break Neck Speed]

www.thomann.de

One stop shop for everything. Pretty cheap too and you wont get raped for vat and customs as the vat is already on the prices. Click on the irish flag on home page.

 

[piratio]

Ahright bren.

I buy stuff off of turnkey.co.uk - good prices but it's in sterling so have your calc ready.

See ya friday homebwa!

B

 

[JohnnyRaz]

hey,

I've never really had much experience of the music shops in dublin. There's a few musical instruments on my wishlist (namely cheap bass guitar, fender strat and cheap mandolin). What's the best music shop? - ie. where am I least likely to be ripped off?

thanks,
bren

you can get pretty cheap trad insturments(mandolin etc) in mccollough piggots in suffolk st. Ive had my eye on a glockenspeil in their for manys a month

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

fuck dublin - go to beat it music in Blackrock, Dundalk
brianoak got the most maniacal bass there recently and i got a gibson for around 300 less than dublin price
great for amps and trad stuff too. m'buddy got a Mandola (?) for half of what she saw on t'internet
they're in the phone book - ring em up and see what htey got.

 

[snakybus]

they're great all right - but are they not closed down?

I bought my telecaster there and it's my favourite guitar, plus a fender amp a different time

both cheap but top quality

the grey haired guy in there is cranky as hell

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

closed? think brian was there last month

 

[snakybus]

hmm, maybe that was a dream I had

 

[Unknown Convict]

fuck dublin - go to beat it music in Blackrock, Dundalk

not if yr in a hurry. good prices n all, but i heard the "liverpool docks" excuse once too often.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

what do you mean?

i particularly enjoy (for the last 5 years) "6 weeks ago an american bought all our orange, hiwatt and sovtek heads"

i was only ever in the backroom once and it was full of amazing shit.

 

[Unknown Convict]

"your drums are in a container in liverpool docks. should have them by the end of the week"

 

[brianoak]

fuck dublin - go to beat it music in Blackrock, Dundalk
brianoak got the most maniacal bass there recently and i got a gibson for around 300 less than dublin price
great for amps and trad stuff too. m'buddy got a Mandola (?) for half of what she saw on t'internet
they're in the phone book - ring em up and see what htey got.

got a bass head and cab for internet price too.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Beat It is the best music shop in ireland,I've been bringing people there for years.

 

[todd_landers]

The Sound Shop in Drogheda used to be pretty good, I havent been there in a few years, look out for their occasional clearance sales, bargains to be had!!

 

[mark]

aye, the sound shop would occasionally get really nice bits in. i remember they had a Fender Bass VI which was a shortscale bass with 5 strings from the late 60's. silly rare and it was there for years.

blackrock is the only good shop in the country though. the whole back room thing gets to me though.

 

[egg_]

I like Sound Gear near Portobello bridge. I know they're not necessarily that popular on thumped, but I got some bass bits there and they were nice to deal with, let me take a few different speakers home to try out

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Yeah, Beat It rocks. Sound gear is ok. Best thing about Drogheda is their 1 year no-interest finance.