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Travis,

I'm headed home for Christmas and thought I'd check out a couple of the newer guitar stores in the southern half of the county while I'm there, but haven't a clue on the one where the Jol/Hamer tour was. The other one was Acme Guitars, which I'm told is in Maplewood??? Any specifics on where it is?

Thanks!

 
Yup, David's had the Guru tour. They're a small shop on Lockwood, but they've got a couple of cool Hamers. Haven't been in there in a while due to being busy at school so I'm not sure what they've got right now. I'll go in there later today and check for you. They're super nice guys who are real easy to talk to.

Eddie's Guitars is a high end boutique shop. They didn't have a lot of Hamers last time I was in there a couple of weeks ago. But they did have an Artist Ultimate in a glass case. They've got a huge number of boutique instruments in there from other names as well, including the biggest selection of PRS I've personally seen in one place. They can be a little uppity if they know you're not going to buy anything. But they sure do have a lot of eye candy.

I've actually not been to Acme guitars because I never got around to it. I've checked out their website a couple of times and a lot of the stuff just didn't jump out at me. Not to say they don't have good stuff, just not things I was interested in at the time.

 
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David's and Eddies were the other two I'd wanted to check out. David's is very close by the old family homestead, so it ought to be an easy visit. I'll try to act like I have money (HAH!) when I go to Eddies. Now if it was Ed Selig's place (Silver Strings) the "act like I have money" dodge would never work, since we go back to the early 70's.

 
I live close enough to Acme that it's in walking distance. I haven't been there in a while, and i'm not loosing sleep over it. I'm not a fan of the staff, and my -only- purchase from them went badly, so i'm staying away.

Eddie's is cool for new stuff (+booteek)! THEY are a shop that knows how to treat customers right.

I haven't been to David's or KV.

 
I went into David's Guitar Loft today to talk to a couple of the guys, ended up just hanging out for close to an hour. The Hamers they've got in right now are a Monaco, Monaco Superpro, Monaco III, a couple of Monaco Elites, a Newport Pro Custom, Artist and a Mahogany Studio. They've also got in a nice used EB/MM Axis in natural that looked SAHWEEEET. I almost took that one down for myself. There were a couple of Pretige Ibanez guitars on the wall as well if you're into that kind of thing. Other than that, they've got a ton of the import stuff as well.

 
Tonesnob said:
I live close enough to Acme that it's in walking distance. I haven't been there in a while, and i'm not loosing sleep over it. I'm not a fan of the staff, and my -only- purchase from them went badly, so i'm staying away.

Eddie's is cool for new stuff (+booteek)! THEY are a shop that knows how to treat customers right.

I haven't been to David's or KV.
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They did some work to one of my guitars...First class all the way! In fact, there was hardly any waiting period...He got it back ASAP! And, they do have a ton of "booteek" stuff.

 
Did David's and Eddies today. David's was very enjoyable and Dave us a very nice guy. The Newport Pro Custom is to die for (TSB, ten Victories on Ebony). I'd go back in a haertbeat. Eddies had more drool-a-licious gear and a sweet Junior, but didn't feel as inviting. I'd go back, though. It's right around the corner from my grandfather's old real estate office.

 
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