Leeds guitar stores?

tbuckland415 · Post by **tbuckland415** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:23 pm

Hi everyone. I’m new to the forum and was hoping for recommendations for guitar stores in and around Leeds carrying decent stock (looking at Fender specifically as considering investing in a US Strat, but also looking at decent alternatives offering a similar range of tones).

My closest store is PMT Leeds where I bought my last guitar from. They have a great range but I didn’t have the best experience trying to get a fault resolved on my new guitar last time I made a big purchase. I’m not ruling them out by any means but I’m looking around the area for other options.

I’m happy to travel around: Manchester, Wakefield and York are within easy striking distance but so many of my go-to stores 10 years ago seem to have sadly disappeared in the last 18 months.

Someone suggested the Gear4Music store in York which I hadn’t realised existed. Can anyone recommend this store or anything else in the area?

Cheers

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:59 pm

tbuckland415 wrote:Hi everyone. I’m new to the forum and was hoping for recommendations for guitar stores in and around Leeds carrying decent stock (looking at Fender specifically as considering investing in a US Strat, but also looking at decent alternatives offering a similar range of tones).

My closest store is PMT Leeds where I bought my last guitar from. They have a great range but I didn’t have the best experience trying to get a fault resolved on my new guitar last time I made a big purchase. I’m not ruling them out by any means but I’m looking around the area for other options.

I’m happy to travel around: Manchester, Wakefield and York are within easy striking distance but so many of my go-to stores 10 years ago seem to have sadly disappeared in the last 18 months.

Someone suggested the Gear4Music store in York which I hadn’t realised existed. Can anyone recommend this store or anything else in the area?

Cheers
Tom

what fault was not resolved ?

tbuckland415 · Post by **tbuckland415** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:15 pm

I had an issue with buzz and harmonics ringing on open strings. The fault was resolved by the store sending the guitar to the manufacturer for a set up and filing. It wasn’t the fault with the guitar that was the problem, rather the reaction of staff when I asked for assistance. This was a few years ago though.

tbuckland415 · Post by **tbuckland415** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:21 pm

I should add that the sales experience I had there was excellent and they spent a long time with me to make sure I took the right guitar home. I’ll be going back there for sure but I’m just looking for options to shop around.