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Name: Dawsons
Place: Manchester (City Centre)
Country/state: UK
Review: Reasonable sized place that sells all musical instruments (Strings / Brass / Guitars). Guitars / basses on 1st floor, staff are friendly although a little slow to initiate contact sometimes. Bass selection is aimed at starters and 'fashion' bassists.
BRANDS = Fender / Squier / Peavey / Musicman / Vintage.
There is a demo room to try out gear with a decent sized amp to plug into. Not a place to look for new gear in particular, but a reasonable place to pass some time and browse.
Rating: 6/10
Name: Soundcontrol
Place: Manchester (Salford)
Country/state: UK
Review: A huge warehouse that holds hundreds of guitars and basses. Certainly aimed more at experienced musicians more than beginners and fashion victims. Staff are generally all at the counter rather than floor walking and giving assistance. It can be somewhat annoying when you actually want to buy something. Huge range of basses - very easy to find many things you want. Other 'customers' seem to like to turn their amps to max all the time which is also annoying.
BRANDS = Fender / Spector / Warwick / Schechter / Yamaha / Tobias / Ibanez / Musicman
Rating: 7.5/10
Name: Regent Guitars
Place: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Country/state: UK
Review: A deceptively large shop spread out over 3 floors. The basses are in the basement (no pun intended). This is an Aladdins Cave of gear - unfortunately let down by a small amount in-stock.
BRANDS = Musicman / Peavey / G&L / Fender / Aria / Vintage
Rating: 6.5/10
Name: Forsythes
Place: Manchester (City Centre)
Country/state: UK
Review: A large music shop aimed mainly at classical musicians (large range of brass / strings / pianos & sheet music). Guitars feature on the 3rd floor (stairs only). They have a range of approximately 15 bassesof which all suck. None I tried were setup at all. All basses are connected via a security system which must be deactivated by a member of staff before you can even touch anything. I find this ironic because there's nothing worth stealing.
BRANDS = Aria / AXL / Squier / Epiphone
Rating: 3/10
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