Spudmurphy
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Yesterday I had a day off from work and really fancied a drive. On the S & T website, I'd seen a link to Knighton Guitars, a shop on the Welsh/English border - about 85 miles from Cardiff. The drive to Knighton was through some beautiful countryside and I saw some fantastic architecture - 18 century oak beamed houses, red brick barns etc.
Anyway 2 hours later I arrive outside the shop - now Knighton is a very small village but the guitar shop is one of the best shops I have seen in the UK. I always made a point of visiting guitar shops when I used to travel around the UK a lot for work, so I don't make this statement lightly!!
The shop is owned by knucklehead -Lord Knighton(Steve). He is passionate about MM guitars he also loves Gibsons so you get a pragmatic opinion from Steve. All the EB MM are front of house and he carries just about all MM models. He is helped by Andy and also a great character by the name of Den pops in and does some guitar repairs for them. We swapped many a yarn and shared some "top tips". I promised that next time I go I will take my EVH as he is really interested in that guitar - he owns an AXis
I spent a couple of hours there and counted over 30
EB guitars/basses in stock. I tried a lovely cream HH AL and loved the rosewood neck.
So UK'ers - check these guys out. I know Lukather101 bought his HH AL from them and reckoned he had a great deal with them.
I really do apologize for not having taken a camera with me and posting some photos - maybe next time.
The link to Knighton Guitars is here
Edit
Oh year I forgot - there was a lovely 25th Anniversary guitar in stock, and also he had the "display" model similar to this one
Man I'd love to gig that guitar !!!!
Anyway 2 hours later I arrive outside the shop - now Knighton is a very small village but the guitar shop is one of the best shops I have seen in the UK. I always made a point of visiting guitar shops when I used to travel around the UK a lot for work, so I don't make this statement lightly!!
The shop is owned by knucklehead -Lord Knighton(Steve). He is passionate about MM guitars he also loves Gibsons so you get a pragmatic opinion from Steve. All the EB MM are front of house and he carries just about all MM models. He is helped by Andy and also a great character by the name of Den pops in and does some guitar repairs for them. We swapped many a yarn and shared some "top tips". I promised that next time I go I will take my EVH as he is really interested in that guitar - he owns an AXis
I spent a couple of hours there and counted over 30
EB guitars/basses in stock. I tried a lovely cream HH AL and loved the rosewood neck.
So UK'ers - check these guys out. I know Lukather101 bought his HH AL from them and reckoned he had a great deal with them.
I really do apologize for not having taken a camera with me and posting some photos - maybe next time.
The link to Knighton Guitars is here
Edit
Oh year I forgot - there was a lovely 25th Anniversary guitar in stock, and also he had the "display" model similar to this one
Man I'd love to gig that guitar !!!!
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