Online Guitar Stores

I have no idea which ones are good and which aren't. Therefore, looking for some links to good sites please.

Thanks.

What country are you looking for shops in?

Assuming you are in the US, I have heard nothing but raves about Sweetwater.

http://www.sweetwater.com/

And I have had two very positive shopping experiences with them. I have not purchased a guitar from them. Mine were smaller purchases. But still positive experiences and their customer service is very remarkable.

edited to add: Make that three! I just ordered a pedal for my Boss JS-8 and a power supply for multiple pedals.

I ordered a Gibson Les Paul Traditional from Sweetwater. It was a gorgeous guitar, was shipped very well packed. Looked great, played great but had two bum notes on the high E string. I tried everything I could to solve the problem, but no dice. Sent it back to Sweetwater, and their techs took a look at it for me. The only hiccup in this process is that I got a call from Sweetwater saying the guitar was "fixed" and being prepped to be shipped back to me. I asked the person calling what the problem was, and they said they didn't know, that the tech had just said the guitar was good to go. I ended up talking to the main tech guy, who said he would make sure the problem had been solved (I made a phone video of the problem, and posted it online for them to see, which really helped). Turns out the guitar had just been given a "going over" and the problem, sadly, had not been solved. They felt it was a sympathetic harmonic and couldn't be resolved.

At no time did they ever question that there was an issue with the guitar. None of this "sounds fine to me bud..." stuff you sometimes get with shops or whatever. Their main tech guy watched the video and checked the guitar, and completely acknowledged there was an issue. They provided me with a complete refund. I didn't pay for anything... shipping, return, nothing. They were very well organized other than the slight mis-communication about the problem being solved. I still cry when I think of how sweet that guitar was.

I also had good success with Sweetwater. I did have two Epiphones which had some blemishes and they took them back without any issues. But, I finally gave up and bought a Gibson instead. But, Sweetwater was very cooperative an helpful. My sales guy even brought up four guitars and picked the best of the lot!

Thanks for the help and recommendation but I am based in the UK.

Hey OrangeManDan,

I don't know if you are familiar with Rob Chappers videos on Youtube but he works for a company called Andertons.

http://www.andertons.co.uk/

Definitely a great online guitar store AND guitar shop which you can visit. When you ask people about their experience with this website they all seem to love it.

I myself live in the Netherlands and have had multible purchases with Rockpalace in The Hague and Music Store (which is located in Germany).

I recommend both.

Both are really great websites and also have shops which you can visit.

Check them out: http://www.rockpalace.com/
http://www.musicstore.de/en_EN/EUR

Hope that helps.

JJ

Thank you very much. I do like that Andertons website :). Really appreciate the reply.