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• thickpick ✭✭✭

  May 2011 Posts: 142

  I've heard good things about RetroFret in Brooklyn, though I've never been.
• Michael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!

  May 2011 Posts: 1,002

  Carmine Street Guitars in Greenwich Village sold Gitanes and the like when I lived out East. Not sure if they still do. Retrofrets is a cool place, but their prices are beyond rediculous.

  I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.
• rottjung New

  May 2011 Posts: 40

  ah well to late he coming back tomorow.
  thanks anyway
• klaatu Nova ScotiaProdigy Rodrigo Shopis D'Artagnan, 1950s Jacques Castelluccia

  May 2011 Posts: 1,665

  Michael Bauer wrote:

  Retrofrets is a cool place, but their prices are beyond rediculous.

  ... plus they don't get a lot of gypsy guitars, as far as I know. You should check out their Web site, though. It looks like a really cool place to visit.

  Benny
  
  "It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
  -- Orson Welles
• sfishman59 New

  May 2011 Posts: 74

  I'm going to stop in and play that Di mauro once I get back to NY next month, so dont buy that one!
• adrian AmsterdamVirtuoso

  May 2011 Posts: 545

  I went to Retrofret in October 2010 and had a fun time looking at all of the instruments. It kind of has a museum-y feel, with a lot of really old acoustic instruments. When I was there, they had 3 gypsy jazz guitars, none of which I was particularly crazy about.
  
  Definitely worth checking out if you're in the area. It's a bit of a hike from the nearest subway station in Brooklyn but worth the effort.
  
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