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i'm leaving for rhode island today and will be there til next tuesday. anyone know of any good guitar shops there or in close by in connecticut?

Where in RI will you be? Both BigChief and I live here.

In Providence, I'd recommend B-Sharp - http://b-sharpmusic.com/ - totally great guys, small shop, but plenty of personality. They stock EHX and some Earthquaker and have an ok used selection (there's occasionally a Death By Audio pedal or two in there), but they also make some pretty nice pedals. Ted Leo uses their Malasadash dirty boost / OD. I use their Grim Rimmer robo-fuzz (it's like a tight octave fuzz, except it generate some really cool non-octave intervals when used with chords). They've also started building their own amps. They were going to come out with a Sunn Model T clone - can't remember if that made it to production or not, but it was well on its way when I last checked.

B-Sharp is at:
265 Broadway
Providence, RI 02903-3038
(401) 223-2112

Also, check out Empire Guitars - http://empireguitarsri.com/Zen/ - also good peeps. This is the place to go for ridonkulous collector electric guitars in PVD right now. Also a good selection of decently-priced beaters. O.K. selection of FX, though not as nutso as I'd like.

Empire is at
1271 North Main St.
Providence RI, 02904
1-877-55-TWANG

For fancy-shmancy custom shop guitars, there's Noll Guitars in Cranston - http://www.nollguitars.com/. Been a while since I've been in, but they definitely know their stuff.

Noll is at:
173 Macklin Street,
Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 275-0880

i'll be right on the shore about 40 minutes away from prov. i'll be sure to check these guys out, thanks a lot dude!

ashdown wrote:i'll be right on the shore about 40 minutes away from prov. i'll be sure to check these guys out, thanks a lot dude!

No prob. I'll be sure to update if I think of anyplace else worth checking. Enjoy the beach... they're pretty stellar right now.

i'm in westerly right now. being alone on the beach at night is probably the greatest feeling ever. b sharp and empire look great. the stuff at empire is incredibly sexy and also... like 3 grand a guitar haha

ashdown wrote:i'm in westerly right now. being alone on the beach at night is probably the greatest feeling ever. b sharp and empire look great. the stuff at empire is incredibly sexy and also... like 3 grand a guitar haha

Stop by the Ocean House in Watch Hill; it's this gorgeous new hotel that a billionaire dumped a whole bunch of money in to. The guy also has a beautiful restored powerboat in the harbor there named Aphrodite. It's a 90-foot boot from the 20's. You can just imagine Jay Gatsby riding by on it.

For guitar shops, Alpha Audio Works i nearby in Mystic CT. They have Heritage, Nash, G&L and some others if I remember correctly. I used to live in Stonington, CT, just over the border from Westerly. Ron's Guitars is a little further into CT in Groton. They have PRS, Fender, yada yada...