Italian (plus Paris) Gear Hunt/Holiday
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 8:22 pm
I'm heading to Italy next month, with a final stop in Paris before we fly back to Sydney. My travel-loving wife has made all the arrangements so I'm not up on all the details, but of the major cities I know we'll be in Rome, Florence, Milan and Genoa at some point. My mother is Italian, born in the Abruzzi region, near where the Jen factory was in Pescara, so I always love spending time there.
But I'd love to know where all the good gear shops are - anywhere I can pass an hour or so looking at old guitars, amps and pedals. Somewhere with a room full of NOS Jen Tonebenders and Cry Baby wahs would be pretty much perfect, but I'll take what I can get. Not really looking for anything in particular but if I find a nice old wah or anything else I can throw in a suitcase there's a fair chance it'll be coming home with me.
Same for Paris - where can I find stuff? Love Paris and I know about the "Music Village" around Rue de Douai but don't know much else.
Any tips you can throw my way will be appreciated.
But I'd love to know where all the good gear shops are - anywhere I can pass an hour or so looking at old guitars, amps and pedals. Somewhere with a room full of NOS Jen Tonebenders and Cry Baby wahs would be pretty much perfect, but I'll take what I can get. Not really looking for anything in particular but if I find a nice old wah or anything else I can throw in a suitcase there's a fair chance it'll be coming home with me.
Same for Paris - where can I find stuff? Love Paris and I know about the "Music Village" around Rue de Douai but don't know much else.
Any tips you can throw my way will be appreciated.