Heading to Orlando for work...

[DougUSMC]

Monday for a few days, any cool (non-chain) guitar shops that I should check out?

 

[dmatthews]

That should be great fun.
I've never been there, so I'ma gonna shaddap now.

 

[TMeury]

Blackbird Vintage off of Virginia Drive. Some great stuff in there. Closed on Monday but open Tuesday.
Great brewery around the corner too. (Ivanhoe brewing).

 

[gush]

Blackbird Vintage off of Virginia Drive. Some great stuff in there. Closed on Monday but open Tuesday.
Great brewery around the corner too. (Ivanhoe brewing).

I'd say spend 2 or 3 hours at the brewery THEN go look at guitars.

Solid advise.........

 

[shinksma]

Figures, I've been not paying much attention to the board except NAMM stuff - anyway, too late now, I suppose.

There was a local shop that I was going to suggest (though I myself had never visited), but it appears they have closed and/or moved out of the area (Sound4Less).

I need to check out Blackbird Vintage.

 

[TMeury]

Figures, I've been not paying much attention to the board except NAMM stuff - anyway, too late now, I suppose.

There was a local shop that I was going to suggest (though I myself had never visited), but it appears they have closed and/or moved out of the area (Sound4Less).

I need to check out Blackbird Vintage.

Sound4Less is still around. They're down near Universal. I got my SE Angelus from them. Good dudes there too.

 

[Andy80]

Another vote for sound4less. Wish I bought the wicked tremonti baritone I tried there. They have lots of prs guitars.

 

[DougUSMC]

Thanks all, I'll have to keep that place in mind, next time I go down!

 

[shinksma]

Sound4Less is still around. They're down near Universal. I got my SE Angelus from them. Good dudes there too.

Really? I poked around online, and I saw reviews saying the Orlando location was closed, and their website lists this as their physical address:

2201 NW 102nd Place, unit 2, Doral FL 33172

Their last post on Facebook for their "Outlet" page was in Nov 2018 (over a year ago), and their regular page says they are located in Doral. Their main FB page has a map link that goes nowhere (literally).

 

[TMeury]

I could definitely be wrong. I haven’t gone since around Xmas of 2018. They’re instagram page is still active though with new stuff coming in. ‍

 

[jm9239]

None really. Orlando sucks for guitar stores. And I was never a fan of sound4less. They didn’t take trade-ins and weren’t willing to negotiate on pricing nearly as much as practically every other dealer. It seemed like a place that primarily wanted/wants to do business with tourists who are willing to pay their prices.