Daryl Jones
non-practicing pacifist
Yesterday I had to make a trip into the Big Smoke for my annual dermatology check (all clear BTW) after two excisions in the last 4 years.
With some time on my hands I stopped into a small but very PRS oriented independent guitar store that I have been meaning to visit for a couple years now, just never got around to stopping by. Old habits (my association with one of the larger stores) do tend to die hard with me, but damn do I ever wish I'd found these guys sooner. Turns out this place is one of the largest PRS dealers in Canada and I never knew it. Not PRS exclusive but they do carry the largest selection of PRS I have seen in any other store in Canada. Not that I have been to all the shops there are, but this is western Canada and there aren't music shops on every corner.
But I have been in email contact with the owner a few times since I started my quest for the S2 McCarty Thinline. I was all set to spring for a new one a month ago; Brandon had one as well as a single cut SE, double SE and a Core 594 double (obviously over my head on that one haha), but my bout with COVID ended that excursion and then I made the deal with my pal on his Thinline.
God I wish I'd known about this store 3-4 years ago! I was spellbound when I walked in. Although I would have likely had far less in the bank had I been there much earlier. He has more PRS models on the walls than the "big stores" have Fenders and Gibsons!! Wow is far to inaccurate a word to describe the variety. He doesn't sell PA's or mics, or much of anything beyond guitars and guitar related gear, but he does have a remarkable selection of effect pedals and amps. Down to Earth people too, I will certainly become a regular visitor.
Anybody that's like me that wants to actually hold and compare various PRS guitars in the Edmonton AB area owes it to themselves to stop by and discover what Guitar Brando has to offer us brand addicted types. Nothing against my other shop, but for the PRS fan in me, this place is the bee's knees!
With some time on my hands I stopped into a small but very PRS oriented independent guitar store that I have been meaning to visit for a couple years now, just never got around to stopping by. Old habits (my association with one of the larger stores) do tend to die hard with me, but damn do I ever wish I'd found these guys sooner. Turns out this place is one of the largest PRS dealers in Canada and I never knew it. Not PRS exclusive but they do carry the largest selection of PRS I have seen in any other store in Canada. Not that I have been to all the shops there are, but this is western Canada and there aren't music shops on every corner.
But I have been in email contact with the owner a few times since I started my quest for the S2 McCarty Thinline. I was all set to spring for a new one a month ago; Brandon had one as well as a single cut SE, double SE and a Core 594 double (obviously over my head on that one haha), but my bout with COVID ended that excursion and then I made the deal with my pal on his Thinline.
God I wish I'd known about this store 3-4 years ago! I was spellbound when I walked in. Although I would have likely had far less in the bank had I been there much earlier. He has more PRS models on the walls than the "big stores" have Fenders and Gibsons!! Wow is far to inaccurate a word to describe the variety. He doesn't sell PA's or mics, or much of anything beyond guitars and guitar related gear, but he does have a remarkable selection of effect pedals and amps. Down to Earth people too, I will certainly become a regular visitor.
Anybody that's like me that wants to actually hold and compare various PRS guitars in the Edmonton AB area owes it to themselves to stop by and discover what Guitar Brando has to offer us brand addicted types. Nothing against my other shop, but for the PRS fan in me, this place is the bee's knees!
