On 2/19/06, Adam Sampson <ats@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Hobgoblin looks like an intersting site. May I ask - did you buy the > > instrument over the net or do you live somewhere near them? > > I went to their shop in Crawley (a couple of hours' drive from here), > since I wanted to try out the instrument before I bought -- and it's a > good thing I did, since I was originally planning on getting the > similarly-priced Ashbury bouzouki, which turned out to have a > fingerboard far too narrow for my fingers. ;) > > They had a really impressive selection of instruments when I went > (including second-hand), and were quite happy for me to sit there for > a couple of hours trying out all of them until I found one I liked -- > the local music shops here in Canterbury only have a few mandolins in > stock, and don't sell bouzoukis at all. > > I have bought strings and bits from Hobgoblin over the web, and been > very happy with the service. I don't think I'd want to buy an acoustic > instrument without playing it first, though -- there can be > significant differences even between instances of the same model... > > -- > Adam Sampson <ats@xxxxxxxxx> <http://offog.org/> > Yeah, I'd be quite worried about buying and instrument over the net. I just wondered. Who knows though. Maybe I'll find someplace local or just take a chance one of these days. Thanks, Mark
