View Full Version : Best Place in Atlanta to Mando Shop?
Dan Cole
Aug-01-2004, 5:22pm
Where do I go in Atlanta to look for a new Mando? I'll be there on business, so I thought I see what was available?
Believe it or not there is not much in Atlanta as far as mando shopping is concerned.
Undercover Brother
Aug-01-2004, 6:14pm
Mav's right. I was in 2 shops on Friday looking for a guitar for my son and saw these:
Maple Street Guitars does have 2 Collings in stock - (both A & F style). http://www.maplestreetguitars.com/
Midtown Music (which, oddly enough, is NOT in Mid-town) has about 4 Gibson A styles in right now. None of them seemed that hot to me, but one was a 1996 one signed by Bruce Weber. $1500 http://www.midtownmusic.com/
Chris
Dan Cole
Aug-01-2004, 7:40pm
Thanks for the feedback
John Flynn
Aug-02-2004, 9:42am
Dreamcatcher Guitars is out in one of the northeast suburbs. They are a dealer for several mando brands, but when I visted them last year, they only thing they had in stock that was even vaugely interesting was a vintage Vega cylinderback mandola.
baron
Aug-02-2004, 10:07am
About 3 weeks ago, Maple Street had 3 Weber's in stock. along with the Collins.They are a Weber Dealer.
SteveW
Aug-02-2004, 10:44am
Yeah, for a while DreamCatcher's, in Roswell, had some nice vintage mandolins, plus a sweet Holoubek A-style. The last time I was in they had some Breedloves, a couple of Rigel A's, a bunch of Michael Kellys, an Eastman A-style, and maybe some other Pac Rim brands.
Steve
Maple Street Music is pretty much as described by others-- some nice Webers and Collings. They have a large inventory of really nice -- and expensive -- acoustic guitars.
Mid-town Music off Druid Hills Road is my favorite music store in the world.
Thye carry some really nice vintage guitars -- acoustic and electric-- basses (electric and upright), some pedal steels, violins, banjos, full range of National resonators (new and used) and absolutely the best tube amp inventory anywhere -- Victoria, Savage, Aiken, Fenders (old and new), etc. They've got rare effects and always some interesting oddball instruments.
I was in about a week ago and they had some nice teen and 1920s Gibson A models, one of the 1940s or so Gibson electrics, two new Summit Fs, a mid-priced Bouzouki (?), and an Octave. I bought a Flatiron A5 Artist there about 6 months ago. I've seen Gibson Fs there from time to time.
I probably wouldn't make a special trip just for mandolins without calling to see if anything interests you, but if you are interested in other instruments it's a must see. They are very reasonable with respect to prices and know what they are selling.
Hoyt