Cool stores etc. In Florida

[Tokyo tapes]

Will be going to Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Miami soon and would like to hear if there are any cool stores worth visiting? Boutique, regular and vintage- everything is interesting

Ulf

 

[Funky54]

None left in Orlando that I know of and I live here.

 

[PatrickE_FenderADV]

Florida is controlled by Guitar Center and Sam Ash. All the best independants I knew of have closed.

 

[chrisrocksusa]

Florida is controlled by Guitar Center and Sam Ash. All the best independants I knew of have closed.

yup

nothing cool that i've seen. I usually drive to tampa to get second hand gear though. All the cool stuff I find on CL is usually in Tampa or Wh0relando

 

[soulohio]

if you decide to go to Pensacola, go to Blues Angel music and say hi to Jim for me...

 

[flcmcya]

I remember Thoroughbred in the 70's......crap Im old.

 

[PatrickE_FenderADV]

^^^ Elliot sold to Sam Ash a while ago.

 

[Funky54]

There was a cool shop with lots of vintage somewhere in Tampa and they had a satillite in downtown ST Pete that just closed. they were better than nothing. He always had a few blackface mid 60's fenders and some nice 70's Pauls on the wall.

 

[stratpaulguy86]

What about the Guitar Factory in Orlando? I'm pretty sure Doug and Billy are still in business and they usually have a few cool things. If you don't mind driving to Holly Hill there's a pretty cool hole in the wall called the Guitar Attic. They usually have some nice guitars used and some decent amps.

 

[MikeyG]

MAE Music in Ft Lauderdale is one of the best in So FL. There's also a place called Extreme Guitar or something like that, they had some real high end stuff (Private Stocks, etc)

The GC is Hallandale has some nice high end gear. Not a ton, but high quality stuff...

Given all the people and wealth there, there's not much at all. I have way better stores here in the Raleigh area than they do in South Florida.