___---___ Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Do they still exist? I mean ones with guitars hanging on the wall. All I ever find is gold/jewellery shops! I'm in Suffolk should anyone want to name a few local ones... X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 [quote name='___---___' post='1096865' date='Jan 20 2011, 09:45 PM']Do they still exist?[/quote] I'm sure they must do - isn't that 'Cash Convertors' place that seems to have appeared in most major towns a pawn shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 [quote name='icastle' post='1096880' date='Jan 20 2011, 09:55 PM']I'm sure they must do - isn't that 'Cash Convertors' place that seems to have appeared in most major towns a pawn shop?[/quote] Yes, they are, but unfortunately, a lot of the time they tend to know how much things are worth so you don't really get too many bargains from them anymore. Having said that, I picked up a lovely Japanese Strat in the Ipswich branch a few years back for £180 - sold it in my shop a few hundred yards away later that week for £399. They also have (or had) a dedicated music outlet in Norwich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razze06 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 There's a good one in edinburgh, on queen street. Unfortunately, they seem to do the reasearch and know how much thin gs are worth. Often has quite interesting things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Theres a few on the Kilburn high street north london. There was a delicious Fender FMT V string on ebay from a cash convertors and someone on here bought it dead cheap, like £1500 off its new value Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Plenty of instruments in my local Cash Converters,although that may say more about Gloucester.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 [quote name='razze06' post='1097146' date='Jan 21 2011, 09:44 AM']There's a good one in edinburgh, on queen street. Unfortunately, they seem to do the reasearch and know how much thin gs are worth.[/quote] Not always! Ibanez Musician (guitar) for £95? Also got my CSL JapCrap J there for £60. And a Cimar Jazz for £75... Last year they had a cheesy Chinese fake Les Paul Supreme in the window for about £1200 - it was there for a while. It's always worth a look in there, one way or the other. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon. Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 [quote name='razze06' post='1097146' date='Jan 21 2011, 09:44 AM']There's a good one in edinburgh, on queen street. Unfortunately, they seem to do the reasearch and know how much thin gs are worth. Often has quite interesting things[/quote] True indeed, they do have some interesting stuff. I actually think their prices are somewhat extortionate - often 80%+ of what the retail price of a new piece would be. Given that it's 2nd hand with no knowledge of its history, that's asking too much, IMO. There used to be a good one about halfway down Leith Walk. Not sure if it's still there anymore. Was always the place you went to if you had had some gear nicked and wanted to buy it back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 A few months back, a mate tipped me off that there was a BC Rich Ironbird bass (don't laugh) hanigng in my local CC. I hopped over ther to have a look, they wanted a very reasonable £90 for it. The neck was very curved so I enquired about the returns policy, the guy just looked a bit panicked and said I could have it for £50. So I bought it. Got it home and found out the only reason the neck was so bent was because they had tuned it far too high - it settled back down and its now fine. So they don't always know what they have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 cash conbobulators do have the odd bargain. missed out on a usa tele for somewhere around the £250 mark a year or so ago. went home came back and it was gone. bollocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razze06 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1097250' date='Jan 21 2011, 11:10 AM']Not always! Ibanez Musician (guitar) for £95? Also got my CSL JapCrap J there for £60. And a Cimar Jazz for £75... Last year they had a cheesy Chinese fake Les Paul Supreme in the window for about £1200 - it was there for a while. It's always worth a look in there, one way or the other. Jon.[/quote] Fog in hell! I'd better get there double quick with some spare dosh (as if I had any!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 [quote name='Simon.' post='1097255' date='Jan 21 2011, 11:18 AM']There used to be a good one about halfway down Leith Walk. Not sure if it's still there anymore. Was always the place you went to if you had had some gear nicked and wanted to buy it back...[/quote] Bostons?? Just down from Poundstretchers??? It was a great place but closed by the police (indirectly) many, many years ago. The one on the other side on Elm Row was also great, Charlie something or other, he moved across to near where Bostons was, then onto Montgomery St for a while, then went altogether when Crack Converters opened down Leith Walk. He once had a 70's Recording Bass in, but the finish was like a smashed car window & he wanted £800 for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I always find in the local cash converters, rather than old equipment they have lots of brand new, no-name, crap copies. Maybe one day I'll find the funk machine. Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 My "local" CC is in Stevenage - thankfully the staff there aren't too clued up!! They have a German Warwick Streamer ( IMO the ugliest of all the Warwicks) for £200 in blue. Has a string missing which possibly explains why it hadn't sold. They also had Squires and USA Fenders for roughly the same price. Coda Music are just up the road - don't know why they're not in there more often.. I purchased my (near mint) Trace Elliott 715 from there (CC) - after trying it out I told the salesman that I would take it but asked what his best price would be thinking he wouldn't haggle - took £40 off!! That's what I call service.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I've had my Westone Thunder IIIa Mk2 Fretless (£120) and my 1979 Ibanez Studio ST105 (both with original hard cases) from my local CC, but nothing in the last 5 years - it's all crap. And if it isn't, it's no bargain. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Didn't 'beneath it all' get a good deal once........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 The trouble is it's so easy for places to google stuff and spoil the fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 [quote name='razze06' post='1097146' date='Jan 21 2011, 09:44 AM']There's a good one in edinburgh, on queen street. Unfortunately, they seem to do the reasearch and know how much thin gs are worth. Often has quite interesting things[/quote] Yes Duncanson's in Edinburgh. That's where I found my bass when it got stolen and my guitarist's guitar when it got nicked as well.........surprise, surprise . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 yes i suppose with the now easy access to the world wide web thing all the info about what stuff is wort is just there in front of them within a few seconds rather than years ago having to go through books or find someone who would know about that sort of stuff! shame really1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 For every amazing deal on the shelves of cash converters there is a loser, be it someone to desperate to hold out for a decent 2nd hand sale on a forum or ebay, or its been nicked from someone who works hard to earn a living, I know cause I've been robbed and the police even told me where Id be likely to find my sentimental items should i want them back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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