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After you've weighed all the options, and have decided that you'd still like to take your chances and buy a guitar through the web, you'll have to find that guitar you're looking for. There are a few sites which offer handy tools in finding specific guitars.
The Guitar Base Guitar Mall allows visitors to search for specific guitars, then provides contact info for the store/person who is offerring the instrument for sale. Many of the guitars here are being sold privately by single owners, so your chances of encountering problems may be higher than if you purchased from a major online retailer.
There are literally hundreds of different guitar retailers on the web. Many operate primarily as a music store in a specific location, and also offer mail order via the web. There are retailers, however, which exist only in cyberspace. Many of these retailers, as it is their only means of doing business, are more experienced in buying and selling via the web, so the purchasing procedure will likely be somewhat more smooth. For the purposes of this article, these stores with a large internet presence will be focused on. What follows is an arbitrary listing of some of these online guitar retailers.
1-800-Instruments
A great site, that combines a retail store with a guitar e-zine featuring gear reviews and more. Although based in Australia, international shipping is available.
8th Street Music
A lot of pro-audio gear, as well as keyboards, etc., are for sale on this site. A lot of vintage and used guitars for sale, although the selection is somewhat limited.
Costello's Music
This site doesn't carry a very large number of guitar brands, although they do also offer drums, keyboard, pro audio gear, etc. Shipping to continental USA only.
Guitar Trader Online
This site offers a fairly large selection of guitars and equipment. Shipping is automatically calculated when order is placed (international orders welcomed). The site also offers a toll free service number.
Musician's Friend
A very large selection of guitars, and guitar equipment make this one of the most popular instrument retailers on the net. Site includes weekly feature articles, special internet deals, and more.
Music123.com
A large online music store that sells various types of instruments. A large number of brands of guitars are available, at competitive prices.
Zzounds
Another site with a large number of guitar brands available. This website features contests with free gear giveaways, and more. Shipping outside the USA is not available.
