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Wendz
#1 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:10:00 AM
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Good people, am looking for a guitar. It's supposed to be a "Thank you" present to a good friend. I dont know much about guitars.... actually, know nothing! how many makes are there? Are there different "models"? Am looking for quality too. How much should i be looking at? Where can i find them around this town?
Apple Bees
#2 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:21:28 AM
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'box' guitar can cost u anything from 5k (at some Tuskeys) to about 15k Yamaha model(check the choice ones at Recordez, 2nd Flr Yaya)

U can also check a few shops along Luthuli Avenue, as you go toward River Road.

Electric guitars are a bit more expensive
Wendz
#3 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:31:51 AM
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Apple Bees wrote:
'box' guitar can cost u anything from 5k (at some Tuskeys) to about 15k Yamaha model(check the choice ones at Recordez, 2nd Flr Yaya)

U can also check a few shops along Luthuli Avenue, as you go toward River Road.

Electric guitars are a bit more expensive


@AB, thanks. will make a visit. How much would the electric ones go for?
Njung'e
#4 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:41:14 AM
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Music world opposite Assanands.
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cmk
#5 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:03:05 AM
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@ wendz,..if all of the above fail,i can make you a good one from a crown paints tin,a piece of wood and some wire strings..used to be a champ in school.
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do-
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kingfisher
#6 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:10:10 AM
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http://www.musesmuse.com/ut/articles/guitar.html
When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.
Wendz
#7 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:30:24 AM
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cmk wrote:
@ wendz,..if all of the above fail,i can make you a good one from a crown paints tin,a piece of wood and some wire strings..used to be a champ in school.


Hahahahahaa..... you can still make that one... I'll keep it for my training... i intend to start a karaoke when i retire in not too distance future.....Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
Forester
#8 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:41:05 AM
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Apple Bees wrote:
'box' guitar can cost u anything from 5k (at some Tuskeys) to about 15k Yamaha model(check the choice ones at Recordez, 2nd Flr Yaya)

U can also check a few shops along Luthuli Avenue, as you go toward River Road.

Electric guitars are a bit more expensive


NKT!!!Cheap is expensive for a guitar. 5kShame on you Make me undersatnd that unless its a toy for the kids.

@ Wendz,

Try Credible Sounds on Moi Avenue,they stock quality guitars and make sure its a Yamaha. Recordez have exactly the same but quite pricey.

All the best!
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs - Farrah Gray.
MaichBlack
#9 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:49:15 AM
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Wendz wrote:
cmk wrote:
@ wendz,..if all of the above fail,i can make you a good one from a crown paints tin,a piece of wood and some wire strings..used to be a champ in school.


Hahahahahaa..... you can still make that one... I'll keep it for my training... i intend to start a karaoke when i retire in not too distance future.....Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

I pity your kids!!! Hopefully most of them will have moved out by then. Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Under the Geneva convection, it is considered torture for parents like you [who know they can't sing] to sing for more than 5 minutes a day more than 3 metres from the bathroom when the kids are in the house. You have been forewarned.


On a serious note though, the next time you go for Mugithi - no guitar in most Ohangla joints - walk to the one man guitar and ask for tips. You will be surprised how helpful he might end up being. You can actually pass by a joint you know they play live music purposely to ask about the guitar.

Asking the fellows in a shop is not the best idea especially when you don't know much about what you are buying. almost always they will be pushing a certain product because it has a bigger margin, it's not moving, it's old/dead stock, they are getting kickbacks from the suppliers etc. You need first hand information from elsewhere.
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Wendz
#10 Posted : Tuesday, August 09, 2011 12:16:51 PM
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MaichBlack wrote:
Wendz wrote:
cmk wrote:
@ wendz,..if all of the above fail,i can make you a good one from a crown paints tin,a piece of wood and some wire strings..used to be a champ in school.


Hahahahahaa..... you can still make that one... I'll keep it for my training... i intend to start a karaoke when i retire in not too distance future.....Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

I pity your kids!!! Hopefully most of them will have moved out by then. Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Under the Geneva convection, it is considered torture for parents like you [who know they can't sing] to sing for more than 5 minutes a day more than 3 metres from the bathroom when the kids are in the house. You have been forewarned.


On a serious note though, the next time you go for Mugithi - no guitar in most Ohangla joints - walk to the one man guitar and ask for tips. You will be surprised how helpful he might end up being. You can actually pass by a joint you know they play live music purposely to ask about the guitar.

Asking the fellows in a shop is not the best idea especially when you don't know much about what you are buying. almost always they will be pushing a certain product because it has a bigger margin, it's not moving, it's old/dead stock, they are getting kickbacks from the suppliers etc. You need first hand information from elsewhere.


you are so right... Priceless advise right there!!!! Thanks alot.... I totally overlooked that viewpoint... I'll pass by upperhill springs and enjoy a mutura as i check out the band... i know they have live band but not sure if it is there every day.
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