Reverb...gone?

[horsehead]

I was having a chat with one of the lads from the local guitar shop the other day, who told me that Reverb went on monday? Now I've never heard anything like this before about them...& it's a fair few stores as well. Anyone else heard this?

[Twinfan]

See NFE's (un)employment thread.....  ;)

[Frank]

Music Ground in Manchester has closed too, sign in the window yesterday said "relocated" ... with a telephone number no new address so I assume they're just going to be selling online now.

[Twinfan]

Good.  I hate that chain - heard so may bad stories about their vintage guitars and amps.

[Frank]

haha, not met many people with a good word for music ground.

They sold me an ECC83 valve with only one half working. When I took it back they tried to fob me off with an ECC81.

[tomjackson]

I quite liked Music Ground in Manchester, it was handiliy inbetween where I park and my office.  I'd rather pop in there and try a nice vintage LP Junior than step foot in Dawsons or Forsyths.  I hate the guitar bit in Dawsons, it is like Argos for guitars.

But hopefully this will all help my local shop Sounds Great out.  The fact they have always let me play any guitar even when I was a whipper or clearly not going top buy it means I always buy anything I can from there which over the years has been a lot.

Tough times for guitar shops though and I wish all the folks who work at Reverb well.  Ironically the choice and constant cost bashing the internet has brought might spell the end of the guitar shop as we know it.

Perhaps something like Richtone is the way forward, a kind of unnasuming warehouse with a small appointment only customer section to try things out.

[horsehead]

Why am I about 3 weeks behind on everything?
Music ground at leeds were ok from time to time, got my Simon & patrick from them & at a cracking price as well

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[shobet]

Music Ground gone as well, bloody hell, I was only in there a couple of weeks ago. Wasn't that much tasty there, apart from some amps.  

[Frank]

Why am I about 3 weeks behind on everything?

Don't worry about it, I only just found out from this thread that there's a Sounds Great store at Cheadle Royal. Last time I was up there it was just TGI Fridays and John Lewis.

I think this is the beginning of the end for high street guitar shops and that's a bad thing. It's all very well buying a £60 Squier off the internet but who wants to buy £2000 guitars that way? That kind of investment takes at least an hour of putting the guitar through its paces on at least one amp, followed by a coffee break to think about the purchase then another hour's playing before the cash comes out.

[nfe]

I was having a chat with one of the lads from the local guitar shop the other day, who told me that Reverb went on monday? Now I've never heard anything like this before about them...& it's a fair few stores as well. Anyone else heard this?

We were meant to be hearing what was going on yesterday. Didn't and no one's answering phones at head office. Presumably the company's now in administration but they've made no announcement on it.

[Frank]

We were meant to be hearing what was going on yesterday. Didn't and no one's answering phones at head office. Presumably the company's now in administration but they've made no announcement on it.

phone Companies House, they should be able to tell you if you have the registered office address

EDIT:

Name & Registered Office:
REVERB RETAIL LIMITED
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
Company No. 06481328


      
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 23/01/2008

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
5248 - Other retail specialised stores
Accounting Reference Date: 30/06
Last Accounts Made Up To:  (NO ACCOUNTS FILED)
Next Accounts Due: 23/11/2009 OVERDUE
Last Return Made Up To: 23/01/2010
Next Return Due: 20/02/2011

[nfe]

Oh, really? Cool, cheers.

EDIT: Yeah Thanks. I phoned them whilst/before you edited. No administration or insolvencies against them as of yet.

[Matt77]

Why am I about 3 weeks behind on everything?

Don't worry about it, I only just found out from this thread that there's a Sounds Great store at Cheadle Royal. Last time I was up there it was just TGI Fridays and John Lewis.

I think this is the beginning of the end for high street guitar shops and that's a bad thing. It's all very well buying a £60 Squier off the internet but who wants to buy £2000 guitars that way? That kind of investment takes at least an hour of putting the guitar through its paces on at least one amp, followed by a coffee break to think about the purchase then another hour's playing before the cash comes out.

I'm pretty sure it's been there longer than the TGI Fridays Frank!
I'll ask them when I go there tomorrow to borrow a cab for 2 mins to help check what I just broke, my new gold speaker or my Martamp head  :( :( :(

[Frank]

I'm pretty sure it's been there longer than the TGI Fridays Frank!
I'll ask them when I go there tomorrow to borrow a cab for 2 mins to help check what I just broke, my new gold speaker or my Martamp head  :( :( :(

Blimey, I lived just down the road in Cheadle Hulme about 10 years ago and I never knew

I dunno, after a jug of TGI Friday's Long Island iced tea there could have been a nudist colony there and I wouldn't have noticed

[nfe]

Got a letter from insolvency agents this morning. So that's it gone.