Your FLGS (Favorite Local Guitar Shop)

[wooglins]

Here in Nashville my FLGS is World Music Nashville.  They are fantastic.

http://worldmusicnashville.com/

I also consider GuitarRodeo a FLGS at:
http://www.guitarrodeo.com/

[Giraku]

Weekly update:

Gryphon Stringed Instruments, Palo Alto, CA
Guitar Trader / Music Power, San Diego, CA
Rick's Guitar Shop, San Diego, CA
Guitar Showcase, San Jose, CA
McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA
LA Guitar Sales, West Hollywood, CA
Spotlight Music, Ft. Collins, CO
Wildwood Guitars, Louisville, CO
My Favorite Guitars, Naples, FL
Maple Street Guitars, Atlanta, GA
Ken Stanton Music, Atlanta, GA
Scotty's Music, Kalaheo, HI
The Player's Bench, Crystal Lake, IL
Tobias Music, Downer's Grove, IL
Wilcutt Guitars, Lexington, KY
Appalachian Bluegrass Shoppe, Catonsville, MD
Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center, Wheaton, MD*
Elderly Instruments, Lansing, MI
Guitar Rodeo, Minneapolis, MN*
The Podium, Minneapolis, MN*
Willie's American Guitars, St.Paul, MN
Music Villa, Bozeman, MT
Legacy Music, Lees Summit, MO
Fazio's Frets & Friends, St. Louis, MO*
Music Folk, St. Louis, MO
Magnolia Music Center, Gulfport & Ocean Springs, MS
Fat Sound Guitars, Cary, NC
Holloway's Music Center, Monroe, NC
Harry's Guitar Shop, Raleigh, NC*
Mandolin Brothers, Staten Island, NY
Alto Music, Wappingers Falls, NY
Wildwood Music, Coshocton, OH
The Drinking Gourd, Dayton, OH
Uptown Music, Keizer, OR
Cintioli Music, Philadelphia, PA
Empire Music, Pittsburgh, PA
Pianos N Stuff, Pittsburgh, PA
Woody's Music, Rock Hill, SC
Martin Music, Memphis, TN
Gruhn Guitars, Nashville, TN
World Music Nashville, Nashville, TN
Grapevine Guitar Works, Grapevine, TX
Melodee Music, Leesburg & Sterling, VA*
Dusty Strings, Seattle, WA
Dave's, LaCrosse, WI

The 12th Fret, Toronto, Canada
Guitar Guitar, Edinburgh, Scotland
Reddog Music, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scayles, Edinburgh, Scotland

Total 49 FLGSs. * indicates multiple people recommended.

I added Mandolin Brothers, Staten Island, NY. I found this store recently on my trip to NYC. They have huge collections of new/used guitars.

Thank you folks. Hope we get more!

[Steve]

I used to work at Guitar Trader, used to work with the owner of Rick's Guitar Shop at Taylor Guitars. Mandolin Bros, Alto Music and 12th Fret all used to be my accounts.

And fine people, all...

[miksel]

Martin Music in Memphis TN. Eric Martin and his store are featured in the latest issue of W&S:

http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/

+! Eric and crew are great !!!!   Mike S.

[Brian]

Portland Music Co., Portland, OR. 
They were great to deal with over the phone discussing some of the various GS Mini LTDs they had in stock and worked with me to put a deposit on a few to pick up later.  They called me back after they looked closer at and played the two blackwoods they had to describe the differences they noticed between them to me (one was a little warmer sounding, and the top visually had more character than the other).

Emerald City Guitars, Seattle. 
They're not a Taylor dealer but they have some used Taylors from time to time and always have a lot of great vintage guitars and a helpful, friendly staff.

Also, + another 1 for McCabe's.  I liked to go there when I lived in Los Angeles.

-Brian

[desertdave]

Dixie Music Center
Old Town FL
Dixie county

Bob and friends will take good care of you, Stop by if you ever run south on U.S. 19 florida

[randymalone]

Madison Music (Madison WI).  Just attended the Taylor Road Show there last night.  Nice people, big selection of Taylors (and other brands).

[egkor]

Great Southern Music, Houston Texas

Located in the Copperfield area

This store is a father-and-son run business.

In a nutshell, excellent sales and service.  Taylor (San Diego) CS recommended them. They are definitly part of the Taylor family.

[asahi]

so i finally made it out to scotty's in kalaheo, kauai - hawaii.

i know michaelw mentioned them as one of his favorites while in kauai, hawaii.  i have to now agree with his comments.  i'll be going back next week and i expect to pull the trigger between an 514ce fall limited 2010 koa/spruce and an 816ce spring limited 2012 - cocobolo/spruce.

i am hoping that they have an 814ce spring ltd coco to make a fair comparision especially since i do prefer the x14 body sizes.

service, prices, and his good looking staff made the visit a pleasant one.  and yes, he does stand by his "best price" policy.

[flaggerphil]

I STILL haven't found a favorite along the Space Coast.

[jjracer]

Music Center, Kenosha Wisconsin,  15min from the house   great guys there...  Glenn and Todd in the guitar section.

+1 for Madison Music, but it is a two hour ride for me.

[miksel]

Martin Music in Memphis TN. Eric Martin and his store are featured in the latest issue of W&S:

http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/

+! Eric and crew are great !!!!   Mike S.

     He doesn't qualify as local but that Jim dude at Guitar Rodeo is pretty awesome too. He'also a hoot to chat with. Mike S.

[fmbstrummer]

I too travel for my job and plot out the guitar shops that lie in my sales territory for overnights.  Great shops I have purchased from are:

Don and Marty at Wildwood in Coshocton, Ohio
Dave Miller at Buddy Roger's Music, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ted at Uptown Strings, Westerville, Ohio.  A brand new Taylor dealer.  Bought a Larrivee OM 03 from him about three years ago.  Great guy.
Pro Sound Music Shop, Clarksville, Indiana.  Keith and Debbie Rager are fine folks.  They had THE 514CE I wanted.

Wilcutt in Lexington, Ky. and Guitar Emporium, Louisville, Ky. are both "must visit" shops.

[Jimbo]

Northern Lights in Littleton, NH. I'm in love with this place, and it's not even that local to me. I'll go out of my way to visit whenever I'm in the White Mountains area. It's truly a family shop with an amazing selection of Taylors including some BTOs... Plus Martins and Santa Cruz. Happily, they have enough throughput to get a nice selection of LTDs and they do a lot of BTO orders. The environment is nice and relaxed with a spacious and quiet acoustic room. I've spent hours jumping between guitars there and never felt rushed, pressured or over-watched.

http://www.northernlightsmusic.com/

[solosdad]

L.A. Guitar Sales in West Hollywood, CA Ted and Helene are gracious hosts. Ted is very knowledgeable and fair in his pricing. You won't go wrong  buying from Ted. I've bought four guitars from him in the last 1 1/2 years and I'm a newbie.

In NYC Rudy's SOHO is the Rodeo Drive of guitar stores. High end stuff mostly and the most beautiful guitar store I've seen. Gordon the store manager is very attentive and will pull off what you want to play. The archtop room with Monteleone's etc., is like visiting a museum. Check out their website.