New Yorkers????

lerky · Post by **lerky** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:04 pm

Anyone know any good pro audio stores in NYC?
cant find that much on the net...

Jordan Vesteyo · Post by **Jordan Vesteyo** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:10 pm

What part of NYC, Manhattan has a bunch of places
Scam Ash, Rogue for used and new electronic.... Guitar Center

http://www.raveny.com/music/manhattan/

http://www.guitarcenter.com/locations/s ... ?store=810

lerky · Post by **lerky** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:17 pm

I'm staying in manhattan.

scam ash? is that a slip or what?

err_fatale · Post by **err_fatale** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:21 pm

when I lived in Manhattan I got mad gear from Sam Ash for dirt cheap brand new in the box when they discontinued lines and items...you can haggle at Sam Ash....same with Rogue.....got some good stuff there.....

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:49 pm

I just got back from NYC. Went to Rogue and messed around a bit. That is a cool place. Some real vintage gear too. They were very helpful. It feels more like someones garage than a music store. There is also a very cool place down by canal (I can't remember the addy though sorry) They might be closed down but they had a ton of gear. I got to play a few different Fender Rhodes for over an hour. I was in heaven.

err_fatale · Post by **err_fatale** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:54 pm

yeah i can't remember the name of place by canal but my friend used to work there.....funyy how bad my memory has gotten....it's run by a Japanese guy, he's real nice.....they used to be in Soho back in the days and they really had some great vintage stuff back then....back when New York was cool.....and there was a growing electronic scene there.....

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:01 pm

You're thinking of Two Lines. It's on Broadway a few blocks south of Canal Street on the East side of the street.

Lots of killer synths.

buzzcock · Post by **buzzcock** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:02 pm

err_fatale wrote:yeah i can't remember the name of place by canal but my friend used to work there.....funyy how bad my memory has gotten....it's run by a Japanese guy, he's real nice.....they used to be in Soho back in the days and they really had some great vintage stuff back then....back when New York was cool.....and there was a growing electronic scene there.....

It was called Two Lines Music-- used to be Dr. Sound on Mercer St.-- and as far as I know, it's all gone now. The Japanese guy does some work over at Main Drag here in Brooklyn, from what I hear...

As for EXISTING stores; lerky, are you looking for pro AUDIO, or MUSIC? And if music, what kind? Guitars, Synths, DJ?

Michael Hatsis · Post by **Michael Hatsis** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:03 pm

check out Rogue Music on 30th also right downstairs is Armens Music @ 212-563-4514. Lots of goodies at both of them. There is a really cool "standard" ( Guitars, Basses, drums...)type music shop accross the strreet. They are right by Penn Station which is pretty central...

Have Fun
Mike

lerky · Post by **lerky** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:57 pm

Im after synths, control surface, monitors stuff like that.

Thanks for all your help

LiveLong · Post by **LiveLong** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:40 am

Dale pro audio

Lotsof real pro gear, mostly studio and recording. i resale and install equipment and get my stuff there.

err_fatale · Post by **err_fatale** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:03 am

mike@TrackTeam Audio wrote:check out Rogue Music on 30th also right downstairs is Armens Music @ 212-563-4514. Lots of goodies at both of them. There is a really cool "standard" ( Guitars, Basses, drums...)type music shop accross the strreet. They are right by Penn Station which is pretty central...

Have Fun
Mike

haha ARMEN's. He fixed a few of my synths when he worked at Rogue, namely my Kurzweil K2000 and installed the KDFX in my old K2500. It's hard to find a good Kurzweil repairman who actually knows what's up with those machines. He seemed to know them inside and out.....A strange guy though, and he charged an armen a leg!!!! (get it?). he had a falling out w/ Rogue @ 2002 or 2003 and split to open his own repair shop downstairs.......I think they were exploiting his talents......if I ever needed a synth fixed, though, he's the first guy I would go to.....he must have repaired THOUSANDS of machines over the years....THOUSANDS.....

Man I'm so bummed out about TWO LINES music. That dude was cool, and I spent many hours there hanging w/ my boy Eric talking synth talk and messing around with the gear. Another victim of the software explosion....add to that all of the RECORD stores and clubs in NYC and there ain't much left of what I used to like there at all....strange, time is.....

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:15 am

Crazy shit there Err_, I grew up in LES and now I'm your neighbor in the burgh. Nuts.

Also wanted to chime in about how much NYC has continued to suck more and more, first with Guliani, then the NYU expansion, and now the post 911 limelight (not the club.)

That f'n cabaret liscense BS was the biggest sign of doom of all.

D K · Post by **D K** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:15 am

east village music also had a great basement full of odd stuff.. was on east 3rd street but i think they moved into a new space, but only a few blocks away.
cheers
doug

err_fatale · Post by **err_fatale** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:17 am

NYC is just nothing like it used to be at all.....not worth the trouble and $$$ anymore IMO.

the burgh is nice and chill. Not much of an electronic music "scene" anymore, but I could really care less......I can drive to NYC or Toronto or Detroit or D.C. or Baltimore or Philly or Cleveland or Columbus or even CHI-town if I wanna go to a show.....The RENT here is nice and CHEAP. That's my #1 priority.....