Guitar Reviews 4U - Peach Guitars shop Colchester Essex

 

A review of Peach Guitars in Colchester Essex

My Gretsch 5420T Electromatic purchased from Peach Guitars

Recently I was looking for a Gretsch 5420T Electromatic in 2 tone 'Anniversary Green' finish and found one on the Peach Guitars site. It looked just what I required, I had been looking for a 6118 Anniversary in green but they are a bit hard to find now, having previously owned one.

My recent purchases from supposed 'leading UK Guitar stores' have been disappointing, with unchecked instruments sent out in almost unplayable condition for example.

This is not acceptable when you are spending around 2K on a premium guitar. On one occasion one guitar arrived in the wrong case. Even then when you contact them and state the guitar hasn't been checked and set up, they don't really care, they have your money by then. Fortunately I am able to do this type of set up work but that isn't the point at this level of guitar.

A very different story with Peach Guitars thankfully! Quite the opposite to my recent experiences I am pleased to say. 

I enquired with the store if I could have the guitar delivered to my work address and that was able to be done, Jeff from Peach Guitars was very helpful and I decided to make the purchase. I hadn't dealt with the company before but had seen their adverts in magazines and on-line.

The price of the 5420T guitar was also very competitive as a bonus too. I paid using the Paypal option which went fine and waited for delivery.

The guitar duly arrived to me a couple of days later at work and was very well packed.

More than that, it even had a Peach Guitars QC card with it, showing it had been checked over and the set up was done.

Unboxing the guitar, I was no stranger to Gretsch guitars but I was very impressed with the build quality and finish. The acid test was to play something and sure enough, the guitar was playable out of the box and sounded great too. 

I did receive contact from Jeff a day later to enquire about the guitar and I said that it was great and I was very pleased with the transaction. It was nice that they followed up the purchase, most don't nowadays.

Peach guitars are like guitar shops used to be only a decade or so ago, (Coda Music springs to mind when I have purchased guitars from them), great guitars, set up and with quick delivery.

I would recommend Peach Guitars without question, for their great service, competitive prices and a great purchasing experience. They are an example to the others to follow.