[Nick]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

Sweet! What are some Caparison models you think people would be interested in most? That's one of the brands I'm not really an expert on yet. I like those TAT snow cloud models, the Christopher Amott signature, and the flat black Angelus HGS model. I assume the Dellingers, Horus, etc models are sweet as well. Perhaps we'd order a 7-string too.

Id attempt to carry dellingers and horus models. I was lucky enough for my local store to start carrying them (at which time i bought one within a week) They sold out of caparisons (3 dellingers 3 horuses) in a week and a half. making them a total of £8000 ish

Where i live most people probably hadnt heard of caparison but i think the wierd headstock and the guys telling people 'give this a go youl like it' was good enough to sell them.

I was about to buy my second ESP (an MII) and the guys in the store called me and said they had some caparisons in and i went in played it and knew that it was for me.

I recon theyd be easy to sell to people who are interested in ESP strat shapes or Ibanez youd just have to pro activley go out and tell people about them.


my two cents

[zimbloth]

Originally Posted by Nick

Id attempt to carry dellingers and horus models. I was lucky enough for my local store to start carrying them (at which time i bought one within a week) They sold out of caparisons (3 dellingers 3 horuses) in a week and a half. making them a total of £8000 ish

Where i live most people probably hadnt heard of caparison but i think the wierd headstock and the guys telling people 'give this a go youl like it' was good enough to sell them.

I was about to buy my second ESP (an MII) and the guys in the store called me and said they had some caparisons in and i went in played it and knew that it was for me.

I recon theyd be easy to sell to people who are interested in ESP strat shapes or Ibanez youd just have to pro activley go out and tell people about them.


my two cents

That was really helpful man, thanks for that. Definitely will order up some dellingers and horuses, as well as a couple TATs and a 7-string or two.

[Thrashmanzac]

holy shit, nice work!
those are some kick arse brands your stocking, im sure it will be a huge success

[ShawnFjellstad]

dude, this is phenomenal news.
the world needs more shops exactly like the one you plan on opening, so big, big props to you, bro.

its really nice to know that the main business partners in this are gear dorks and tone-freaks like the rest of us.

dude, if you could get me some sort of deal on a caparison horus, i'd fly out to boston just to give you a hug (and maybe try out your ul ).

but seriously, congrats and good luck.

[zimbloth]

Originally Posted by Thrashmanzac

holy shit, nice work!
those are some kick arse brands your stocking, im sure it will be a huge success

Thanks man, I hope so. I'll definitely be working my ass off on this project to make sure of it. I know personally, I always wished I could find a place that would stock unique 7-strings and other high end shit, I hope to make that a reality and hook people up here as well

Originally Posted by ShawnFjellstad

dude, this is phenomenal news.
the world needs more shops exactly like the one you plan on opening, so big, big props to you, bro.

its really nice to know that the main business partners in this are gear dorks and tone-freaks like the rest of us.

dude, if you could get me some sort of deal on a caparison horus, i'd fly out to boston just to give you a hug (and maybe try out your ul ).

but seriously, congrats and good luck.

Shawn hell yeah, I totally agree. It would definitely be awesome. As soon as we get the paperwork officially done with Caparison I will definitely try to hook you up on a Horus

[ShawnFjellstad]

also, huge props on possibly carrying framus stuff.
i know you wanted me to do a full review (and i will, as soon as my new preamp tubes come in), but i guess you wont need it, as you'll get to play through them in person.

[Thrashmanzac]

zimbloth- i totaly respect what your doing!
its a dream of mine to open my own shop one day, and im guessing its been one of yours so congrats!
by the sounds of it, it will be awesome, we need more shops like that here!

[Mr. S]

awesome man, good luck too you! i just wish you were opening in the UK we need some good guitar stores too

[Nick]

lol you probably have guaranteed success just from purchases that will be made by members of this board

[zimbloth]

Originally Posted by Thrashmanzac

zimbloth- i totaly respect what your doing!
its a dream of mine to open my own shop one day, and im guessing its been one of yours so congrats!
by the sounds of it, it will be awesome, we need more shops like that here!

Thanks man I appreciate that. It's definitely been a dream of mine. Hopefully people in the region will enjoy it, and I'm sure we'll do a lot of shipping and international sales too.

Originally Posted by Nick

lol you probably have guaranteed success just from purchases that will be made by members of this board

Haha I hope so. I'll definitely try to get people here good deals and build some trust.