When buying an electric guitar, it's always a good idea to compare prices to find the best deal out there. Shopping online is an excellent way to do your research. What I like to do when I'm looking to buy an electric guitar or some other piece of musical equipment is to check out various online music sites, find the best price, and go to my local music store to see if they will match the price. Quite often they will.
I've put together a list of music stores online that in most cases either I or a friend have bought from and included a list of the guitar companies whose electric guitars they carry. I'm not endorsing one site over another, and it's up to you do the research and do business with the music store with whom you feel the most comfortable.
The list of online music stores:
Zzounds
Electric guitar manufacturers carried: Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, ESP, Ibanez, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Dean, Jackson, Washburn, Yamaha, Taylor, Peavey, Schecter
Musician's Friend (www.musiciansfriend.com)
Electric guitar manufacturers carried: Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, ESP, Ibanez, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Dean, Paul Reed Smith, Fernandes, BC Rich, Godin, Jackson, Kramer, Music Man, Washburn, Yamaha, Taylor, Peavey, Schecter, Hamer
Guitar Center (www.guitarcenter.com)
Electric guitar manufacturers carried: Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, ESP, Ibanez, Gretsch, Dean, Paul Reed Smith, BC Rich, Godin, Jackson, Music Man, Washburn, Yamaha, Taylor, Peavey, Schecter
Music123 (www.music123.com)
Electric guitar manufacturers carried: Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, ESP, Ibanez, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Dean, Paul Reed Smith, G&L, Fernandes, BC Rich, Godin, Jackson, Kramer, Music Man, Washburn, Yamaha, Taylor, Peavey, Schecter, Hamer
American Musical Supply (www.americanmusical.com)
Electric guitar manufacturers carried: Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, ESP, Ibanez, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Dean, Paul Reed Smith, Jackson, Washburn, Yamaha, Peavey, Schecter
Sweetwater (www.sweetwater.com)
Electric guitar manufacturers carried: Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, Ibanez, Gretsch, Charvel, Paul Reed Smith, Jackson, Peavey, Taylor
World Music Supply (www.worldmusicsupply.com)
Electric guitar manufacturers carried: Fender, ESP, Dean, BC Rich, Jackson, Washburn, Yamaha, Taylor, Schecter, Hamer
Same Day Music (www.samedaymusic.com)
Electric guitar manufacturers carried: Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, ESP, Ibanez, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Dean, Jackson, Washburn, Yamaha, Peavey, Schecter
