The Guitar, Amp & Keyboard Centre, Brighton

I often pop into GAK. They have a good selection of guitars to look at and have a fondle of.

It’s best to visit during the week as weekends can be busy and noisy.

Went in here with my son. A superb range of guitars available.

Has pretty much anything a guitar player could want all in one store.

The range of guitars as I say seems to go on and on. Maybe a few more music books would have got this shop a 5 star rating.

Very busy and obviously popular shop.

The GAK is a pretty standard guitar shop that sells most of your musical needs. However, the choice is limited and the staff are clearly snobs. The drum cavern, however, is very helpful and has better choice, but the guitar and electronic shop is expensive and limited.

oh boy, if you are into being shunned by ignorant staff or have someone play there brand new ultra fast riff at you while you stand twiddling your thumbs then this is the place for you.this is the asda of guitar shops and if that is where your “thing” is then be my guest.there are more worthy guitar shops in brighton who do a far better job and dont have the attitude .

Oh boy! If you’re in to musical instruments (well, guitars, amps & keyboards… & drums, further down the road), this is a veritable toy shop of a store. It may look small and very yellow on the outside, but it’s like a Tardis within.

GAK, as it’s known to those in the know, has a massive stock as, in addition to the physical shop, they are a significant and well respected on-line retailer.

I was lucky enough to go in with an avid guitarist who walked me through all the stock, pointing out those guitars that best fitted my requirements and honing my choice to two, only one of which I played… and bought! The staff are all enthusiasts too and I’m sure would have used the same experiential approach. I was certainly given plenty of time to play and there was no obvious sales pressure, which is something that’s worth extra points in my book.

So if you’re thinking about getting all musical, I can HIGHLY recommend GAK!