Small world (if you count by guitar shops).

[MuinXing]

Alright I've recently moved to toronto, and I've become horribly disappointed by the number of guitar stores. Sure there is a handful of big shops, but by my standards it's quite few in number. I grew up in an area that was quite isolated with just 20 thousand people within a 2 hour drive. However we had one solid shop that sold for the full area. Now that I'm in a place 300 times the size, I'm dumbfounded by the lack of options. So I ask have you had a similar moment where you get just how eerily small this world is.

 

[Gopherbassist]

I lived in a town that had about 55,000 people within a 1.5 hour drive, and it had 2 guitar shops that were pretty good. Now I live in a city of 500,000 people, with about 2,000,000 in the area and we have... 2 guitar shops. I think that's just the way it is.

 

[iamlowsound]

Club Bass and Fbass is just down the road in Hamilton.

lowsound

 

[placedesjardins]

Alright I've recently moved to toronto, and I've become horribly disappointed by the number of guitar stores. Sure there is a handful of big shops, but by my standards it's quite few in number. I grew up in an area that was quite isolated with just 20 thousand people within a 2 hour drive. However we had one solid shop that sold for the full area. Now that I'm in a place 300 times the size, I'm dumbfounded by the lack of options. So I ask have you had a similar moment where you get just how eerily small this world is.

Well, that sounds normal. Small town served by one small music store. Medium town served by one medium-sized music store. Small city served by one large music store and maybe a niche music store. Medium city served by multiple small music stores and one or more large music stores. Large city served by one or two large music stores with a number of small and medium sized music stores in the suburbs.
Music stores don't multiply in a linear manner with the population like say grocery stores.

It gives you a reason to take a road trip to visit a small niche music store out of town.

 

[Mark Wilson]

Whereabouts in Toronto are you?
There's Club Bass, Long and Mcquade, Capsule Music, Steve's Music, 12th fret to name a few.

 

[MatticusMania]

There is a guitar shop just down the street from me. Since I havent needed and new gear I havent yet been inside.