Bangkok musical instrument warehouse hit by blaze

[rooster59]

Bangkok musical instrument warehouse hit by blaze

By The Nation

 

Fire damaged a four-floor shophouse storing musical instruments in Bangkok’s Ratburana district on Saturday morning. 

 

The fire started on the second floor of the building on Soi Pracha-uthit 27 on Pracha-uthit road at 6am.

 

Initially, it took about 15 minutes to control the blaze but it flared up again at 9am, prompting firefighters to go inside.

 

Police said the building was used to store guitars and ukuleles.

 

No injuries were reported. The cause and extent of the damage have yet to be established.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30313765

 

 

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[F4UCorsair]

Nobody will miss the continued supply of ukelees!!  Guitars??  Maybe.

Now if it was a warehouse full of saxophones, that would be a different matter.

[LPCustom69]

I hope they weren't storing decent guitars!

[fish monger]

9 hours ago, LPCustom69 said:

I hope they weren't storing decent guitars!

Oh yeah...I'm sure there were genuine Fender Strat's, Martin's, $10,000 Bozo 12 string acoustics, PRS custom 7 strings with a couple hundred Ibanez 6 string bases...55555 NOT !

[Happy Grumpy]

3 minutes ago, fish monger said:

.I'm sure there were genuine Fender Strat's, Martin's, $10,000 Bozo 12 string acoustics, PRS custom 7 strings with a couple hundred Ibanez 6 string bases

 

How did you get sight of their insurance claim?

[tonray]

7 hours ago, fish monger said:

Oh yeah...I'm sure there were genuine Fender Strat's, Martin's, $10,000 Bozo 12 string acoustics, PRS custom 7 strings with a couple hundred Ibanez 6 string bases...55555 NOT !

Actually, 99 % of the instruments available at Bangkok Music shops are legit. Fenders, PRS, etc. It is virtually impossible to find a counterfeit guitar in Thailand. You need to order from China for that.

[fusion58]

On 5/1/2017 at 7:10 AM, tonray said:

Actually, 99 % of the instruments available at Bangkok Music shops are legit. Fenders, PRS, etc. It is virtually impossible to find a counterfeit guitar in Thailand. You need to order from China for that.

Plus, there are a few shops in BKK where you can find high-end boutique guitars, e.g., John Suhr, James Tyler, et al, and amps.

 

Let's hope this wasn't one of those.

[lamyai3]

They'll likely be locally produced instruments, sold in small shops everywhere, often around 2-3000 baht or so. The established brands are mostly sold through specific dealerships... Taylor, Martin and Crafter through Music Collection, Takamine through Capital music etc.

[dddave]

There is, or at least was a coffee shop in "Town in Town" called "Ukulele Cafe" where weekend ukulele "jams" were a regular event.

No line at the door.