fintimboy

My son has been getting into playing jazz bass and is keen to have an EUB for his 18th birthday. Having taken a look at various forums etc I am amazed at how many there are to choose from... and thoroughly confused to boot! The obvious thing (well, to me, anyway) is to try a few out and see what we like the sound/feel of, but it's obviously quite a specialist piece of kit and most retailers seem either to be acoustic purists or guitar shops with the odd EUB if you're lucky. Can anyone recommend somewhere where we could try out a few instruments and hopefully get some decent advice about them too? London area. Thanks for any suggestions!