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Mark @ Bass Direct is definitely the best dedicated bass shop I have been too. I've bought pretty much all my gear from him now and he always does me a great deal and looks after me very well. Not really had too many bad dealings with music shops. Some of the more generic ones are always a bit "meh" like the old Academy of Sound, Sound Control, etc but nothing I would ever really complain about.

It's just like any form of business really and that is you get good promoters and bad. Luckily I've worked with some very good ones lately - namely Cheese Weasel Promotions in Leicester. He puts so much effort in to promoting the bands and we've always had bumper crowds in the venues he's put us in. Not all promoters are bad eggs but it's our job to search them out. The bad promoters will prey on young bands normally or inexperienced bands looking to just get on the circuit and I have had these offers thrown at me loads of times. It's just up to you and the band The harshest offers are when it's to an out of town gig (as in bloody miles away) and they ask you to sell at least X amount of tickets. We have managed this a few times by arranging our own minibuses but it can't be done every gig you play more than 10miles away.