bubinga5 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 the Atlanta Bass gallery is awsome.. [url="http://www.atlantabassgallery.com/"]http://www.atlantabassgallery.com/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Bass Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) There is an amazing bass shop in Tokyo. Cant remember the name. Edited May 24, 2011 by Dread Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'd go to Bass Central. Beaver Felton has the contacts to get you pretty much whatever you want and the stock there is always good. Mind you, I remember a few years ago before the economic downturn, Bass Central had the most amazing stock list you can imagine. Either or Ishibashi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Yeah definately Bass Central - their level of stock is crazy, the website is great for bass pr0n too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Ishibashi, or a mysterious second hand shop tucked away in the back streeets of Tokyo filled to the brim with weird Japcrap.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1243514' date='May 24 2011, 09:37 PM']Ok. Name the names, then. If only so we an all go and have a look at their sites....[/quote] First off, I'd have another 2 Gus G3s. A fretted 5-string based on my matt black one but with some more coil switching options and a more bling colour scheme. And a fretless 5-string with a metal fingerboard and an ACG01 Pre-amp. Then I'd be looking for a luthier to build me an [i][b]exact[/b][/i] replica of an Ovation Magnum I, but with 5-strings. If there was anything left from my £20000 after that then I've be looking at something from either [url="http://www.nortonguitars.com/"]Norton[/url] or [url="http://www.spaltinstruments.com/"]Spalt[/url]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Bass Direct. I'm not a very complicated person; and besides, they have everything I'd want if I was intent on blowing £20K on basses. Esh, Dingwall, Mayones... what more could I ask for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisyjon Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Another +1 for the Chicago Music Exchange here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 BTW, Unfortunately Ishibashi isn't quite as fantastic in real life, because they are a chain of (6+) shops throughout Japan, so what you see on the web site is the combined stock of all of them and not the contents of a single shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 A fantasy version of ishibashi where all the mustangs are at one site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'd go to the Gallery, it's a wonderful place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) I'd go to that bass shop that sells cars... Or get a tubax (cause thats kind of a bass anyway). One with a decent selection of second hand/ interesting basses, I don't like buying new, such a waste of money paying all that extra for a bass thats got maybe a few less scratches but isn't even set up. I could probably spend it just browsing the BC classifieds and ebay. Edited May 25, 2011 by Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='Ross' post='1243903' date='May 25 2011, 09:19 AM']I'd go to that bass shop that sells cars...[/quote] And that's why we're all different. I could quite happily drop £20000 on a single bass if it was the right one for me. However I couldn't contemplate spending even a quarter of that on a car unless I was wealthy enough to consider £20000 to be "walking around money". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Wheras I'm really into my volkswagens and if I had £20k it'd be on a car. If a 1948 split rear screen beetle came along, I'd have to drop it all and change my trousers shortly after. I already have a bass and an amp, if I had like 1 or 2 grand then yeah I'd be after a new bass or rig, but £20k is mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Cheers BRX, I now want a Spalt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='Ross' post='1243968' date='May 25 2011, 10:17 AM']Wheras I'm really into my volkswagens and if I had £20k it'd be on a car. If a 1948 split rear screen beetle came along, I'd have to drop it all and change my trousers shortly after. I already have a bass and an amp, if I had like 1 or 2 grand then yeah I'd be after a new bass or rig, but £20k is mental.[/quote] Did up a Hebmuller once, incredible car. Sorry to go OT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 This is by far the best and my favourite bass shop in the world.. The people actually speak to you for a start!! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showforum=18"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showforum=18[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I would want to buy a Squier JV jazz to match my Precision - failing that a CIJ/MIJ jazz would prob substitute.... I think basschat would be the best place to look for them! with the money left over i would live on it for a year. 20k is far more than i currently earn a year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 oh beaten to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'd step back in time to the mid to late eighties.... £20k in Musical Exchanges. Early seventies Precisions starting at £299, just buy the lot!!!! Nice collection of Jaydees, they had as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='xgsjx' post='1243969' date='May 25 2011, 10:19 AM']Cheers BRX, I now want a Spalt! :gas: :gas: :gas:[/quote] I aim to please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) I think I'd be straight onto the phone with Martin Peterson and Rob Green. Probably not at the same time. Although with £20k to spend, who knows? Edited May 25, 2011 by Maverick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='Maverick' post='1244030' date='May 25 2011, 11:06 AM']I think I'd be straight onto the phone with Martin Peterson and Rob Green.[/quote] I wouldn't phone Rob Green, He'd only drop it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='xgsjx' post='1243969' date='May 25 2011, 10:19 AM']Cheers BRX, I now want a Spalt! [/quote] I so nearly got a Spalt hybrid after seeing BRX's Weird & Wonderful thread when I first joined BC, then gravitated towards a Status Streamline, ended up with a Warwick. I want a Spalt again now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1244031' date='May 25 2011, 11:07 AM']I wouldn't phone Rob Green, He'd only drop it.....[/quote] that made me laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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