lipan Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) Hi, I'll be in London for a few days and since there are not many bass oriented shops here in Slovenia I was hoping to visit some along the way. I am particularly interested in trying out Music man basses (bongo especially), Laklands, Yamahas etc.. Any suggestion on where the best shops for bass guitars in London are would be greately appreciated. Thanks, Marko. Edited June 24, 2011 by lipan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 try The bass Gallery in Camdan town all the details are on their web site [url="http://www.thebassgallery.com/"]http://www.thebassgallery.com/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 [quote name='Harry' post='1280501' date='Jun 24 2011, 08:12 AM']try The bass Gallery in Camdan town all the details are on their web site [url="http://www.thebassgallery.com/"]http://www.thebassgallery.com/[/url][/quote] Not much more to say than this. Good selection of basses and friendly, helpful staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 [quote name='toneknob' post='1280573' date='Jun 24 2011, 09:46 AM']Not much more to say than this. Good selection of basses and friendly, helpful staff.[/quote] It's the only place to go in London. It is spelled '[b]Camden[/b]' BTW, not 'Camdan', just in case you are googling the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLOYDWT Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Agree with all the above. The Gallery is the best place in London. I bought my Bongo Stealth from them a couple years ago, great service & great price, amazing selection of stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham56 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 +1 for the Bass Gallery. And here's a word of warning. You may have heard of Denmark Street in the centre of town. It's packed full of music shops and even has a specialist Bass retailer - the Bass Cellar. So why is no-one recommending them? The Denmark Sreet retailers have a reputation for being overpriced, rude, arrogant and generally really poor to deal with. In only one or two visits I've seen some of the worst treatment of customers there that I've seen in any retail environment. Visit if you like but don't expect it to be a pleasant experience! You can read [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=25829"]this thread[/url] for some background! Have fun when you get here, Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipan Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 Thanks guys, I am leaving home right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 [quote name='silddx' post='1280587' date='Jun 24 2011, 09:53 AM']It's the only place to go in London.[/quote] Except the London branch of GuitarGuitar in Epsom of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomKent Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 [quote name='toneknob' post='1280773' date='Jun 24 2011, 11:46 AM']Except the London branch of GuitarGuitar in Epsom of course [/quote] Still amazed how they call that London. Don't think it's even within OysterCard zones haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2009 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 [quote name='TomKent' post='1280801' date='Jun 24 2011, 12:03 PM']Still amazed how they call that London. Don't think it's even within OysterCard zones haha.[/quote] It is, I once got a bus there drunk out of my mind, had no idea where I was. You should've seen the laugh the taxi driver had when I asked for Fulham! And having recently been to the Bass Cellar, I doubt I'll be going back. It was necessary to buy the strings there and then, and I was there rather than in Camden, but the guy didn't listen to me at all and didn't seem to care too much once he knew he was guaranteed a sale. Not been to the Bass gallery but will definitely have to soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 To be fair ive found Wunjos and V&R pleasant to deal with. Certainly not cheap, but neither is the BG to be honest... although neither shop are big on MM's, Yammys or Lakkys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzbass2000 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 + 1 for GuitarGuitar (London) Epsom - massive range of gear - certainly more basses than all of Denmark Street put together. It's 30mins by train from Waterloo and 5 mins walk from the train station - but sadly the London Underground tube don't run that far out to the sticks (of London.....). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) [quote name='TomKent' post='1280801' date='Jun 24 2011, 12:03 PM']Still amazed how they call that London. Don't think it's even within OysterCard zones haha.[/quote] Don't think it's even within the same Time Zone Looks like a good shop though, will have to take a look sometime soon. Edited June 24, 2011 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipan Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 Visited The bass gallery...and fell in love with the MM bongo5 bass. Great shop and staff by the way. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) Was visiting the kids last week in London and the eldest took me along Denmark St on Saturday pm. I was too scared to go into the shops given all the negative things said about some establishments...well actually, we were too busy to stop but they did not look bad from the outside! Caught the Brand New Heavies at Ronnies too, Andrew Levy is still a cool bassist! Edited July 9, 2011 by yorks5stringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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