guiguite Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 hi all, i m recording in august with my band i ll need my bass all set up. the thing is that i also need it badly to practice so i m looking for good adresses where to ask a setup in 24h in (north) London (without paying too much money) do you have any recommandation ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) Try Bass Gallery in Camden - they're very helpful and good - price is OK as long as you don't need fret stone (which doubles cost to c£80) Edited July 13, 2008 by Clarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 or a cheaper alternative might be Phil Mann. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 You can try Jon Free at Black Guitars - [url="http://www.blackguitars.com/"]http://www.blackguitars.com/[/url] Based in Stoke Newington and very reasonably priced. Tell him Roger sent you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guiguite Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 hey many thanks for your help. i ll call jon free later. Sorry to sound stupid but who is phil mann? does he have a website ? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 If it just needs new strings & the standard neck, bridge & pickup adjustments you could do the setup yourself and spend the money on beer. There's loads of easy to follow guides around. eg: [url="http://www.fender.com/support/basses.php"]http://www.fender.com/support/basses.php[/url] [url="http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html"]http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassm...etupmanual.html[/url] I owned my USA Precision for 20 years before I had enough courage to turn the truss rod, but I find it usually needs a few tweaks every year when the seasons change. My jazz often needs a bit of a tweak right before a gig to keep playing consistently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 the bass cellar in denmark street did mine in a couple of hours, if you go early enough in the day and they're not too busy they're pretty fast, so long as you don't need major repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullrangebass Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 My vote goes for The Bass Gallery. Top notch service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 [quote name='Musky' post='238524' date='Jul 13 2008, 01:53 PM']You can try Jon Free at Black Guitars - [url="http://www.blackguitars.com/"]http://www.blackguitars.com/[/url] Based in Stoke Newington and very reasonably priced. Tell him Roger sent you! [/quote] plus the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I've been told that Phil gets his basses set up at the Gallery! I think I might have misinterpreted something he said as serious when he was really being a little ironic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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