Rent a bass in NYC?

robisbass · #1 04-16-2009, 09:52 PM

I have a friend traveling to NYC to play a gig and is wondering if it's possible to rent an upright here.

Anyone know if that's possible? Any ideas?

Thanks for any input you may have...

Cheers,
Rob

salcott · #2 04-17-2009, 01:00 AM

David Gage.

robisbass · #3 04-17-2009, 06:58 AM

Thanks, I've emailed the store...

conte2music · #4 04-17-2009, 10:43 AM

At Gage, they have a nice french bass that I once rented. It's smooth with the bow and has a C extension. They also have a few quick speaking jazz basses for all the NYC jazz heavies!!! Be ready with a high limit credit card!

jaff · #5 04-17-2009, 10:46 AM

I have rented the Czech-Ease bass a few times. About 150/week last time.

salcott · #6 04-17-2009, 11:51 AM

http://www.rentabass.com/find_bass.php

robisbass · #7 04-17-2009, 05:56 PM

Guys,
Thanks very much! Gage definitely does this (at different levels) and this reantabass site is quite a resource.

Thanks BassTalk folks-- what a great community!