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11-21-2006, 07:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: raleigh, nc | | | visiting nyc stores worth visiting
I will be in NYC this weekend and was wondering where David
Gages's store is located. Also any other local bass stores that are worth a visit. Thanks for the help. Mike
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11-21-2006, 07:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah | | | Hello,
David Gage is located at 43 Walker Street between Church Street and Broadway. Have fun in our little city. |
11-21-2006, 07:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: SE Wisconsin | | | I've never been to Gage's, but I've heard some around here recommend calling for an appointment rather than just drop in.
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11-21-2006, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Goodbar I've never been to Gage's, but I've heard some around here recommend calling for an appointment rather than just drop in. | Indeed! One would be best-served by doing that and, given the nature of Gage's shop, it seems only fair to them to do that. |
11-21-2006, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: raleigh, nc | | | Thanks for the quick response. I just assumed Gage's was a retail store. Thanks for the heads up. I will call for an appointment. Mike |
11-21-2006, 12:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City | | Gage's is a retail store, but sometimes not everybody is available to help unless you have an appointment. Check the website for the contact info and then call. Lot's of people will be here this weekend http://davidgage.com/ Enjoy!!
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11-21-2006, 12:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Jersey Shore | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by levifly I will be in NYC this weekend and was wondering where David
Gages's store is located. Also any other local bass stores that are worth a visit. Thanks for the help. Mike | Mike, check out Ideal Music too, 150 West 22nd, second floor,
and watch where you park anywhere in Manhatten, they give out parking tickets like candy over there ! ! !  |
11-21-2006, 01:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City | | | Good idea,
As we probably know, Ideal is the home for the bassesonline website. I think it's closed on weekends.
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11-21-2006, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | ???? Gage isn't a retail store. It's a REPAIR shop that has a large enough clientele that it has a large number (probably the largest in the northeast) of basses for sale on consignment.
They HAVE developed a product line that is for sale there, but thinking about it in the same way that you think about Sears is probably not the best thing.....
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11-21-2006, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: raleigh, nc | | | You guys are very prompt with your replys. I won't be driving but thanks for the advice. I will be vsiting Ideal on Fri. I love to visit NYC. We will take in a couple of plays and do all the tourist things.
I also love this forum. I have lurked around for a year or so and never posted. I learned to play the bass when my daugter was in high school. Her school was a small private school and in order for them to have an orchestra they invited the faculty and parents to play. My wife played the trumpet in high school and she began to play again with the orchestra. I really felt left out so I learned to play the bass. Jack Budrow taught me. His wife was my daughter's violin teacher and he was the principle bass player with the NC symphony. I know this is probably more information than you would like to know but this is my way of introducing myself.
I feel like I know everyone who posts often to this site and look forward to continuing to learn about basses and how to play them. Again thanks for responding so quickly to my questions. Mike |
11-21-2006, 04:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Kolstein's
Not in the city proper but a short car ride to Baldwin. Not the biggest shop but a large selection of perfectly set-up beauties. |
11-21-2006, 04:39 PM
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summer before last.
You should call ahead, Gage's has a sales person available most of the time so you don't interrupt repairs, etc. However, when I was there they were gracious even though busy and let me watch the work for a while and then go upstairs and play basses for HOURS. I must have played 30+ basses.
You can do the same at Kolsteins which is out a little way on the Island near Kennedy. I stayed there half a day, had lunch and went back. Played another 30+ basses. You should call ahead there too. Weekends are their busiest times.
If you also play EBG, Sadowsky's and Fodera's both in Brooklyn along the river about 40 blocks apart. Or if you're just in Manhattan Rudy's is cool around 52nd & Broadway, I think.
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11-21-2006, 07:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: raleigh, nc | | | Ken, Thank you for the information. In answer to your question, I am not in the market for a bass but would love to visit a shop to view some really good basses and bows.
Ken I enjoy the detail with which you answer each poster's querries. You must really enjoy basses, their history and tradition. I wish I could be as passionate about any particular subject as you are the bass. Please continue to share your knowledge. Mike |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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