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10-28-2008, 10:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NY - capital region | | | Where to buy a double bass in NY's capital region
Greetings,
If anyone reading this lives in the NY capital region area, I would appreciate information on where to buy a double bass.
Thanks,
Oded Ben-Ami
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10-28-2008, 11:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Syracuse N.Y. | | A short drive could bring you here: http://www.aesbass.com/ |
10-28-2008, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Forest Hills, New York | | | Take the train here
Metro North - south bound to NYC and visit www.davidgage.com
Then hop back on the train to Albany  |
10-29-2008, 09:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rutherford, NJ | | Bill Merchant - High Falls NY. Great guy, great luthier, he is very close to you. I would contact him and find out what basses he has at the moment. At the very least, you will have made a great connection with a superb luthier. http://www.merchantbass.com/
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11-03-2008, 03:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NY - capital region | | | Thank you everyone for your replies.
I am a bit surprised at the sparsity of options.
I'm located 3-4 hours drive from NYC (south), 3-4 hours drive from Boston (east) and also 3-4 hours drive from Montreal (north).
If that reminds you of some other stores / luthiers, I would love to know. |
11-03-2008, 04:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Syracuse N.Y. | | http://www.nahrmannbass.com
This place is in Mass. 30 minutes outside of Boston. |
11-06-2008, 07:52 PM
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11-07-2008, 01:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Chicago | | | Re: Paul Perley Cellos:
$19,000 for a Juzek ??? It looks beautiful and is supposedly a Mater Arts model, but $19K? I think that one has been there for a while - a long while. |
11-07-2008, 02:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Albany, NY | | | Good luck. I don't know your playing level is but for my first upright I ended up buying online due to lack of a local selection.
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11-07-2008, 02:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NY - capital region | | | Lync,
You are correct, Albany seems to be a desert in that respect. Still, buying a musical instrument, is something that I will never do online.
I hope you enjoy your new bass. |
11-07-2008, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Albany, NY | | | Yes, not that I am recomending it, but I had to do it due to the aforementioned lack of local dealers.
This was about 6 years ago. I had to put another $250 into it for setup from a local luthier. Since then, I've done my own work on it (plywood Chinese bass). I put a Schaller pickup on it and I can jam at rock band levels if need be (I use it for a jazz duo and for kicks some nights with my modern rock cover band).
NYC is not a far trip from Albany though, so that might be your best bet. |
11-08-2008, 12:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | | It may take a little travel time, but there are sure worse places in the country to be! Maybe it just seems that way, but most every bass I want to check out seems to be in the NE...
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