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12-21-2009, 08:53 PM
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Hello everyone. After recent trouble with the last bass I purchased, I am back on the market looking for a company to purchase a different bass from. If people could tell me the names of companies that they respect and possibly give me their websites I would be very grateful.
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12-21-2009, 09:59 PM
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12-21-2009, 10:14 PM
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12-21-2009, 11:25 PM
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12-21-2009, 11:40 PM
| | | | Thanks Waleross, that site looks very promising. |
12-22-2009, 01:15 AM
|  | Official Forum Flunkee | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA | | Get thyself to Hammond Ashley. Try before you buy, unless you know what you're doing, which it sounds like you don't. http://www.hammondashley.com/seattle/
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12-22-2009, 01:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC | | | Hammond Ashley
Hammond Ashley is a good place to go to try a few basses. They're about 1.5 hours drive from you and probably the biggest bass shop in the northwest. I've done business with them a few times and they've always been great. I'm not sure what brands they carry. Give them a call and see what they have. They also have a trade-in policy for upgrades. http://www.hammondashley.com/seattle/index.php
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12-22-2009, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by AaBass  ...After recent trouble with the last bass I purchased, I am back on the market looking for a company to purchase a different bass from... | What type of bass did you buy and from whom?
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12-22-2009, 07:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chang Hammond Ashley is a good place to go to try a few basses. They're about 1.5 hours drive from you and probably the biggest bass shop in the northwest. I've done business with them a few times and they've always been great. I'm not sure what brands they carry. Give them a call and see what they have. They also have a trade-in policy for upgrades. http://www.hammondashley.com/seattle/index.php
*whoops! beaten to the punch* | I bought a bass at Hammond Ashley and I'm selling one there on consignment. They usually have instruments from Shen, Wultur, Wilfer, and KC Strings, as well as a variety of lesser instruments, and occasionally some really nice instruments.
I also bought a bass at the Bass Church; they have a smaller selection but if you're coming down to Seattle to look at instruments you should check both places out. Bass Church is by appointment.
If you're going down to either shop, send me a PM. |
12-22-2009, 07:21 AM
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12-22-2009, 07:29 AM
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12-22-2009, 07:31 AM
| | ... activating internal kill switch ... | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pig's Eye, MN (aka st. paul) | | | Ha!
i'm sorry...I posted that on the wrong side... geezaloo....I'm stupid.
All I got for this isde is Norton Bass, great handiwork, but is no longer in business... |
12-22-2009, 08:12 AM
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12-22-2009, 11:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Montreal, QC, Canada | | | From your past posts, you might want to only consider buying from a 'bricks and mortar' stores within close distance of where you live.
You'd be able to auditions basses before you buy. Once you buy, when typical situations occur afterwards, say the usual crack or open seam, you can go back to the store and have these common issues repaired.
Or you could just keep the Sunrise you already have and get it fixed they way you and 'Bass Customer' were guided to. It's still good for the two of you to develop a relationship with a local bass luthier, who can take care of your bass regardless of where it was bought.
'bricks and mortar' stores... still going strong.
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