Minneapolis bass shop?

[peterpalmieri]

Quick question, I'm traveling on business and will be in River Falls WI with a few hours of free time. It is only 30 minutes outside Minneapolis....

If there is a real good bass shop I'd love to check it out. I'm from the NY metro area so your standard GC or Sam Ash probably won't warrant the drive unless they have a great bass department.

Thanks in advance..Pete

[unity bass]

This place in St. Paul is cool:

http://www.williesguitars.com/

Chad

[20db pad]

There's a nice shop in Wisconsin that has some great stuff - I apologize if it's a million miles away from where you will be. I don't know the area.

http://www.electriccitymusic.com/Qstore/about.htm

[Ryan L.]

Send a PM to TB user IotaNet--He pointed me to a few when i was down there awhile back.

Also, Opaquebass might know of a few too, he's from around that area.

[DrMWP]

Originally Posted by 20db pad

There's a nice shop in Wisconsin that has some great stuff - I apologize if it's a million miles away from where you will be. I don't know the area.

http://www.electriccitymusic.com/Qstore/about.htm

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they've closed.
It was in Kaukauna, WI.

[lonote]

Willie's is a great shop. They usually have a good selection of vintage instruments.

[RJMiller]

Never been there, but the site looks like a visit might be worthwhile:

www.planetbass.com/about.htm

Good Luck. Enjoy Minnesota!

RJM

[IotaNet]

Peter -

Try these ...


The obvious ones:

Willies American Guitars
254 Cleveland Ave S
Saint Paul, MN
Phone: (651) 699-1913
www.williesguitars.com

American Guitar Boutique
227 Snelling Ave North
Saint Paul, MN
Phone: (651) 644-2333
www.americanguitarboutique.com


The not so obvious ...

Groth Music
8056 Nicollet Av S
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: (952) 948-5272
www.grothmusic.com

Brickhouse Music
216 S Main St
River Falls, WI
Phone: (715) 426-6776
www.brickhousemusic.com

Dave's Guitar Shop
1227 3rd St S
La Crosse, WI
Phone: (608) 785-7704
www.davesguitar.com


= A bit off the beaten path but worth the drive.

EDIT: I see that you will be IN River Falls! In that case, Brickhouse is a MUST VISIT. Excellent inventory and wonderfully nice folks! Check out their bass wall ...

[xlows]

As a Minneapolis native, I can recommend Willie's firsthand. I LOVE them.

[BassoP]

Willies is the best of those. Groth doesn't have much high end stuff. Encore music and Twin town guitars can be hit or miss on the bass front (mostly miss).

I don't think planet bass has a retail location, they are mail order only IIRC. I might have tried to drive up there a while back. No shop there...

[IotaNet]

Originally Posted by BassoP

Groth doesn't have much high end stuff. Encore music and Twin town guitars can be hit or miss on the bass front (mostly miss).

I don't think planet bass has a retail location, they are mail order only IIRC.

+1 to all of this. Completely true on all counts.

[peterpalmieri]

Thanks guys, looks like Willies could be my road trip in the evening and the Brickhouse would be close by, I'll try to hit both.

I was in La Crosse yesterday and didn't bother going into Dave's didn't look like anything interesting.

[BassoP]

Originally Posted by peterpalmieri

Thanks guys, looks like Willies could be my road trip in the evening and the Brickhouse would be close by, I'll try to hit both.

I was in La Crosse yesterday and didn't bother going into Dave's didn't look like anything interesting.

Dave's is supposed to be good for guitar stuff, but I haven't been. I think there are a couple locations. Willies is pretty awesome. They don't have a huge selection, but it is all quality stuff, a fair amount vintage.

[Der Bluten Kat]

planet bass is in maple grove... i dont think it's a shop per se, or am i wrong? i think its just an internet joint... hella nice stuff tho

[lonote]

There's a Lakland dealer in Golden Valley, but the name of the shop eludes me right now. Maybe somebody else can jump in with the name and location.

[jasonbraatz]

Dave's doesn't have that great of a bass selection, but their guitar selection is incredible.

[mark roberts]

Originally Posted by IotaNet

Peter -

Try these ...


The obvious ones:

Willies American Guitars
254 Cleveland Ave S
Saint Paul, MN
Phone: (651) 699-1913
www.williesguitars.com

American Guitar Boutique
227 Snelling Ave North
Saint Paul, MN
Phone: (651) 644-2333
www.americanguitarboutique.com


The not so obvious ...

Groth Music
8056 Nicollet Av S
Minneapolis, MN
Phone: (952) 948-5272
www.grothmusic.com

Brickhouse Music
216 S Main St
River Falls, WI
Phone: (715) 426-6776
www.brickhousemusic.com

Dave's Guitar Shop
1227 3rd St S
La Crosse, WI
Phone: (608) 785-7704
www.davesguitar.com


= A bit off the beaten path but worth the drive.

EDIT: I see that you will be IN River Falls! In that case, Brickhouse is a MUST VISIT. Excellent inventory and wonderfully nice folks! Check out their bass wall ...

+1 for Brickhouse!
I figured someone would post it...great shop.

[Powdered Toast]

I travelled to Minneapolis last May. Went to Willies and it was an awesome place! Came back with my American Deluxe J!

Don't bother with either GC there. Both have the worst bass department (if you want to call it that) I've ever seen.

[Ryan L.]

Originally Posted by Powdered Toast

I travelled to Minneapolis last May. Went to Willies and it was an awesome place! Came back with my American Deluxe J!

Don't bother with either GC there. Both have the worst bass department (if you want to call it that) I've ever seen.

I went to both of the GC's when I was there. The one in Edina had decent people working there, but not much of what I was looking for. The one in Roseville had a bit better selection, but the annoying little sales boy got to be too much--even after I told him that if I need help, I will find you--he still wouldn't leave me alone for 5 minutes. It got pretty annoying trying to give basses a test run when he constantly kept coming up to me and asking if I liked them. My God, can I at least get a chance to plug it in first???

[xlows]

Originally Posted by lonote

There's a Lakland dealer in Golden Valley, but the name of the shop eludes me right now. Maybe somebody else can jump in with the name and location.

Jim Harms' My Music Store.

The website is http://my-music-store.com/ and you will NEVER meet a nicer staff.