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03-09-2011, 01:40 AM
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Hi there,
i got lucky and need to go to Frisco for a short Trip in May.
The Idea is to get a new Bass while i am over there, so maybe you have a good idea where to go.
I am basically looking for either a Music Man or a Fender Preci Bass.
Any sugesstions are welcome :-)
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03-09-2011, 02:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Close enough to San Fran | | Not sure bout Frisco, but up north a little bit in San Rafael theres a store called Bananas at Large. Haven't been for awhile but they had alot of really nice basses.
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03-09-2011, 03:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Big Island | | | Guitar Center on Van Ness street. I stopped in there a few years back and the people in there seemed pretty nice. They have a decent bass section too.
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03-09-2011, 07:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus  Not sure bout Frisco, but up north a little bit in San Rafael theres a store called Bananas at Large. Haven't been for awhile but they had alot of really nice basses. | I'll second Bananas At Large. They always have a large selection of Fenders, not sure about Music Man though.
I used to avoid the SF Guitar Center, but I've heard that it's gotten better.
The Haight Ashbury Music Center is pretty cool, at least the last time I was there. Decent selection.
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03-10-2011, 10:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Francisco, USA | | | Don't buy in San Francisco. Sales tax is 9.5% |
03-10-2011, 10:26 AM
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Head Tinkerer, The Flufflab | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California | | | GC SF is, well, GC. If they have what you want on the wall and it's not too beat-up you're in luck. Prices are good for retail. Staff are generally friendly.
The Haight Ashbury store is somewhat cooler (in that "we're trading on something that happened forty-odd years ago" way that everything on Haight Street is cool) but more pricey.
The better stores are out of the city - rent/tax is too high to manage a good selection and good prices. (Not tried Bananas at Large myself, will check it out sometime - thanks!)
If you already know what you want, there's always the option of ordering it online and having it delivered to GC for you to pick up when you get there.
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03-10-2011, 10:31 AM
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Lark in the Morning Instructional Videos; Audix Microphones | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Cruz Mtns, California | | | Take a trip about 15 miles south to Redwood City and Gelb Music.
Best selection of high end basses (MTD, Roscoe, Zon) and high end amps I've seen other than "Bass-Boutique" shops. As well as Fender and MM.
Worth the trip if you have a car.
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03-10-2011, 10:31 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rohnert Park, CA | | | Try Gelb's in Redwood City
It's about 25 miles south of SF on 101. If you have a car it could be worth the drive.
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03-10-2011, 10:32 AM
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Head Tinkerer, The Flufflab | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kent1113 It's about 25 miles south of SF on 101. If you have a car it could be worth the drive. | It's pretty close (easy walking distance) to the Caltrain station, IIRC. Easy to get to without having to suffer the 101.
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03-10-2011, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by MIN Don't buy in San Francisco. Sales tax is 9.5% | In Los Angeles its 9.75%
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03-10-2011, 07:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New Haven, CT | | | Just take 280 to Redwood City- there's never any traffic. Gelb is really the only good bass store in the area for anything remotely boutique.
But don't you ever, EVER call it "Frisco".
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03-10-2011, 07:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Galveston,TX/St.Pete,FL | | | A quick heads up man, don't ever call it Frisco. They hate it. It's not Philly.
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03-10-2011, 07:26 PM
| | | If you have transportation and can get out a little further, the GC in San Jose has one of the best EBMM bass selections in the area. Also, Guitar Showcase in San Jose (very near the SJ GC) is one of the best independents in the greater Bay Area.
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