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08-03-2010, 10:31 PM
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I'm just getting started with effects. I am travelling and I am in the Seattle/Tacoma area (staying in Kent) and have a free day. Can anyone point me to the shops that have the best selection of effects on hand?
Visited Bass NW. Great guys and I have long done mail order business with them. Many basses, many amps, not many effects.
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08-03-2010, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | In Seattle
Guitarville
Trading Musician
Emerald city Guitars
Go to these places!
Tacoma... I try to not go the Tacoma.... But I know there is at least one real cool shop.
If in Oly
Check out Capital City Guitars [some times]
Portland has few few KILLER shops too if you are that far south
Old Town Music [this place is scary don't bring money]
Pro Guitar Shop
Centaur Guitars
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08-04-2010, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz  In Seattle
Guitarville
Trading Musician
Emerald city Guitars
Go to these places! |
Yup, Trading Musician is pretty good. They always seems to have at least 1 super cool old/weird bass in stock to play with too!
American Music in Fremont is also good depending on who's working that day.
If you head a bit west onto the islands there is also The Mad Ape who carry a TON of stuff and seem like cool people.
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08-04-2010, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz In Seattle
Guitarville
Trading Musician
Emerald city Guitars
Go to these places!
Tacoma... I try to not go the Tacoma.... But I know there is at least one real cool shop.
If in Oly
Check out Capital City Guitars [some times]
Portland has few few KILLER shops too if you are that far south
Old Town Music [this place is scary don't bring money]
Pro Guitar Shop
Centaur Guitars | Old town isn't so scary in the daytime.
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08-04-2010, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by cheapbasslovin Old town isn't so scary in the daytime.
Portland, Oregon; America's toughest town. | I mean the amount of cool pedals they usually have on hand... I've lived in Richmond CA before, after that not much phases you... To me Portland is nice quaint place. |
08-04-2010, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Spacelordmother Yup, Trading Musician is pretty good. They always seems to have at least 1 super cool old/weird bass in stock to play with too!
American Music in Fremont is also good depending on who's working that day.
If you head a bit west onto the islands there is also The Mad Ape who carry a TON of stuff and seem like cool people. | American Music got better on the FX thing right when I moved away  But on the who's working that day thing, isn't that every music store?
I need to go the The Mad Ape one of these days.... |
08-04-2010, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz I mean the amount of cool pedals they usually have on hand... I've lived in Richmond CA before, after that not much phases you... To me Portland is nice quaint place. | Ahhh. That makes more sense. Old town at night is about as scary as it gets here. Which is to say not very. It is the place to be for an effects junky, though. You can also bond with the meth junkies outside. Fun for everybody. |
08-04-2010, 08:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Seattle | | Renton is quite close to Kent. This is a decent store. http://www.asharpmusicco.com/ |
08-04-2010, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz American Music got better on the FX thing right when I moved away But on the who's working that day thing, isn't that every music store?
I need to go the The Mad Ape one of these days.... | Yeah, pretty much. There I have had to deal with some real a$$es, but there is this girl there (a Japanese girl, Mud senpai) named Ayako who is super nice and knows her stuff.
I have yet to hit up the Ape yet, either. I don't make it out to the islands much but perhaps I should make a day of it.
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08-04-2010, 10:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sonoma County, CA, USA | | | Thanks for the tips. Trading Musicians is closed on Wednesday and that seems like a cool place. I ended up staying outside Seattle. A Sharp Music ha d a nice selection of pedals. I also checked out Bellevue American Music, Northwest Guitars and Guitar Center in Tukwila. Not much in pedal selection but there were vry nice, helpful workers at every store. I did get to try out a sweet Stingray Classic 5 at Guitar Center...damn fine bass. |
08-04-2010, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by cheapbasslovin Ahhh. That makes more sense. Old town at night is about as scary as it gets here. Which is to say not very. It is the place to be for an effects junky, though. You can also bond with the meth junkies outside. Fun for everybody. | Sounds like Downtown Spokane minus the cool music store that stocks lots of cool effects. |
08-04-2010, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by cheapbasslovin Ahhh. That makes more sense. Old town at night is about as scary as it gets here. Which is to say not very. It is the place to be for an effects junky, though. You can also bond with the meth junkies outside. Fun for everybody. |
There is "twakers" everywhere anymore it seems.. well not right here, thems all potheads and shroomers 
But really I love down town Portland, First time I saw Boris was right across the street from Old Town Music, Dante's I think... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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