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All things Canadian for Basses?
- Thread starter Bighouse
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Sam Roberts is another artist from Montreal, Qc. Canada
Greetings from the North,
I would like to mention Steve's Music and Long & McQuade.
Back in ancient times (1975) I was living and playing in Montreal. Outside of any studio work the band I played in the guitarist just happened to be the sales manager at Steve's original store on St. Antoine. After closing time Joey (sales mngr) & Steve and I would stand out front having a smoke. We'd talk about events of the day and then one day Steve said that the store needed some sort of a tag line. So I offered up 'If we ain't got it, you don't need it!' Well Steve ended up using it in a sanitized form lol. A few people suggested I should be compensated for it but... I got it from a Hot Rod machining shop in Detroit. Steve's Music expanded and sold a lot of music equipment in eastern Canada.
Meanwhile in Toronto there was/is a music store on Bloor Street named Long & McQuade. Pete Traynor grew his amplifier business there. They sold and serviced just about any musical instrument and supporting gear you could possibly think of. On top of that they financed what they sold to almost any responsible musician. They've taken chances on many and most of them made their payments. At least 75% of my gear as well as PA and recording gear rental has been thru them. They got very Big too.
Both of them have supplied a lot of bottom end across Canada
Sorry if I've repeated myself
Rezdog
I would like to mention Steve's Music and Long & McQuade.
Back in ancient times (1975) I was living and playing in Montreal. Outside of any studio work the band I played in the guitarist just happened to be the sales manager at Steve's original store on St. Antoine. After closing time Joey (sales mngr) & Steve and I would stand out front having a smoke. We'd talk about events of the day and then one day Steve said that the store needed some sort of a tag line. So I offered up 'If we ain't got it, you don't need it!' Well Steve ended up using it in a sanitized form lol. A few people suggested I should be compensated for it but... I got it from a Hot Rod machining shop in Detroit. Steve's Music expanded and sold a lot of music equipment in eastern Canada.
Meanwhile in Toronto there was/is a music store on Bloor Street named Long & McQuade. Pete Traynor grew his amplifier business there. They sold and serviced just about any musical instrument and supporting gear you could possibly think of. On top of that they financed what they sold to almost any responsible musician. They've taken chances on many and most of them made their payments. At least 75% of my gear as well as PA and recording gear rental has been thru them. They got very Big too.
Both of them have supplied a lot of bottom end across Canada
Sorry if I've repeated myself
Rezdog
Spider is an amazing player! I love Streetheart’s version of Under My Thumb
Another great Canadian band is Saga!
I’ve visited Linda’s shop. She’s phenomenal. Grit Laskin is another great builder.
Daniel Lanois is one of my favorite Canadian artists besides Rush & The Band…k.d. lang too!
I’ve enjoyed all the F-Bass, Godin, Seagull, Larrivee, Arts & Lutherie stuff I’ve owned. Great value and craftsmanship all around.
I’ve enjoyed all the F-Bass, Godin, Seagull, Larrivee, Arts & Lutherie stuff I’ve owned. Great value and craftsmanship all around.
How about The Bumble and Yukon Cornelius from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?! 
Congratulations! and bravo to the warm welcome from the Canadian commenters on the first page! (I’m catching up, and hope that continues.)
It seems that as of the end of last year, those of us with ancestors born in Canada can claim citizenship. While I imagine it still takes a lot of leg work, I want to at least claim citizenship and look into relocating.
It has been a while, but Thunder Bay made a very good impression … a few years ago
Umm Saxon…? Helllooo? Killer Dwarfs?
Bazil is one of my favourite bass players of all time. Not a virtuoso, but *taste*.
Lol Halifax has the exact same climate as Boston, and typically the same weather a day later, depending on the Gulf Stream wind speeds. Is Boston warmer than Wisconsin?
Similarly, much of the Toronto area and down to Niagara is also below the 45th.
Granted Buffalo, Detroit, and Boston aren’t what leap to mind when one thinks of a balmy winter day, but Canadians have always been welcome in Mexico *and* Cuba, so it’s easy for us to get away.
I’m really not a fan of acoustic guitars but those Larrivée are sooooo awesome sound wise and in terms of quality of construction.
Gonna have to double check your geography here. If "Halifax has the same climate as Boston" then Boston has the same climate as Washington DC, which it's about equidistant from.
But that's not how it works. Halifax averages around 10 degrees F colder each month than Boston.
Halifax isn't quite Wisconsin-esque, but it's closer to that than it is Boston.
Halifax although beautiful, has awful winter weather and crazy snowstorms! I too would be surprised if Boston weather is similar to it.
I like Larrivée. I have an LV-05E and flame koa parlour models
I keep looking at the Godin Passion RG-4 PJ bass. I've been looking at and playing Fenders for a while now (I regularly play a P), looking for a different tone and lower-option bass than my two active beasts (I might consider trading the Spectra Pro, it remains a struggle with tones)... I keep talking myself out of it, but damn they are nice and just as importantly, they're Canadian.
Why a PJ? More flexibility, but also I had a chance to play a family member's Precision Squire at her insistence (it's a PJ layout). Not a perfect guitar, but I got along with it quite well. I've coveted a Jazz for a while, but I think that the split pickup would just make the bass more flexible.
Why a PJ? More flexibility, but also I had a chance to play a family member's Precision Squire at her insistence (it's a PJ layout). Not a perfect guitar, but I got along with it quite well. I've coveted a Jazz for a while, but I think that the split pickup would just make the bass more flexible.
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