why dont we see any BassCenters around? i went to gutiar center thinking it was just guitars...as in bass and guitar... i get there and its an entire store of guitars and a small room of basses... i didnt care much to look around for other stuff i only went there to check out a yamaha but my new life goal is to open up a store for ONLY bass... this guitar center i am refering to is the one in manhatton..
They do have one. Except they messed up the spelling...it's called Bass Central. There's also BassNW, and I believe BassGallery, don't forget Blueberry Hill...there are others too!
The 'edit' button is a very clever tool. <= This is what a period looks like, by the way. Where is manhatton? Never heard of it. With regard to your question, there are many stores and dealers that specialize in basses and related gear. Low Down Sound in the Detroit area is nice. I have heard nice things about Low End and Austin Bass Traders as well. Opening a small specialized retail business requires a good business plan, sufficient capital, a good bank relationship, and a lot of hard work. Good luck with your life dream.
True, there are a lot of quality places out there; but they're sporadically (Help on spelling... anyone?) spread throughout the country. It'd be really cool, but hard and probably near impossible, to start a national chain of bass gear stores. Then again, think about it: do you really want a "bass" version of guitar center? I mean... that place sucks. Why don't we all pitch in and get basscentral or bassnw to franchise?
What- so we can go somewhere & hear every 12-yr-old tone-deaf, rhythm-blind anti-musician within a 12 mile radius wank out the worst rendition of every Red Hot Chili Pepprs/Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin that you DON'T want to hear? Oh wait- that IS Guitar Center. BTW, the kind of basses you're probably refferring to are properly known as bass *guitars*, so again, we already have more than enough GC's. Lastly, I think I'm not alone in feeling that comparing BassNorthWest, BassCentral, etc w/GC is full-on sacrilege(sp?). BTW, no offense to any 12-yr-old who does the above w/taste.
i'd agree to this. going to a high end bass shop is like meeting the pope, while going to GC is drawing pictures in a hotel room's bible. ...not that this analogy makes any sense... but it sounded good in my head
