Where do you buy most of your Bass gear from?

[Thunderbird]

[size=4]Well the title says it all really sorry if this has been done before I did search for a thread on this but could not find one so I started a new one.[/size]I do most of my Bass shopping online mainly for the reason that there is not really any good music shops near where I live and I cant drive at the moment so online shopping is great for me as I can have the stuff delivered the only real drawback is you cant really try stuff, So I just wondered if you guys shopped online for Bass stuff or use your local music shops? when buying large items such as basses and amps I always look in the for sale area here as a starting point but for smaller items such as strings, straps etc etc I tend to use ebay Amazon and strings direct I have just started using Thomann also for a few purchases and find them pretty good. looking forward to your answers on this one guys

[LukeFRC]

shop names that come up lots in convo on here...

Specialist: Bass Direct, Bass Gear, Bass Gallery Camden, Manchester Bass Lounge
Non specialist: GAK, Guitar Guitar, strings direct, stringbusters
German mega internet sellers: Thomann

me..... Strings from Alpher, gear from Basschat or gumtree several years ago...

[Damonjames]

My first port of call Is the basschat marketplace, but sometimes I get a little impatient and then go to evilbay.

[Noah Deere]

Bass Direct, Thomann and GAK.

[chris_b]

Basses from Ebay, amps from BC and Bassdirect, cabs from Bassdirect and BC, strings from Stringbusters and BC, cables from BC, trolley from Amazon.

[lozbass]

Talkbass, Basschat, Gallery, Alembic Club, occasional use of ebay

[JwK94]

Thomann, Strings Direct, Stringbusters, Amazon and potentially anywhere else if they have a good deal on

[discreet]

Mostly BC... one or two bits from eBay and Thomann. My Kappas and the hardware and accessories for my BFM cabs were from Blue Aran. Preparation 'H' from Boots the Chemist. Hair by Crazy Meg, of Bedlam.

[thebassman]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1372584999' post='2127359']
Basses from Ebay, amps from BC and Bassdirect, cabs from Bassdirect and BC, strings from Stringbusters and BC, cables from BC, trolley from Amazon.
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I can sense a theme going on there :-)

I'd say most of my last purchases have also been on BC.

Cheers

Thebassman

Edited June 30, 2013 by thebassman

[W11ATO]

Gear from Bass Direct, Basses from Manchester Bass Lounge, BC & Bass Direct, Strings from Overwater (when they've got any)

[BigRedX]

Basses direct from the luthiers that made them or from eBay. Amps and cabs here. Everything else from various on-line sources I haven't bought anything musical from a retailer for almost 10 years. Even my taste in strings and picks is too esoteric for most shops.

[Maude]

Mostly ebay if I'm honest. My last two purchases were my doublebass from Gedo in Germany and my Yamaha Bex 4 from here.
I was feeling a little guilty about not supporting my local shops etc so tried to source some flats for the Bex 4 in my two most local shops, I wanted either flatwound or nylon tapewound but was told that nobody uses flats anymore in the first shop, I said I fancied trying nylon tapewounds on the Bex 4 to see how it sounded to which he replied it would sound "old fashioned and dull".
I tried the second shop which was a more traditional acoustic instrument shop, asked if they sold nylons, he said they only sold acoustic bass strings, silly me had forgotten about the laws of string fitment and only bronze strings can go on acoustics, back to the internet then.

[BassTractor]

Basses and guitars: local shop (8), online shop I can visit (4), online shop I can't visit (1), eBay (1), local person (1)
Pedals/rack effects: local shop (6), online person (1)
Amps/cabs/combos: local shop (8), online shop I can't visit (2)

Summed up:
22 from local shops
9 from different online resources
1 from a local person

Names that I (soon will have) bought from and that you'd recognise: Barefaced, Bass Direct, Myrtle, GAK, Gear4Music, Thomann.

best,
bert

Edited June 30, 2013 by BassTractor

[SlapbassSteve]

eBay/BC/Gumtree/Preloved/CrackConverters

[Woodinblack]

Mostly ebay, but I recently bought a bass from Wunjo while I was in London. Actually, that is untrue, I played it while I was in London but couldn't make up my mind, I then got them to send it to me (which they did free).

Oh, and I bought a copy of a bass by that well known manufacturer that has been mentioned quite a lot here, which I picked up at cashconverters

[JTUK]

First port of call is the Gallery and BassGear.
Then after that GAK, Andertons or Mansons possibly.
Then it is an internet search...

Strings direct from Newtone and I'll always ask my local music store if they can do something.

[Lozz196]

Basschat, then depending on what I`m after, from GAK, Soundslive, Thomann, Andertons, Ebay etc.

[paul_5]

If I can't make one, or can't be bothered to then it's basschat. I buy strings from my local (10 minute walk) music shop just because he's local (also a nice guy) and it's handy to have a music shop on my doorstep.

[LiamPodmore]

I buy from here, eBay, Thomann, Andertons and Strings Direct mostly, though i do get things from other places occasionally. My basses are from a local shop, Gear4Music and a Family member.

Liam

Edited June 30, 2013 by LiamPodmore

[Geek99]

[quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1372577279' post='2127260']
My first port of call Is the basschat marketplace, but sometimes I get a little impatient and then go to evilbay.
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This ....

[ezbass]

My last 4 major bass purchases have been from The Gallery and Guitar Guitar.

[Ian Savage]

Almost invariably eBay, I'm not too picky about gear

[alyctes]

here, eBay, Thomann.
Strings from Status Hotwire.

Edited June 30, 2013 by alyctes

[RhysP]

Basschat & Ebay - haven't bought new gear for donkeys years & have absolutely no intention of ever doing so again.