Bass setup in 24h, in London

[guiguite]

hi all,

i m recording in august with my band i ll need my bass all set up. the thing is that i also need it badly to practice so i m looking for good adresses where to ask a setup in 24h in (north) London (without paying too much money)

do you have any recommandation ?

thanks

[Clarky]

Try Bass Gallery in Camden - they're very helpful and good - price is OK as long as you don't need fret stone (which doubles cost to c£80)

Edited July 13, 2008 by Clarky

[Kiwi]

or a cheaper alternative might be Phil Mann.

[Musky]

You can try Jon Free at Black Guitars - [url="http://www.blackguitars.com/"]http://www.blackguitars.com/[/url]

Based in Stoke Newington and very reasonably priced. Tell him Roger sent you!

[guiguite]

hey many thanks for your help. i ll call jon free later.

Sorry to sound stupid but who is phil mann? does he have a website ?

cheers

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

If it just needs new strings & the standard neck, bridge & pickup adjustments you could do the setup yourself and spend the money on beer. There's loads of easy to follow guides around.
eg:
[url="http://www.fender.com/support/basses.php"]http://www.fender.com/support/basses.php[/url]
[url="http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html"]http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassm...etupmanual.html[/url]
I owned my USA Precision for 20 years before I had enough courage to turn the truss rod, but I find it usually needs a few tweaks every year when the seasons change. My jazz often needs a bit of a tweak right before a gig to keep playing consistently.

[project_c]

the bass cellar in denmark street did mine in a couple of hours, if you go early enough in the day and they're not too busy they're pretty fast, so long as you don't need major repair.

[fullrangebass]

My vote goes for The Bass Gallery. Top notch service

[ahpook]

[quote name='Musky' post='238524' date='Jul 13 2008, 01:53 PM']You can try Jon Free at Black Guitars - [url="http://www.blackguitars.com/"]http://www.blackguitars.com/[/url]

Based in Stoke Newington and very reasonably priced. Tell him Roger sent you! [/quote]


plus the one.

[Kiwi]

I've been told that Phil gets his basses set up at the Gallery! I think I might have misinterpreted something he said as serious when he was really being a little ironic.