Bass shops in the west States

[Woodinblack]

I am on a road trip of the states, starting in LA, going out a bit and the all the way up to Seattle later on. So far I have done LA to Phoenix.
I have visited a few guitar centres and a Sam ash in LA and have been really surprised at the lack of choice in these shops. There are a million and one guitars, but when it comes to basses, it is the obligatory fender / squier jazz, precision, dimension, sub, mm, couple of yamahas, couple of ibanez, and that's it. I was hoping to see some G&L, and maybe some other interesting things. Has the guitar centre just taken over music shops and having the same generic stock everywhere or am I missing anything?

[wateroftyne]

Did you check out The Bass Place in Phoenix?

[Woodinblack]

No, I hadn't, but now I will!

[Passinwind]

When you get up to Seattle hit Bass Northwest. You can check on their stock on the website.

[chris_b]

Bass Northwest, Seattle.

Mike Lull, Bellevue, just outside Seattle.

[lowdown]

What? You already take two Basses to gigs, is that not enough?
So now, you are driving all over the States looking for more?
Top man - That's what I call real indulgence.....Lol.....

Enjoy your trip.

[chris_b]

Musicman is at San Luis Obispo, just north of LA.

Alembic (Santa Rosa?) and Mesa Boogie at Petaluma. Both on 101 north of San Francisco, and both have factory tours, .

[Woodinblack]

I need to practice, the skin has peeled off my fingers from not playing for a week!
Thanks for the recommendations, will check that out when I get to Seattle

[cybertect]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1442165195' post='2864823']
Bass Northwest, Seattle.

Mike Lull, Bellevue, just outside Seattle.
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You may have to hurry - Bass NW is closing for good on September 30th

http://www.bassnw.com

Edit: Evan closing Bass NW for 'health reasons' according to the 'other' forum

Edited September 15, 2015 by cybertect

[Icunningham]

I never knew about the bass place in Phoenix and I've been there quite a lot. It's definitely on the to do list now

[wmsheep]

if you are in San Diego, you could do a lot worse than visit the Carvin shop and factory.

[url="http://www.carvinguitars.com/locations/"]http://www.carvinguitars.com/locations/[/url]

[Passinwind]

[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1442338579' post='2866207']
You may have to hurry - Bass NW is closing for good on September 30th

[url="http://www.bassnw.com"]http://www.bassnw.com[/url]

Edit: Evan closing Bass NW for 'health reasons' according to the 'other' forum
[/quote]

Longtime Bass NW manager Chad Beeler has opened his own place in West Seattle now: http://www.thebassshopseattle.com/

[mikeswals]

Yup, everything in the Bass NW building has been cleared out as of yesterday.
But Chad's new store The Bass Shop is ramping up at a good pace.

Musicman factory however doesn't let anyone in for tours.

[Woodinblack]

Back now. Saw that the bass place was closing (and even by the time I had got there it was cleared for retail). Turns out we didn't have long by the time we got to seattle, which was a bit of a shame as it seemed like a nice place to look around (if not to stay at a hotel!)