Apeneck Sweeney Posted April 11, 2019 Posted April 11, 2019 I’m in Brussels for a few days with family and was hoping to slope off at some point and have a look at some basses. Has anyone who knows the city got any recommendations? Time will be too short to just try the google top ten and hope to get lucky. Quote
wombatboter Posted April 11, 2019 Posted April 11, 2019 I live in Belgium but I'm afraid you won't find a lot...Where there used to be some shops worthwhile there is imo nothing left.. Unlike other European cities Brussels misses these kind of bass orientated shops...There are a couple of shops but they show nothing special (couple of Fenders, Ibanez, Yamaha stuck between a drum kit and a keyboard). We used to have a bass-shop in Antwerp but that closed down as soon as the internet became competition... Quote
Apeneck Sweeney Posted April 11, 2019 Author Posted April 11, 2019 59 minutes ago, wombatboter said: I live in Belgium but I'm afraid you won't find a lot...Where there used to be some shops worthwhile there is imo nothing left.. Unlike other European cities Brussels misses these kind of bass orientated shops...There are a couple of shops but they show nothing special (couple of Fenders, Ibanez, Yamaha stuck between a drum kit and a keyboard). We used to have a bass-shop in Antwerp but that closed down as soon as the internet became competition... Thanks. That’s a shame. I’ll have to default to my usual sifting through vinyl instead. ps I’m still enjoying the fretless Maruszczyk Frog though there’s a Wal on here that’s got my attention. Quote
wombatboter Posted April 11, 2019 Posted April 11, 2019 Ah, I didn't know it was you who had the Frog ! Great bass...still thinking of perhaps owning a five string fretless Frog one day.. Quote
ezbass Posted April 11, 2019 Posted April 11, 2019 Bassfreaks is in Brussels, although I don’t know if it’s a shop in the classic sense as viewing is by appointment only. https://bassfreaks.net/pages/about-us @pierreganseman who runs it is a member here. Quote
wombatboter Posted April 11, 2019 Posted April 11, 2019 Ah, true ! Totally forgot about this one ! Apologies ! Couple of great niche basses over there.. Quote
Apeneck Sweeney Posted April 11, 2019 Author Posted April 11, 2019 Yes, there’s some great looking basses there. Unfortunately it’ll probably be too awkward to arrange a time as I’m unlikely to know in advance when I can excuse myself from parenting duties. I do have 3 days though so may drop them a line. This just the sort of info I was hoping to find here. Thanks everyone. Quote
Apeneck Sweeney Posted April 13, 2019 Author Posted April 13, 2019 On 11/04/2019 at 18:50, ezbass said: Bassfreaks is in Brussels, although I don’t know if it’s a shop in the classic sense as viewing is by appointment only. https://bassfreaks.net/pages/about-us @pierreganseman who runs it is a member here. I managed to find a free hour to go and visit Pierre. It turned out to be only a 12 minute cycle ride away from where I’m staying. It was good to actually get my hands on one of the basses I’d looked at and also try out some other great instruments. I highly recommend getting in touch with him if you find yourself in Brussels. 1 Quote
BlueMoon Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 Yep....great guy to deal with. He also works closely with Danny Stewart in Japan and between them can source some really exciting MIJ basses (old and new). Quote
NikNik Posted April 15, 2019 Posted April 15, 2019 I was there last week with work. There's one down near Gare du Midi. Quote
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