I need to buy a new bass in either China or Hong Kong....

[BassJase]

Right, well I'm living in southern China for the forseeable future (at least a year anyway, maybe 2) and when I came out here I brought a 5 string with me for the 4 gigs a week I'm doing.
I like it and everything, but its not the most comfortable bass to play and it weighs a lot more than any other bass I have, and I now realise that I only use the 5 string for about 6 songs and I want a cheap-ish 4 string to use as a main bass.

Ideally something like a Jazz or Ibanez or Cort or something would be great. I've been to a couple of music stores here and they only sell stuff like Gibbo's and Fenders and Warwicks, none of which are in my price range (somewhere around £200 would be perfect.)
SO.... Does anybody have any eBay links or anything that might help me? We can get eBay here but it looks completely different and is mostly in Chinese (and when I try to access the UK eBay site it comes out looking like a spreadsheet with no photos!?!!)

Any help really would be much appreciated.....

Edited July 13, 2010 by BassJase

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='BassJase' post='893367' date='Jul 13 2010, 03:21 AM']Right, well I'm living in southern China for the forseeable future (at least a year anyway, maybe 2) and when I came out here I brought a 5 string with me for the 4 gigs a week I'm doing.
I like it and everything, but its not the most comfortable bass to play and it weighs a lot more than any other bass I have, and I now realise that I only use the 5 string for about 6 songs and I want a cheap-ish 4 string to use as a main bass.

Ideally something like a Jazz or Ibanez or Cort or something would be great. I've been to a couple of music stores here and they only sell stuff like Gibbo's and Fenders and Warwicks, none of which are in my price range (somewhere around £200 would be perfect.)
SO.... Does anybody have any eBay links or anything that might help me? We can get eBay here but it looks completely different and is mostly in Chinese (and when I try to access the UK eBay site it comes out looking like a spreadsheet with no photos!?!!)

Any help really would be much appreciated..... [/quote]

There used to be a good one in Ocean Terminal, but it's been a long time (30 years!). Had a hunt on Google maps to see if I could figure out where I bought my first Aria, but it's too long ago Jase.

Best I could turf up was Tom Lee in [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl"]Cameron Lane[/url]: [url="http://www.tomleemusic.com.hk/products_1.php?subcatID=22"]http://www.tomleemusic.com.hk/products_1.php?subcatID=22[/url]

Parsons - [url="http://www.parsonsmusic.com/www/products/content.php?id=90&lang=en&clientid=83"]http://www.parsonsmusic.com/www/products/c...amp;clientid=83[/url] - look pretty big but can't find an inventory anywhere.

No Sales Tax in HK either, & ask if they'll do a "discount for cash" (you never know).

Pete.

[Kiwi]

I'd suggest getting your dream bass from the US and having it imported into Hong Kong if you have someone who is prepared to sign for it and look after it for you until you pick it up. As Bloodaxe says, no import or sales duty. I got my first Smith by having it delivered to a workplace in HK as I was stopping over on the way to Nanjing.

[BassJase]

Yeah cheers fellas, and thats a good idea CK but to be honest I only want something cheap and cheerful, its gonna get knocked about a fair bit over here so I don't want anything I'm gonna be precious over!

[Kiwi]

Oh ok, the cheapest place to get something is in China itself. I don't know where to find one in Guangzhou but I did find places in shopping malls and cultural quarters that sold musical instruments. I even found one place that did Atlansia copies (although the shop owner denied emphatically that they were copies)

[fatback]

No Yamaha over there?