best places to find new mm basses?

[0557]

I've known Beaver Felton for 20 Yrs. He's got my vote for the best In bass sales.
Bass Central is probably the highest volume Musicman bass distributor in the Southeast. They will take care of you.

[bassplayer7770]

Anyone familiar with Columbus, I'm going to be up at OSU next year, what decent music stores do they have up there?

Other than the typical Sam Ash and Guitar Center (both on Morse Road), there are a few others. As oddjob said, String Shoppe is closest to campus (it's right on High Street across from the Ohio Union).

http://www.stringshoppe.com/
http://www.langmusic.com/
http://www.dematteomusic.com/
http://www.fretshop.com/ (Phil is my preferred tech. He doesn't have a large selection of used, consigned instruments in stock, but he does good repairs and builds his own instruments as well. He also tells it like it is.)

Actually, here's a link that will give you plenty of options...

http://www.cowtownmusic.com/musicstores.html

[bovinehost]

From what I've heard, the salesman at that GC has given you some bad info. They (GC) will be carrying EBMM products.

On the other hand, I have bought from Doug at Daddy O's and been very, very happy. Give him a ring and tell him you're on the forum - we're special.

[pedullamvp5]

Hey Guys, For those of you still looking for a good deal from a great dealer , give Joel a call @ Shanghai Music & Sound (580) 718-9122. He's located in Ponca City, OK. He'll make "Killer" deals on MM. I have a "Buttercreme" sterling on order from him right now. I know he has a Trans -Orange SR5 w/ matching headstock and maple neck , and several SR's in stock. And Bongo's..... When you call tell him that Randy, from Branson, told you to call. I've done business w/ Joel for years and have always been treated right! I've also ordered a new Peterson strobe tuner from him, He's beating the mail order price....! Give him a call, you'll save some money....! Enough rambling... Later, Randy

[kevins]

i got my trans teal 3eq at this place

www.musiccenterinc.com

a huge independant single location store in wisconsin. they completely blew away guitar center


it arrived in exactly three months as said by their estimate and has been since i have gotten it, the best stingray ive ever played on. it arrived with the strings all 1/2 note down and the intonation took 2 minutes to adjust as it was nearly dead on, the neck arrived absolutely perfect too


however as great as this place is their website is out of date and pretty bad so call them instead of visiting the website, the number is on the website


plus i used to go to guitar center to dick around on expensive stuff, the sterling i played there made my shudder at how terrible they set it up

i do remember the strings being 1 inch off the fretboard. i mean its not that hard to adjust a sterling neck either, they could have done it with anything there. and i remember the stingray of the same color being just as badly set up. plus most independant shops will service it for free even

[Jazzbassman23]

Okay, here's my plug for Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center in Wheaton, MD. They don't have a big web presence, but trust me, they've got MM's in stock. I'd be very surprised if they don't meet or beat any price you can find. And when I decided after ten days that a Stingray wasn't for me, they let me trade it in for FULL credit and walk out with a new Sterling instead. I don't really know what their return policy is, but they always seem to do the right thing.

http://www.chucklevins.com/

Disclaimer: not a WMC employee; only a repeat customer.