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Post subject: Buying used in NYC?
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:05 pm
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I'll be in NYC / Brooklyn for a few days this week and I need to pick up a used P-Bass while I'm there, ideally an Am Std but a decent MIJ/MIA will also do the job. Can anyone recommend some stores that would stock used gear that is *not* vintage? I just need a good playable and affordable used bass, not a museum piece..
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Post subject: Re: Buying used in NYC?
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:58 am
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qbass00 wrote:
I'll be in NYC / Brooklyn for a few days this week and I need to pick up a used P-Bass while I'm there, ideally an Am Std but a decent MIJ/MIA will also do the job. Can anyone recommend some stores that would stock used gear that is *not* vintage? I just need a good playable and affordable used bass, not a museum piece..
thanks!


Welcome.

The amount of shops are shrinking and the ones that are left IMO certainly offer no bargains nor much of a selection whatsoever these days any way. Everything is indeed, priced like it is a museum piece. Nowadays too, they even charge extra for the case the instrument came with!

It is, "the luck of the draw" whenever and wherever you go. Naturally, "cash is king" but even at this, the best it will probably do for you is to just save you the tax (which is now 9%). I honestly can't recommend one over the other and that's a shame.

Simply in NYC in general, such things will cost the most to begin with. It is the old, exasperating story where you'd have to look around for a private, motivated seller such as might be found on Craigslist, etc.

With all sincerity and absolutely no sarcasm, I wish you the best of luck with your search.

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