Bass Palace ?

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:01 am

Anybody had business with this establishment ? Not "the bass place" The Bass Palace . ?

xakattack · Post by **xakattack** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:06 am

i don't think they are still around.

basspalace.com

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:29 am

From the rumor mill, a burglary was the last straw for them.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:09 am

I think they are Ebay only now.

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:34 am

"The Swami" used to have a great site. I did some business and it took many months to get paid. Most likely he was robbing-peter-to-pay-paul. He still sets up at the big guitar shows.

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:38 am

I guess it's called " New Bass Palace " now .

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:13 am

his prices were a little high ...

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:38 am

I bought a '73 4001 from the Swami a few years ago that arrived with some undisclosed issues. Add that to the fact that he was near impossible to get hold of via phone or e-mail, and I decided it was best not to deal with him anymore. That said, I always enjoyed checking out his web site.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:42 am

I tried to deal with the "Swami" on several occasions, including a checkerbound 4001 that he had once. He was always too busy to talk to me at Guitar shows, or I would email himm and get a response(IF I got one) several weeks later. I was left with the impression that he was either VERY disorganized, or he just didn't have enough time to deal with his customers. I practically threw money at him on a couple of occasions, but he wouldn't give me the time of day... Bit of an odd duck, IMHO... Others may have other opinions...

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:39 am

I had very similar experiences in all instances with the two posts above.

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:34 am

Ok . Thanks for the info . I will proceed with caution .