Inspired and encouraged by our 30 years of experience and communication with professional players and customers throughout the World, The Bass Centre is proud to present an all-new Bass Collection for the 21st century.
From the authentic sounds, eye-catching looks and period-accurate appointments of the Jive, Power and Detroit Basses, to the cutting edge PowerHouse, the sleek, small bodied Speakeasy and the revival of the unique, rubber string Ashbory Bass, you simply won't find better attention to detail, build quality and expertly set-up instruments at this price point.
BRITISH BASS MASTERS
Affectionately known as "a few basses we built with our mates", the British Bass Masters series extends the award-winning Bass Collection range with an exciting selection of artist-inspired instruments that pay tribute to a galaxy of Brit bass all stars, including several long-standing Bass Centre customers and friends.
NS DESIGN UK
With decades of dedicated brand knowledge, the Bass Centre offers superlative customer service and comprehensive stocks of the complete NS Design range at the BEST prices in Europe, with FREE SHIPPING to the United Kingdom and selected EU mainland destinations on all instruments.
I had to get one of these 40th Anniversary T-Shirts. Great quality and it's a really good fit too.
All the memories: I was there at the beginning, as a fan of the shop. I bought my first real bass rig, the Trace Elliot 8x10 combo, from them and a bigger old banger to fit it in.
Then, of course, I ordered a Status Series II (to my spec). How exciting it was waiting for that to be made. I used to pop in and pay a bit off it every couple of weeks.
The staff, (especially Nicky, Chris and Martin) were always ace, very welcoming, and knew their stuff... and managed to stay calm even when someone (or ten at the same time) was trying to master a new Mark King lick in the background.
I was also really inspired by Barry, he always looks great, had that lovely Porsche outside, someone to look up to and aspire to be like. Great days, looking forward to the 50th.
I put my first set of these strings on my Lusithand-modified (Doubled NFP/BM800) 2023 Music Man Special 5HH. Immediately, I knew I had struck gold with these strings on this bass! Shades of P-bass or a Music Man. Then I acquired a stock 2024 Fender Jazz Professional 5-string that came with a high-C string set. So, just for kicks, I moved the Elites from the MM 5HH to this new Jazz and Voila!, more sensational tone!
That's when I doubled down on three more sets. I now have them on two more basses, a Sadowsky Metroline PJ and a Yamaha BBNE2. Both bass tones improved for my taste, especially for the BBNE2. This bass is the only neck-through I have and now has the best B-string tone of all my basses, even compared with my Dingwall. The other thing about the BBNE2 is its lack of any characteristic tone, which allows it to sit in the mix more easily but not as much fun to play as some other basses. These Elites Groundwounds give the BBNE2 a very pleasing, commanding character that now makes it one of my favorite basses to play.
A "Thank You" to YouTube's Dan Hawkins Bass Lessons for suggesting these strings.
I returned to UK for holiday after 4.5 years away and the band wanted to do a gig for old times' sake.
This was the bass they borrowed for me (from a mate who is a collector of Fender basses). First rehearsal I played it, I couldn't put it down! Just an awesome instrument, great tone, great sound, superb action and feel and just brilliant for the money!
So I bought one and had it shipped back to NZ, as you do.
Superb service from Bass Centre. Bass came in a great semi rigid gig bag, and arrived in NZ before I got back!
Blown away by the looks and quality of this bass, the photos on the website don’t do it justice... It is stunning and plays and sounds as good as it looks.
Incredible value and highly recommended, was set up exactly as I requested.
