A great bass is the foundation of everything, and we treat it that way. When a preowned bass comes through our shop, we're evaluating it with the same seriousness we bring to every instrument we carry: Does it sit in a mix the way it should? Is the neck stable, the electronics clean, the tone something a player can genuinely build on?

We look for basses with character - the makers, models, and eras that have proven themselves in studios, on stages, and in the hands of players who demand more than just functional. Build integrity and tonal identity matter here as much as they do anywhere else in the shop.

Every bass is inspected and set up by our team before it reaches this page, because the low end deserves the same attention we give everything else.

What you'll find here is curated with the same conviction TME has brought to every instrument since 1968 - basses we'd play ourselves, from builders and eras we genuinely believe in.