Vintage & Rare Bass Guitars Bought, Sold & Sourced Worldwide

Worldwide Shipping • Trusted Vintage Bass Specialists • Collector & Player Grade Instruments • Appointment Showroom •

Worldwide Shipping • Trusted Vintage Bass Specialists • Collector & Player Grade Instruments • Appointment Showroom •

Vintage Bass Room specialises in buying, selling, sourcing and trading vintage & rare bass guitars, amps and gear worldwide.

Our collection ranges from roadworn vintage basses with decades of mojo to collector-grade Fender, Music Man, Gibson and boutique instruments.

Whether you’re a player, collector or investor, we pride ourselves on matching the right bass to the right hands.

As a working bass player and founder of Vintage Bass Room, I gig vintage instruments across the UK in a variety of live settings. That hands-on experience sits at the heart of everything we do, from sourcing rare basses to ensuring each instrument we offer performs exactly as it should on stage.

-Paul Walsh.


Amazing service and a great instrument.

Paul is a lovely guy to deal with and couldn’t be more patient and accommodating - highly recommend!

- Matt

★★★★★

Visit our online showroom

Our online showroom is home to a handpicked selection of vintage basses, amplifiers and hard-to-find gear for players, collectors and enthusiasts alike. Every instrument has its own story, feel and voice. Whether it’s a well-travelled stage veteran or a pristine collector’s piece.

We regularly update our inventory with unique arrivals from across the globe, giving you access to exceptional basses wherever you are in the world.

In the Studio.

Vintage Bass Room is based in Hexham, near Newcastle in the North East of England, where visitors can try our range of vintage & rare bass guitars through a selection of serious bass rigs usually something valve-driven, loud enough for a stadium and guaranteed to move some air.

Alongside buying, selling and sourcing vintage basses worldwide, we also offer repairs, servicing, setups, maintenance and upgrades to keep your instruments playing at their very best.

Can’t Find What You’re Looking For?

Searching for a specific vintage bass, rare amplifier or hard-to-find piece of gear?

Our finder service helps players and collectors track down exceptional instruments from across the world.

Whether it’s a particular year, finish, specification or elusive model, we use our trusted network of dealers, collectors and musicians to source the right piece for you.

If it exists, we’ll do our best to find it.

  • ''Fantastic service from Paul, brilliant to deal with, friendly and timely communication, great advice and fair pricing, can't recommend enough. Thanks!''

    — Matt

  • ''Paul was a pleasure to deal with — a genuinely nice guy. He got me the excellent Nobelium bass preamp and DI in record time, with top-rate service and perfect communication throughout. I’ll definitely be using his store again in the future. Buy with confidence.''

    —Ben

  • ''Worry not, international buyers. Paul made the whole process easy, quick, and efficient.''

    —Gregory

  • ''I only recently found Paul and the Vintage bass room. I live 6+ hours away but was able to meet him and see his collection at a guitar show in London. Great collection of basses, Paul is friendly helpful, responsive and highly knowledgeable. I've bought a couple of bases from him now and will likely buy more in the future. Highly recommend.''

    -Jonathan

  • ''Recently bought a bass from these guys and the service was top quality. Paul is the real deal! Would love to deal with again 🤘🏻 …''

    -Andrew

  • ''I recently bought a fabulous vintage Precision Bass from Paul and Vintage Bass Rooms. Paul was an absolute pleasure to deal with. Really knowledgeable, really helpful, and provided a ton of information and photos of the bass. I cannot recommend Paul, and Vintage Bass Rooms, highly enough…''

    -Michael

  • ''Paul is very helpful and has a great selection of stuff to play in one place. Super knowledgeable and understanding. Highly recommended''

    -Hunrosa

  • ''Paul has been extremely efficient and responsive for my request on a Suker Flea Bass. He took personal time to call me and answering all my questions very kindly Shipping of the bass to france has been perfectly made and the bass was even better than Paul described. He’s a man of his word go for it as he deserves even more recognition !!''

    -S

  • ''Finally managed to visit Paul and his incredible collection of basses after following the page online for a while. I was keen to try an '83 JV Squier Jazz that I'd been hunting for for a while, so made the trip up. Paul is a proper lovely guy who was super friendly and helpful, and I honestly couldn't recommend him more highly. He got a few Jazzes ready for me to try out and compare, was incredibly knowledgeable about all of them and just really enthusiastic about chatting about them, and just about music and bass generally! Ended up walking away with a beauty of a bass that I'd had my eyes on for a while, and had a lovely time playing a few other incredible models whilst I was there, so all in all had a class experience and would highly recommend checking out the collection if you're in the market for a new bass! Cheers Paul - legend 👍''

    -Oliver

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