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Tuesday 11am - 6pm Wednesday 11am - 6pm Thursday 11am - 6pm Friday 11am - 6pm Saturday 10am - 4pm

Fantastic Musical Instruments

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Fantastic Musical Instruments is family owned and run, and specializes in stringed instruments
with a caring hands on approach.

We specialize in stringed instruments with a caring, hands on approach. Upright Basses, Cellos, Violins, Violas and accessories for beginning, "recreational" and professional musicians, all at bargain prices. We have our own, on-sight, Luthier shop.

10/28/2026

Upright bass pickup comparison recorded 18” from 2x10 with horn speaker cabinet thru old SWR Studio 220 solid state amp.

10/26/2026

https://store.gotofmi.com/cotopbapibyf.html Get your Copper Top here..

10/23/2026

Quick inventory video of Double Basses we’re having a pop-up sale on soon. Call us if you see one you’d like to own before the big sale gets more people looking at it too. 626-316-2690 FMI Basses aka Fantastic Musical Instruments right here in BEAUTIFUL Pasadena California.

10/23/2026

Cooper Top Upright Bass Pickup in bridge wing instead of the stock Shadow pickup. Plugs into Shadow preamp and sounds Better. Durable pickup too so won’t break down on you. Easy install. Sound great, Be Confident you will sound great on your gigs! Also, Use the Copper Top bass pickup with the EQ adjust screw to have Maximum control of your bass tone and balance of frequencies. — Call/text us at 626-316-2690 to get yours.
— Visit www.gotofmi.com to get your Copper Top pickup, and you can mail your bridge to us to install the EQ adjust screw and mail it back with the Copper Top pickup. Sounds FANTASTIC straight in to most bass amps, sounds great going thru the Shadow RB-Pro preamp.

10/17/2026

Boiled Linseed oil wiped on and 10 minutes later wiped off to get this ebony fingerboard look. Awesome grain right?!

10/16/2026

Gorgeous 5 String Upright Basses available at FMI Basses here in Pasadena California. Reserve yours now because they are hard to get! Call cell 626-316-2690 or visit GoToFmi.com website. Best to call or text and talk bass with us and nail this down.

10/16/2026

3 feet long dowel plugging a hole. In your face!

10/08/2026

CopperTop pickup in wing of bridge, straight into MarkBass 210 amp. No preamp, straight into amp and already sounds fantastic. Good preamp would add more excellent qualities to the sound, wow. Gael Gonzalez is an excellent bass player, one of the first to get one of these 5 String Milano gorgeous basses we got in.

10/08/2026

About half done with the refinish of this bass to make it look like a 300 year old bass they Brian Bromberg owns.

10/08/2026

FMI doing an antique finish on a new double bass to look like Brian Bromberg’s 300 year old double bass! Bass is going to Michael Ning in Taiwan, an incredible bass player world traveler :-)

Address

789 E Washington Boulevard
Pasadena, CA
91104

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 6pm
Wednesday	11am - 6pm
Thursday	11am - 6pm
Friday	11am - 6pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+16263162690

Website

http://www.GoToFMI.com/

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