About Me
My name is Jason "Mountain" Harman. Most people call me Mountain and
you can feel free to do the same. I'm a 37 year old bass enthusiast. I
started playing at 17. At 21 I started following the Grateful Dead and
while on the road had access to acoustic guitars mostly and eventually
made the switch. A year or so ago I decided to switch back to bass.
After so many years away it was great to see all these new makers and
models to choose from but unfortunately I could barely find anything
but the old standards and cheap crap locally. After checking out most
of Portland's music shops I came to a disturbing conclusion. Music
stores don't really care about basses and bassists. At guitar store
after guitar store we are treated like an afterthought. I realized
after over ten years in Portland I had seen very few 5 string basses
and couldn't recall ever seeing a six string bass in any Portland
shop. Brands like MTD, Lakland, NS Design and Spector are not being
represented locally at all. I found this very frustrating and decided
to do something about it. So I'm starting my own specialty bass shop.
It's going to start fairly small. Initially I hope to have 40-50
basses, straps, a very limited selection of strings, and a few amps.
Even though I won't have everything under the sun in stock at first I
should still be able to special order just about anything. Over the
next few years I hope to expand to carry more accessories but for now
I wanted my focus on what is needed most. Basses!
The Need To Know Advantage
Why buy from me? It's simple. I care. I want to make sure each and
every customer gets an instrument they can enjoy for a lifetime. I
want to sell quality basses that are joy to play and won't be
hindrance to people learning to play. I have one very simple criteria
for basses I will sell in the shop. I will not sell anything that I
would not be happy playing myself. If I don't like it I won't sell it.
Plain and simple. When you buy from me you can feel comfortable
knowing you are supporting a small local business that truly cares
about getting a quality bass in your hands. At the start this will be
a one man operation. When you come in the shop you will have me at
your service. When you call you will speak directly to me. If you
order from Ebay I will be the one who carefully packages your bass. If
I mess up I will take responsibility and do everything in my power to
fix it. I'm fully committed to this business and will do everything I
can to make it work. I know the only way for the business to work is
to have happy customers.
