BAX - SHOP.CO.UK

Fill in your email address and never miss our special offers! There was a time when a 226 000 ft warehouse full of more than 46,000 music products was still a far-away dream for the oldest of the two Bax brothers. That dream started to take form when he built his very first disco lamp, at only 10 years old. It was quite a challenge for the young bo... y, still only in primary school, but the result was a success resulting in a light effect with four blinking lamps in different colours. Could he have chosen to tinker with a vacuum cleaner for that fateful class project? Sure, but that wasn't what made him happy. Music was his passion, just like it still is today. Six years later, the Bax brothersfive years apart in agehad thrown themselves into DJing. Anyone who attended a party where the Bax brothers were DJing will tell you that the night never really got started until they had set up their DJ show. They had spent so much time, money and effort acquiring all of the equipment for their shows, that they felt it would be a shame to let it gather dust when they weren't busy DJing. The more the merrier, they figured, and from then on anyone could rent DJ gear, PA speakers and lighting equipment from the Bax brothers. All at an affordable price, too. The Bax brothers rented out sound equipment for the first time in 1998. The business grew, and after some time they figured that if renting products out was fun, selling them would be even better. In 2004 they knocked on the door of their first supplier, but couldn't get their proverbial foot in. After all, it's not easy to find a supplier who will put their faith in two students who've never sold a speaker set in their lives. Still, the Bax brothers believed they could set themselves apart from the rest, and in 2005 they found their solution: the internet. Back in 2005, the internet was already wildly popular, but online shopping hadn't quite taken hold yet. Their plans to sell thousands of pounds worth of DJ, PA and lighting equipment online were met with laughter. ...Read More