i bought my entire gear here (europe). It's sometimes even cheaper than malaysia. Of course, you have to work part time to cover the costs and not suck your parents/government cash. Wait a minute...suck the governments cash....hahaha
I got a job for 2 months paying 9 euros an hour. So working for 2 months helped me to pay off for all my gear with left over to get a plane ticket back to malaysia. I cycle alot so i don't spend money on public transport which is a big saving in most of western europe and UK. Save where you can and spend where you should (like on gear...)

I still say europe is the best for classical music. Austria especially. And i think classical is the basis for all genres of music. In US i can only think of berkley (however u spell it) but i'm not such a big fan of america anyway.... Sure they have good musicians, but that's only because musicians actually make enough money to live there.

This post has been edited by Bassix: Oct 10 2006, 10:58 PM