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Yep, Big Horizon were fabulous. Great to see you there Trev..... Gotta say that Lee Pomeroy and Donavan Hepburn are a seriously tight rhythm section... wonderful to watch and listen to!

Expect it to be £1200 over here, as Grabbers were £999 at first.

The secret sauce of a Spector is the Haz preamp..... and that needs to be boosted to bring out the wonderful harmonic overtones....

Actually it has a Neve preamp, rather than the Darkglass..... and sounds much better as a result.

I was considering it, but too big a venue. If it was Hammy-O or Brixton Academy I'd consider it...

I'll also be seeing Lee Pomeroy..... but playing with the fabulous 'Big Horizon' (comprising ELO/Take That backing band members) at Holborn Pizza Express tomorrow night!

A Euro NSCR, Euro, Euro LX or CST is 'a proper Spector'. I love the US ones but, personally, I would never buy a new one as the Euro range are 95% there. As long as you have EMGS, add an LHZ preamp and noone would know the difference. The DG Legacy preamp is closer to the Haz in sound than the BTS or Tonepump imho....

Closest I got were the two Dingwall's I bought. An NG3 and a D-Roc. Loved the look of them and the neck/feel was lovely....... but as Chris Childs said at the SE BassBash, they had one great sound and 4 'meh' ones.... Sold/traded them within a couple of months of getting them....

I believe all 6 (3 x 4 string & 3 x 5 string) are all sold. Sorry! The cat will be pleased though... 😉🤣🐈‍⬛

And I bought the undrunk cans (burp!) and left over half a chocolate cake (Mmmmmm....) at half the cost price so it went back in the kitty/charity pot.

Big thanks to all for coming and making this year another great success. Always good to put faces to names/usernames! The venue worked, I think,..... especially considering how spoilt we'd been in the past with access to lots of rooms and a hall in a school! Thank you's from me to Paul @NancyJohnson and Paul @prowla in particular for doing a lot of the advance legwork and prep as I was unavailable. Also, of course to our guest speakers re: cab shooutout and pickups.... and to my old schoolmate @Mike Brooks and good friend Chris Childs for their insights and contributions. I think @stevie may have secured (or is about to!) a few orders as well so a great day all around!

Young Gun Silver Fox..... again! This time, tonight at Papillon in Southampton 🎶⛵️🎸👍😎

I have a 4 string NS Dimension. Looks and sounds great and plays really nicely!