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    Basschatters' Upcoming Gigs

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    I'm REALLY looking forward to depping with these guys at the Festival Drayton Centre, in Market Drayton (Shropshire), next Saturday night (19th Oct)! Will be nice to play with my great mate Andy Fox (drums) again having shared the stage with him in various bands over the last 20 years 😎

     

    https://www.festivaldraytoncentre.com/whatson/liveevents/liveeventsFeature.php?FROM-GOLD-TO-RIO-THE-GREATEST-HITS-OF-SPANDAU-BALLET-DURAN-DURAN-297

     

    Some of the best pop basslines of the 80's so lots to get my teeth into! 😁

     

     

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    An appreciation of supportive wives, husbands & partners

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    6 minutes ago, basexperience said:

    I'm really lucky. My other half lets me gig when I need to, she's happy to let me take a room for a studio, so my stuff stays out of the way - which is how I like it. I do have a PA system which keeps wandering around various corners though. She's great, although she doesn't come to gigs often as she doesn't like being places where she doesn't know anyone. The irony is, it's one of the reasons I started playing - as a way to get myself more confident to meet people!

    No offence meant..... honestly..... but I don't understand the use of the word 'let'?

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    Spector CST 4 string

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    On 04/10/2024 at 09:43, geofio said:

    Just purchased one of the new Spector CST models in natural gloss , 

    jeez this thing sounds good, it really does, huge warm bass tones with pin sharp clarity and some growl for good measure. For me the perfect bass tone , I had a feeling it was going to be good, looking forward to getting some recording done , 3/4 way through the next Extreme Danger album, this bass feels and looks really premium,  love the sound from the Dark Glass electronics and pretty neat inside too. 
    Neck isn’t skinny but comfy , very comfy  instrument to play, they are quite pricey , in all honesty worth the cash the tone alone is just thunderous, never felt a bass ooze low end like this and you can dial in the growl you want. Highly recommended if you are sitting on the fence about buying one . Get it you won’t regret it. 

    That's a great tone!
    How have you set the controls?

    Are you using ANY pedals/drive channel on amp or anywhere?

    Spector CST 4 string

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    22 hours ago, Graham_C said:

    Mine are 2005 and 2014 respectively and am on the fence about the quality of the post-Korg ones. I've heard more bad than good sadly. :(

     

    I have a few Korg ones and never had any issues.

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    NEM - New Effects Month!

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    Posted · Edited by cetera

    Been doing lots of gear buying/selling and trading over the last month. Here's what's come in....

     

    HX Stomp - Still learning this one and waiting for a friend to pop over to help me programme it for what I need....

     

    GK Plex - I got this so ridiculously cheap it would have been rude not to! I'm using this immediately for a classic GK 800RB sound straight to the desk and IEMs on some quiet stage gigs I'm doing...

     

    HAZard LAMPS pedal - The fantastic Lonnie West in the US has reverse-engineered the classic Spector Hazlabs preamp and put into a pedal form. When I put a passive bass into it the instrument comes alive with dynamics, overtones etc and pushes it towards classic Spector territory.... Love it!

     

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    New basses over the last couple of months!

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    Posted · Edited by cetera

    Been doing a lot of buying/selling and trading of basses and musical equipment over the last few months!

    These are 3 of the 4 basses that have come in. See separate thread for Rickenspector goodness ;) 😎😁

    Spector Euro Classic in White
    Spector Coda 4 Pro
    Fender Classic 70's Precision

    I'm VERY happy with all of them!

     

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    NBD - Spectorbacker.... or is it a Rickenspector.... or maybe a Kipenspector?!

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    Posted · Edited by cetera

    American bassist, singer, songwriter, ballet dancer, classical composer and all round top bloke Kip WInger (Winger, Alice Cooper etc) has always been a personal fave of mine. A much underrated all-round musician, he has been using a custom one-off Spector for the last few years that featured a Ricky shaped body, specially created for him by Stuart Spector and PJ Rubal just before they sold to Korg.

    It has never been put into public production for obvious reasons...

     

    I absolutely loved the look of that bass and was lucky enough to hang with him a few months ago and to play it during Winger's soundcheck at London Islington Assembly Hall (see pic below).

     

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    Anyway, to cut a long story short, I found a Chinese faker company who would make me a copy cheaply so I took the plunge! What did I have to lose?

     

    Well, it turned up last week and was, for the money, better than I expected! It needed some work and attention (new nut, fret end filing, new pickups/preamp and heavier duty bridge) but a quick visit to my local tech got it sorted and I debuted it on Saturday night! Visually, the control diamond layout is unequal but it's no biggie to me as it now looks, plays AND sounds great!

     

    Total cost for build, shipping...... and my updates/improvements...... approx £450 all in. Can't complain at that and VERY pleased with the result.

    Here she is:

     

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    An appreciation of supportive wives, husbands & partners

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    Posted

    My Wife is a fellow musician (singer, clarinet, piano, guitar) and her day job is as a Senior Music Therapist so music and instruments are around us all the time. My Son is also an accomplished young drummer.

    If she didn't like it, told me what I was 'allowed' to buy or told me to leave a band we wouldn't be together in the first place... Music isn't just what we do for fun, it is who we are...

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    How was your gig last night?

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    Posted · Edited by cetera

    I played a weekend of deps with local covers band 'The Lee Aaron Band' (NOT the Canadian rock goddess Lee Aaron 😉) in the NE Hants area.....

    Great nights, lots of compliments from punters.... and the landlord on Friday was a bassist too (and owner of a few Goodfellow basses)! He told me my bass sound was the best he's ever heard in his pub, which was nice! I was using my Spector Euro Classic with GK Legacy head/Genz Neo212 cab.

    Saturday's gig saw me debut my new 'oddity' (see pic below). See thread here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/502803-nbd-spectorbacker-or-is-it-a-rickenspector-or-maybe-a-kipenspector/

     

     

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    Who are you seeing live next?

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    I have:

     

    Simply Dan (awesome Steely Dan tribute) this Friday night in Wokingham

    Alastair Greene (ex-Alan Parsons Live Project guitarist) with his blues band next Thursday in Aldershit

    Alice Cooper on Sat 20th at Hammy-O
    Uncle Funk at Bracknell on Sat 26th

    Stewart Copeland (spoken word) in Fleet on Sun 3rd Nov
    Big Horizon (debut show from Jeff Lynne's backing band in ELO.... feat. Lee Pomeroy) at Pizza Express, London on 8th Nov
    Nu-Yacht Kings 'Young Gun Silver Fox' at Islington Assembly Hall on 30th Nov

    Falling In Reverse at O2 Arena on 16 Dec.

     

    Plenty to keep my busy between now and Xmas then!

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