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+1 on them doing one with a maple neck..... Very interested in trying one of these though regardless! Congrats on a lovely bass

Very nice..... I'll have the purple quilt one and the black one please....

I have the Duff McKagan style original model with a black coated neck.... I know there was also a later one with a natural neck.... and also a 'Power' Jazz Bass Special which was active....

Let me know if you ever let this go.... I'd give you the £300 for it... I used to have the cheaper XK4 and it was a great sounding bass....only sold it in order to part finance one of my Spectors....

Me love my Rebop too

Looks like a great day had by all... shame I couldn't make it Who's was the white Pedulla? That looks lovely....

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='292909' date='Sep 26 2008, 05:27 PM']Gary when are you gonna get DTK's asses down to that London?[/quote] We're playing a special KISSmas gig at The Standard in Walthamstow on Fri 19th December

Not a fan of the paint job.... but I bet it sounds monsta!!

[quote name='Clarky' post='292653' date='Sep 26 2008, 12:25 PM']Kiss and Madness - now there's an unexpected combination![/quote] Ah yes, it's a great way to keep my chops up..... a bit of rock... then a bit of ska.... then with the function band some Motown/Stax, disco, lounge, pop etc!

[quote name='KevB' post='292605' date='Sep 26 2008, 11:57 AM']Not a big Kiss fan but I must catch your next show at The Diamond just to say hello Gary...[/quote] Please do! We're back there on 7th Feb 2009. Would be great to see you

Currently in 3 bands.... 1) "Dressed To Kill" - 18 years as Europe's #1 'KISS' Tribute & The World's Longest Running 'KISS' Tribute. Check it out here: [url="http://www.myspace.com/kisstributeuk"]Dressed To Kill Myspace[/url] and here (under construction): [url="http://www.dressedtokill.org.uk"]Dressed To Kill new site[/url] 2) "Cairo East" - Madness tribute band (no current Internet presence) 3) Just joined a function band who are changing up a gear and changing their name. New name to be decided.

[quote name='4000' post='292147' date='Sep 25 2008, 08:10 PM']What Id like to know is what does the missus say? Mine goes apesh*t about me having 5! She [i]hates[/i] bass gear. Still, that's probably as much to do with me as the gear; just another thing to give me grief about![/quote] Mine knew I was a musician when she married me.... my passion for my instrument was one of the things that attracted her.... therefore she knew what to expect. She is a musician herself (piano, clarinet, guitar & sax) so she also appreciates well made, good sounding instruments. I wouldn't be with anyone who didn't appreciate music or support me in my musical endeavours....

[quote name='Chris2112' post='287266' date='Sep 19 2008, 01:27 PM']PJ seems like a great guy, I know he has given a lot of help and support to the Spector owners over at TB, inculding getting hold of some very limited edition models for them! Despite being a Spector player, I've never emailed him though. I might send him an email just to say that I think Spector basses are bloody brilliant![/quote] PJ and Stuart live by the mantra of 'Customer Service'. In my 26 years of bass playing I have never received better service than I do from them...

[quote name='TheDarkReaver' post='288561' date='Sep 21 2008, 03:45 PM']Me in the background a bit: [/quote] Nice singer..... grrrr..... Oh, and nice Spector!

I always remove my wedding ring when playing with the KISS tribute band..... otherwise I get fake blood & paraffin under it (which can be sore)... and it prevents me doing lots of @gene-like' bass slides... As an aside, it'd look pretty silly wearing a wedding ring as 'Gene SImmons' - especially when he has been happily unmarried for so long! lol!

My deepest sympathy to Steve's family..... very sad news

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='278552' date='Sep 6 2008, 01:09 PM']This is one of my favourite pictures of me and my old mum, 77 years old. She used to come to my gigs, I took her to see Kiss and Cheap Trick, she likes Rush, Orson and, dig this, the Stone Temple Pilots. She introduced me to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, good science-fiction actually phoned me one time to say she was watching a video of Blink 182 on MTV and said, 'that boy [Mark Hoppus] who plays bass for them looks like you.' Gotta love her. P[/quote] She sounds just like my Mum! Mums like ours are the best.... I thank (insert deity of choice) every day for her....

[quote name='TheDarkReaver' post='285028' date='Sep 16 2008, 02:07 PM']Is it just me or is he always slightly off time? I mean good for a 9 year old, and I'm sure he'll become a great player, but he doesn't seem as prodigious as other young musicians I've seen.[/quote] +1

Great story!