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Not a typo.... Rough old squaddie town. Best avoided...

Former 'Alan Parsons Live Project' guitarist, now respected blues guitarist.... Alastair Greene at Aldershit West End Centre last night. Great player, gig and venue!

And has anyone ever actually bought one?

Best: My Ali-Express Kipenspector (for the price, though it needed some work).......and my HAZard lAMPs pedal which turns all my Spectors, regardless of preamp (Tonepump, Aguilar, Darkglass, EMG) into US HAZ loaded monsters! Worst: Rotosound Stainless Steel Swing Bass strings. Too glassy to start, then die too quickly.

"Egg with Soldiers Punk"? The specific English term "eggs with soldiers" appears to date from the 1960s. The modern phrase first appeared in print in 1966 in British writer Nicolas Freeling's novel The Dresden Green.

Well, they won't be selling many at those prices. Probably not enough to even cover their hyped launch..... 🤣

I own two of them so I don't dislike it THAT much It's just lazy on the part of Gibson/Epiphone. Why make such a great instrument and then fall at the simplest of hurdles?!

I'm talking the shape of the Tbird Vintage Pro, the lack of moving pickup and pickguard shape on the Grabber etc. Easy things done wrong....

It's actually a no-win situation. No-one really wants anything cutting edge and new from Fender, Gibson etc. They just want what they do.... done well! e.g. Gibson should reissue Grabber, Ripper & G3 properly and make the Epiphone models more authentic. It just becomes prompts a sly grin and chuckle when they announce an 'innovation' launch and then make something no-one wants.... or just add a few new colours...

Obviously there was the Coda bass which was a very traditional jazz style bass. Maybe the BOB bass? https://reverb.com/item/21662463-spector-bass-bob-5-made-in-usa-stuart-spector-design

Hamer Cruise meets Guild Pilot. Non-Reverse P pickup (doh!) and block inlays. Could be ANY brand. Nothing Spector about it.... Not for me, ta.

Simply Dan (Steely Dan tribute) in Wokingham on Friday night. Best Dan tribute of all the ones I've seen (Simply Dan, Stanley Dee, Stealing Dan & Don, Nearly Dan etc). I'd even go as far as to say that their guitarist Darren is one of THE finest guitarists in the country. 😎

Of those, we'll be doing Chant #1....

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! 😁

I can hardly contain my enthusiasm to find out more! Sorry, I meant I can hardly find my enthusiasm for the same old repackaged stuff.

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

That's a great tone! How have you set the controls? Are you using ANY pedals/drive channel on amp or anywhere?

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

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!

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!

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). 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:

Yep!

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...

At the moment..... Duran Duran - Rio & Girls On Film Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army & Accidents Will Happen Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart, Pulling Mussels From The Shell & Cool For Cats