cetera

The mighty Aerosmith: and, of course, Chicago (here in 1979 with Peter Cetera playing an early Spector NS1 bass):

I voted for PJ..... but it's all about the reverse P with that!

Now I REALLY wish I'd picked up one of the bass heads when Guitar Guitar did that Mesa clearance a year or so ago....

Just the head.....

Ah OK. In that case I may look out for a used VT 500 and or a VT Bass DI going cheap/reasonable price and give it a go. Don't really need 2 channels but loved the sound of the 1969 I heard.... so if I can get that in the VT 500 I'm laughing....

Not anymore since Brex*hit...

Oi!! I resemble that remark!

Aside from power & the 1969 having 2 channels..... is there any big difference in the tone circuits/sound of these two amps? If not, I'm presuming they both use the same circuit as in the VT Bass DI Pedal & Rackmount? Love the sound of the 1969 head but they are silly expensive and almost impossible to find here... Thanks in advance for any clarification/assistance!

https://www.musictech.net/news/industry/korg-usa-acquires-aguilar-amplification/

It's great that he's refunding people, but don't let that be an end to it. He's ONLY refunding people because he's been caught and the sh*tshow is being shared all across social media. He wouldn't have done so otherwise. Don't let this situation go. Contact the Fraud people, push the Police on it and make sure he NEVER does this again....

The red into blue/purple is called Interstellar.....

Just found out about a couple of new Korean Spector models for 2021. Nice new directions in frets/colours.... Multiscale/fanfret 'Dimension' bass: https://www.thebassplace.com/product/spector-dimension-bass-new-model-eta-jan-2021/ 5 string: https://www.thebassplace.com/product/spector-dimension-5-bass-multi-scale-new-model-eta-jan-2021/ New 'Ethos' model.... love the Interstellar Gloss! https://www.thebassplace.com/product/spector-ethos-bass-new-model-eta-jan-2021/ 5 string: https://www.thebassplace.com/product/spector-ethos-5-bass-new-model-eta-jan-2021/

Yep, purely a backup bass to his main Spector SB1 Custom in 1977/1978. EBO pickup in the neck.....Check out Christine Sixteen on the Largo 78 show on Youtube to see it in action....

A mate has told me he's been scamming people on guitar pages with other equipment for sale too...

This thread needs to be left up at least until he has faced fraud/Police action. Otherwise he will just go back to scamming people. This isn't a one-off unfortunate case of forgetting to refund someone, it is outright fraud...

Extremely late to the party, but I have shared the info regarding this individual on my Facebook and to various other theatre show musos that I know in the East Midlands. Hope he goes down for a decent stretch in 2021.

I just saw that pic too.... So it's true?! Well, Gibson must have handed over a pretty penny in royalties to persuade Gene to play that on NYE!

Not at all! I have the Jackson version of that exact bass. It's a tonal monster and looks cool as f**k 😎

In 1974 Gene played his Charles Lobue custom bass and then Gibson Ripper/Grabber basses (which he didn't use past 1975). When his Lobue was stolen from the back of Micki Free's car in 1976 he had Stuart Spector build him a couple of customised Spector SB1 basses and didn't actually ever play a Thunderbird at all until 1977/78 when he used it as a back up onstage. You can see it on the Largo 77 live video during 'Christine Sixteen'. It has a mirror pickguard and one of the pickups had been replaced with an EBO. Not sure that this new Gene TBird is real. I think it's someone having a little fun...;) Why would he have Gibson make a bass he doesn't like the feel of... and share the money with them.... when he can make any variation of his Punisher, Axe or a wholly new designed bass for sale and keep ALL the money? The Axe he plays/sells as part of his meet/greet package is not made in China and is actually made for him by Fernandes.

Sent a bass to Poland last week by UPS. Picked up on time and delivered on schedule. Probably just localised area conditions/sickness/xmas madness etc

Likely his Gibson EB bass at this point. He also had a Ricky and an early Alembic around this time and the P-Bass came a little later. He always played exactly the right thing, allowing space, grooving with the drums but still carving his own melodies. Fantastic player!

I actually had a 'Ronniebarker" TRC made up for my Bass Collection Californian! Sold the bass but I still have the TRC. Will use it when/if I ever get a decent jetglo faker!