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    Who did you see live last?

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    Posted · Edited by cetera

    Toto at Wembley Arena last night gave a masterclass in songwriting, melody, musicianship, vocals & live performance! Best I've seen them.....! 🎶🎸😎

     

    Nice to see Christopher Cross in support too. You can't go wrong with Sailing, Ride Like The Wind & Arthur's Theme....

     

    I have to say, I felt extremely privileged to experience a concert of such quality. 👍😎

     

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    How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

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    23 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said:

    Will definitely catch you! Saw the Doobies at Southampton Guildhall early 74 (first band I saw with pyro) and then at Knebworth later that year. That was with Bill Payne on keys.

     

    Beat the Allmans that day, and were better than Little Feat when I caught up with them. So a lot of love for the Doobie Bros here.

     

    Amazing! Again, so jealous..... 😲😍🥰

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    How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

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    Just now, steantval said:

    One of my all time favourite bands, saw them live at the first Knebworth Festival in 1974, I’m very envious of you playing wonderful songs from a vast music catalogue. 👍

     

     

    i'm very jealous! 73-75 is my fave era of them!

    They've just announced their UK tour. Are you gonna go see them? They're still one of the best live acts out there...

     

    You can follow our new show on Facebook etc. Would be lovely to see you when we finally get start playing live!

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    How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

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    Posted · Edited by cetera

    We filmed the promo video for our amazing new Doobie Brothers theatre tribute show 'The Doobie Experience' yesterday on the big live stage at KKs Steel Mill, Wolverhampton. It was wonderful to play with so many fantastic singers & musicians and hear ourselves at volume. It's a big band - 9 of us, including 3 piece brass section and percussionist..... lot of harmony vocals and killer grooves/riffs. Bucket list type band/line-up for me.... 💜

     

    Broke out my 'RonnieBarker' Ricky copy and my 1976 Spector SB1 (closest visually I own to a very early Alembic Series I bass) for some kind of authenticity.... ;)

     

     

     

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    How was your gig last night?

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    Another dep gig with the Lee Aaron Band last night, this time in Bracknell.

    First time out with the LFSys demo Monaco cab which performed admirably with my Spector/GK combination. Tight, focused tone and sounded great!

    Great audience, up and dancing & singing from the off.... great fun 😎👍

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    New Spector Euro line - The Euro CST Series

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    1 minute ago, Sean said:

     

    That's really useful, thanks.

     

    As far replacing the pre in the Euro, my obvious options are one of the Mikalik BP4s, which will be a switch to an adjustable current spec Tonepump @ £110 shipped. That would then level the playing field with both the Euro and Euro LX having the same preamp. Or, and this is probably the weird option that would negate the need for the pedal with the Euro, install an LHZ-03. Hmmm. And then getting the pedal anyway for everything else.

     

    I also have a question on the LHZ-03 product info that I just don't understand. It says, and I quote,

     

    "If you have a 20-year-old Spector NS2A, Euro, or ReBop and are ready to upgrade the stock EMG pickups and TonePump preamp to get that signature NS2 sound, all you need are a set of active EMG PJ pickups and this preamp!"

     

    Surely if you have any early Euro ('03), you already have active US-spec EMGs?

    Is this info relating to the NS2A or Rebop mentioned? Do they not have full fat EMGs? Or am I missing something?

     

    Thanks.

     

    I went down the ACG/East route in the distant past and swapped Tonepumps out for the filter/sweep ACG units in 2 Euro LXs. Never again. Too complicated and although there are some amazing tones in there, they're a nightmare to use on the fly.

     

     

    I think that's just poorly worded. If you have active EMG PJ or soapbars you don't need to change them. If you have Hz pickups or the old Spector pickups (in the NS2A) then you would want to upgrade to full active EMG versions.

     

    Tbh, there's no harm in swapping your non-adjustable TP out to either an undjustable version, an EMG BTS or go the whole hog and get a LHZ-03/04 pre. The pedal is useful for non LHZ basses so it will still get used and it makes P basses etc sound awesome!

     

    I have many Spectors with various preamps (Hazlab, EMG, Aguilar, Tonepump AND Darkglass). I use the pedal to give the non-Haz ones a more similar Haz tone across the board....

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    New Spector Euro line - The Euro CST Series

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by cetera

    1 hour ago, Sean said:

    @cetera Having that grind in other basses is something that appeals to me.

     

    What would be your recommendation on how to get a flat setting o. Non-Haz Spectors?

    I'm running one current Tonepump (Euro LX) at about 50% on the adjustment and B + T full up.

     

    The other will be the non-adjustable Tonepump.

     

    For me, the pedal means I can keep both basses stock and also get some Haz magic with other basses. P with flats, anyone?

     

    On a Tonepump I'd roll the adjustment wheel back to approx 40%.

     

    On the front control knobs, you'll find that with bass at approx 15% and treble at approx 40% it will be around 'flat'. The pedal should then get the optimum flat signal to add the Haz goodness to.

     

    The non-adjustable TP should have the front control knobs set the same, but you will find the bass much louder/more distorted so I'd swap that pre out completely if I were you, unless you want to run your volume lower on the bass.

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    Charvel Fusion IV Bass *now £SENSIBLE Offer.... or possible trade!* - *SOLD*

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by cetera
    SOLD

    Here, for sale, is a unique Japanese made Charvel Fusion IV bass from 1989.  These Japanese made 80's Charvels were so good that people stopped buying the USA made ones as these were much cheaper.

     

    The bass was originally white but the previous owner refinished it in this amazing camo design and did a fantastic, clean job... as you can see, it's a stunner!

     

    PIckups are Jackson's own EMG copies and it has an active 2 band eq, Rosewood fretboard and removeable sharkfin inlay stickers.

     

    I'm only selling as it's not suitable for my current projects so someone will get a bargain.

     

    *SOLD*
    Payment in cash, Paypal (you pay fees) or bank transfer. Please see my very extensive positive feedback thread for assurance of a clean, honest transaction.

     

    Collection preferred from Camberley/Sandhurst area or I can meet within 30 miles for petrol cost.

    I can also post at your expense.


     

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    How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

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    First rehearsal with a brand new 'Doobie Brothers' tribute show yesterday. Big band with brass section, percussion etc..... sounded immense!

    Great musicians and wonderful songs made for a most rewarding day :)

     

    Probably won't be gigging until very late in the year as 2 hours of complicated material to work on and lots of busy musicians to herd together.... but it's very exciting!

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    NAMM 2025

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    16 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

     

     

    It doesn't sound that great on this demo TBH; it's 2025 and it's Premier Guitar.  They've got a long enough track record of rig run downs...they should be able to get a half decent sound off trade booths like this.

     

    Also, no idea who that is demonstrating (someone is going to say, 'Oh, man.  That's <insert name here> and he's played with <insert name> and <insert name>'), but the playing was astonishingly bad and doing the gear no favours at all.

     

     

     

    That's Skyler Accord. He has a sig Spector bass, though I've no idea who he is....

     

    Yep, terrible demo (playing AND rig sound).

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