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Busy times coming up. May see Queensryche tomorrow night... Then I have tickets for the following to see out 2019: 70's Pomp-Rock legends 'Angel' Don Felder (ex-Eagles guitarist) Brian Downey's "Alive & Dangerous" Stanley Dee (Steely Dan tribute) Sugaray Rayford (awesome Blues show) Young Gun Silver Fox (modern Yacht Rock! Raiding The Rock Vault (Las Vegas show coming to London) Kayak (Dutch Pomp masters) The Sweet (Glam legends!)

Another demo of the Sarzo. Not a great review for hearing differences in sound between the pickups..... but he seems to love it. Funnily enough, I thought the best one was the PJ.... which a standard Spector has anyway... lol!

Sarzo has moved to Spector because for a while he was playing with Geoff Tate (ex-Queensryche) and the ONLY way he could get the right tone (the Eddie Jackson 'grind') was to get a Spector. He bought & played one exclusively for a couple of years...LOVED it... and then discovered SIMS pickups. Spector & SIMS then hooked up to produce this 'signature' bass.

You'll be looking at low £2k's for this. Off on holiday you go.....

Some of the older Euro and EuroLX models came in natural satin wood and were beautiful instruments. They come up occasionally in the used section here....

That grind.....!

A stunner! More Spector greatness to be celebrated :)

A Farewell To Kings

I don't own one.... ;-) Surprisingly good basses, very Steinbergerish... limited numbers built in the early- mid 80's.

Meh, overpriced nonsense and lies. I know other people with the RXT bass. The prices on the other basses are dreamland too... Not for me, but thanks anyway!

Check out the excellent Red Sound cabs. I know the UK distributor and these things are getting amazing reviews! Distributor page: https://www.clearsoundmusic.co.uk/products Italian product page: https://www.redsounditalia.com/en/prodotti/macrocategoria/music/tipologia/digital-profiling-system

You are correct, Sir! Though my musical faves are more mid 70's I grew up with my teenage years through the 80's. :-) Ah, I have the Hohner B2a to cover that..... lol!

Nah.... Nick has made his bed by posting that pic numerous times on EVERY Facebook bass page...... he can take the flack and lie in it on his own!! lol!

A few more sales/purchases since Apr 2019 so updated list of current 72 basses (with newbies in BOLD ) (PRE-KRAMER) SPECTOR SB-1 USA 1976 (Walnut/Maple) (PRE-KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Cherry Sunburst) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Black) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Black) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Gloss White) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Tobacco Sunburst) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Red/Black Lava Crackle) - Ex-Barry Dunaway (Yngwie) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Red Stain) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Gloss White) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Black) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Black) (KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Teal) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Custom Holoflash Black & Abalone) SPECTOR NS-2X USA 'Spectorbird' (Tobacco Sunburst & Abalone) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CR (Holoflash Black) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM(Dark Purple Stain) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM (Plum Stain) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM (Forest Green) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX (Gloss White) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX ‘Ian Hill’ (Black) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX 'Rachel Bolan' (Black/Silver Sparkle) SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LT (Violet Stain) SPECTOR NS-2 JA-CR Euro RI (Gloss White) SPECTOR NS-2 JA-CR Euro RI (Black) SPECTOR Legend 4X (Holoflash Black) SPECTOR Legend 4X (Black Stain) STUART SPECTOR DESIGN NS-4 Euro (Red Stain) DINGWALL D-Bird (Blue/Purple Colourflip) WAL Mk1 Fretless(Mahogany with Stained Maple facings) WAL Mk1 “Geddy Lee” (Black with Gold Hardware) FENDER Precision ‘70’s Jap RI “Phil Lynott” (Black/Mirror) FENDER Precision ’62 Jap RI (Vintage White/Red Tort) FENDER FSR Precision PJ Deluxe Active (Sea Foam Metallic) 1 of 150 FENDER FSR Precision 70's RI (Nat Ash) FRANKENSTEIN Tele neck/P body '"Billy Sheehan - The Wife" JACKSON "Kip Winger" Sig (Cherry Lacewood) JACKSON TBX-Pro ‘Jacksonbird’ 1 of 56 made (Black) JACKSON Ontario ‘Concert Bass’ (White) HAMER Impact USA (Black & Gold ‘Marble’) HAMER Impact USA (Red) HAMER Scarab USA ‘Rick Savage’ (White) KRAMER Forum I (Flipflop Blue) KRAMER Forum III (Dark Teal) KRAMER Ferrington Electro/Acoustic (Black) ESP The Surveyor 1984 (Blue Stain with Blue fingerboard!) ESP PPJ-160 ‘Masayoshi Yamashita’ Sig Model (White) ESP/Zep-II PPJ-160 ‘Masayoshi Yamashita’ Sig Model (Black) PEAVEY RJ-IV “Randy Jackson” Sig Model (Red Sunburst) PEAVEY RJ-IV “Randy Jackson” Sig Model (Grey/Silverburst) PEAVEY “Rudy Sarzo” Sig Model (Dark Natural) TOKAI ‘Hard Puncher’ P (Black/Mirror) TOKAI Works TW801? (Black) FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black) FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black) FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black) FERNANDES TB Ltd Edition ‘Thunderbird’ (Off-White) FERNANDES PJ-50 Ltd Edition P/J (Red) YAMAHA BB3000 (Black Sparkle) HARTKE XK-4 Active (Black/Chrome) GUILD Pilot (Purple Burst) GUILD Pilot (Red) HAGSTROM Super Swede "Rutger Gunnarsson" (Dark Mahogany) EPIPHONE Thunderbird Vintage Pro (Black) ITALIA Imola GP "Ricky Phillips" (White) HOHNER B2A w/D-Tuner (Black) FELINE/SPECTOR "Gene Simmons SB-1" Copy (Black) FELINE/KRAMER "Gene Simmons Axe" 1980 Hybrid (Black/Silver) PUNISHER "Gene Simmons" Ltd. Edition (Signed/#’d) (Black) AXE "Gene Simmons" Ltd Edt (Signed/#’d) (Black/Silver) CORT “Gene Simmons Axe-2” (Black/Silver) CORT “Punisher GS-2” (Black) STACCATO MG Active (22 of 34 made) (Black/Magnesium Alloy) I also have 10 'guitards'....

I def bought mine on here.... must've been from someone else!

Ah yes, it's mine now.... twas I who purchased said lovely P bass from you Mr Dood :) Insanely good P bass that is much more befitting as a PL tribute.

That reminds me.... I had a pee next to Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy/Black Star Riders) backstage at High Voltage Festival. He commented on my Lizzy shirt and we discussed the various Lizzy line-ups/classic Lizzy sound as we continued to the basins to wash our hands. Lovely chap!

About 15 years ago I was standing in a large bookshop/newsagent in Kingston marketplace perusing the music mags and, in particular, the bass mags. A tall, middle aged, rockstar-looking chap with a large barrel chest, medallion and a mop of blond hair came and stood next to me picking up a bass mag to read too. He looked familiar but I couldn't place him for some reason..... so we nodded to each other in acknowledgement and continued to flick through our respective magazines until I moved off.... Imagine my shock/regret when a week later I returned to the same magazine rack to peruse the new issue of said bass mag and there he was on the cover!!!! It was only Chris bloody Squire!!!!! Aaarrrghhhh.......

For many years I worked just off of Oxford St in London and would, on occasion, pop into the musical instrument store situated at that time in the basement of Virgin Megastore. On this particular occasion I popped in as they had a shipment of Spectors arrive which included my custom ordered white Euro. A salesman got it ready for me to demo and I sat there playing and enjoying my new purchase when, shortly after, another salesman approached - commenting positively on my playing and the tone of the bass. We had a nice chat about the bass, rock music etc and I thought he looked kinda familiar. He was middle aged and looked like a genuine classic rocker (different from your usual instrument salesman) so I asked if he played and/or gigged much..... "Yeah, I play guitar..... gig occasionally but not so much at the moment though I was in a big band for a while". "Oh, and who was that" I enquired.... Him: "Have you ever heard of Bad Company?" Turns out it was Dave 'Bucket' Colwell.....

Booo..... Nick Beggs is only on the Saturday. I'm gigging Saturday so that's ballsed it. Hoping for someone decent on the Sunday.

Drew bought my flightcase guitar stand. Quick payment and easy communications. Recommended!

Love my Vintage Pro! One of the best sub £500 basses I've ever owned :)

I heard about this two months ago so, although the press release has only just come out, it isn't sudden or unexpected. They've taken the last couple of months working out their way to bypass the issue (slight body shape redesign). If they had just made the occasional Tbird shaped model they would have probably been OK but the DBird was becoming a key line in their range and to Gibson's mind a threat. I'm just glad I got mine when I did and it'll retain its value nicely :)

Yes, sorry - forgot it was a 5-string!