Doctor J

I used to have an early 90's 4003. I loved the sound of it, loved the look of it, but it was just murder on my right forearm. How I play just isn't compatible with a slab top and binding. I'd love to have one again, all the same, just for that lovely aggressive sound.

This is interesting. Kip Winger, former pouffy-haired 80's hard rocker has a Spector I've never seen before, can't find it on the Spector site either. No cease-and-desist issued yet?

You never get wasted time back.

When it comes to original music, it's usually the bands and local promoters, not venues, who put the gigs on. Start contacting other bands in related genres and build relationships, trade support slots. Go to other band's gigs and talk to them. Since a new original band rarely comes with a paying crowd, you'll get places by networking and building up a rapport with other bands who are gigging. Be prepared to travel.

After a buildup like that, you're not going to post it? Come on!!! 😂

Corporate pop punk knows the value of brand association.

Congratulations, Nick, richly deserved in a very strong month 👍🏻

Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww 🤢 Factor a Grade 1 decontamination into the price. Possibly tetanus shots, too.

Vintage II Originaler. Authenticer. Vintager. We saw the money that changes hands for our old crap and we want piece of that action. Buy now! Buy twice!

...and knowing that you ignored the signs of the battery going flat for a long, long time and only have yourself to blame. Don't let the Project Fear mob get to you. If active tickles your fancy, go for it. There are millions of bassists around the world enjoying the flexibility of active instruments for a very good reason.

Spectacular efforts all round, well done!

More Shrek than Serek, just a poorly executed retro effort.

Don't cut the foam! There are two thumbscrews at either end of the plate the foam sits on. Use them to lower the foam out of the way.

Momose are serious business.

I think we have a winner

Great, great band. Mike Starr had some really busy lines but never got in the way, a really good player. I love the downslides Inez did in Grind, simple, but really effective

The second one says it's Fender compatible but has a square derrière to the neck pocket, so selectively compatible, I would say.

I don't think I've ever submitted one so early in the month 😂 The music: Driving Ferraris around a dystopian city cost me a lots of 10p pieces in the 80's. Beating the clock, getting time bonuses and moving to the next stage were all that mattered, accompanied by 8-bit hard rock. The blurb. Yamaha drums with a brass snare, captured by the cheapest Thomann mics and Behringer interface. Bass is a Levinson Blade, guitars are a Bacchus floyd-equipped rock type, into an Engl pre. Synth stuff is Reason, all mushed together in Protools.

Combine the 4 into one kick donkey mega idea like the big Power Ranger

When I'm on speed, everything is fast.

It should be fine if they were tone termites.

If it's a lacquered maple board, that's not a great idea.

Do you oil the fretboard?

I picked up this 91 B4 a few years ago. It's superb and, in my opinion, better built than any US or Japanese Fender I've ever owned and at least on a par with the Japanese Sadowsky Metro I used to have. The neck is exceptional. As mentioned, the build tolerances are exacting. The neck fits into the pocket like Cinderella's foot into the glass slipper. No messing around, trying to line anything up with these. The hardware is solid. Everything has a touch of class about it. I changed the preamp. Nothing wrong with the original, just I prefer straightforward more/less types, so it has a Glockenklang in there now. The Levinson pickups are very nice but in changing the preamp I sacrificed the dummy coil used for noise rejection, so put some Bart humbuckers in it last week. It was superb as it was, the changes were just personal preference on how I like my controls, because I love playing this bass and I play it a lot. If you can find one, buy it.