spector shorty basses and others

[Black Coffee]

Any love for these finance shredding gadgets.
Im going to see bruce springsteen in belfast on sat 20th july and his bassist plays a shorty i believe.
Bass direct just got two gorgeous shortys in. Whats the craic with them? Tone? Playability? Weight? Balance?
Anybody help?
What about the other ranges of spector in particular the euro ?
Cheers.

[alyctes]

If you want a cheap intro to short-scale basses, Ibanez GSRM-20 is a well-made starter.
But change the strings

Edited July 11, 2013 by alyctes

[BetaFunk]

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If you want a cheap intro to short-scale basses, Ibanez GSRM-20 is a well-made starter.
But change the strings
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......and you can buy THIRTEEN Ibanez for the cost of ONE Shorty.

[BetaFunk]

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Any love for these finance shredding gadgets.
Im going to see bruce springsteen in belfast on sat 20th july and his bassist plays a shorty i believe.
Bass direct just got two gorgeous shortys in. Whats the craic with them? Tone? Playability? Weight? Balance?
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Someone sold one on BC a few months ago.

Here's the link.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/203325-spector-shorty-usa-sold/page__hl__spector%20shorty

[Black Coffee]

These look like the mutts nutts. But id need a second mortgage i think.
Thanks for the link.

[Dingus]

I wish you hadn't posted this . I had no idea of the existance of these basses . Now I want one . A lot .

[LeftyJ]

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I wish you hadn't posted this . I had no idea of the existance of these basses . Now I want one . A lot .
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QFT

[BetaFunk]

This is beautiful......

http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/NS4_Shorty_QM_files/ShortyFront.jpg

[Black Coffee]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1373561653' post='2139107']
I wish you hadn't posted this . I had no idea of the existance of these basses . Now I want one . A lot .
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Good things come in short packages.....(like my wee missus) but that bass, it is a gorgeous piece of kit.
I can want all i like. I cant afford it and unless gary tallent drops his off the stage next week drooling on bass direct is as close as im getting.

[Dingus]

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This is beautiful......

[url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/NS4_Shorty_QM_files/ShortyFront.jpg"]http://www.bassdirec...ShortyFront.jpg[/url]
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Wowzer !

[Dingus]

I bet if I had one of these it would get more use than any of my other basses . Great for playing on the sofa in front of the T.V. It sounds like a lot of money to spend on a bass to do that , but I spent loads on a big T.V and Sky every month and there is mostly absolute crap on it , so at least the Spector would be a good bass and I could drown out the sound of annoying Tory bastards on Question Time with a few .slap licks when the mood took me .

[Black Coffee]

I like your style dingus. Talk yourself into it. And yep sky is a waste.
Little apples grow once the seed is planted.
That spector section of bassdirect is full of finance munching gems. Especially the buckeye burl coda basses.
Want dont always equal need though and thats why i dont own one . . . . . Yet.