jonsparrow91 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) Cheapey Chinese Spector; defretted/filled/varnished by yours truly; heavily used in the past but now gathering dust. Free to a good home where it might get played. Ideal for anyone wanting to have a go at a fretless without having to spend any money. Action is as low as it'll get without getting farty but it's still a little bit of a strength exercise with one or two very small dead zones. Currently has a set of embarrassingly patriotic strings on it: red, white and blue coated DR Hi-Defs - supplying these free of charge as none of my other basses are humbucking so I can't use coated strings on them without getting static crackles. Electronics are functioning, two passive EMG humbuckers (not HZ series) with vol/vol/tone, there's a second tone knob which doesn't work but both tone knobs affect both pickups so it was completely redundant anyway. Huge chunk of varnish missing from the back, I think I attempted to smooth it down at one point, I don't remember; I got this bass halfway through uni so I don't remember much of its early life. See (pending) pictures for more details. Whoever takes it must promise to either use it or pass it on to someone who. No binning it. Getting rid because it's not getting used and it's taking up space, which is in short supply. Collection from Colnbrook (SL3) ideally. I've no amp set up at the moment (nor the room for one, hooray for VST plugins) but you're welcome to test it acoustic like. Can travel into London if fares are covered but it'll be supplied without a gig bag (none spare). No delivery, I'm afraid, as my schedule doesn't allow me to wait in for couriers. Edited May 31, 2018 by spaz91 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Now that is spooky - I used to live in Colnbrook. *patiently awaits pictures* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyerseve Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Very generous to give away a bass. Good karma to you mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsparrow91 Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 I'll give you £1 if you take my shitty resonator guitar too 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Mate, I’d love this if no one else is interested!! I had considered doing this myself, so will make a great practice run!! im down in London next week too as luck would have it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsparrow91 Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 10 minutes ago, Damonjames said: Mate, I’d love this if no one else is interested!! I had considered doing this myself, so will make a great practice run!! im down in London next week too as luck would have it!! One person's got in ahead of you (minutes after the op) but I'll keep you posted. I'll get the pictures and videos up before I finalize anything too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannsTheMan Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) Can I please join the queue - I'm just down the M4 in Wokingham (J10), and drive past Colnbrook every day for work (J3). I can swing by and free up that space, whenever it's mutually convenient, :-) Big smiles, Andy. P.S. Coincidentally, I was in Anderton's this morning with some friends, trying out some fretless basses, including an Asian Spector - it was more for my friend, but I am certainly interested in that fretless mwah, so it would definitely get used. Edited May 31, 2018 by DannsTheMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 1 hour ago, spaz91 said: I'll give you £1 if you take my shitty resonator guitar too I’ll take the resonator!!! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsparrow91 Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, DannsTheMan said: Can I please join the queue - I'm just down the M4 in Wokingham (J10), and drive past Colnbrook every day for work (J3). I can swing by and free up that space, whenever it's mutually convenient, :-) Big smiles, Andy. P.S. Coincidentally, I was in Anderton's this morning with some friends, trying out some fretless basses, including an Asian Spector - it was more for my friend, but I am certainly interested in that fretless mwah, so it would definitely get used. You're 3rd at the moment. 21 minutes ago, Damonjames said: I’ll take the resonator!!! Lol You haven't seen the resonator. I don't think I can give it away for ethical reasons: the headstock seems to have been repaired with a poorly applied mixture of glue and screws and the resonator cone itself is held in place with the same overly large (and sharp) wood screws so the whole thing is a death trap. (For the record I actually found this in the garage of an old flat along with a TV and a few billion spiders. Pretty sure there are still spiders in the resonator cone.) Edited May 31, 2018 by spaz91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Hahahahaha 😂😂😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosi Y'Anarchy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I'll join the queue! I'm off work tomorrow so could pick up anytime. Your a bit under 40 mins away from me and I drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Do you still have the few billion spiders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsparrow91 Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 The few billion spiders are not for sale. I'm building something. Pics and some photos are up. Apologies for my playing but for some reason I didn't turn on a metronome and it isn't the slickest thing to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) I think that has to be the best sounding £1 bass of all time. Spewing I was late to the party!!! 😂 she would have fit in well with my other spectors 😉 Edited May 31, 2018 by Damonjames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsparrow91 Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 Well there's my Shine 6 string that I'm umming and ahhing about so you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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