Spector Wimbish

[Pete Academy]

I've just seen the review of the new Spector Doug Wimbish signature bass in BGM. Looks a great bass, but how much?! £2400 for a Czech-made instrument? No disrespect to the makers but I paid a bit less for my Roscoe SKB-5 (OK, the pound/dollar rate was a bit better) hand-built in the USA, and with a much higher spec.

Imagine a UK-built custom bass you could get for that price.

[Rowbee]

Pricing aside, I saw one at the Wimbish\Calhoun gig a few months back in Leamington and it's an absolute beauty.

[molan]

Was that a list price or a genuine 'street' value?

£2,400 must be pretty close to what you could get a US made Spector for?

[Sean]

[quote name='molan' post='576172' date='Aug 20 2009, 10:37 PM']Was that a list price or a genuine 'street' value?

£2,400 must be pretty close to what you could get a US made Spector for?[/quote]


They're on special [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Spector_Doug_Wimbish.html"]here[/url] at £2299 (£100 off).

[Sean]

And [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/spector_doug_wimbish_euro_4_lx.htm"]here[/url] they are a bit less but the prices do seem strong when you consider how similar they are to a standard Euro 4LX.

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='Sean' post='576179' date='Aug 20 2009, 10:46 PM']And [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/spector_doug_wimbish_euro_4_lx.htm"]here[/url] they are a bit less but the prices do seem strong when you consider how similar they are to a standard Euro 4LX.[/quote]

That's exactly what I thought.

[Sean]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='576191' date='Aug 20 2009, 11:02 PM']That's exactly what I thought.[/quote]

Certainly not obvious where the extra cash goes especially when the Ian Hill one is the same rice as a standard Euro4LX

[TDM]

That seems slightly OTT. For over 2k I'd expect higher grade maple on the wings.

[thisnameistaken]

Does anybody know what gear Doug was playing on the old Sugarhill Records stuff? That's the sound I'd want, if I was a big Doug Wimbish fan, and I can't imagine it was all that sophisticated.

[Sean]

Doug 's gear is listed [url="http://www.dougwimbish.com/gear.html"]here[/url]. As I understand it, [i]that[/i] Doug Wimbish sound comes from EMG pickups and Trace Elliott amps. Doug's technique has a huge bearing on his sound though and he still sound exactly like Doug if he was thumping a Precision through a B-15.

[NancyJohnson]

Years and years ago (before I knew anything about Doug Wimbish), I distinctly remember seeing an article in a US Guitar magazine - he was holding a Spector bass, but the finish was just amazing. It was a transparent colour finish in dozens of colours over a maple top. Never seen it since. Now that [i]was [/i]lovely.

These signature editions don't look anything different to the standard editions (Gary will probably say otherwise)...it does seem a little over the top $$$.

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