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Detroit Rock City - KISS (Gene Simmons) Queen Of Misery - Toy Matinee (Guy Pratt) What's This World Comin' To? - Chicago (Peter Cetera) Sweet Maxine - The Doobie Brothers (Tiran Porter) Somewhere I've Never Travelled - Ambrosia (Joe Puerta) Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan (Chuck Rainey) and many more.....

I gig 2 - 6 times a month. Enough to look forward to it.... not so much as to get sick of the travelling / loading in & out etc...

[quote name='The Funk' post='64698' date='Sep 24 2007, 12:31 PM']I'm sure he had no idea what he was in for or what he was doing. You'd expect someone in a shop to say "we don't do that and we're not the people to ask". A helpful shop would then say "ask such and such".[/quote] +1,000,000

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' post='64672' date='Sep 24 2007, 11:51 AM']i have to agree with Gene Simmons - have you heard some of the lines he puts in to some of their earlier material? he manages to provide just the right line for the song. if you listen to the line he plays in "rock and roll all night", and then realise he sings against it as well! GIT![/quote] Aww.... that's not too bad.... I actually find that one to be one of the easiest to sing & play with the Tribute band....but try singing & playing 'Goin Blind' by KISS!

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='64553' date='Sep 23 2007, 11:12 PM']....but I have (yet) another question. The basses seem to be offered in 2 shades of white, OWB & VWH. I presumed OWB would be olympic white, and VWH would be vintage white. However, in the little pictures they use to display each finish, VWH looks 'whiter' than the OWB. Is this correct? I always presumed that olympic white was pure white, and that the vintage white was a kind of 'fagburst' creamy colour.[/quote] This confused the hell out of me too..... There seem to be four colours of 'white'..... OWH (Olympic White), OWB (Olympic White Blonde), VWH (Vintage White Blonde) and USB (US Blonde) OWB and USB are yellower I believe.... Without seeing four basses lined up side by side of the four different colours it's really hard to see the subtle differences...

[quote name='OldGit' post='63903' date='Sep 22 2007, 01:27 AM']And the man said PB70-78US OWH RW　　　　　　　US$614 JB75-100US VWH MA　　　　　　US$787　 JB62-58SBL　　　　　　　　　　　　US$456 JB62 -76　3CS　　　　　　US$ 598　　　　　　　　 JB75 -100US　NAT　　US$ 787 All plus 16000 yen shipping (about 70 quid) plus the normal UK import tax, VAT etc .. Is that better than Ishibashi? I can't find the new stuff on the Ishibashi site... Email here is you want to deal with him: hisashi Guitar [email protected][/quote] Unfortunately, even with $2 to £1 this still works out at more than Ishibashi..... Nice 'find' though!

[quote name='charic' post='64113' date='Sep 22 2007, 06:11 PM']Ive never actually managed to find a spector... any ideas?[/quote] Any Sound Control store..... or eBay... or here....

Spector all the way..... why get a copy when you can get the original?

[quote name='charic' post='63740' date='Sep 21 2007, 06:57 PM']Where can i find a spector legend 4 bolt-on (unless theres a better spector for the same money if so let me know) in black holoflash? This should be around £400 i THINK. Are their better basses for the money? Also can you possibly compare the necks to any others? At the moment my three favourite necks are fender p bass, warwick corvette and musicman sterling.[/quote] Sound Control are the importers/distributors of Spector over here so talk to them. If you're willing to buy 'used' check out a Spector Euro/LX or NS2A in preference to the Legend. You can sometimes find them on eBay....

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='63725' date='Sep 21 2007, 05:57 PM']I reckon I'd be up for a nice white Jazz (like the one fleamail is selling on here, only (hopefully) cheaper), but I'm unsure as to it's exact model name/number designation. Can anyone tell me what it is that I crave? And what kind of financial damage do y'all reckon I'd be looking at? End of questions, for now.[/quote] Go to the Ishibashi site (see the thread on Importing guitars for the link) and check out what is available.....

[quote name='7string' post='63604' date='Sep 21 2007, 01:56 PM']Definately one of the 'modern' classic basses. I've played a couple of NS2's and they're just fantastic. Congrats on 2 great catches!![/quote] Thank you Sir! They're right up there with the current Euro models... Btw, can I interest you in another Jackson Kip Winger bass.... (it'd help me pay off my Credit Card!)

[quote name='The Funk' post='63589' date='Sep 21 2007, 01:41 PM']I reckon it could be one of the 40+ bass owners. I have a funny feeling it's our Spector devotee.[/quote] Nope, not me! Least I hope not..... she shouldn't be on here.... she should be working to pay the rent!!

Over the last month I've got VERY lucky in acquiring a couple of superb older Spector basses....! These are the highly regarded Korean-made Spector NS2A's from the Kramer-era (mid-late 80') and are maple thru-neck with active Spector pickups. I've upgraded the black one with gold bridge/tuners.... and the previous owner had already upgraded the pickups/electronics to EMGs. I paid just £250 for this one! It has some light scratches on the front and a few deeper ones on the back but nothing too serious...... In retrospect I probably shouldn't have photographed a black bass against a dark purple throw.... but you get the idea.... I also bought this lovely white one off of eBay from the US for $450 BuyItNow (£225) which only increased to a total of £310 including shipping/duty.... I will upgrade the pickups/electronics on this to full EMGs but that's all it needs....

[quote name='Russ' post='63315' date='Sep 20 2007, 08:52 PM']As a little anecdote to add to the Spector love here... I'm in the US, visiting the in-laws right now, and one of the things I wanted to do while I was out here was to take my Spector NS5-CRFM up to the Spector workshop just outside Woodstock, NY to get a problem with the truss rod sorted out (the previous owner had broken the nut off the end of the truss rod... ). So, we headed up there, and found them, out in the middle of nowhere, in a rather anonymous workshop right opposite a big industrial welding company. So we went in, and handed the bass over to Jimmy (Spector's tech) for him to take a look at. The secretary (whose name escapes me, alas) directed us to a shop a few minutes down the road that stocked lots of British stuff (amazing to find Marmite, Golden Shred, Cornish pasties and Double Deckers in a tiny shop miles from anywhere)... when we got back, Jimmy had fitted a new truss rod, filled in a small crack at the top of the fingerboard, then gave the bass a proper setup for me... for free! I also had my Spector GAS re-ignited when I got the chance to have a go on a USA Spector NS-5 with buckeye burl facings... what an absolutely amazing bass! Best customer service I've ever experienced. I didn't get a chance to meet Stuart Spector though, alas... apparently he was off fishing with Michael Tobias (who's also from around there).[/quote] That's a great story.... and further cements my opinion/working experience of them. Great guys, great service...

You can never have too many. It's personal choice.... How many pairs of shoes/handbags etc do you have...?

Welcome to the WAL club

[quote name='steve' post='63008' date='Sep 20 2007, 10:55 AM']Well, then the *[i]bloke you know[/i]* seems to be luckier than the *[i]bloke I know[/i]*. I bet if I mentioned this to the *[i]bloke I know[/i]*, he might even be inclined to try to get away with another CIJ jazz, if only he could sell some of his stuff in the for sale forums, erm alledgedly[/quote] Indeed...!

Love the Sting & the Jazzes!

Parcelforce charge is about £13.50. Duty/VAT is charged on the declared value+shipping.

[quote name='Bald Eagle' post='62680' date='Sep 19 2007, 01:52 PM']Baldy 1 x JB75-100US OWB RW John 1 x JB75 -100US 3TS RW Cetera 2 x ?[/quote] Cetera 1 x JB75-100US VWH MA 1 x PB70-78US OWH RW

[quote name='Kaiu' post='62598' date='Sep 19 2007, 12:20 PM']Thanks! Read an article on Tiran the other day, might have been in bass player magazine. Apparently The Doobie Brothers had a reunion in 1987 which consisted of most of the members that had ever played with them, it ended up being four drummers, a percussionist, four guitar players,two keyboard players and Tiran! mental...[/quote] That's right! He FINALLY got a feature article in Bass Player after 35 years of professional playing.... I'm lucky enough to know him personally and have visited him iat his home in California many times and he is one of the most solid, grooving and meolidc players I've ever had the pleasure to hear.... He LOVED that 'reunion' tour.... though apparently locking in with four drummers with varying ideas of exactly where the 'pocket' lay was kinda interesting.....

There's just no money in being a 'brickie' these days is there?

Well I'd like to order at least two Fenders from Ishibashi so add my two to the list....