WHUFC BASS

That's funny, I always associate them with Lemmy, Bruce Foxton and Paul McCartney and that's about it. They weren't that popular (certainly not as popular as Precisions). In fact, I'd go as far to say that they weren't even as popular as Gibson Thunderbirds.

Nowhere near popular back in the 80s and even today in the punk scene. As was pointed out it was (and is) usually a mix of Precisions, Precision knock-offs and LTDs.

Nice one. Aa I mentioned on another thread, if you swap the pre-amp out for an EMG BTQ pre then it'll transform the sound of the bass completely and improve it no end. The Tone Pump on the Rebop isn't the greatest of pre-amps and many people rip them out and replace them ASAP. Can't get over what a bargain that was. They usually go for at least £500

That's a proper bargain. That's even cheaper than some of the Korean made Spector Legends. How does it play and sound?

Ah - was that one from Brighton? I looked at that on Gumtree and thought about buying it but really can't justify another 4-String. If it was a 5 string, I'd have probably pulled the trigger.

Ah apologies, I missed the stacked knob arrangement on your bass. I still think the EMG pre-amp would be better than the stock pre-amp. Some of the reviews of that pre-amp on Amazon and Thomann specifically mention removing the stock Legend pre-amp and how much of an improvement was made to the overall tone of the instrument. I'm seriously considering it for my Doug Wimbish Spector.

Well, not sure what pickups you have in your legend but if they're emg hz pickups then they're perfectly good. The preamp is possibly the Tone Pump Junior which is t that versitile and neither is the Tone Pump that's used in the more expensive Spector basses. There's no mid control which makes a hell of a difference. The EMG BQS system pre amp is a great alternative and if you have emg pickups, it's completely solderless. http://www.emgpickups.com/accessories/bass-accessories/bass-eq-active/bqcsystem.html The differe cé in sound is like night and day.

Change the pre-amp out for an EMG BQT and you have a superb sounding instrument. Even better than it sounds now.

Just got an Ashdown AAA-30 practice amp and was wondering if anybody had found any good alternatives for AppTek ? I get why they've not done an Android version due to latency issues but that was back in 2011. Surely there must be something out there now?

I had one and it was one of the best I've played. Fantastic sound and really playable. I'm a bit of a Spector fan so it's probably understandable but it just goes to show, one man's plank of wood is another's Chippendale (not the male stripper type, I hasten to add).

How have you managed to live your life without a copy of that album ?

He does have a point. Every decade within rock music, there has been a new genre that just blows everything out of the water and rips up the rule book - the 50s was rock 'n' roll, the 60s was the Beatles and Stones, the 70s was Sabbath, Zepp, Pistols, the 80s was New Wave , the 90s was Brit-pop, 00s and beyond have been a steady decline in originality IMO. There have been the odd exceptions with various stand outs but it's really been like digging for diamonds in a steaming pile of dogshit. Radio hasn't helped one bit. The usual crap being pumped out on repeat has tempered people's musical tastes to the point where they'll accept any old nonsense and call it genius. I have a theory why. There isn't the widespread hard times as there have been in previous decades coupled with too many distractions such as TV, internet and gaming. Hard times produce great music. I can't really explain why, but look at the times (I'm talking about the UK here) when recession, unemployment and general hardships have been rife. People have produced the best music and also some great musicians have come to the fore. In turn, you had DJs who would support this. Personally I think the period from 77 - 83 was probably the best years for rock music. You only have to look at the charts to see that. I've chosen a date in 1979 (it was my 9th birthday) and come up with this ... https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19791007/7501/ What a list of great rock acts in the national singles chart ! You'd never see anything like that now, there simply isn't the will or the way to produce great rock music. Don't get me wrong though, it's not all doom and gloom. There's still some great bands, some great gigs and some great musicians, all I'm saying, it's getting harder to find them.

Moby Richard 😂

Had both Epiphone and Gibson Thunderbirds years ago. They look good but they're one trick ponies and they're an acquired taste ergonomically speaking. You're far better off with a Precision. Better sound and far more versatile.

Spector Rebop on eBay at the moment, absolute bargain (I'm not connected to the seller by the way). If it was a 5 string I'd snap it up https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153496975431

It's not too much of a big job. I think they did mine in about ten minutes or so. It was fine after they re-soldered the joints.

Try giving it a whack on top of the amp. If it comes back, then you have the classic problem of the capacitors (I think), popping out of the circuit. Could be completely wrong but back in the 80s I had a head that did that and took it to TE who explained there were some cold soldered connections which would make them pop out very slightly which would reduce volume. Not sure if it's the capacitors (long time ago now) but it was something on them lines.

I've got a Euro 5LX and a Doug Wimbish Signature Spector which is the reason I am curious about the Rebop. I've heard a lot of stories about neck-dive on them and also, not sounds as good as the LX basses. I first bought an NS2000 which really didn't do it for me at all, weighed a ton and was very anaemic sounding. Could possibly bought a duff one but that put me off Spectors for a while.

I've not played a Rebop but I'm tempted to try one out. Are they much different to the neck-thru basses both sound-wise and playability?