Yeah, Sound Control were a bit of a mess - i used to work close to the big branch at corner of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road and would often pop in during a lunch break and have a noodle on a bass. Was a bit like a musical instrument supermarket there and staff never took any notice of you picking up a bass to try.
Anyways, they used to have a couple of US made Spector NS 5XL's on the wall, priced at £2,250 and i had played one of them a couple of times - very nice it was too! When Sound Control went under the entire stock was sold off via the Bristol branch. I saw the ad online and the US Spector was selling for £999 delivered! I had that sent to me and it was a beauty, still had the hang tags and £2250 price tag attached.
I sold it a few years later to a Basschatter named Mr. Hugs who travelled over to London from Germany to collect it. God, there's a good story there too, though I'll save that one for another occasion.