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[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1407242539' post='2518663'] Growl is such a loose term as it means so many different things to different people - to me, growl is a Precision or Rick being driven hard (think Live at Leeds or early Rush)[/quote] See, to me that's "clank"!...

Neck: Maple Body: Maple Aguilar OBP-3 pre. Find a good sweet-spot and stick a Bartolini M4 pickup there. That is all.

Marinus bought my Spector Euro. Lovely, friendly chap, and great communication. He paid very quickly, arranged UPS pick-up (and provided calm assurance when I was worried they weren't going to turn up! ). A real asset to this community, and highly recommended!

The EHX Steel Leather might do what you want. It's not an overdrive/distortion, but a bass expander which provides more attack, and what could be described as "crunch".

Great stuff, lovely basses! May I suggest that you consider the Aguilar options (OBP-1, OBP-2, OBP-3) before choosing the tonepump. They're a lot better sounding to my ears, get closer to the US Spector sound, and will probably be cheaper than a tonepump anyway!

[quote name='mattyb' timestamp='1406618392' post='2512968'] I ended up grabbing a 3Leaf GR2 which sounds great but isn't exactly what I was looking for.... Would you guys rate the sound of the OC2 above an Octamizer? I have the latter but its definitely a different sound to the usual synth octave bass sound. Maybe I need to play with the filter knob a bit more to dial it in just right [/quote] Just get the Moog dude, it'll do exactly what you need. It is quite big, but not at all noisy.

[quote name='legend142' timestamp='1406327582' post='2510759'] Ah man is this the one that was at Mansons? I very nearly got this a few weeks ago...enjoy I'm sure it's a cracker [/quote] The very same! I did a bit of haggling, and got the price down a bit too :-) I'm playing it now, it's a beaut!

Thanks both! I'll definitely be posting opinion once I've played it properly. Played one in the Gallery ages ago and lusted after it ever since Haven't seen them played by anyone but Chris Wolstenholme though, and they seem pretty rare over here...

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1406284049' post='2510104'] If you want that classic original Fender sound Bare Knuckle is the only option that will 100% nail the sound in my experience! [/quote] +1 to this, have the Bare Knuckle PE Js in my Jazz and they're fantastic. Cost a bomb though, unfortunately!

So this turned up this morning, shortly before work so no time to properly play it yet! [URL=http://s66.photobucket.com/user/albakio/media/20140725_085527_LLS.jpg.html][IMG]http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h241/albakio/20140725_085527_LLS.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Very rough photo, fails to demonstrate the beauty and quality of the pearl pickguard and birdseye maple fingerboard, but I'll get a better one up at some point... First impressions are fantastic though, big rehearsals over the weekend so I'll get to properly try it out. Can't wait!

The basic colours for the 62 AVRI were black, sunburst and olympic white I believe. I've got a special edition one in dakota red though, and I believe they also did special editions in candy apple red, ice blue metallic and lake placid blue at various points...You'll probably find one of those second hand if you keep your eye out, though they may be a bit more expensive now they're discontinued.