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Acton, Massachusetts brings us Jo Sallins, shown here with two of his four Spector Basses!
Jo began playing drums at the age of nine. As a teenager, he taught himself to play African and Latin percussion, electric bass and keyboards. He has toured in Asia, Canada, Africa and the US. From 1990 to 2005 Joe recorded 22 albums and has 10 years of performing in arts-in-education programs. His new CD/DVD “Mr. Cool” features Jo in Concert with Stanley Jordan as well as bonus footage of his latest endeavor, “The 2-Man Rio” with Jo playing bass and keyboards simultaneously with a guest drummer. The conclusion of the DVD, “Hey, Victa!” (a tribute to Victor Wooton) is a must see! Thanks for choosing Spector, Jo! |
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Red Lotus bassist Aalics Bronson plays his SSD NS-5CRFM and Euro6LX natural oil Spectors on their new CD "De Pinche Nada". You've heard them in Brazil, in the US, and soon in Europe. You've also heard them on iTunes and on TV on the "Degrassi High" ads!
Catch them this fall on their US tour starting in Boston and New Hampshire in August. The European tour starts in 2007. |
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Stephanie Curran plays her Legend4 bubinga Spector in the 6-piece Boston based metal band Screams of Erida
Their debut EP has been a huge hit, so check out the site, look at the video, and get on their mailing list to see when the new full length CD is released! Thanks for choosing Spector, Stephanie! |
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Steve-O plays his Legend4 Classic in the Scottish metal band Delimserge
The band which tours constantly seems to have a promising future ahead having great reviews and slots in magazines such as "Total Guitar". Steve-o says the action and crisp tone beats any bass on the market. Thanks for choosing Spector, Steve-O! |
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artist = Aaron Holden
bass = Legend4 Classic band = Rememberance www.myspace.com/remembrancemetal Thanks for choosing Spector, Aaron! |
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artist = Rich Benavides
bass = (2) Q5Pro band = Black As Day site = www.myspace.com/blackasday Thanks for choosing Spector, Rich! |
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artist = Anthony DeCesare
bass = Euro 4LX-35 band = Distorted Voices sites = www.distortedvoices.com www.myspace.com/distortedvoices www.myspace.com/anthonydecesare Thanks for choosing Spector, Anthony! |
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Artist = Craig Gowans
Bass = Legend5 Classic Band = Bleed From Within www.myspace.com/bleedfromwithin |
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Adrian Michaels and his Euro6LX can be heard with One Under.
oneunder.net Thanks for choosing Spector, Adrian! |
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NY bassist Patrick Hill fulfilled a goal he'd had since 1 - to own a Spector! Well, now he's got 2 Euro 5LX and plays in two bands, Juniper Sky and HumanX.
Both bands tour and can be heard all over the place.! Check him out on line at: www.myspace.com/graffixnyc Thanks for choosing Spector, Patrick! |
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Spydah plays his Legend 5 with Pawtucket, RI based band A Breed Apart. They're making a big noise in New Enland, sure to be across the country. Check them out at their various web sites.
www.abreedapart.net Spydah also sent us these pissah logos! Thanks for choosing Spector, Spydah! |
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California Bassist Todd 'the biscuit' Corleto plays his NS-5H2 with hard working, up and coming country artists The Bell Brothers.
Todd says, "When I get my "Hick On", I reach for my boots and my web.mac.com/thebiscuit www.thebellbrothers.net Thanks for choosing Spector, Todd! |
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artist = Alex Many
bass = NS-JH5-FM (USA Bolt-On Series) band = Geisha site = www.myspace.com/geishaplanet Thanks for choosing Spector, Alex! |
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John Exall wrote and recorded Texas Hippie Coalition CDs, "Band of Outlaws" and "Live at Eisenhower's", with his Rex-5. He tells us he has played every bass there is out there, but nothing gets the job done right... except his Spector.
www.thcsmokes.com Thanks for choosing Spector, John! |
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Chris "The Stew" Stewart plays his
Euro 4LX-35 as a recording engineer and musician. Chris says ""Nothing plays or feels as good as my Euro basses." Thanks for choosing Spector, Chris! |
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Seth Brasile plays his Legend4 in the Metalcore band "Bringing Down Broadway"
They just signed with "Wounded Records," and are in pre-production for a full-length for release. They've played 40 out of the 50 states with somewhere between 150 and 200 dates in 2006, including numerous national tours. Check 'em out on the web at myspace.com/bringingdownbroadway Thanks for choosing Spector, Seth! |
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Another New Englander, "Kaptain" Kirk Bartholomew plays his Euro4 and Euro5 with two bands - Spawning Echos and El Kapitan
Kirk sez, "I own 4 and 5 string Euro basses and after trying O sooooooooooo many basses, I've come to the distinct conclusion "Spector Basses are my sound"... As far as I'm concerned Spector will be the only bass I'll ever need or use. Thanks for making such a great bass." Thank YOU for choosing Spector, Kirk! |
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Got Spector? Johnny Massey of Seattle sure does!
Johnny plays with the heavy kicking band Betty X when he's not tuning his pile of Spectors! In addition to the 4, 5, and 6 string basses, you can also see an old Spector Guitar. Spector is, of course, once again making guitars! Thanks for choosing Spector, Johnny! |
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So, let's say you're between the ages of 11 and 14, and you want to start a band. Do you think it would sound like these guys?
click here for an amazing YouTube video Bassist Mike Avakian plays his NS-2000/5 in the band Mindwalk, an amazing trio of young musicians that are simply tearing it up! See them on the web at Thanks for choosing Spector, Mike! |
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Boston bassist Brian Markelonis plays in the band Badmagick. They're recording a CD and videos.
As Brian says, "I play 2 Performance Series Amber Burst basses and couldn't be happier with their sound and quality." Thanks for choosing Spector, Brian! |
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Thomas Saladino plays his Preformer4 with the NY State based metal band Casmir.
Thanks for choosing Spector, Thomas! |
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Clint Arent is the touring bass player for PainmuseuM, featuring Metal Mike Chlasciak and Bobby Jarzombek (both of Halford and Sebastian Bach's band). He also plays bass for Jack Frost (of Savatage and Seven Witches) in Jack's solo band. And when schedules permit, he jams with Jack in the NJ-based 80's rock and metal tribute, Smell the Glove.
Thanks for choosing Spector, Clint! |
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George Roelke plays his 4 Euro and 2 Professional Series Spectors with LA's Hard Rocking powerhouse, the Greg Leon Invasion
The band has worked with some amazing folks, such as Dokken, Tommy Lee, Quiet Riot, and many others! You'll be able to catch the band in Europe, Japan and the U.S. in 2007 Thanks for choosing Spector, George! |
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West Virginia bassist Eddie Bradley plays his Euro5 with Frostbyte records Gospel band Been Renewed
They've been named 2006 MCGS Male Group of the Year, 2006 CGMA Eastern USA Band of the year, and 2006 CGMA International Thanks for choosing Spector, Eddie! |
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Jonathan Martnick plays his Euro5LX in the metal bands Bereavement and Substratum
He tells us he's been playing Spectors exclusively for the last 8 years, and it's all over their new CD. Check him out all over the web at: www.bereavementmetal.com Thanks for choosing Spector, Jonathan! |
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Leonardo Lopez plays his NS-2000/4 with the Boston-based hard rockband Another Sight
You can also find them on my space at www.myspace.com/anothersight Their debut, self-released album The Answer will soon be followed up witha new, as yet unnamed recording this winter. Thanks for choosing Spector, Leonardo! |
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His name? DTD "The Darkangel". We just call him "D".
D plays his Q5Pro in the Chicago area with Plasmata, Outbound Eden, and Some Kind of Jive, in addition to recording and working with other bands and artists. Check him out on line at www.bigdbass.com Thanks for choosing Spector, D! |
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UK bassist Gary "Biscuit" Bennett plays 'Emily', one of his 2 Legend5 basses, and the rest of his other "babies" as a Solo Bassist, with Mark Dellow and Richard "Rocket" Dellow as well as various other projects.
Thanks for choosing Spector, Biscuit! |
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Fear Dark recording artist Royal Anguish bassist Sean Tibbetts is shown here with his ReBop4DLX
In between touring Europe and the US, they're shooting music videos in an old castle in the Netherlands! Check out their EP and the upcoming CD and join them on their official forum at ultimatemetal.com So, what does Sean say about his bass? "P.S. The new bass shreds!!!!!!!!!!!!" Thanks for choosing Spector, Sean! |
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Holding down the bass in the French hardcore punk band Pipedreams is Romain Paon and his Q5 Pro.
Thanks for choosing Spector, Romain! |
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Please meet... no, let him introduce himself...
"My name is Ross "the boss" White and i play bass in a british hard rock/metal band called Head-on. Our debut album "XXL" is getting released throughout Europe on 25th Sept through Grind that axe/Universal Records with USA and Japanese release soon after. "I play a spector Q5Pro that i've had for around 3 years now. Played every gig since (3 tours) and recorded the album on the one bass, i love it! "Previously i'd tried using ESP and Musicman basses but once i tried the Spector there was no turning back, sounds and looks great and is so comfortable to play. "As regards the band: we have toured the UK with Skid Row, Fozzy and Stuck Mojo, had a number of great reviews, interviews, articles etc in the rock/metal magazines over here (Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Terrorizer, etc) and we are apparently building a lot of interest in Japan and the States (according to our record company)." Thanks for choosing Spector, Ross! |
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A hard working band out of Montana, MinusMyThoughts tours the country playing as many dates as they can to spread the word about them and their music! Bassist Jordan Green is shown here with his beautiful Euro 4LX. Check them out at my space at myspace.com/minusmythoughts and see Jordan and his bass!
Thanks for choosing Spector, Jordan! |
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Toronto Bassist Mario Stamegna and his Euro4 play with the exciting Rock band littleSUNDAY.
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From the city of Winnipeg (That's Canada, you know) is Jesse Meyer playing his ReBop4DLX with Accepting Silence
Check out their latest CD "SOMA" Thanks for choosing Spector, Jesse! |
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Jeremy Romani played his Performer4 with Goodbye Soundscape on tour the summer of 2006, including on the Warped Tour.
They just came back from the studio with producer J. Robbins and the new CD comes out next summer. In addition, you can see some video of them by clicking here! (Windows Media Viewer) Thanks for choosing Spector, Jeremy! |
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Meet Gerry Fisher, bassist for the Dallas, TX based The Maylee Thomas Band. Over the past couple of years he and his Euro5's and his USA Bolt-On (shown here) have opened large shows for bands like Joe Bonamassa, Hank Williams Jr, Bonnie Raitt, Jefferson Starship, Ted Nugent, Molly Hatchett, and Kenny Wayne Shepard.
Thanks for choosing Spector, Gerry! |
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Holding up the bottom end of Jet Set Satellite is Jay Rink. Who's Jet Set Satellite? A Real Rock Band, the way it used to be. And what does he play to make it all happen? The only bass that holds it all together is Spector.
Jay says, “I beat on my bass nightly and sometimes it isn’t pretty. My Spector is the only thing I rely on to take time and time again.” Thanks for choosing Spector, Jay! |
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Baltimore's own Kevin Baker, bass player for Live Alien Broadcast and The Mayan Factor, has been touring and putting out albums on his own Mothership Records label for over 15 years using Spector basses. He has 2 Performance series basses and a USA NS-2.
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Dominic Heynderickx is the bassist for the Belgian based powermetal band Everglow.
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Jeff Boyer of the St Louis based band threesixtysmile is shown with his Euro 4. Jeff an dthe band have had a lot of success in the MidWest. We look forward to hearing more from them.
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Based out of Atlanta, James Jackson of Meltdown Records recording artists Organ tours the world with his Euro 5.
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Jeremy Creamer Plays his Rex4 (more basses coming he says!) with Daath.
The band feels this 'internet' thing is going to catch on, so they have a variety of sites to check out! This shot with the stylin' T-Shirt was taken in the studio while they were working on their upcoming release "The Hinderers" for Roadrunner records. Thanks for choosing Spector, Jeremy! |
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Playing his Rex5 in our unique HoloFlash finish is James Dunn of the up and coming metal band Out For Blood
These guys have been touring the world relentlessly supporting their Meltdown Records release ‘Pulse Of Underground’ with their good friends "Organ" (see above) Their powerful live show and "No BS" attitude has brought them fans around the world. Thanks for choosing Spector James! |
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From Arlington Texas, meet Stephen Jeter, bassist for the Death Metal band "Vitality". They are signed to "Comatose Music", and their new album "Voracious Malignity" is out.
Check out Stephen and his Performer4 and Performer5DLX out on line, as well as on the road! You can also see some video from these guys on the site http://www.extremetexasmetal.com
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Wilson De La Cruz of the band Coretez is knocking 'em dead with his ReBop4.
They're working on a new record deal. Good luck guys! Thanks for choosing Spector, Wilson! |
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Getting deep here is HellFaYa from the Polish Metal band Dragon's Eye.
Currently playing a Professional Series Q4 Pro, he's also expecting a Rex to arrive! They're new album "The Drops World part 2" is a soundtrack for a Fantasy Graphic novel. Thanks for choosing Spector's, HellFaYa! |
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This is Dan Cocker from Manchester UK who play bass for Nailed. Check out their new CD "A Pure World Is A Dead World", available worldwide on Copro/Casket. They've toured with Visceral Bleeding with plenty more gigs in the pipeline. Dane says, "I've got the stock JH5CM fretless, and a REX 2000/5 with EMG's and the 18V mod. Next up is a six string, maybe a Euro LX depending on waiting times..."
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Germain Leth of Argentina, pictured with his Euro 4, has been busy! He's working on an album with Ariadna Project, Watchmen, and Martin Knye Magiar.
Magiar is exciting, as it's a release from one of the hottest guitarists in Argentina, a guy influenced by folks like Yngwie Malmsteen. In addition to Argentina, the album was also worked on in Mexico and Spain. Thanks for choosing Spector, Germain! |
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Here is Jeff Sobon, from the New Haven based band Fear The State, with his USA NS-JH6, one of the last ones built!
Fear The State was recently voted the "Best New Group" in the 2006 Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam 2006, and Jeff has been nominated twice for the Best Bassist category as well. Their music has been seen on ESPN's X-Games Show "Slammed and Stomped" as well as "Baseball Tonight". Fear The State is currently Touring Regionally and Nationally relentlessly in support of their full-length album "Trust Nothing". Keep up to date on what Jeff and Fear The State has going on at: www.fearthestate.com Thanks for choosing Spector, Jeff! |
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On the left is Andy Britt of the South Carolina based band Once Broken.
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The mystery man here is James Whitman of the Boston Based band PLANK63. These guys are moving fast, and we're excited that Jim chose to play a Spector bass.
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This is Greg Coan of the St. Louis band Panic Attack. Their debut CD is out, and they're touring everywhere to promote it. In additionion to his Euro 5 String bass, we also hear Greg's a master Foosball player!
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This is what we like! The bassist having agreat time! We got this great shot and an email from Albert Valle, bassist for the Texas based band Afterglo. After getting his older Spector 4 string bass modified and brought up to date, he fell in love and went and ordered a Euro 5.
What can we say Albert? Thanks for choosing Spector! |
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I know when I think bluegrass, I think of Switzerland! Joel Landsberg plays his Spectorcore for The Kruger Brothers, originally from Switzerland. Almost twenty years later, after playing together in various formations throughout Europe, Uwe Kruger on guitar, and Jens Kruger on banjo, teamed up with bassist Joel Landsberg to form the band as it appears on stage today.
The Krugers have been playing for over 20 years, and appear regularly in the U.S. since 1997 at such prestigious events as, Merlefest, Doc Watson Music Fest, Wayne Henderson Festival, Walnut Valley Festival, Greyfox,and many others, Since moving to North Carolina permanently in the fall of 2003, the Kruger Brothers now look forward to concentrating their efforts on performing year-round throughout the United States. Thanks for choosing Spector Joel! |
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Tampa based Mr Bella features Amir Da Biri on bass and has been called one of Florida's most "buzz worthy" acts.
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Here's a great shot of Frank Barry from Blind By Noon.
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It's Chad Hanks of American Head Charge on the set of their video "Just So You Know" with his US Made 6-String bass. Good taste Chad, and thanks for playing our basses!
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From Seattle Washington comes Jeff Bloomfield of Moribund Records recording artists Infernal Legion. They're touring the west coast pretty heavily, going nationwide in 2006, including the Milwaukee Metal Fest and the New Jersey Metal Fest.
Jeff plays a variety of Spectors, including a couple of Professional Series Rex's, but says his Euro Basses are his favorites. Thanks for choosing Spector, Jeff! |
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Here's Sid Menon of Glass Casket, a metal band on the Century Media Records hardcore imprint, Abacus Recordings. This is a recent shot with his Spector Professional Series NS2000 Q5.
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Jason Smith of the Irie Records band Caribbean Pulse plays his 5-String Spector around the world. Thanks Jason!
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Jim Macke, bassist of the Mississippi Metal band 2 Ton Meat Plow, shows off his REX bass with the cool Holoflash finish.
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The man in the stunning hat playing the Spector 5-String is Drewbud, co-founder and bassist for Boston's own Hazie Maze.
The band has been around only since 2000, but they've already released two CDs, played all over New England and NYC, had a great week of gigs at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville in Key West, and were nominated for a Boston Music Award. Thanks for choosing Spector Drewbud! |
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Les July, solo artist and session player, plays his 4-String Spector. Les has played with artists as diverse as k.d. lang and Dr Dre.
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Carl Davis of the UK based band Gutworm recently signed a record deal with German based label CBH/Cultural Minority and will release our debut album later this year through SPV/Steamhammer in Europe and the UK. Carl always uses Spector basses exclusively for live and Studio work,. Thanks for choosing Spector Basses Carl!
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Greg Felise of the Mike Dalton Band has an amazing collection of Spector Basses. Greg and the band have a busy schedule Go check 'em out!
The green Spector here is a custom finish job that Greg did. Looks great! Thanks Greg! |
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Meet Michael Oughton, a good friend and long time Spector Bass player. Michael worked closely with Stuart Spector to design this special edition bass for Sam Ash. Here's the description from the Sam Ash Catalog:
"This very special edition bass was designed by our Michael Oughton with Stuart Spector and is the perfect balance of visual aesthetics and state of the art electronics. The two-piece body is sculpted from AAAA maple in the classic Ned Steinberger contoured body style. The neck is crafted from hard rock maple with a Pao Ferro fingerboard, graphite reinforcement rods, and the signature Spector brass nut for brightness and sustain. Featured in this bass is the ADM (Advanced Dynamic Magnetics) pickup system. The pickup is a humbucking Villex passive pickup with the proprietary Villex toroidal inductor midrange control. The signal is then routed through the incomparable Aguilar OBP-1 active preamp, making this an 18 volt system capable of creating a full palette of bass colors. To hear Michael, and his band, the Michael Oughton 3. Click here and listen to "Marcus & Me 2." Thanks Michael! |
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Meet Steve Harris bassist for the Seattle Nu-Metal Bad Batch
Steve plays a 5-String Euro series bass. Thanks for choosing Spector, Steve! |
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Rod Bustos is a Chilean bass player in Australia who can often be heard playing his Euro5 around the world with Venessa Amorosi, Andrew desilva among others as well as a lot of session work.
Thanks Rodrigo! |
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Meet Martyn Jones a long time Spector Player.
"I've been playing this bass since Stuart made it for me on the eve of his moving from his original shop in Brooklyn. I had originally bought the salmon pink one s/n750 in 84 but I traded it back to Stuart for the red beauty shown here, s/n1008. I was in a band called Refugee at the time and was signed to Chrysalis in New York and subsequently to Polygram Los Angeles and then Island Records International in 1990 under the name Myles Hunter. ...This is a worthy bass. The neck hasn't moved the whole time and has plenty of original fret left after only two dressings." Martyn has spent years with this bass playing on sessions, on TV, Concerts, and Videos on four continents. Thanks Martyn! |
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This is Skot from the Las Vegas band Bent Valve.
Check them out on the road, on the web, and on the radio! Thanks Skot! |
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This is Holland's acclaimed bassist Barend Courbois, son aof the well-known Dutch jazz drummer and Bird Award winner Sir Pierre Courbois.
With a wide variety of musical influences from Coltrane to Steve Harris, any show that Barend plays at is sure to be great! We also have to love that he says Spector is his "All time favorite bass!"
Barend is in the reformed band Vengence and is on the new cd from Gary Barden (Michael Schenker Group) - "The Agony and Xtasy"! Barend can also be heard in 2007 on a European Tour with Guitarplayer/Singer Eric Gales as well as The Steve Fister Band in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, and the UK. The trio is touring in support of the ZYX records release "Live Bullets" (out on March 7th). www.vengeanceonline.nl Thanks for choosing Spector, Barend! |
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This happy guy is Jim Wescott of Denver, bassist for the hard working band Bodragaz. They've recently released their 4th album which you can get on their web site.
Thanks Jim! |
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Christy Glenn holds down the bottom line with the California band "Stattica" with a couple of her Spector Basses. She always stops by and see us when we come to NAMM as well. Check out the band's "Myspace" site too!
Thanks Christy for choosing Spector! |
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Holding one of his many Spectors, it's Paul Harms formerly of the Florida based band Klik now with A Deeper Down. They have a new CD out, and are ready to make the scene in Florida hotter then it already is. Why Spector? Paul says, "I refuse to play any other bass!"
Thanks Paul, for choosing Spector! |
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Meet Mark Fowler and his Professional Series Q5 bass. Mark recently added a ReBop 5 to his collection of Spectors. You may know Mark from Harmony Central, where he's an active participant in the bass forums. He plays with the Newbreed band , the Derrick Dixon group, and Charlie Jene And the Champion All-Stars.
Mark says he likes his NS2000 Q5 in Amberburst, but he's saving his pennies for a USA bolt-on! Thanks Mark! |
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We got this great image of Mark - We love it. And we hear Mark has been asking about Kenny...
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Marcelo Corvalan of the Band Carajo in Argentina is shown here with his Euro Bass. Thanks Marcelo!![]() |
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This busy man is Chetin Basaran wh's been touring the world with a variety of bands including Viewfinder, EZ & the Heat, and Staminuh. The photo on the left was taken duinga tour in Turkey where they played everyday for 5 weeks straight and his Spector Hard Case stood up to the abuse of 6 different airlines!
" The Euro4 was played in a wide variety of weather patterns, dry, cold, hot, wet, and maintained constant tuning and sound. I could not be more pleased. Now I am back home, playing with another band, doing the club circuit on the Outer Banks of NC. The weather is hot, very damp, and the bass just keeps on keeping on in high style. My P-Bass is no longer used because it will go out of tune so easily in this weather. I can not say enough good about my Euro4. Thank YOU for choosing to play Spectors! |
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Tony Santoro is a hard working guy with "Rockstar Karaoke" at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, as well as "Metal Gods", an 80s tribute band based out of Salt Lake City.
Thanks Tony! |
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