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New Doug Wimbish Signature Spector
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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I love to hear Doug Wimbish play mostly because he has amazing touch that spans rhe gamut between soft tapped harmonics all the way up to aggressively throwing chords at higher volume. He’s a real master of subtitle technique that can just explode out of a whisper. His tenure with Living Color encompasses the whole spectrum of dynamic bass playing
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I need to listen to his work with Living Colour more, but I am a huge fan of what he did with Tackhead.
Check out the album “Stain”. Awesome playing and tone.
Always love hearing Doug's playing.
Saw him here a little over a year ago, big indoor event center where every bassists always sounds muddy, but Doug was clear.
He mostly played the usual amber one, but played a white one a few times. Seeing that the 87 has the typical Schallers whereas the sig has the current Gotohs, it looks like its the original bass in the pic I snapped.
Saw him here a little over a year ago, big indoor event center where every bassists always sounds muddy, but Doug was clear.
He mostly played the usual amber one, but played a white one a few times. Seeing that the 87 has the typical Schallers whereas the sig has the current Gotohs, it looks like its the original bass in the pic I snapped.
My brother and I used to lift weights to this album (on a red stained cassette). Living Colour is one of my top 5 all time favorite bands. And while I'm not always a fan of replacing original band members, Wimbish replacing Muzz Skillings is a rare case where I love both players' contributions equally.
I got to play one yesterday at Bass Central. A reliced amber one. I loved it!
I also played a Sandberg Ida Nielsen 4 string (I know you own one). I loved it too!
Yes I do. It is a great bass. Mine is a 5. Im going to be posting it up for sale after Valentines.
Looks nice. Love the clear sound of Spectors. But I think I prefer the PJ configuration on Spectors, because that to me is the classic Spector sound...
I saw Living Colour at VA Tech in 1991 with King's X as opening act. Loudest concert I've ever been to. My ears rang for days after that show. It was in an auditorium.... not outdoors and the PA they were using was massive. Muzz Skillings was still bassist at the time and he was a fantastic bass player. All LC albums are good, but my favorites are Stain and Colleidoscope which featured Doug Wimbish on bass.
Best Skillings song: Money Talks from Biscuits EP.... Totally badass bass solo.
Best Wimbish song: Nothingness from Stain.... epic fretless bass guitar work, probably top 3 best performances I've heard... and I listen to Jaco, Les and Pino.
Best Skillings song: Money Talks from Biscuits EP.... Totally badass bass solo.
Best Wimbish song: Nothingness from Stain.... epic fretless bass guitar work, probably top 3 best performances I've heard... and I listen to Jaco, Les and Pino.
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That's a double edged sword.
On the one hand you can spend a lot of money there. On the other hand being able to try beforehand can save you money instead the crapshoot of buying online and being stuck with something that looked good on paper but wasn't what you expected.For some reason, basses sound better at Bass Central.
Preaching to the choir!!!That's a double edged sword.
For some reason, basses sound better at Bass Central.
OMG! I was at that show too! And I had the same experience with the volume.
We were walking in as King's X started and I thought "Oh, the volume isn't too bad" and then they just slammed it up. It was painful.
It was the show that taught me to *always* wear earplugs but I didn't have any then. I tried to improvise with some tissues but it was futile.
Unfortunately my hearing was really damaged and I made it worse days later but I'll spare the details. A painful lesson.
Anyway, the show was fantastic! I remember Will in particular was in his "I will mess with you as much as I can" phase.
There is a kinda lousy bootleg out there of the show which I'm (kinda) glad to have. I wish it had the King's X set as well! They were so good.
I remember sitting in a store in 1978 playing one of the original Spectors…an NS1, yeah just one pickup, a DiMarzio Model P with the trapezoidal cover.
It was sweet but above my pay grade at the time (only about $800 back then). Passive, too. The NS2 with EMGs and Schaller bridge was a few years away. The one in the pic sold on Reverb for $10K
Interesting how similar Ned’s body design for his Radius is so reminiscent of the Spectors.
About a year later.... I saw Skid Row with Pantera opening up in Asheville, NC.... and it was the 2nd loudest concert I've been to. The loudness of that show paled in comparison to Living Colour/King's X.
And in spirit of this thread... both Pantera and Skid Row bassists (Rex Brown and Rachel Bolan) played Spectors for that show.
Living Color and King's X, DAMN! I saw Living Color in Atlantic City last year opening for Extreme, and the guys were on fire, another fantastic show
