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SPECTOR® Club - Part 61

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Awesome! I gots me new wallpaper!! Thanks Patrick!!!

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I was gonna make a joke about Arnold being the Euronator, then thought better of it. Then thought better of THAT.
 
#762
Just finished practice on some of the new songs for a show tomorrow....got to wondering about the CODA bass, how did they come up with the name CODA (must be something simple I'm not thinking about, or a slang name....hummm, maybe it's just short for CODE-A)????
 
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Torn Bassist said:
Just finished practice on some of the new songs for a show tomorrow....got to wondering about the CODA bass, how did they come up with the name CODA (must be something simple I'm not thinking about, or a slang name....hummm, maybe it's just short for CODE-A)????
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Maybe the answer is here?

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Torn Bassist said:
Just finished practice on some of the new songs for a show tomorrow....got to wondering about the CODA bass, how did they come up with the name CODA (must be something simple I'm not thinking about, or a slang name....hummm, maybe it's just short for CODE-A)????
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Just guessing here but maybe because it's intended to bring the Jazz bass to it's logical end?
 
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bunkaroo said:
Thanks! Only drawback about shipping into Canada is there are UPS fees associated with that sometimes make it not as good of a deal. If anyone else here has experience shipping a bass into Canada please let me know which method you use.
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I just got my Legend 4X direct from Spector about a month ago and it cost me about $110CDN plus the shipping cost for UPS Standard shipping. Brokerage is around $60 CDN, plus 6% duty on the invoiced/declared value of the bass, plus an additional 5% federal GST tax on the CDN dollar value of the bass.

So, on a $1500 CDN bass you're looking at around $225 CDN plus the freight itself.

If you use UPS Express service they include customs clearance so you save the brokerage fee but this may or may not be worth the expense.

USPS is a cheaper way for getting basses into Canada but the size restrictions they have and questionable track record I personally have had with instruments means Canada Post / USPS is not my preferred method. For smaller shipments like amps or parts USPS is the only way to go however.

Hope this helps.
 
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Note - US made basses are not charged the 6% duty provided the necessary customs docs are completed and with the bass per the NAFTA agreement. I have bought and sold around 40 basses over the last 10 years to and from the US.
 
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johnsonabq said:
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Correct.
Coda and Forte, both chosen by PJ Rubal, are elements in classical music and modern music notation (standard).

Just like Led Zeppelin named their last album, "Coda" for they knew that there would be no more.

And the term has been used in modern songs as a clever lyric such as Third Eye Blind's song, "Semi-Charmed Life".

"And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse
Chop another line like a coda with a curse"
 
#770
And........................the next member of the family is on the way.....Trans Black REX 4 should be in my hands early next week. Scored a killer deal from a small shop in Eastern Canada - $500 for a minty Rex 4 BLKS.
Hopefully the Coda Pro 4 makes it here by mid July and I'll have one for every day of the week. :bassist:
 

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Rod Harder said:
And........................the next member of the family is on the way.....Trans Black REX 4 should be in my hands early next week. Scored a killer deal from a small shop in Eastern Canada - $500 for a minty Rex 4 BLKS.
Hopefully the Coda Pro 4 makes it here by mid July and I'll have one for every day of the week. :bassist:
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Sweet! Theses are causing me some major SAS-pains!!
 
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ebradfordrich said:
PJ told me yesterday that the black Euro bridges are back in stock on the online store. They had been waiting on a shipment of them from the Czech shop since late last year.

He also mentioned that the supply of new US9V pre's will be tight for awhile longer due to component shortages and all of the new US builds going on right now.
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Not what I wanted to hear..:bawl:

I guess I'm just spoiled - my CRFM & Euro basses are in semi-retirement until I can upgrade them with US9V preamps. Not that they are dogs - its just ever since I played & heard my NS-2, I simply can't live without "that sound".... :bassist:
 
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superdick2112 said:
Being a huge Star Trek fan (yes, I'm a geek), I loved that movie - in fact I just grabbed it on BluRay for $5.00 at Wallmart.

Speaking of which, the new Trek movie is epic...
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I LOVED Galaxy Quest. Such a fun movie from beginning to end.

Sam Rockwell's character. When he transports into the ship the first time and screams like a 12 year-old girl when he sees the aliens.

Awesome. LOVE that movie.

And yes... I hear the new Trek film is great. I know some people who worked on it. So I actually know the plot twists.

Fun stuff.
 
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