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Spector Club - Part 12

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#162
Who the hell is Gene Simmons?
LOL.....He's no bassist, he's a "Band Bitch"
OMG..Anyone that plays the bass lines to their own songs as a SOLO, just sucks..
The loser can't even sing..Sorry but that's my opinion..
WIMBISH anyday...............

Yep, WARWICKS' Suck..
Junk..
This IS why you are mulluing about the Spector club I take it?
I Would Not Accept ANY crap Warwick bass over any of my SPECTORS any day..
Buy an Ibanez if you want an affordable Warwick..
Same crap.
 
#164
5 String Rich said:
Who the hell is Gene Simmons?
LOL.....He's no bassist, he's a "Band Bitch"
OMG..Anyone that plays the bass lines to their own songs as a SOLO, just sucks..
The loser can't even sing..Sorry but that's my opinion..
WIMBISH anyday...............
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I am usually the most un-confrontational person in the world
But with all due respect you just hit a big sore spot with the Gene bashing. :rollno: :mad:

(5 String Rich, please don’t take this as a personal attack towards you) ;)
I am just responding with my opinion because I am sure many others on here feel the same way as you.

I would rather not even see any responses to this post but rather just hope to stop a Gene bashing spree which is almost sure to break out and maybe I can change the mind of just one Gene hater. :)

1st JPS asked which 5 basses played by a famous musician would stand out as the most "iconic" SPECTORs in history?
He didn’t ask who is the best bass player.
2nd Wimbish is just in another league then 98% of any bass player period.
3rd Is Ian or Nikki really a better bassist then Gene?
4th Sting is a musical genius and incredibly creative bassist, but is he really that advanced as a bassist? (he would be the first to admit he isn’t that great)
My biggest influences have been Mingus, Jaco, Sting and proud to say mostly Gene Simmons. (strange combo?)

(The following is not toot my horn but just to prove a point, because the bottom line is I am a nobody.)
I have formally studied both Jazz and Classical music. (I have a B.S degree in Music.)

Back in school, the professors and most of the students all laughed at any non-Jazz or Classical players.
So if you weren’t a Jazz Cat or a Classical composer…you s*cked.
But does it matter that someone knows all the substitutions of a G#13 chord and can improvise over it?
Or does it matter that someone sold millions of albums playing I-IV-V chords?

The bottom line is; playing music is a combination of knowledge, expression of feeling, creativity and execution. And only a handful of people are lucky enough to get just the right combination to make millions from doing it.

Gene’s bass lines from the early kiss albums and even from the latest Sonic Boom record are all very expressive and creative.
Rock & Roll all Night would be pretty boring with a bass line just playing the root of each chord.

My point is; Gene’s playing has plenty of creativity and execution. Is Gene as good as Doug Wimbish, hell no, he’s not even close

If you think Gene s*cks and Kiss s*cks, ask yourself how many Kiss songs have you actually heard in your lifetime?

If it is less then 5, then you don’t like Kiss, you just don’t like their style…. It doesn’t mean they or he s*cks.

I myself, don’t like Yes, do they s*ck? No…I just don’t like them.

P.S. We all know Gene is a money hungry a-hole of a person, but that also has nothing to do with playing bass.

Here is a Kiss song from the 1977 Love Gun album which I am pretty sure was recorded with a Spector SB-1 so its legal to post here. :)
This sounds like a pretty decent bassist
not a band b*tch playing. :D :bassist:
Kiss almost human-YouTube
 
#167
JPSBassist said:
OK you SPECTOR-ITES... which 5 basses played by a famous musician would stand out as the most "iconic" SPECTORs in history?

For me it'd be this:

1) Sting's white 1983 NS-2
2) Doug Wimbish's 1987 Kramer NS-2
3) Ian Hill's 1985 Kramer NS-2
4) Nikki Six's SPECTOR-Birds
5) Gene Simmon's SB-1 (the one sold for $30,000)

Those five are probably the "most famous" or "iconic" in my mind. What do you all think?

And of course in time I hope that Alex Webster's new bass will replace Gene's or Nikki's... just because I really like Alex as a person and I'm biased... :-) It's got one sexy paint job... LOL.

Pipe up and answer... I'll take the most popular and post them on the SPECTOR website (and SPECTORCentral). So make your choices wisely! LOL.
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For me it was Skid Row's Rachel Bolan's pearl white NS 2... Seeing him live made me want to try Spector basses...
 
#168
JPSBassist said:
OK you SPECTOR-ITES... which 5 basses played by a famous musician would stand out as the most "iconic" SPECTORs in history?

For me it'd be this:

1) Sting's white 1983 NS-2
2) Doug Wimbish's 1987 Kramer NS-2
3) Ian Hill's 1985 Kramer NS-2
4) Nikki Six's SPECTOR-Birds
5) Gene Simmon's SB-1 (the one sold for $30,000)

Those five are probably the "most famous" or "iconic" in my mind. What do you all think?

And of course in time I hope that Alex Webster's new bass will replace Gene's or Nikki's... just because I really like Alex as a person and I'm biased... :-) It's got one sexy paint job... LOL.

Pipe up and answer... I'll take the most popular and post them on the SPECTOR website (and SPECTORCentral). So make your choices wisely! LOL.
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Well, my five aren't the most famous (I think your list has that pretty much covered), but these are my five favorite Spector players whose sounds really influenced my decision to purchase a Spector.
1) Colin Edwin of porcupine tree. Great player with a great sense of groove. He was one of the first Spector players I heard.
2) Mic Todd, former Spector user. Heck of a player an he got some great sounds out of his rebop on Coheed and Cambria's first album.
3) Dan Briggs of Between the Buried and me. His tone was the first Spector sound that I really fell in love with, his playing and tone were killer on the colors album.
4) Arif of protest the hero. It's a shame that you can barely ever hear him on their albums. He really is a great player.
5) Rex brown- just because I love his playing and pantera. \m/
Edit- now that I think of it, this list is more like a list of my favorite Spector players; not the most iconic. For me, that distinction belongs to Stings white Spector, with Eddie jackson's as a close second.
 
#169
JPSBassist said:
OK you SPECTOR-ITES... which 5 basses played by a famous musician would stand out as the most "iconic" SPECTORs in history?

For me it'd be this:

1) Sting's white 1983 NS-2
2) Doug Wimbish's 1987 Kramer NS-2
3) Ian Hill's 1985 Kramer NS-2
4) Nikki Six's SPECTOR-Birds
5) Gene Simmon's SB-1 (the one sold for $30,000)

Those five are probably the "most famous" or "iconic" in my mind. What do you all think?

And of course in time I hope that Alex Webster's new bass will replace Gene's or Nikki's... just because I really like Alex as a person and I'm biased... :-) It's got one sexy paint job... LOL.

Pipe up and answer... I'll take the most popular and post them on the SPECTOR website (and SPECTORCentral). So make your choices wisely! LOL.
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Wow, this is a tough one. And we only get 5 choices?

You definitely have to have Sting on there but with the rest of the choices, it could have depended on the type of music you listened to at the time. Sure, Gene was all over MTV with his Spector's in the "Tears are falling" video but I also remember seeing Rachel Bolan of Skid Row, Eddie Jackson of Queensryche and Mike Star from Alice in Chains all playing white NS-2's as well.

I wasn't familiar with Doug Wimbish until he joined Living Colour....I know but when I was a dumb kid, it was all about metal :) Man, I remember when Ian Hill was play Fender Jazz Basses and then switched to Hamer but when he got that black NS-2, I definitely noticed it.

Nikki's Spector-Birds stood out but I don't remember him using those for very long, did he? I think he had Hamer basses on the tour before that with the same shape (or maybe it was the tour after) but he seemed to change each time they went on tour.

Ok, I ranted way too long but I'm just trying to talk this through since it is a tough one. Here is my attempted list:

1. Sting's white NS-2.
2. Eddie Jackson - his 2 NS-2's (one white an the other black)
3. Ian Hill's black NS-2
4. Nick Seymour - I know someone mentioned this already and "something so strong" was played constantly on MTV. That red NS-2 is all over the video.
5. This is going to sound crazy, but Tom Drummond from Better than Ezra. He is playing a 5 string Spector bass in the "good" video and that was the first time i had seen one.

John
 
#170
Wow, I must be the odd ball. It's funny that I don't think I can name more than 2 players that I can even recall as Spector players without REALLY digging into the memory banks. Sting because I was reminded here. I may have told this story before but my first, and most impactive, exposure to Spector was when I was 17 or 18 years old and the bass player in a local band that we used to work for showed with his new bass that he just returned from either somewhere near or in NY city with. He opened the case and there was the coolest bass I'd seen up to that point. All I remember was that it was contoured and had a non-glossy finish which just looked like such a high quality, built by craftsman instrument. I had no idea what brand it was and don't know how long it took for me to find out but I know I would someday own one. This were the days if early MTV (but I was doing other things instead of watching) and pre-internet so there was a LOT more delayed gratification then. I have to think it was with the arrival of the Korean NS2A that I knew I would get my first Spector fix. And I did. And it was great. Not so much influenced by pros I guess.
 
#173
Just a reminder for anyone making the list, Kasim Sulton from Joan.Jett
I Hate Myself For Loving You
That music video had tons of airplay back in the MTV era

I almost put him on my list, but I guess he would have been my #6.
 
#174
nervous said:
Wow, I must be the odd ball.
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Me too. I'm not into metal at all. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those guys that thinks metal sucks or that I'm better than they are and blah blah blah. Lots of great musicians in the metal genre. It's just not my thing. What attracted me to Spector was it has everything I was looking for: killer tone with huge bottom, mids that cut though, a top end that's clean and clear and growl for days and days. Awesome build quality, 35 inch scale neck through 5 string with crown inlays.
I couldn't be happier with my decision
 
#176
JPSBassist said:
OK you SPECTOR-ITES... which 5 basses played by a famous musician would stand out as the most "iconic" SPECTORs in history?

For me it'd be this:

1) Sting's white 1983 NS-2
2) Doug Wimbish's 1987 Kramer NS-2
3) Ian Hill's 1985 Kramer NS-2
4) Nikki Six's SPECTOR-Birds
5) Gene Simmon's SB-1 (the one sold for $30,000)

Those five are probably the "most famous" or "iconic" in my mind. What do you all think?

And of course in time I hope that Alex Webster's new bass will replace Gene's or Nikki's... just because I really like Alex as a person and I'm biased... :-) It's got one sexy paint job... LOL.

Pipe up and answer... I'll take the most popular and post them on the SPECTOR website (and SPECTORCentral). So make your choices wisely! LOL.
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I think I'd replace the bottom two with Jason Newstead's signature, or his black NS-2, and Mike Inez's Cherryburst NS-2.

That's off the top of my head anyway, I've never really been aware of Gene and Nikki being prolific with their Spectors, along with the fact they were fairly short term endorsers were they not?
 
#177
PhatBasstard said:
When did Doug become an Ampeg guy?
I thought he was hardcore Trace Elliot.

Nobody tell Trace before he gets back.
It'll break his heart (plus, he might kill something out in the woods :eek:).

:p
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Funny! I talked to Doug about this after the show. Lauren Hill's band is connected to Ampeg and Doug was a visiting bassist.

He said he's still a hardcore Trace Elliot guy.
 
#178
as I posted a while ago in this thread, here is my new Euro 4LX 35 Spalted Maple. Have had it around a month now, and I gotta say this is THE NICEST bass I have owned, or played :). I sold a 2009 Jazz Standard, this spring, and I must say this bass can sound like a Jazz more than A Jazz can LOL. The sustain is to die for, super quiet electronics, the action is so low I needed to lighten my playing style, but after getting used to her, she is fast as hell. Definitely impressed as hell with this.
 
#180
Proof positive that Spectors don't have an issue with neck dive! :D

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