Why Doug Wimbish Started Playing Spector Basses

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[@Iheartdgd]

This man just took over the whole interview Hahahaha John is back there thinking “why am I even here? Oh right to hold this guitar” 😂

[@trevorblair5552]

One of the coolest cats I’ve ever met period!! 🙏🏿

[@craigmack-cv3cp]

Agree 💯down to earth 🌍 just like Vic

[@muriloninja]

Doug is a treasure...love his energy and vibe...so happy to be doing what he does...the actual story on that '87 NS2 is hilarious...he kept showing up, checking the bass "Nope, shave this down"....come back around, he checks it out again "Nope, decrease the nut...do this, do that"....on and on it goes...then Stuart nailed it...."Yes, that's it!"..the story is out there where Dough explains it...so funny! : ) I have loved the "Wimbish" necks on several of my NS-2's over the years!

[@PSA955]

A sincerely great guy and musician. Good story about his axes.

[@paulsimmons5726]

Well, that endorsement was totally from his heart! When you hear someone actually paid for whatever it is they're talking about, it means more than when they use whatever was shipped to 'em just before a tour! Doug's obviously still diggin' Spectre Basses!

[@generatorofheavy7761]

He did have an Ibanez Soundgear signature model for a quick blip of time though.

[@juanvaldez5422]

For real?

[@jrmarrero96]

I played one of those years ago, and it was essentially a Spector copy.

[@juanvaldez5422]

@Yeyo Azucar hell yeah, bruh. We all in the family , my man

[@lfm4820]

And he was a Warwick user as well .... check living colours. videos , leaving alone or aüslander .. you guys can see playing a thump model and streamer stage model I

[@davidchesaldana5706]

Those basses are a beauty and sound gret with Doug

[@innocentoctave]

Some time in the early 1990s I saw Wimbush in Manchester, UK doing a solo demo for Trace Elliot amps and cabs. Easily the most ferocious bass playing I'd heard to that point. In retrospect, the bass he was playing that I had thought was a Warwick was probably the 4-string Spector shown here. (The Warwick Streamer bass, introduced in 1982, seems to have been heavily 'influenced' by the Spector, which first appeared in 1977.) Whichever it was, Wimbush was head-turning. We are almost exactly the same age: made me feel very inadequate at the time.

[@uboweeg]

He did play Warwick as well in the late 80's early 90's, he played Streamers and Thumbs back in the day alongside his Spectors.

[@innocentoctave]

@@uboweeg Interesting. I have a memory of seeing a 'W' on the headstock, and the body being a darker brown: but I don't know how reliable the memory is after nearly thirty years. Regardless, playing solo in a small room, he was a beast.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

I remember seeing Living Colour in 2002 on their “Kaleidoscope” tour, and back then Doug had an endorsement and signature bass with Ibanez. And I was paying close attention to what basses he played. They came out and started setting up their own gear, and Doug appeared with four hardshell cases. And I was going, “Let's see those Ibanez basses.” - The first case was opened and out came: The orange Spector and I went “Yeah, makes sense, he's played that one for such a long time, of course he would be taking that one along.” - The second case was opened and out came his blue five string Spector. And I went “Another firm favorite of his.” - The third case was opened and out came a six string Spector - The fourth case was opened and out came a fretless bass by... you guessed it... SPECTOR. And I was going, “Okay, he's contractually obliged to play Ibanez but refuses to do so?” And figured that there must be something wrong about those Ibanez basses if Doug wasn't playing his own signature model.

[@mikelabelle1145]

I have a 1986 NS-2 in blue... Same bass.

[@wortonjustin]

Spector NS pulse is my dream bass.

[@michaelbosi8104]

What a great vid!

[@ObsidianLife]

I remember when Mr Wimbish was playing a Warwick Dolphin and Trace Elliot. I guess he wasnt' loving it because I've never seen him do it again...

[@dannyaustin84]

Ahhh great to watch. fantastic

[@AlmanJanyshev]

Headstock on a Doug's 5 string looks better than other 5-string headstocks on the rest of Spector basses .

[@klaymeister]

Look at that, Wow that's a great looking neck lol

[@mark6302]

Spectors are freaking unreal

[@dhaniOliver]

Now i want to know more about him.

[@williamhogan2744]

He was on the No Treble podcast last year.

[@maxsokolov7863]

Wait... Did Doug Wimbish mentioned Sworn Enemy band?

[@Thurston86]

Hello everyone! I need a bit of help in trying to determine what could cause the A string on a electric guitar (fender) to sound dull when played open/by itself. Any note played sounds fine the problem only happens when its open. New strings did not help, raising the action didn’t help but lowering did help it a wee bit. Could the Nut be causing this?

[@andesneko]

Yes. It could be the nut, but it could also be coincidence. Try to have someone else string it for you with yet another set of new strings. Maybe you're cutting or placing your string wrong.

[@Iheartdgd]

Check your saddle, could be the nut though, run some pencil graphite and maybe file it out just a little bit if you feel like it’s hanging up. You sure it’s not resting on one of the frets? Does this guitar have a zero fret? Edit I wouldn’t restring it again if you already tried that

[@MrSnivs]

Rudy Sarzo CALLED OUT

[@pleximanic]

Billy Cox!

[@exhainca]

So he could talk about it ad nauseam.