I stopped by the Spector booth to watch Quintin Berry play and check out this years bass display. Quintin sure has a style all his own, he laid down some bass grooves that had the spectators begging for more. As for the basses I was impressed by the highly figured woods and spectacular translucent finishes used this year, they always make me do a double take.

I got a quick chance to ask Stuart Spector about the early history of Spector Basses.
It truly amazes me all the people who were a part of Stuart’s life in the in the early and mid 70’s guitar and bass manufacturing scene, such names as Mike Kropp; Vinnie Fodera ; Ned Steinberger and many other greats in todays music industry.
If you, like me are fascinated with personal success stories and oral histories by
Stuart Spector and others I would recommend checking out these links:
http://www.spectorbass.com/aboutus_history.html
http://orh.namm.com/ohArchive.php?page=29