Decisions, decisions

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I can’t decide on which bass to get…A Japan-only, Spector RAS4(although, made in indonesia like the performer line) which is a anime collab signature model(I don’t watch anime, I just like the bass).

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Or a Made in 1988-1990 At Fujigen factory, a Greco BOB-65.
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Both basses look cool but I think I would probably need the Greco more because it needs a 9V battery and Active EQ while the Spector is passive(like my other basses). Recommendations? Experiences? Advice? would love to know!

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I’ve had two Spectors, sold them both. Really didn’t like how they felt when played and they ended up permanently on my rack.

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The Fujigen, absolutely.

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100% the double P Fujigen.

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i’m pretty new to spector. i can’t really imagine a passive spector, but then i couldn’t really imagine a passive stingray either and i own one of them too. spectors appear to be a love it or hate it type of thing, there’s a few people here who didn’t get along with them. personally i love mine (pulse NS II). but man, they really love gold hardware :rofl:

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Wild, looks like “BanG Dream!” is working with Spector too, in addition to ESP? I had no idea.

Absolutely the Fujigen-made Greco.

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Also, TIL that Korg bought Spector.

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FGN

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Whichever one feels better in your hands while you’re playing it…

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Same I just did too.

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they’re all the way in tokyo…

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A fantastic city. Use this as an excuse to visit. Stop by a Nana’s Green Tea location while you’re there for an ice cream. It’ll be fun.

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Ice cream pro tip: Ouca Japanese Ice in Ebisu. As a bonus it’s next door to the Sarutahiko Coffee honten.

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babish did a vid on youtube recently where he went to tokyo and tried the high end luxury fruit that is a thing there. i have never felt a burning desire to go there, it looks cool but… now i want to go there and eat obscenely expensive melons for breakfast with my wife :joy:

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Do it. You’ll love it.

Tokyo is, if not at the top of the heap, certainly top-of-the-heap adjacent on the short list of finest cities in the world. If you want to see an eclectic megalopolis that runs like a well-oiled machine, and be safe walking home at midnight while doing so, it’s a hard place to beat.

There are a cadre of nations that offer retirement visas which enable folks to move there and live on foreign-sourced earnings. Japan is not one of those places. If it was, there is an above-average chance that I would be cooling my heels in Ueno Park right about now.

I can’t wait to visit again.

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Great place to live for sure. We expected to be here for a few years and then turn around and it’s been almost 18. I usually describe it as the theme park of what a city could be.

Pretty crowded right now, which is funny because the weather is terrible, as it usually is for hanami.

Seriously there will probably be around a million people in Ueno Koen and around it today. Which is fun… once :rofl: