Spectrum FX review

Spectrum FX review Guitarist mag. April 1986 

Good article.
Thanks Damian.

An FX just sold on Ebay UK for £160 - a late version with heel-less neck. Seems a good buy for someone.

I have 6 Specky's but I don't have one of these, or an MX model. They don't seem to surface here.

Spectrum is a wild lineup of configurations, a little something different for everyone...except Corsair who is still rubbing his Aladdin's lamp for an SSS version.

If you want an SSS Spectrum, don't you just buy an FX or LX and pull out the knobs...

A split 'bucker is at best an approximation of a single coil sound. It's helpful in a pinch when you need a brighter tone but it's no substitute for a P90 or a single coil equipped guitar. The construction is quite different.

Yeah.

I meant it to be a bit tongue in cheek, but couldn't find the right emoticon...

Ah.
Sometimes the written word can lose the innuendo and the subtleties.
Carry on.

There is a Phoenix in s/s/s..... the X175JB...

Well there ya go then.
Seek and ye shall find and you'll be a contented Kiwi.

... don't have an FX, either!!  :-)

Hells teeth, I don't need any more guitars at all; I have enough sitting in their cases as it is!

Cheers, Damian, for posting that up!

corsair wrote:... Hells teeth, I don't need any more guitars at all; I have enough sitting in their cases as it is!

It ain't a question of need Mate. Ya just gotta have it!

Curse this GAS thing anyway.

He thought the Bendmaster was great and the guitar was on the small side.  



Well, he got the rest pretty well correct, anyhow.   Bendmaster is dismal compared to what it tried to compete with, and the size is not small when rightly comparing it to other Strat style guitar shapes.  

Thanks for sharing this, loved it!

The Chad wrote:He thought the Bendmaster was great and the guitar was on the small side...

At the risk of going off on a tangerine here...that comment about the small size reminded me so much of the typical reaction we used to get in the shop when we introduced someone to a Music Man (almost any model).

Because of their 4+2 head stock layout it took up less real estate than a Strat or LP giving the illusion it was smaller overall. The first remark was almost always, "Is that a short scale guitar?"  Nope, full F-scale! Appearances can be deceiving.

Right, I can see it with Music Man!  Especially the Majesty... that thing appears tiny in person!