Sound like Spock's Beard !

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:58 pm

Check this out for all you Spock's Beard fans.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2367582564&category=4713

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:09 pm

I saw that on ebay. I've heard of them , but never heard their music. Are they worth checking out ?

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:41 pm

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:24 pm

Ditto

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 4:05 am

Wow! He must be relying on his black 4001 with the added J Bass pickups...although on Feel Euphoria he thanks Aria Guitars; I hope he's not planning to leave the fold, his RIC sound is one of the best IMO.

Joey, Spock's Beard's first six CDs have a real Prog sound, imagine Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant with Cheap Trick overtones. The latest one, Feel Euphoria, is their first without Neal Morse and is a bit more mainstream.

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:45 pm

The white 4001 I saw Dave play had a custom tortoise-shell pickguard and TRC. I'm not convinced this is Dave's bass.

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:49 pm

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:55 pm

Dave got back to me on the bass in question. He has 10 basses and this is one he is selling to thin the herd. He mostly plays the 4 JB pickup bass now. So it is legit. See his user name - dmeros, that's why I figured it was him.

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:16 am

I checked my Beard stash last night...A white RIC with black pickguard is shown in the booklet which came with The Light. He's also selling a Vox (similar to that shown in the same photograph) and a Gibson Grabber, which can be seen in the "Making of V" DVD.

Jeffrey, did you by chance invite him to join us?

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:28 am

Cool! Thanks for the info. I never even thought to look at pictures in the liner notes.

I saw the dmeros user name, but it's a new user. Glad it's really him!

rickengrowl · Post by **rickengrowl** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:56 am

The icon close to his eBay ID does not mean he is a new user (actually, he registered in 2000). It means he changed his eBay ID less than 30 days ago... Take care.

Cheers,
JL

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:37 pm

I didn't think of that but I did ask Matt Malley to join us since he now has the CS bass.

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 10:27 am

John, I asked him about the pickguard and trc; he responded in a very nice and detailed e-mail that the black pickguard and trc were installed because they are original to the bass. Good question (for which he gave me credit); I've invited Dave to join us, hopefully he will.

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:19 pm

Thanks Lindsay. I hope he does. He's a great player with a great sound.

rickengrowl · Post by **rickengrowl** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 2:25 am

From the latest information I got, the seller is indeed Dave Meros.

BTW, the current highest bidder is a friend (he is a regular contributor here), and I never overbid a friend.

Cheers,
JL