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Even more beautiful close up than in the seller's stock pix. Very glad to hear a first hand review of these basses, thanks. I had contacted them (aka musicdungeon, right?) about this bass when they had it listed up on ebay a couple of weeks ago, since I'm only about an hour's drive from Plainview and inquired about buying it for pick up to save on shipping. Unfortunately, I never did get out there, but it's good to know they might be able to get more of them. I know they also had a S-1 model, but I'm not a fan of that body design.

Now I have a question for you, Carmine. Did you snag this one?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

Great looking instrument Carmine! I went to the All Music website and didn't see any Spear basses, just guitars. Did you have to custom order it from the Spear catalog?

that thing looks sweeeeet, do you know if they offer any other string configurations or are the 4 strings the only lefty ones avaliable?

I got the S-2 on Ebay after having some direct communication with Allmusic inc. via their Ebay seller account (Musicdungeon). They told me they were "carrying everything by Spear"- but at the same time they also told me "everything we have in stock is up on Ebay", and I got the feeling that for starters they had only initially gotten maybe one of each guitar available. The only lefty basses I saw were one S-1 four string and one S-2 four string . I bought the S-2, and I don't know what happened to the S-1 (I just couldn't get into that "crooked" upper bout) but they're not listing it anymore, so someone may have bought it at the store. The good news is that Allmusic have a brick & mortar store that has been in business for 25+ years- but given the shaky history of Spear's U.S. distribution, I recommend we call them ASAP (516)433-6970 to see what their ongoing plan is for either stocking or ordering Spear inventory, especially lefty basses. I haven't been able to determine from my research if the colors, and/or the fancier models with spalted woods and other upgrades, or the 5 and 6 strings are also available in lefty...

well i guess my immediate plans for a car might have to be put on hold, those basses are basically everything im looking (minus one or two little electronics upgrades i can do myself)for at a fraction of the price....any one got any suggestions for helping me convince the girlfriend? lol

Bad news. I contacted Music Dungeon and they said that they won't be getting any more S-2s in since they're not available in the US. So Carmine, you got the last one. They did, however, say that they still have the S-1 in stock, so if you're in a Lord of the Rings cover band it might just be your bass.

did they give any particular reason why the s2 is not offered in america? If anything i see that model being their flag ship as a solid alternative to all the $3000+ singlecuts

http://www.spear-guitars.co.uk/

They are available still from this UK Dealer. I just called Mark there and he told me that all of the models are available in a lefty version.

They sell direct too. He said you can wait for the next shipment which is due in 4/5 months or custom order one and that will take 6/8 weeks. Custom order one will cost a bit more of course. The 4/5 month wait is to make sure we get the basses at the lowest price possible. There's no middle man.

here's his contact details he's a really helpful guy too! Mark Briengan on mark@blacki.eu Telephone: +44 (0)1236 861261