“My favorite bass needs to be retired, but it plays so good and has this unmistakable sound. So I gave it to Spector and said, ‘Let’s get close to that’”: How Rex Brown’s new signature bass channels his punchiest Pantera era

Spector Euro 4 Rex Brown Signature Bass.

Spector basses were not part of Rex Brown’s arsenal during the recording of Pantera’s groove metal classics Cowboys from Hell and Vulgar Display of Power – but that changed.

Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell’s massive sounds left Brown searching for tonal space. With a Spector in hand he found a home in the mid-range, leading to the genre-defining sound heard on Far Beyond Driven, The Great Southern Trendkill and Reinventing the Steel.