Colin Edwin

The official Spector website states that Ediwn uses a 4LX.

The official Spector website states that Edwin uses a NS-4H2 Fretless bass.

Colin Edwin used this bass during Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet tour in 2008.

When I started my hunt for a good fretless bass, I had already been playing a fretted Wal for a couple of years, a solid ash model, originally made for my bass playing friend Martin Elliott. At the time, I was looking to replace a cheap and cheerful Westone Thunder 1A fretless with something a bit more serious. I opted for another Wal for two main reasons, one being that I was already comfortable with the string spacing and fretboard feel, so making the leap to playing fretless was, I reasoned, sure to be less problematic, and secondly, I was confident that in choosing another Wal I could be sure the craftsmanship and materials would mean I was going to find another really great instrument.

Wal basses have become very sought after in recent years, but at the time, a secondhand Wal could be found fairly regularly in the pages of Loot (…now replaced by Ebay and the like) for somewhere around the £400 - £500 mark, which seems amazing today given the prices they go for.

Made in 1984 at Electric Wood in the UK, my Wal fretless has a Brazillian Mahogany Core with American Cherry wood facings and an Indian Ebony fretboard.

“You have the budget, but it's like you're spending $100,000 to make something ten percent better.”