SPECTOR® Club - Part 50

[Mr.Bassie720]

NBD! More pics and a first impressions review later today.

[mntngrown]

right under the video before you hit the play arrow
Join SPECTOR® Endorsed Artist Nicki Tedesco as she reviews the controls and
features of the Euro4LX-TW-35 (B,E,A,D) bass. She also provides several
tonal samples explaining her choice of EQ and volume settings
She says in the video it is a 5 string without the G?
So the average consumer would think , Order this and get a 125-130 B a 105ish E and a etc etc. If this is not what happens and you end up with the string gauges on the package "Niki's Gear" at the point in the video I referenced above, then the video is very misleading IMHO. Won't clutter this club thread any more thanks

[Fat240]

Originally Posted by Mr.Bassie720

NBD! More pics and a first impressions review later today.

That is freaking sick!!

[Mr.Bassie720]

Originally Posted by Fat240

That is freaking sick!!

Thanks brother. So far there have been some very pleasant surprises with this jazz bass.

[worshiprocker]

Originally Posted by mntngrown

right under the video before you hit the play arrow
Join SPECTOR® Endorsed Artist Nicki Tedesco as she reviews the controls and
features of the Euro4LX-TW-35 (B,E,A,D) bass. She also provides several
tonal samples explaining her choice of EQ and volume settings
She says in the video it is a 5 string without the G?
So the average consumer would think , Order this and get a 125-130 B a 105ish E and a etc etc. If this is not what happens and you end up with the string gauges on the package "Niki's Gear" at the point in the video I referenced above, then the video is very misleading IMHO. Won't clutter this club thread any more thanks

Its not clutter my man. That is a good observation. Maybe Patrick can add some input. and I know he certainly loves feed back like this (he does the website for spector)


Joe!!! can't wait to hear your review of the coda

[superdick2112]

Originally Posted by Mr.Bassie720

NBD! More pics and a first impressions review later today.

Woah... Great color!
Congrats, and enjoy!

[brotherbassj]

Originally Posted by Mr.Bassie720

Thanks brother. So far there have been some very pleasant surprises with this jazz bass.

Does that have an obp-2 Joe? How is the neck profile? More like a p bass?

[Mr.Bassie720]

Originally Posted by superdick2112

Woah... Great color!
Congrats, and enjoy!

Thanks Richard. They will definitely notice the bass player wearing this . I'll share a couple of things with my west brothers who are still awake, cause it's not so late out there. Hallelujah! The neck ain't fat! I have read from some owners that they found the Coda necks to be a bit chunky. I don't know about theirs, this one feels like love. The tone or tones are delicious, the Aguilar OBP-2 kills in this context.

[GBassNorth]

Originally Posted by Mr.Bassie720

NBD! More pics and a first impressions review later today.

Beautiful! Love the color, can't tell you how many times I drooled over one just like that at Bass Central as I surfed the net looking for the perfect jazz PU Spector. I can't wait to see your review, very interested in how the aggie PUs sound vs the traditional EMG PU approach Spector takes on most of it's basses. I'd bet the aggie PUs combined with the aggie OBP-2 preamp sound fantastic.
Congrats on the new bass!

[cyclopsbookworm]

Hey all. I had posted a preamp question about an NS2005 I picked up last week. I'm basically not satisfied with the EMG setup it has, though that's mostly because the electronics weren't maintained, and I was just looking for some feedback about changing the electronics. Any suggestions? Oh, and here's the original feed:

Spector NS2005 Preamp question.

[smadder]

Originally Posted by worshiprocker

Its not clutter my man. That is a good observation. Maybe Patrick can add some input. and I know he certainly loves feed back like this (he does the website for spector)

Joe!!! can't wait to hear your review of the coda

Donny,
Just FYI it came to me new from the factory via Amazon strung BEAD. I didn't have any Spector strings on me when the E string snapped, so I just put light gauge 4 string set of Sadowskys before sending it to him.

[smadder]

Originally Posted by worshiprocker

Its not clutter my man. That is a good observation. Maybe Patrick can add some input. and I know he certainly loves feed back like this (he does the website for spector)

It also has on the Spector site under the Euro LX model that 35" scale comes with BEAD tuning. I promise that's how it came to me... I have no idea why the string broke. There weren't any saddle burrs, or I wouldn't have sold it to him without being fixed.


Sam, if you read mntngrown recent posts, could you get in touch with him and help him out? Also, anyone whose playing a BEAD 4lx like NOLA. I told this guy that folks would jump in to help him if he posted here and I really talked everyone up. Please give him some help with this. He's new to Spectors and I really want him to feel welcome here. Pat is a great guy!

[worshiprocker]

Originally Posted by smadder

It also has on the Spector site under the Euro LX model that 35" scale comes with BEAD tuning. I promise that's how it came to me... I have no idea why the string broke. There weren't any saddle burrs, or I wouldn't have sold it to him without being fixed.


Sam, if you read mntngrown recent posts, could you get in touch with him and help him out? Also, anyone whose playing a BEAD 4lx like NOLA. I told this guy that folks would jump in to help him if he posted here and I really talked everyone up. Please give him some help with this. He's new to Spectors and I really want him to feel welcome here. Pat is a great guy!

Steve here is what the price sheet says:
SPECIAL ORDER OPTIONS
• 35" extended scale: all Four String Models with standard tuning No Charge
• Lined or Unlined fretless No Charge
• Black Hardware (Spector aluminum bridge, Schaller tuners and straplocks) $100.00
• Non Standard Finish Color $200.00
• Custom tuning / special set up. Includes BEAD Low Tuning .065 -.130 $150.00


So if it came with the BEAD it should fit up to a .130 string. But Spector Strings are tapers so that should be kept in mind

As far as the string breaking, it happens. I have no doubt that that bass was in pristine condition when you sold it.

source: http://spectorbass.com/prices.html

[JPSBassist]

Originally Posted by mntngrown

right under the video before you hit the play arrow
Join SPECTOR® Endorsed Artist Nicki Tedesco as she reviews the controls and
features of the Euro4LX-TW-35 (B,E,A,D) bass. She also provides several
tonal samples explaining her choice of EQ and volume settings
She says in the video it is a 5 string without the G?
So the average consumer would think , Order this and get a 125-130 B a 105ish E and a etc etc. If this is not what happens and you end up with the string gauges on the package "Niki's Gear" at the point in the video I referenced above, then the video is very misleading IMHO. Won't clutter this club thread any more thanks

Thanks for your input (since I'm the guy who wrote the text you are referring to).

Sorry you feel it is misleading.

It's simply a review of the 35" scale Euro4LX-TW with the OPTIONAL B,E,A,D tuning.

If you visit the spec page for the Euro4LX-TW (right under the text you quoted), it says in two different places that the 35" and B,E,A,D tuning is an option...

And perhaps that needs to be more clear. The STOCK factory tuning for ALL 4 string Spector basses is standard tuning (E,A,D,G). The 35" scale option 4-string Euro4LX and Euro4LX-TW will come with E,A,D,G unless you ask for the B,E,A,D option, which had you purchased this from a dealer, the dealer would have discussed with you.

The bad thing is that regardless of the deal you got and even if it was still in its original packaging, your bass has no warranty because you are not the original owner. Smadder is. And once he resold the bass to you; the warranty is not transferrable. And Smadder is not an authorized Spector dealer. So he can't extend a warranty to you.

Steve is a great guy, don't get me wrong, but regardless if you felt the Nicki video was "misleading" and you're upset that your bass didn't come B,E,A,D when you thought it should... your bass is used, sold between two private parties. So any assistance you might have gotten through an Authorized Spector dealer, just doesn't exist with your new bass.

I sincerely appreciate the feedback on this. I see so much of this information on the models and their options, etc... that things that are probably not so clear to the average consumer (as you put it) are things I just automatically know.

So I'll work on changing that and making that more clear.

[JPSBassist]

Originally Posted by smadder

It also has on the Spector site under the Euro LX model that 35" scale comes with BEAD tuning.

Sorry Steve... I hate to not be a great guy and tell you that you are wrong... but you are.

It says in two places on the Euro4LX-TW page that the 35" scale and B,E,A,D tuning is an option.

I agree that it's not clear that just because you get one option, say the 35" scale, you get both. You don't. You have to specify both options.

Really the whole reason for the 4-string 35" scale is for drop tuning.

I owned one of the first ones to be made and Nicki played it at Bass Player Live! 3 years ago and it's what prompted her to want one. And it's not her fault that she didn't point out in the video that the B,E,A,D tuning was an option. That's my fault. I don't expect her to know options and specs, etc...

I will change the wording to make this more clear.

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Now... If you say it came to you B,E,A,D it's completely possible. Some dealers will pre-order special options like B,E,A,D, etc... to have in stock since they are in higher demand.

Bass Central is a good example of that. They stock special-order gloss white Euro4LX models. And he's ordered Euro4LX and Euro4LX-TW 35" scale models with the optional B,E,A,D tuning to keep in stock. So it's completely possible that you got a special-option low tuned 35" scale Euro4LX from Amazon.

If you did you got lucky. Because it really is a special order option.

[JPSBassist]

Originally Posted by cyclopsbookworm

Hey all. I had posted a preamp question about an NS2005 I picked up last week. I'm basically not satisfied with the EMG setup it has, though that's mostly because the electronics weren't maintained, and I was just looking for some feedback about changing the electronics. Any suggestions? Oh, and here's the original feed:

Spector NS2005 Preamp question.

I'd recommend switching the pickups out to active EMG DCs and go with the Aguilar OBP-2 but wire it at 18v. And you'll LOVE the tone of that bass.

With the setup above it'll sound like a USA Spector NS-4 with the 18v USA Spector circuit.

Quitin Berry's new signature Spector the NS-4Q has the OBP-2 at 18v and EMG DCs and when I did the old A-B with my Water Cured Redwood NS-4 the tone was so close it was really hard to tell them apart.

The OBP-2 is easy to setup with 4-knobs. The Spector Forte comes with the OBP-2 (at 9v and not 18).

So it's a 4-knob, Spector compatible circuit.

[smadder]

Originally Posted by JPSBassist

Sorry Steve... I hate to not be a great guy and tell you that you are wrong... but you are.

It says in two places on the Euro4LX-TW page that the 35" scale and B,E,A,D tuning is an option.

I agree that it's not clear that just because you get one option, say the 35" scale, you get both. You don't. You have to specify both options.

Really the whole reason for the 4-string 35" scale is for drop tuning.

I owned one of the first ones to be made and Nicki played it at Bass Player Live! 3 years ago and it's what prompted her to want one. And it's not her fault that she didn't point out in the video that the B,E,A,D tuning was an option. That's my fault. I don't expect her to know options and specs, etc...



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Now... If you say it came to you B,E,A,D it's completely possible. Some dealers will pre-order special options like B,E,A,D, etc... to have in stock since they are in higher demand.

Bass Central is a good example of that. They stock special-order gloss white Euro4LX models. And he's ordered Euro4LX and Euro4LX-TW 35" scale models with the optional B,E,A,D tuning to keep in stock. So it's completely possible that you got a special-option low tuned 35" scale Euro4LX from Amazon.

If you did you got lucky. Because it really is a special order option.

All I can say is I'm so sorry if I misled Pat (the guy who bought the bass from me) but it really did come from Amazon to me strung BEAD. I plugged it in to test everything before posting that it was available. When one of the strings broke, I replaced it with a standard set before selling it because I was out of 5 string sets.

I apologize for reading the site incorrectly, but it really did show up, new in the box, set up in B standard. I only pointed mntngrown (Pat) to our club thread because I know there are guys who have strung both 35lx models and regular 34inch models BEAD and was hoping some people would jump in to help him figure out the easiest way to string it as such so that he doesn't have to mess with the nut which was his main concern.

I'm really sorry if I caused anyone frustration about it and ill certainly follow up with Pat as well. But if anyone in the club strings any of their 4 string Spectors BEAD (35" scale or not) and can help him, please, please get in touch with him.

And again: Patrick, Donny, I'm sorry if I aggravated you guys at all and I appreciate you clearing everything up.

Steve

[Profania_bass]

Hi guys! I'm finally able to let you all know, I'm a member of the Spector family! And prooooud of it! There shall be some pics taken soon for the site (so I am told) and this here is the (first) bass I ordered from the Czech factory.

It's a Euro 5lx with black matte stain finish, no inlays and the normal electronics. I want to change the elecs to a blend knob and one volume though, but I am not good at wiring so it'll have to wait.

Here it is!







Just look at the finish! Beautifil!



It plays soooooo great out of the box, better than my ReBop for sure and it has sustain like... like... like nothing I have ever heard before. It's a dream, let me tell you.

Can't wait to get this thing on stage!

Excuse the crappy pictures, it's winter in Norway. I've already forgotten what the sun looks like.

[PhatBasstard]

Originally Posted by Profania_bass

It's a Euro 5lx with black matte stain finish, no inlays and the normal electronics. I want to change the elecs to a blend knob and one volume though, but I am not good at wiring so it'll have to wait.

Here it is!

You obviously have TW pickups in that which means both your current volume knobs are push/pull for the single coil/double coil functions. You cannot switch it to a volume/blend configuration without losing this function.

[Profania_bass]

Ah, well in that case. I'll not bother, thanks for that information