SPECTOR® Club - Part 51

[JPSBassist]

Originally Posted by Clearwave

I hope your bridge saddles fall out.

Sorry! I missed this.

They can't. They have intonation screws holding them in place.

[PhatBasstard]

Originally Posted by JPSBassist

According to the Hornbostel–Sachs Classification system for musical instruments the acoustic guitar (in all its variations), the electric guitar and the electric bass (both semi-hollow and solid body) are all classified as a composite chordophone.

It is the most widely used system for classifying musical instruments by ethnomusicologists and organologists (people who study musical instruments).

So actually, the electric bass is a guitar. It's an electric bass guitar.

The guitar (the six string variant you don't play) can be called a "standard guitar".

Sorry dude! Just getting you back for the whole Haz thing. LOL!

Anthony Jackson agrees with you, which is one of the reasons he insists his 6 string is a "Contra-Bass Guitar".
And he's very adamant about the "guitar" part of the designation.

But, as far as I'm concerned, if Anthony Jackson says it's a Cucumber.....it's a Cucumber!

[JPSBassist]

Originally Posted by PhatBasstard

Anthony Jackson agrees with you, which is one of the reasons he insists his 6 string is a "Contra-Bass Guitar".
And he's very adamant about the "guitar" part of the designation.

But, as far as I'm concerned, if Anthony Jackson says it's a Cucumber.....it's a Cucumber!

Nice!

"Yeah... I'm a cucist. I play lead cuke in my band."
That's short for cucumber... Like Tuke but cuke.

[JPSBassist]

One thing about ordering a USA neck-thru Spector is that if you ever take the bridge off your bass you'll find your name under it in ink... or sometimes pencil (mine is in ink on the Pearl and Dream, but in pencil under my NS-4). It probably has to do with darker stain finishes vs. lighter or natural.

It's a convenient way to prove a bass is yours in the unfortunate event that it is stolen (I have really nice alarm system and a retired park ranger as a next-door neighbor who has agreed to shoot first and ask questions later should he see strange people running out of my house with guitars in their hands... LOL).

I don't worry about that so much as I know that sometimes people worry about having an instrument stolen during a show.

It's really sad to think that people would steal a bass from someone else.

But I guess some people are just souless and don't care as long as they get what they want. I'm all for Arabic Law where thievery is concerned. Cut their hand off.





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Before I did the nut polish trick with the fingernail buffing/polishing boards.



And after. There were fine imperfections in the finish before you can see in the photo above. But not anymore.

[peledog]

What's the best way to bring the shine back to a brass nut. The one on my Forte is getting, ummm...dirty.

[superdick2112]

"One thing about ordering a USA neck-thru Spector is that if you ever take the bridge off your bass you'll find your name under it in ink..."

Change that to read "custom-ordering" & you are correct - if you buy off the shelf as I did, the name of the store that ordered the bass, i.e. Bass Central, is written under the bridge.

I've always put my name on a piece of paper & hidden it inside the control cavity of every bass I've owned for the past 25 years, ever since "the mysteriously vanishing fireglo Ric fiasco" of 1987....

[superdick2112]

Originally Posted by peledog

What's the best way to bring the shine back to a brass nut. The one on my Forte is getting, ummm...dirty.

Patrick gets great results using the nail file/ nail buffer method as pictured in his last post.
I use the tiny cotton buffing wheel on my Dremel moto-tool with a drop of Brasso, and this method is fast, easy and effective. Just be sure to mask off the area around the nut first to protect the finish from the wheel & buffing compound.

[iuserneim]

Originally Posted by LimaGuy

MAN, these2 are truly amazing!

[JeffplaysBass]

Originally Posted by Clearwave

Yeah, they should have named it the "Spector HAZ circuit". This is all kind of boring. I guess this is the stuff we talk about on a day that no one gets a new bass.

I did enjoy the pic or Jeff's black NS2 with gold hardware. Thats my favorite.

There is more to those pics than meet the eye...

[JeffplaysBass]

Originally Posted by smadder

Just a quick note Jamie:

I want the Streamer Stage 2 you have in your TB icon, Badly. Maybe we can chat about it next time we talk along with all the usual happy fun stuff that's been going down around here and if there's anything we can do to make it better. Put the joy back in it. Make it less about the billionaire/adventurer/stuff and more about the inspiration and MUSIC!!!

Billionaire?....we have a Billionaire and 3 Millionaires in this club....this is too high class for me...haha

[JeffplaysBass]

Originally Posted by j.kernodle

I wonder how a streamer stage II would sound with a SPECTOR USA NINE VOLT preamp? maybe it would be like matter and antimatter combining and annihilate everything around it.

Whats all this Warwick talk?.....Andy you out there too??..haha

[JeffplaysBass]

Originally Posted by ubnomnar

Stuart Spector commands a lot of well deserved respect on this forum.

Given Stuart encourages those who enjoy his basses to refer to it as the "USA Spector 9V Tone Circuit"... why would you want to do him the disservice of using any other term?

How about this... every time you say the "H" word just imagine that you are kicking Stuart Spector right in the family jewels

We respect him by buying Spectors. That keeps roofs over peoples houses and makes his co-workers happy...

[JeffplaysBass]

Originally Posted by superdick2112

Here Here!

I say we club members start referring to the USA Spector 9V Tone Circuit as the S9V (Spector 9-Volt). A respectful abbreviation for the correct name, and just as quick & easy to type as HAZ.

HAZ!!!

[JeffplaysBass]

Originally Posted by brotherbassj

Well Steve, sadly she is unavailable.......nobody currently makes a bass quite like that with that particular wood. I'll talk to you about that off this thread as that bass company isn't received well by some here, and the bass isn't a Spector.....lol. So no discussion here....call me instead! Lol

Well said brother Jamie (not Pirate)...

[JeffplaysBass]

Originally Posted by Clearwave

I doubt Mr. Spector cares. I've never met him, maybe Patrick will chime in on this, but Mr. Spector seems like the kind of guy that's more focused on projects coming up in the next year or so rather than what he did 30 years ago.

I'll see what they put on the box when mine comes in, I'll call it that. (if I don't die from old age first)

This is gonna seem weird:
You know a term that bothers me? "Bass Guitar". And its everywhere! Everytime I see it, I think it's wrong. I don't play "Bass Guitar", I play "Electric Bass". "Bass guitar" implies an instrument that derived from the guitar. "Electric bass" is an electrified bass (double bass or standup bass). In rock in roll, the double bass was replaced by the electric bass in the 1950's (thanks Leo). I don't play the guitar-at all, never wanted to. It has 6 strings, two of them are out-of-wack and I don't know why or what to do with them. I can play a 6 string bass though. Also, I can do stuff on a double bass, not good enough to get by on a gig, but give me a couple of months.

I started playing piano about the same time I started bass. I relate bass lines to the left hand on a piano. In my head, I don't relate the bass to the guitar at all.

Notice this thing is called "bassist"
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Not "bass guitarist"

This is a better discussion...I like Electric Bass myself too...
ELECTRIC BASS!

[JeffplaysBass]

Originally Posted by JPSBassist

I'm actually curious.
It's a really nice looking bass.
Would you mind sending me a PM about the wood?

And I totally dig the dual J-pups.

Honestly... no worries about it being a Warwick. Basses and bassists... it's about music. Not about which company did this or that.

But I do totally respect and appreciate you taking this conversation outside because it's not about Spector. Kudos and thank you.

Sincerely, I'd feel the same if the conversation turned to Fender or Wal or any other manufacturer's basses.

This is the Spector club after all.

And don't forget the Jay D bass...People here seem to want to sell there soul for those basses

[brotherbassj]

Originally Posted by JeffplaysBass

Well said brother Jamie (not Pirate)...

I try to play by the rules and be respectful of others at most if not all times. If someone wants to know about any bass I own I will be happy to talk with them about it but not directly in this forum. I like to stick to my Spector experiences here, or amp and tone coupled with Spectors here.

I'm sorry my avatar brought that brand in here no matter how briefly. I like to switch my avatar up for variety sake with equipment I own so it's that bass' turn! Lol

By Andy were you meaning Andy Irvine? Wasn't he a Spector artist at one point?

I'll change it again for you today Jeff, with something interesting

[madbassplaya]

Originally Posted by brotherbassj

I'm sorry my avatar brought that brand in here no matter how briefly. I like to switch my avatar up for variety sake with equipment I own so it's that bass' turn! Lol

By Andy were you meaning Andy Irvine? Wasn't he a Spector artist at one point?

I'll change it again for you today Jeff, with something interesting

The other brand that produces an NS style bass is not well recieved here.

And yes, Andy was a Spector artist but made the switch to the W and many felt betrayed by that and dislike him.

Nice choice of an Avatar.

[tomydacat]

Good AM all.. my .02 we could just say US9 instead of H word

[superdick2112]

Originally Posted by tomydacat

Good AM all.. my .02 we could just say US9 instead of H word

Yes! And the revolution begins!