SPECTOR® Club - Part 51 - Page 35

vin088xk1 · #**681** 12-25-2012, 05:41 AM

MERRY CHRISRMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

bassgiant15 · #**682** 12-25-2012, 06:14 AM

Merry Christmas to all! God bless you all and your families!!!

anton72 · #**683** 12-25-2012, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by iceboxbass

Congrats on a beautiful Spector!

How's it sound?

Thanks! It's now strung with dead rounwounds, I'm waiting for a set of dadario flats to arive and to put them on. From what I can hear now it's not like average fretless but more punchy and aggressive.Very articulate, no that fretless "mwah" sound which all fretless players are so mad about but rather roaring and growling sound.

anton72 · #**684** 12-25-2012, 06:15 AM

MERRY CHRISTMASS TO SPECTOR BROTHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES!!!

NOLA Bass · #**685** 12-25-2012, 06:27 AM

Merry Christmas!!!!

Profania_bass · #**686** 12-25-2012, 07:24 AM

Merry Christmas, Spector club! Have a good one :-)

j.kernodle · #**687** 12-25-2012, 07:30 AM

Merry Christmas Spectorites!

connected2aj · #**688** 12-25-2012, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by anton72

Thanks! It's now strung with dead rounwounds, I'm waiting for a set of dadario flats to arive and to put them on. From what I can hear now it's not like average fretless but more punchy and aggressive.Very articulate, no that fretless "mwah" sound which all fretless players are so mad about but rather roaring and growling sound.

Great bass Anton. You can definitely get the mwah out of it. The thing I love about my fretless is the versatility. I can get a bunch of different tones out of it.

anton72 · #**689** 12-25-2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by connected2aj

Great bass Anton. You can definitely get the mwah out of it. The thing I love about my fretless is the versatility. I can get a bunch of different tones out of it.

Great. So you have fretless too? Also Spector?

Baird6869 · #**690** 12-25-2012, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by j.kernodle

Merry Christmas Spectorites!

+1!!!!

Although my Christmas would be better if the Spector t-shirts and assorted other Spector store stuff my wife ordered for me (on her own btw... Which is cool) made it on time!

Hope everyone has a great day.... And if any of you don't celebrate Christmas.... You are welcome for the day off!

**Scootbass1** · #**691** 12-25-2012, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by anton72

Thanks! It's now strung with dead rounwounds, I'm waiting for a set of dadario flats to arive and to put them on. From what I can hear now it's not like average fretless but more punchy and aggressive.Very articulate, no that fretless "mwah" sound which all fretless players are so mad about but rather roaring and growling sound.

I understand what you are describing here. I have an early SSD NS-4CR fretless with the Euro copy of the US9V preamp. A completely different fretless tone indeed. I can also get the classic fretless sound by backing off the volume pots and running the EQ flat or a little cut. I have a set of S.I.T. Silencers on mine they are an inverse roundwound type that gets a lot of round wound tone but don't wear the fingerboard like rounds do.

I also have to give Jaymi some overdue praise for allowing me to keep this bass after he agreed to buy it from me. I was recently laid off from my work and am now supplementing my unemployment benefit by playing pick up jobs and a couple of house band jobs. It was the only bass I had besides a 12 string bass, which is not a good choice for a primary bass. Now that the fretless has become my primary bass, and I am putting many hours of woodshedding into it, I am absolutely infatuated with the neck on this bass. And the fretless tone is a breed of it's own, a different flavor of Spector awesomeness.

This morning I was presented with a Spector NS-4CRFM bass from my wife and family. It is the transparent red one that was on ebay recently. Wife gave me permission and the funds to buy it, but I couldn't have it until this morning. It is a stunning bass to behold in person. The flame in the body wings is amazing. Has the EMG BT controls, but I have a Korean copy of the US9V pre I am going to put in it until the real deals are available from Spector. It plays like a Spector should and has the growl even with the EMG electronics. It does not have the thin narrow neck of my fretless, the neck on this one was shaved and for some reason the nut is right at 1.5" wide. Now I have a complimentary pair of basses to annoy peoples hearing with.

Thank you to this club and all the amazing people in it. From reading and corresponding through this club I found the basses to end my GAS, my SAS will not be complete without a USA NS-2 but that is way down the road from now.
Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, and Blessed New Year to all of you.

Mike B.

bassboy01 · #**692** 12-25-2012, 10:06 AM

Merry Christmas everyone! May you have a blessed day!!

ynot12 · #**693** 12-25-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Scootbass1

I understand what you are describing here. I have an early SSD NS-4CR fretless with the Euro copy of the US9V preamp. A completely different fretless tone indeed. I can also get the classic fretless sound by backing off the volume pots and running the EQ flat or a little cut. I have a set of S.I.T. Silencers on mine they are an inverse roundwound type that gets a lot of round wound tone but doesn't wear the fingerboard like rounds do.

I also have to give Jaymi some overdue praise for allowing me to keep this bass after he agreed to buy it from me. I was recently laid off from my work and am now supplementing my unemployment benefit by playing pick up jobs and a couple of house band jobs. It was the only bass I had besides a 12 string bass, which is not a good choice for a primary bass. Now that the fretless has become my primary bass, and I am putting many hours of woodshedding into it, I am absolutely infatuated with the neck on this bass. And the fretless tone is a breed of it's own, a different flavor of Spector awesomeness.

This morning I was presented with a Spector NS-4CRFM bass from my wife and family. It is the transparent red one that was on ebay recently. Wife gave me permission and the funds to buy it, but I couldn't have it until this morning. It is a stunning bass to behold in person. The flame in the body wings is amazing. Has the EMG BT controls, but I have a Korean copy of the US9V pre I am going to put in it until the real deals are available from Spector. It plays like a Spector should and has the growl even with the EMG electronics. It does not have the thin narrow neck of my fretless, the neck on this one was shaved and for some reason the nut is right at 1.5" wide. Now I have a complimentary pair of basses to annoy peoples hearing with.

Thank you to this club and all the amazing people in it. From reading and corresponding through this club I found the basses to end my GAS, my SAS will not be complete without a USA NS-2 but that is way down the road from now.
Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, and Blessed New Year to all of you.

Mike B.

If that's the CRFM I think it is, good for our man! I was thinking about that one. Merry Christmas!

ynot12 · #**694** 12-25-2012, 10:17 AM

After weeks of it sitting under the tree I finally got to play with the Darkglass BK3 and all I can say is.... Sick. Sick. Sick. This pedal is deadly! Worth every penny. Merry overdriven Christmas to all!

bunkaroo · #**695** 12-25-2012, 10:21 AM

Happy holidays to everyone!

Chrisloe, can't wait to see your Coda!

**Scootbass1** · #**696** 12-25-2012, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ynot12

If that's the CRFM I think it is, good for our man! I was thinking about that one. Merry Christmas!

Thank you sir. Here a couple of quick pics in terrible light with a cheap camera.

Gonna be rockin' the House Of Worship with this one next Sunday. Whoo-Hoo!

Mike

Baird6869 · #**697** 12-25-2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ynot12

After weeks of it sitting under the tree I finally got to play with the Darkglass BK3 and all I can say is.... Sick. Sick. Sick. This pedal is deadly! Worth every penny. Merry overdriven Christmas to all!

Who sells these in North America? I want one, but buying from the UK is a P.I.T.A.

anton72 · #**698** 12-25-2012, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Scootbass1

Thank you sir. Here a couple of quick pics in terrible light with a cheap camera.

Gonna be rockin' the House Of Worship with this one next Sunday. Whoo-Hoo!

Mike

This should sound killer. Solid maple body and massive SSD-type bridge, brass if I'm not mistaken. Congrats! And welcome to Club.

cableguy · #**699** 12-25-2012, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Baird6869

Who sells these in North America? I want one, but buying from the UK is a P.I.T.A.

I think the guys name is Spencer here on TB. Also sells another brand of pedals I forget the name of. I believe he's based out of Seattle. You might look up an old thread about a Seattle GTG, I saw his stuff there. Sorry to be a little unsure, memory's a little foggy right now.

Baird6869 · #**700** 12-25-2012, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by cableguy

I think the guys name is Spencer here on TB. Also sells another brand of pedals I forget the name of. I believe he's based out of Seattle. You might look up an old thread about a Seattle GTG, I saw his stuff there. Sorry to be a little unsure, memory's a little foggy right now.

Thanks dude.

I hear you about the foggy part.... That's why I'm currently using champagne and orange juice to dull the pain.