Recent content by hammfisted

Original Original To be more precise. Didn't play much for about a year. Left in gig bag leaning against wall for around another year. Then left under couch in gig bag for around another 2.5-3 years. Just the Spector branded padded gig bag it came in, nothing special. No humidity control or...

hahaha. To be fair the action is very low, which was my request. But I'm shooting after something I had in my memory from after I bought it. Note that my concerns that there may be "something wrong" have been egged on by 1) the intonation issue early on (unambiguous and nothing to do with...

Yeah I see that. I think the logic is that for a given level of average action across the neck, you have to lower than bridge action even more and try to make it all work out through truss rod tweaks. I think. I think he was saying it would just be easier to get either a replacement brass nut...

Thank you. I might misunderstand (I know nothing on this stuff) but wouldn't that make the nut even higher? My setup guy reckons the nut is too high. As I understand it, being too high means that when you put the action low on the bridge it results in a bad angle that leads to fret buzz on low...

Picked up a new Spector Euro LT in a store in Sydney five years ago and immediately had to buy it. It was the most beautiful bass to play I'd ever put hands on. A straight fast neck with very low action. Boom, I straight out stumped up the 4000 Aussie dollars (US $2700), first bass I'd bought in...