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raventepes

raventepes

Jan 7, 2012
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Reno, NV
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A few weeks ago, I ordered a Spector NS2000 Q6 online. An older model, granted, but this was a bit of a "coming home" in the sense that the NS2000 Q5 was the bass that got me into Spector to begin with. This bass came in a bit of a teal colour, and had some Bartolini pickups.

I got it in today, and like many, it felt like Christmas!

The first thing I did was notice the strings...purple wraps, tapered...had to be Ken Smith, I'm assuming. Whatever the case, I had already ordered a set of GHS Pressure Wounds, stringing it EADGCF. Then, I notice something that I half-expected, have didn't. The preamp! I had wondered, since it had Bartolini's installed, if the preamp was changed out. Since it had gold knobs, I assumed it had been changed to something different. I wasn't disappointed. I don't know what it is exactly, even after checking out the rear cavity. This thing isn't a typical volume, blend, bass, treble though. No...what I got was MUCH better. The control layout is Volume with push/pull active, sweepable mids with frequency selection (stacked), and stacked bass and treble. Whatever this thing is loaded with, this bass sounds MASSIVE!!!

I noticed a ding in the fretboard by the nut on the bass side. It's barely noticable, but all in all I can't find any flaws on this bass. Whoever owned it before me, this thing had to have been their baby. It's been VERY well taken care of. It also came with a Spector hardshell case!

I'm really happy with it so far. I've spent a couple hours playing it already, and I'm just amazed. The neck is a bit beefy for a 6-string, but I already knew it would be. I love Fender Jazz and Ibanez necks, but the Spector has a bit of beef that I find comfortable, especially when I'm really digging in.

At any rate, If I don't show pics, it didn't happen...so here they are!

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I may as well have robbed the place I got it from (Music Go Round, Columbia, MO). Including shipping to Alaska, I paid $565!!!
 
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BasseeJames said:
thats a fantastic looking bass, out of interest why tune EADGCF rather then BEADGC?
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Good question! Realistically, I get more use out of the high F, though in all fairness, I (currently) have it tuned CGCFA#D#, so in a way, I kind of have best of both worlds. The truth is, It's doubtful that I'll never need the extent of my high end, but it can also be said that I rarely need the extent of the bottom end (down to B). Even despite the music that I play (a lot of extreme metal, "goth", industrial, etc, and my melodic soloist stuff, this is really the best way I can go where my typical tuning works, with the caveat that I'll slightly alter the tuning if I need to.
 
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raventepes said:
Good question! Realistically, I get more use out of the high F, though in all fairness, I (currently) have it tuned CGCFA#D#, so in a way, I kind of have best of both worlds. The truth is, It's doubtful that I'll never need the extent of my high end, but it can also be said that I rarely need the extent of the bottom end (down to B). Even despite the music that I play (a lot of extreme metal, "goth", industrial, etc, and my melodic soloist stuff, this is really the best way I can go where my typical tuning works, with the caveat that I'll slightly alter the tuning if I need to.
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Your music intrigues me, i really love melodic playing in a band arrangement, you have any footage to showcase yourself? :)
 
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JayJayEsse said:
Nice score!!! Pics of the cavity/preamp?
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Here's the control cavity. Even after taking a good look at it, I'm still pretty clueless as to what's in it. About all I can tell is that it's 18v. Whatever the case, it sounds great, so I'm not going to complain. I appologise in advance for the big pictures, but I figured they'd give a good look at what's under the hood (outside of the flaring).

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BasseeJames said:
Your music intrigues me, i really love melodic playing in a band arrangement, you have any footage to showcase yourself? :)
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As far as any footage or even audio, I don't have anything right now. I suppose I could probably record something, but truthfully, I'm not even in a band at this point. I'll see what I can come up with though. I've been thinking about actually using my YouTube account and get some videos up.
 

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