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I got a new bass yesterday!
So you might have read my thread about going to an instrument store to check out some basses for the first time ever, I have never done that before.
You might wanna read my short report here, if you are interested.
MY NEW BASS!!!
Wait, or maybe this one?
Nope.
It's not a Fender. I didn't buy a P bass, but I did try them and I liked them
So, here is the case!
A little bit of story about it.
The guy at the store who was helping me with my purchase was kinda skeptical about the price of the instrument and the fact that according to the store system, it didn't come with any case, gig bag, tools, nothing. So, he went to the back... and got me this old thing.
Let us all take a look at it.
...Yamaha?
What.
"You are telling me that you got a Yamaha bass?
" I hear you think!
Wrong!
Boom!
Here are some more pics.
The blue one sounded kinda weak and not as clanky and defined as the yellow one. Maybe it was due to the battery or dead strings or both, in any case for some reason this blue one did not sound nearly as good as the yellow spector.
Also, I was mostly interested in the ones with the darkglass preamp and bartolini split P/J pickups, so I was looking at those.
My bass still on the rack, next to the Spector Legend 6 string. The legends look really nice in person, way better than whatever you can find online, by the way. They are glossy and fancy looking, but I did not want a 6 string this time.
Playing my new friend at the store immediately hit me with that familiar feeling of "the sound in your head" when I think of the bass. She was clanky, punchy, clear, defined and everything about her felt great from the top of the headstock to the very bottom of the body.
Still trying her out!
After this point it was just the matter of trying to find something that felt/played better but I couldn't. Stingrays, Hagströms, Fenders, Sandbergs and even other Spectors couldn't even come close to this specific bass. I do not know what special magic went into making this specific Euro LT but it made it sound extra good, feel very premium and look like an absolute show stealer. It popped out from the rack right away when I saw it and I did not even care about the price. I just took her with me and now she is mine
Thanks for reading!
Have a nice day
I got a new bass yesterday!
So you might have read my thread about going to an instrument store to check out some basses for the first time ever, I have never done that before.
You might wanna read my short report here, if you are interested.
MY NEW BASS!!!
Wait, or maybe this one?
Nope.
It's not a Fender. I didn't buy a P bass, but I did try them and I liked them
So, here is the case!
A little bit of story about it.
The guy at the store who was helping me with my purchase was kinda skeptical about the price of the instrument and the fact that according to the store system, it didn't come with any case, gig bag, tools, nothing. So, he went to the back... and got me this old thing.
Let us all take a look at it.
...Yamaha?
What.
"You are telling me that you got a Yamaha bass?
" I hear you think!Wrong!
Boom!
- Spector Euro LT 4, Tiger Eye Gloss
- Body Wood: European Alder
- Top Wood: North American Maple with a slice of Walnut
- Neck Wood: 3-piece Maple
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Number of frets: 24
- Inlays: Spector Signature Crown
- Controls: Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Bass Cut/Boost, Treble Cut/Boost, Mid-Range Cut/Boost
- Pickups: Bartolini Custom Wound P/J Pickups
- Pickup Configuration: P/J
- Preamp System: Custom Darkglass Tone Capsule
- Hardware: Gold
- Bridge: Lightweight Spector Locking Bridge
- Tuners: Gotoh Lightweight Tuners
- I also bought Schaller strap locks in gold
Here are some more pics.
The blue one sounded kinda weak and not as clanky and defined as the yellow one. Maybe it was due to the battery or dead strings or both, in any case for some reason this blue one did not sound nearly as good as the yellow spector.
Also, I was mostly interested in the ones with the darkglass preamp and bartolini split P/J pickups, so I was looking at those.
My bass still on the rack, next to the Spector Legend 6 string. The legends look really nice in person, way better than whatever you can find online, by the way. They are glossy and fancy looking, but I did not want a 6 string this time.
Playing my new friend at the store immediately hit me with that familiar feeling of "the sound in your head" when I think of the bass. She was clanky, punchy, clear, defined and everything about her felt great from the top of the headstock to the very bottom of the body.
Still trying her out!
After this point it was just the matter of trying to find something that felt/played better but I couldn't. Stingrays, Hagströms, Fenders, Sandbergs and even other Spectors couldn't even come close to this specific bass. I do not know what special magic went into making this specific Euro LT but it made it sound extra good, feel very premium and look like an absolute show stealer. It popped out from the rack right away when I saw it and I did not even care about the price. I just took her with me and now she is mine
Thanks for reading!
Have a nice day
