New Spector singlecut bass! Opinions?

[garciawork]

Looks like something Gumby would play.

This.

Looks like it has a tumor.

And this.

 

[wvbass]

I'd not seen that before. That is really ungainly looking.

I like it better mixed with a little "traditional flair."

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[scubaduba]

One of my friends at NAMM shared a photo of this thing:
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My reaction:

What do you think?

*Sigh*

 

[wvbass]

This Spector actually has a lot in common with the Warwick Thumb, where they just modified the top body wing. (That is, of course, only visually true, and then, only from the front. The singlecut body affects the neck joint significantly.)

There is a little bit of irony here, given the whole NS body thing and the two companies involved.

 

[Hambone 70]

IMO, these singlecut styles are the Quasimodos of the bass world...

 

[RED J]

 

[The Rage]

Think this is the only Spector I dislike...
Maybe singlecut are not for me.

 

[Hounddog409]

One of my friends at NAMM shared a photo of this thing:
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My reaction:

What do you think?

One uglyass bass.

 

[CGremlin]

It's like someone whacked the upper horn against something and it swelled up. I'm not a big fan of singlecuts, but that Sadowsky looked decent.

 

[Madhouse27]

Is that the Rocky Dennis signature model?

 

[Kubicki Fan]

I don't care for the look in general, also, in the Spector case. Curious though, what does this bass sounds like?

 

[cableguy]

Not a fan.....

 

[Spidey2112]

One of my friends at NAMM shared a photo of this thing:
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My reaction:

What do you think?

I don't think it's that bad, but then again...

... it's all based on your perspective, isn't it?

 

[Spidey2112]

Looks like it has a tumor.

Agreed...

 

[DigitalMan]

I like Spector. I do not like the single-cut aesthetic.

 

[electracoyote]

Oh my.

The NS vibe is almost too strong to easily accept something so daring.

 

[MDBass]

I think it would look better as a 5 or 6-string; that little 4-string neck just looks "off" when paired with that huge upper bout.

I generally find single-cut basses reasonably pleasing to the eye, but yeah, not this one so much.

This was my thought as well. The single cut market is so strongly geared towards 5 and 6 string players, I honestly don't remember if I'd ever seen a 4 string before this one.

 

[MDBass]

I don't care for the look in general, also, in the Spector case. Curious though, what does this bass sound like?

It sounds like an NS-2, which is to say excellent

Pretty sure there is a clip up on the Spector Facebook page of someone playing it

 

[Zarathustra3]

I think it's sexy.

 

[Slevage]

Ugly