SPECTOR® Club - Part 26

[stjohn1299]

A big part of that is your bass was a single H, IMO. I've owned and played H's and HH's and the HH's always sound a bit fuller and have more low end to them.

Not so much: my 4 stringer is a PJ setup. I haven't played a gig yet with the HH 5er

 

[iceboxbass]

Awesome, thank you. That seems pretty tight compared to what I am used to. I have thick fingers, and I play fingerstyle and some slap. I'm not sure if I could make an adjustment to spacing that is so narrow, but I am tempted to give it a try. Rather than starting out by ordering a custom 5 bolt on with wide spacing, I thought it might be better (from a financial standpoint) to give one of the euro 5's an extended test drive. That way I could see if a Spector is for me prior to dropping the bills on a USA model. I've found some good deals on used euro lx's, whereby I could probably sell them without taking much of a hit if I decided that a Spector wasn't for me, or if I wanted to order USA fiver with wide spacing.

Argggg!!! I TOLD Lima I was not going to get a five string Spector. Last week!!!

But my thinking was almost exactly the same. I Love Love Love my Euro 4 LX in Black Cherry! The band I play with seems to always need a dropped D and some songs would really be good all the way down to low B.

So...... I happened to see a Black Cherry Euro 5 LX on Bass Central's website. A TB member posted about a good value on a USA model. I got to looking around. Then made the fatal mistake of calling and chatting..... Um hm.....

Being a repeat victim, er Customer I mean, I got a really great deal and the 5er arrives Tomorrow! I Promise Lima, I will NOT go looking for the UPS truck! Lol..... just like I said I was NOT going to get a 5 string Spector!

So now I will be the very proud owner of two Cherry Red LX's and my gorgeous NS-Blue!

Cant wait to get the 5 string! And I imagine if I like it as much as the 4 string Euro and it actually adapts to me (they Know me and subtly pull me in over time......) I am sure a USA 5 string cant be far behind....

Lol.... oh my..... Spectors.....

Congratulations!

 

[Ronnietex]

Nice, Congrats

Did you get the Black Cherry Gloss or Matte Finish?

If you need any help on tracking down the UPS driver let me know.

Got the gloss, bro-man. I will post some photos of my stable soon.

 

[iceboxbass]

Well guys,

I got to take my new to me NS 2A and mix it up with the band yesterday (5 piece, loud, hard rock cover band) and holy crap you guys were right. No bedroom tone tricks...thing thing slays in the mix. Bright and poppy when it needs to be but can be "tamed" very easily with EQ and pickups. A very versatile bass which is quite a nice thing in a cover band.

I have always love my EBMM's for their sound and the way the necks played. This Spector is right there IMO in playability and the sound....well....it's just got IT.

Very happy new owner!

Now how about that Forte 4....?

That's great news about your NS-2A!

Now the Forte 4 is massively powerful and all tone!!! And full of WOW!!!

 

[CarlosRoberto5]

Thought I woud bust up this sting ray talk with a pic of my NS2A in action... lol

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That looks like a lot of fun!
Is this the NS2A that you put Seymour Duncan Basslines in?
Or am I completely confusing you with someone else?

 

[Basstovsky]

Not so much: my 4 stringer is a PJ setup. I haven't played a gig yet with the HH 5er

They make sterlings in a P-J?

 

[worshiprocker]

That looks like a lot of fun!
Is this the NS2A that you put Seymour Duncan Basslines in?
Or am I completely confusing you with someone else?

Seymours yes Basslines no... these are old pups with active preamp internal with dipswitches on the pups themsevles

 

[madbassplaya]

Not so much: my 4 stringer is a PJ setup. I haven't played a gig yet with the HH 5er

I meant the Sterling. Basses with bridge only pickups can seem thinner than basses with two pickups.

 

[CarlosRoberto5]

Seymours yes Basslines no... these are old pups with active preamp internal with dipswitches on the pups themsevles

Ah okay, I'm not sure where I got that they were basslines.
These are the ones you said were very hot, right?
I'm just wondering because I have a P/J set of Basslines into an Aguilar OBP-3. I had to remove the pickups/pre from the bass in question because I'm in the process of refinishing it. I KNOW I'm gonna have problems reinstalling everything, so maybe I'll shoot you a P.M. whenever I'm to that point.

 

[worshiprocker]

Ah okay, I'm not sure where I got that they were basslines.
These are the ones you said were very hot, right?
I'm just wondering because I have a P/J set of Basslines into an Aguilar OBP-3. I had to remove the pickups/pre from the bass in question because I'm in the process of refinishing it. I KNOW I'm gonna have problems reinstalling everything, so maybe I'll shoot you a P.M. whenever I'm to that point.

I'll gladly help as much as possible.

 

[Jaymi]

does anyone on here have basses pre Kramer? I have not seen one for quite a while....

was this question just glossed over??? No one has an original?

 

[worshiprocker]

I had to share this.....

My band just got #1 for the top ten countdown this week at Link Removed This is also the first week they payed our song "Empty Bottle" I'm pretty darn excited right now.

 

[Trailight]

I had to share this.....

My band just got #1 for the top ten countdown this week at Link Removed This is also the first week they payed our song "Empty Bottle" I'm pretty darn excited right now.

Nice one bro!

 

[cableguy]

Well since I lost out on the last Spector I was looking to get due to a last minute coin flip. (right lust4) I picked this one up today. Should have it by end of week or early next week Looking forward to finding out what the Spector sickness is really like.

 

[worshiprocker]

Well since I lost out on the last Spector I was looking to get due to a last minute coin flip. (right lust4) I picked this one up today. Should have it by end of week or early next week Looking forward to finding out what the Spector sickness is really like.

beautiful!!! welcome to the sickness... err I mean family!

 

[iceboxbass]

was this question just glossed over??? No one has an original?

Yes there is...there's a new member about a week ago with some Brooklyn Spectors. Don't recall his name...part 25 toward the end.

 

[iceboxbass]

I had to share this.....

My band just got #1 for the top ten countdown this week at Link Removed This is also the first week they payed our song "Empty Bottle" I'm pretty darn excited right now.

Wow!!! That is awesome Worship!!! Congratulations!!! What an honor! Soon you'll be a Spector endorsed artist! Haha

 

[cjmodulus]

Wow!!! That is awesome Worship!!! Congratulations!!! What an honor! Soon you'll be a Spector endorsed artist! Haha

+1 to all the above. That's great man!

 

[evanatch]

I had to share this.....

My band just got #1 for the top ten countdown this week at Link Removed This is also the first week they payed our song "Empty Bottle" I'm pretty darn excited right now.

Awesome, congratulations!
You guys deserve it, great stuff.

 

[Pietzsa]

New bass day!!!! Euro5 lx in black cherry matte, black hardware w/tone pump pre, courtesy of Bass Central. I took photos but I think the Spector website pics that Patrick probably took look better.