SPECTOR® Club - Part 26

[chrisloe]

I have a 40p5. I tried in in the place of one of my DCs. One nice thing is that if your spector has quick connects on the pickups, you can switch between the various flavors without much trouble. A couple of minutes and a screwdriver.

I just noticed they are the same size, this is really a cool idea!

 

[grendle]

It's worth what someone is willing to pay. But yes.
Some of the modern Woodstock models which sell for $6K-$8K brand new have brought $5K used.

It just depends. And I'd be willing to pay a nice sum for an authentic, all original 1983 Brooklyn with the Leo Quan, neck inlays and white (aka Sting Bass).

I think the newer basses are worth more than the older ones. The woods used now and the improvements made over the years are huge. The basses back then were a plain but had the magic.

 

[bunkaroo]

Ok so on the P/J discussion for the 5-string, one could basically put a 40P in the neck position and a 40J in the bridge position and get close to what a typical Spector 4-string P/J sounds like? Is the neck humbucker on a Euro 5 in the same place as the split P on a Euro 4?

I have a 40p5. I tried in in the place of one of my DCs. One nice thing is that if your spector has quick connects on the pickups, you can switch between the various flavors without much trouble. A couple of minutes and a screwdriver.

Does the quick connect refer to the three pins on he bottom of the pickup pictured on the EMG site? If so, how does that work if you were to connect these to a Euro with TW's? Would pulling out the knobs do anything at that point since the pickups aren't single/dual?

Right now both my Euro 5 and Euro 6 have TW's so I am very interested in switching the pickups on one of them for some more variety. If I can do this without soldering which I have not done before that would be awesome.

 

[grendle]

So forgive the dumb question, these are P and J pickups in a humbucker casing so you could have basically P and J sounds (Pickups) for a 5 or 6 string?

Very Interesting....

Exactly. 4/5/6 string PJ in the DC case.

 

[grendle]

I just noticed they are the same size, this is really a cool idea!

You guys are just figuring this out? Lol. Yes they are direct replacements for DC's. I think the TW's will need the wireing altered slightly.

 

[NOLA Bass]

I think the newer basses are worth more than the older ones. The woods used now and the improvements made over the years are huge. The basses back then were a plain but had the magic.

I thought I'd never sell my 83 Brooklyn with the Leo Quan bridge. I sold it after getting my 2008 NS4. I also sold my 2005 Euro 4lx with bubinga top. Quite honestly, my NS4 just smoked all the others I have owned in the tone department.

 

[JPSBassist]

So was the ultra amber 5 string with the maple fretboard at NAMM in tube quilt or regular? Where did that bass end up?

AAAA Tube Quilt.

Bass Central has it.

 

[Jaymi]

I am enjoying the high quality photos I keep seeing...

 

[bunkaroo]

You guys are just figuring this out? Lol. Yes they are direct replacements for DC's. I think the TW's will need the wireing altered slightly.

Dang that's what I was afraid of. I don't have anything against the TW's but I don't use the single coil mode so it's kind of a waste for me. Maybe I'll put DC's in the 6 and the P and J in the 5.

 

[connected2aj]

Ok so on the P/J discussion for the 5-string, one could basically put a 40P in the neck position and a 40J in the bridge position and get close to what a typical Spector 4-string P/J sounds like? Is the neck humbucker on a Euro 5 in the same place as the split P on a Euro 4?

Does the quick connect refer to the three pins on he bottom of the pickup pictured on the EMG site? If so, how does that work if you were to connect these to a Euro with TW's? Would pulling out the knobs do anything at that point since the pickups aren't single/dual?

Right now both my Euro 5 and Euro 6 have TW's so I am very interested in switching the pickups on one of them for some more variety. If I can do this without soldering which I have not done before that would be awesome.

Buckaroo, I swapped out my DCs in my Forte X for the PJ set, and it does sound more like my 2 Kramers. I still have the Aguilar in there, so it's not identical, but it is punchier now for sure.

 

[connected2aj]

And yes they pop right in.

 

[rockstarbassist]

I thought I'd never sell my 83 Brooklyn with the Leo Quan bridge. I sold it after getting my 2008 NS4. I also sold my 2005 Euro 4lx with bubinga top. Quite honestly, my NS4 just smoked all the others I have owned in the tone department.

Pretty much this.
I loved my '85 Brooklyn but once I got Brownie (and she's "only" a mid 90's SSD-era model) there was no contest, to be quite honest.

 

[bunkaroo]

Buckaroo, I swapped out my DCs in my Forte X for the PJ set, and it does sound more like my 2 Kramers. I still have the Aguilar in there, so it's not identical, but it is punchier now for sure.

Cool thanks. Sounds like going from TW to PJ is a little trickier. I'm looking at the EMG wiring schematics now for each pickup to see if I can make heads or tails of it.

 

[JPSBassist]

Pretty much this.
I loved my '85 Brooklyn but once I got Brownie (and she's "only" a mid 90's SSD-era model) there was no contest, to be quite honest.

I have to admit that between the Kramers and Brooklyns I have played and the newer models... The Black Pearl, my NS-4 and the numerous modern NS-2's I've shot photos of... the newer basses without question are superior.

For me it's the nostalgia and the fact that the older models do feel different (even if the tonal differences are minimal).

But without a doubt the modern models are superior. As I've heard PJ Rubal say, "This is the golden age of Spector".

 

[JPSBassist]

Some cool news...

PJ and I talked a little while ago and he told me that the ARC6 I ordered last fall will be ready in Mid to Late March.

My Birthday is March 22nd... so that's going to be a killer B-Day present if I get it around that time.

Can't wait!!!

It'll look like the attached image. Which is a PhotoShop mock up I did of it. And yes, to my knowledge it WILL have the crown inlays and be the first ARC6 to have them.

 

[Juan Lauda]

I'm drooling over the woodgrains and finishes on some of the newer models, but I'm still crazy about my original '86 early Brooklyn era NS-2. I'd like to join the club!

 

[chrisloe]

You guys are just figuring this out? Lol. Yes they are direct replacements for DC's. I think the TW's will need the wireing altered slightly.

Sorry man, just never paid attention before...

 

[chrisloe]

Some cool news...

PJ and I talked a little while ago and he told me that the ARC6 I ordered last fall will be ready in Mid to Late March.

My Birthday is March 22nd... so that's going to be a killer B-Day present if I get it around that time.

Can't wait!!!

It'll look like the attached image. Which is a PhotoShop mock up I did of it. And yes, to my knowledge it WILL have the crown inlays and be the first ARC6 to have them.

Super Cool, especially with that Bigsby!

 

[iceboxbass]

Wow! I like that line! I just text my band and told them to let me know if they want to do it!

No clue on the sound except what others have posted but it sounds clean enough for me to do on a Spector growl for now....

You're welcome! Great song!

 

[loend68]

Some cool news...

PJ and I talked a little while ago and he told me that the ARC6 I ordered last fall will be ready in Mid to Late March.

My Birthday is March 22nd... so that's going to be a killer B-Day present if I get it around that time.

Can't wait!!!

It'll look like the attached image. Which is a PhotoShop mock up I did of it. And yes, to my knowledge it WILL have the crown inlays and be the first ARC6 to have them.

Wow! That's great! Love the Bigsby!