SPECTOR® Club - Part 26

[bunkaroo]

Pretty easy solder job actually.

Assuming I know what goes where and why, right?

 

[madbassplaya]

Same here. Not a big fan of the EMG BT circuit that was in my CRFM so I put the Haz copy in it and it really woke it up!

I've had the EMG BT Circuit in two of my Spectors. One was my CRFM5 which I sold because it was very "underwhelming" to me. The other was the NS2J-AR that Mr.Bassie now has. That preamp had a great tone and sound in that bass and I liked it quite a bit but in the CRFM5 it was very "anemic" sounding. No balls...just there.

I wish I would've swapped pre's in that 5er.

I really wanna play a Spector with a Tone Pump as I think I would like it much more!

 

[delucajohn2000]

It's one of those nights...The cool breeze, the quiet...contemplation.

I've been playing with this idea for a while and tonight, as the atmosphere and the ambiance were right, I recorded it.

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Everything was recorded with the Spector Forte. On this track, I use ALL of my pedals so the list is: (in no particular order or reason)
Volume Pedal---XXL distortion---Tremolo---Bass Octave---M80-Bass DI---Flanger---Envelope Filter---Carbon Copy Delay---Boss Ge7 EQ.

....If I only had a Whammy pedal

This is 6 layers (4 of which are split channels to Left and Right)
Minimal Compression, no EQ....I'm too tired
It's 3:50am and I've been at it for almost 5 hours now.
I named the track after my Wife

It sounds OK on my headphones, I hope it sounds OK to everyone else.

**drops a Ninja smoke bomb and disappears**

Awesome playing dude!

 

[bassmanc]

man... Carlton.... I miss drooling over those facebook galleries hahah

Where did you get them glossed?

Awww thanks bro!I'm proud of my family!Spector did all the work,I just directed!

 

[steamthief]

I made a sound comparison recording of my Forte with the Haz 9V circuit vs. my Euro 4LX with a Tonepump.

Both basses were recorded with DR Hi Beams.

You will hear that the Tonepump matches up very closely to the the Haz.

I think the Tonepump has slightly less mid range punch and seems to be a bit more "dirty" sounding

Both basses are at about 60-70% bass, 20-30% Treble. (I tried to match them up as close as possible) The Tonepump trim is at about 30-40%

No mix down EQ, just some standard compression on mixdown from Pro Tools.

P.S.
Before you listen, Yes its that same darn riff I always play but I honestly feel this gives a good representation of the tone of the bass.

Forte with Haz
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Euro 4LX with Tonepump
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I wanted to like the Haz over the Tonepump, and assumed I would, but I prefer the latter. To me, the TP has a little more clarity. Thanks for sharing!

 

[bassmanc]

In the process involved in laying down black muslin on the floor in my studio, I have to set everything in the room right next to it.

I wrap the entire room in black. Walls, floor, etc... so I can control the light. Random light sources on an item with a reflective surface is the cause of artifacts in images that prevent you from seeing wood grain. You see a reflection of my shoes or shirt instead of grain. So you've got to shoot these photos in a huge black box.

And from time-to-time I walk into the room where some 25 USA Spector basses sit and I'm just dumbfounded. LOL. So like the total guitar geek I am... I shoot random stupid photos.

Here are a few from my "prep" for the NAMM Basses.

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Note the case with fork-lift shaped punctures in the front. The Sherwood Green Coda is indeed a bass blessed with luck. A careless fork driver drove his forks clear through the case and missed that bass by inches.

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My little family of USA Spectors... my 1996 B.O.B. - The Black Pearl - NS-4 Water Cured Redwood.

USA family?I glad we're cousins!

 

[bassmanc]

+1! I love me some blue!!! Love the quilting on that one! My next Spector but will need to be blue! I really like the mock up that Lima's daughter did on the Forte in blue stain! That is gorgeous!!! I'm thinking maybe I'll look for someone that can restain one of my Forte's in blue.

Matte or gloss finish? What do you all say??? Let me hear from ya!

If your going to do it, go all the way and get gloss!!!!

 

[Trailight]

Very cool vibe! Great job.

Very very nice job on this melodic piece Seventh! All that was missing to make this totally peaceful is some thunder & soft rain. I love how the different sound/tones/effects all put together is so relaxing! Thank you brother for sharing this beautiful arrangement! Kudos! Which strings are you using?

Nice Playing!

Awesome playing dude!

Thanks dudes!

ICE...that is not a bad idea at all!!! I'm going to work on that tonight!
STRINGS?!?! Have you been talking to Sam a lot lately?? HAHA I'm using DR Lo-Riders. They work great with the Forte, Sam agrees so I rest my case

 

[JPSBassist]

It's one of those nights...The cool breeze, the quiet...contemplation.

I've been playing with this idea for a while and tonight, as the atmosphere and the ambiance were right, I recorded it.

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Everything was recorded with the Spector Forte. On this track, I use ALL of my pedals so the list is: (in no particular order or reason)
Volume Pedal---XXL distortion---Tremolo---Bass Octave---M80-Bass DI---Flanger---Envelope Filter---Carbon Copy Delay---Boss Ge7 EQ.

....If I only had a Whammy pedal

This is 6 layers (4 of which are split channels to Left and Right)
Minimal Compression, no EQ....I'm too tired
It's 3:50am and I've been at it for almost 5 hours now.
I named the track after my Wife

It sounds OK on my headphones, I hope it sounds OK to everyone else.

**drops a Ninja smoke bomb and disappears**

WOW! I love this! So mellow and such awesome tone. This is so killer! Can I link this to SpectorCentral?

 

[Trailight]

WOW! I love this! So mellow and such awesome tone. This is so killer! Can I link this to SpectorCentral?

NO!
Kidding, of course you can!
Thank you

 

[LimaGuy]

It's one of those nights...The cool breeze, the quiet...contemplation.

I've been playing with this idea for a while and tonight, as the atmosphere and the ambiance were right, I recorded it.

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Everything was recorded with the Spector Forte. On this track, I use ALL of my pedals so the list is: (in no particular order or reason)
Volume Pedal---XXL distortion---Tremolo---Bass Octave---M80-Bass DI---Flanger---Envelope Filter---Carbon Copy Delay---Boss Ge7 EQ.

....If I only had a Whammy pedal

This is 6 layers (4 of which are split channels to Left and Right)
Minimal Compression, no EQ....I'm too tired
It's 3:50am and I've been at it for almost 5 hours now.
I named the track after my Wife

It sounds OK on my headphones, I hope it sounds OK to everyone else.

**drops a Ninja smoke bomb and disappears**

Sounds amazing. I am looking forward to many more clips from you.

 

[NOLA Bass]

NO!
Kidding, of course you can!
Thank you

Great tones for sure! Nice job!

 

[husky123]

P.S.
Before you listen, Yes its that same darn riff I always play but I honestly feel this gives a good representation of the tone of the bass.
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Are you kidding me? I use your little ditty ALL THE TIME to test different settings. F# right?

 

[chrisloe]

Yes. It's unfortunate, but at the NAMM Show Andy tried to "sway" several Spector artists over to Warwick, which is not cool because he did it by taking underhanded digs at Spector's product quality. Which is silly and VERY unprofessional. And the artists in question were offended enough to come over and say something about it. Which is how I know it happened.

I confronted him, saying it was uncalled for especially considering I had defended him in his move to WW, and he accused me of all sorts of untrue stuff, he gave me the middle finger (verbally) and was generally disrespectful and rude.

So he took his videos down, unfriended me on FB and honestly I'm glad. The guy showed his true colors and I'm horribly disappointed for I thought he was a friend. I was wrong about him.

The new version of Spector Central will have none of his videos and I'm deleting his My Spector Story. It would seem he's the sort of guy that whatever he's doing at the time... whatever equipment he's using... he harks it as "The best in the world" and thus he's got no credibility with me since I've heard him say the same thing over and over across several manufacturers now.

I'd rather not have him associated with SpectorCentral. There are plenty of people out there that say what they mean and mean what they say. I have no desire to promote a spiteful person with a bad attitude. Not being disrespectful. Just calling it like I see it.

You'll never hear me mention that guy again. Happy trails to him.

You, Sir, are a class act.

Just wanted to add something about this.
JPS responded to a post about Andy taking down instructional videos when he was playing Spectors in them. (Which is actually sad since I found them very informative)

JPS is not looking to start a problem, but like all of us we will defend ourselves and our family when attacked. Having someone bad mouth you, your wife or child will get you in fight mode. Spector is his family just like it is for the majority of us in this forum.

I have seen Andy over spam multiple bass pages on Facebook with W stuff.
Right before NAMM, I read many posts from Andy saying something along these lines; “Players of other bass companies should come check out the new W product line.”
He was a bit overdoing it, which he probably did at NAMM also.

When you have battled a life threatening illness in your life, (like JPS, Chrisloe, Myself and others) crap and attitudes in general are not important. All you are really looking for is; peace, harmony and happiness in your life. It’s not about being Mr. Big Shot Endorsee, its about enjoying every day you are alive.

That being said, if you haven’t watched Patrick’s My Spector Story, take a moment to watch it now. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

His story was a major part of me getting my life back on track after my illness. I have heard from others that my own My Spector stories have inspired them. This is what makes people like us happy. This is what Spector does for people.

And on that note, I would really like to see a lot more My Spector Stories coming from players in this forum. Remember you don’t have to have an illness to post a story, just share how much you love your Spectors Hint Hint…..
Remember, when the new SpectorCentral launches soon, The My Spector Stories from Myself, Stjohn1299, Worshiprocker, diechris and Iceboxbass will be right along side the My Spector Story of Doug Wimbish. It doesn’t get any cooler then that.
You know you want yours there too.

Okay, I know I am a little late for this, but I jsut got caught up reading so...

First of all, we all know Andy didn't leave Spector because he had a problem with the product or quality control, he left for the money. I am not blaming him for this, but if you left for the money, just leave and be happy, don't try to make up excuses to make it look like there were other reasons for your leaving, no one thinks less of you for leaving for money, just own it. If he had a problem with the product, he wouldn't have had them design a bass for him as close to a Spector as he could when he got there (I'm pretty sure they already knew how to...)

Second of all, I don't like that he uses something so vague as "They have quality control issues". That just sounds like a talking point that may or may not have been given to him by his new company to discredit other manufacturers without any proof. I would have liked if someone had asked him "Like what specifically?" Because if you have concrete concerns, they could be addressed. If he had said "I have seen electronics on the Euros have lots of problems" or "The fretwork on the Korean stuff is really bad" or "Their Teal Stain looks too awesome and green" - Just kidding John.... (None of these are true, just giving examples) I would have a lot more respect than just a random blanket statement like that. There is a reporter here in Vegas I love, because every time someone says some general statement like that, he never lets them get away with it, he asks for specifics, that is what I am talking about.

Third, every Spector I have owned has never had any quality control issues and if they did, Stewart and PJ are not the kind of people to just say it is your problem, I have every confidence in the Spector Company they would do the right thing. They are playable pieces of art with a lifetime warranty, I doubt they would put that kind of warranty on a product they don't believe in.

Next, lots of us including Patrick wished him nothing but good luck on his new venture, to leave and then pull something like that, All I can say is "you don't go against the family".

I have nothing but respect to Patrick. He is an awesome photographer (Every picture I take of my bass is a copy of a picture I have seen him take) and a great representative for Spector. I know he is a consultant, not a "real" employee of the company, but I hope Stuart and PJ know how well he represents their company on Talkbass and other places (I think they do, which is why he is so involved in the company and has 25 Spectors at his house...). Patrick represents the company with integrity and you can always count on him to get you information you need or want and I am proud to call him a friend.

All I can say is knowing the past business practices of Warwick, they may have found the right guy to represent them.

 

[delucajohn2000]

Are you kidding me? I use your little ditty ALL THE TIME to test different settings. F# right?

Haha, I think he said that because I joked to him one time that I am getting sick of the riff It was when he created 8 sound clips of all the different strings he tried out and I cracked a joke saying I never want to hear that riff again, LOL.

It was all in good fun though and I love the riff so keep on playing it Limaguy.

 

[LimaGuy]

Thanks for posting those! And yes please do keep playing that riff for comparisons! It's sooooo much easier to hear differences when you can compair apples to apples. Gotta do one with the pump @ 18v so we can compair with the haz, & std. Pump ( same riff / settings as the others if I can make a request) please

Tonepump with 18V Mod Added below. I think it may sound even closer now to the Haz.

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Euro 4LX with Tonepump
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Euro 4LX with Tonepump with 18V MOD
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[jarrod cunningham]

As far as Andy and his quality control remark , have any of us ever seen a Spector stamped 2nd ? Hell no ! Cause Stuart wouldn't let it out of the shop !

 

[Mr.Bassie720]

We all know that JPS represents Spector with honesty, integrity and hard work, but so does Limaguy! Stuart and PJ please recognize. Sam should get an nice discount on his next Spector purchase and a special Limaguy inlay at the 12th fret.

 

[Mr.Bassie720]

As far as Andy and his quality control remark , have any of us ever seen a Spector stamped 2nd ? Hell no ! Cause Stuart wouldn't let it out of the shop !

No BS there! Ya know I was going to checkout Andy on his clinic tour. Was is the key word.

 

[worshiprocker]

We all know that JPS represents Spector with honesty, integrity and hard work, but so does Limaguy! Stuart and PJ please recognize. Sam should get an nice discount on his next Spector purchase and a special Limaguy inlay at the 12th fret.

+1000000000