SPECTOR® Club - Part 30

[grendle]

Cool. I'd have never thought of that approach. Now you've got me second thinking my setup and different approaches to getting different sounds. I'll have to mess with one of my less used basses and see how I like that kind of a set up. Thanks for the not so traditional advice. The Spector clan is great.

If your already set up low, 1/2 to 3/4 of a turn on the saddles should get ya there.

 

[Trailight]

I was always looking for that slight bit of not quite distortion, not quite overdrive, but just grit and I never could find it. Always thought it was the amp or a bit of distortion. I always set my basses up low but without any buzz before. I tried that and it was just the ticket. There's a decent window there on the action too. Acoustic buzz does not directly translate as to what's comming out of the amp. Another + for the ampeg 810 is that fret buzz works really nicely with the roll off of the cab on the highend. The spectors will handle quite a bit of buzz before it really comes through amplified as well. Sometimes you gotta throw the book out the window lol.

Well said and agreed 100%.
Question for you...How hard do you hit your strings?
Say from 1 to 10. One being stupid soft, featherlike and ten being a very aggressive hit, almost whack like

 

[Evil Undead]

Hey Evil - the A string on my REX5 is about 1mm above the 12 fret.

Hi G!

Wow that's low!

 

[SevenDayBass]

Hey guys. I'm looking for a gold Schaller tuner (bass side) for my euro4lx. If anyone has one that they can part with please send me a message. Might also be interested in a gold hipshot extender.

 

[iceboxbass]

Yeah, lower than most of my other basses. I don't know what strings are on it but they are tight and the pickups sit high so I can play with a real light touch and still get plenty of growl and punch. Unfortunately my B string is closer to 2mm off the 12th fret and any lower creates a little fret buzz around the 9th fret which, to solve, starts the whole tail chase with adjusting neck relief, nut cut, saddle height, intonation...
So for now I'm very happy with the low set up and fast neck. I don't use my B string more than about 10% to 20% of the time anyway so all is good, at least until I change my strings. Wish I knew what strings are on this thing, I like 'em.

I just measured my Forte 5 B & G strings at 12th fret. I knew these strings are the lowest action I've had on any of my basses but I didn't figure this low! Measure 4 times to make sure...B string 1mm...G string .5 mm! I'm using GHS black Tapewounds strings.
I really like how these strings are not as tight as the GHS Precision SS FW strings. I'm sold on these so far!

This is a pretty straightforward Rebop tone - but it sounds great to some old school funk like Cameo

Bass line Cameo: Roller Skates - YouTube

Dude...that's some cool funkiness song! Loved it!
Best I've heard from a ReBop!

NICE! Glad to hear that people are on the same page!

This his how I like my strings to buzz:
SPECTOR NS-2 - YouTube

On my NS-2 and Forte, the buzz is pretty much even across the fretboard. I keep my neck almost dead straight!

Very nice sound! Nice grit!

 

[Trailight]

B string 1mm...G string .5 mm!

HOOOOLLY!!!!! .5mm on the G? Wow! That's some CRAZY low action!
I am WAY WAY high then! haha!

 

[dukeisdog]

NICE! Glad to hear that people are on the same page!

This his how I like my strings to buzz:
SPECTOR NS-2 - YouTube

On my NS-2 and Forte, the buzz is pretty much even across the fretboard. I keep my neck almost dead straight!

Thats the tone I love to hear everytime I power my rig on. Great ballsy trebly Spector tone

 

[FunkySpoo]

Tell me something, Spector guys. How high is your action at the 12th fret?

Preferably in mm

3/32 at the 12th fret which if my math is right 3/32 is 0.9375 which is 2.38 millimeters. Roughly

 

[bassmanc]

Anyone want a USA 5 string bridge?

 

[jnumme]

Get my brand new matte black euro lx 4 tomorrow I cant wait . Gonna have to slap sum cobalts on her I think and let it eat . Sorry to my neighbors in advance.

 

[GBassNorth]

Here's an interesting find for Spector fans in the Chicago area. Not mine, not anyone I know, just passing it on since I live in the Cincinnati area and I don't do Craigslist unless I can meet the seller face to face in the local police station parking lot for the transaction.
Now if the seller just happens to be someone here on TB I'd be interested in a PM.
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[husky123]

Here's an interesting find for Spector fans in the Chicago area. Not mine, not anyone I know, just passing it on since I live in the Cincinnati area and I don't do Craigslist unless I can meet the seller face to face in the local police station parking lot for the transaction.
Now if the seller just happens to be someone here on TB I'd be interested in a PM.
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Nice!!!

 

[chrisloe]

Did you ever get that bridge installed?
We may still have to get together for a stable wide tune-up.

Not yet, still not even unwrapped from Spector...

Turned My truss rod all the way I could without maybe breaking it, the bass is playable now, so thanks guys!

thats a nice set up chris!

Thanks man, really digging it!!

 

[sumgruuvz]

The M-80 is a beast. I used to have the Sansamp DI, but traded it for the M-80. I use it on with the distortion blend for some dirt and it gives me a LOT that UMMMMPFFFFFFF!

I'm going to make a video for John soon for tone demo with the M-80 blended with the Tech-21 XXL

i agree. i love that thing. nice with the vid. that will rock.

 

[husky123]

I liked my M80 too but the ONLY thing that bugged me was they auto kicked the mid-scoop in when you turned on the distortion. Annoying....well maybe not it you like that tone.

 

[thisSNsucks]

Hey guys,

So I'm very close to pulling the trigger on my first Spector but I have one more question:

I was dead set on a Euro 4LX but then I stumbled upon the Ian Hill Signature Model. I kind of like the fact that it seems like a closer representation to the old NS model just based on the neck shape.

There's not a whole lot of reviews about the Ian Hill Signature so I was wondering what you guys felt about them. Are they worth it over the standard 4LX?

 

[LimaGuy]

Hey guys,

So I'm very close to pulling the trigger on my first Spector but I have one more question:

I was dead set on a Euro 4LX but then I stumbled upon the Ian Hill Signature Model. I kind of like the fact that it seems like a closer representation to the old NS model just based on the neck shape.

There's not a whole lot of reviews about the Ian Hill Signature so I was wondering what you guys felt about them. Are they worth it over the standard 4LX?

The Ian Hill Signature will be the same as a Euro 4LX with a thinner (front to back) neck.

There are 2 members in this forum that owned the same Ian Hill bass. One said the neck was really thin the other said...ah...not so thin.

I haven't played a Ian Hill so I can't give you a comparison but a Euro 4LX neck is thick but not super thick and IMHO its very comfortable.

Either way I think you will be very satisfied with either neck.

 

[JPSBassist]

The Ian Hill Signature will be the same as a Euro 4LX with a thinner (front to back) neck.

There are 2 members in this forum that owned the same Ian Hill bass. One said the neck was really thin the other said...ah...not so thin.

I haven't played a Ian Hill so I can't give you a comparison but a Euro 4LX neck is thick but not super thick and IMHO its very comfortable.

Either way I think you will be very satisfied with either neck.

You know the funny thing about the Ian Hill model is that it's really a typical Kramer-Era neck. Because the guitars made in Brooklyn and at Kramer didn't have the Carbon Fiber supports, the necks could be thinner front to back.

The thing about the Ian Hill (and I've played several, there's always one available at NAMM at the Spector booth to demo) is that for those of us with NS-2A basses, the neck is perhaps a mm or two at most thinner than the typical NS-2A neck.

That's what the measurements I've taken show. The most important thing to take away from this is that of all of the guitars I have, the NS-2, NS-4, Euro4LX, Euro5LX (we can't include the B.O.B. bass in this because as a bolt-on it's got a much thinner neck profile than the NT models)...
Of those basses mentioned above, my NS-2A has the thinnest front-to-back neck thickness/profile. So shave another one or two millimeters off of it and you have the Ian Hill models.

Even my Alex Webster, which has a thinner neck than they typical Euro5LX, has a thinner front to back profile than The Black Pearl.

To be honest I don't really notice the thickness of this or that neck... the bigger variable for me has been when I move to a bass with the 1.5" nut and string spacing.

To this day I still say my favorite neck profile to date has been the one found on the NS-2JA-R. I love, love, love the necks on those basses. And they have a 1.56" nut.

I played a Euro4LX Doug Wimbish at NAMM and really thought the neck felt great. So I'm excited to have ordered a USA NS-2 Doug Wimbish Signature Model today. PJ put the order in today.

It looks to be a cool/unique as The Black Pearl. So I'm really stoked about that. More to come as it is being built.

 

[JPSBassist]

Matt DiRito of Pop Evil just got his "Monkey Wrench" Legend 4X custom bass finished and delivered.

More to come on this once I have the info on it. It's pretty wicked looking!

 

[JeffplaysBass]

The Ian Hill Signature will be the same as a Euro 4LX with a thinner (front to back) neck.

There are 2 members in this forum that owned the same Ian Hill bass. One said the neck was really thin the other said...ah...not so thin.

I haven't played a Ian Hill so I can't give you a comparison but a Euro 4LX neck is thick but not super thick and IMHO its very comfortable.

Either way I think you will be very satisfied with either neck.

The Ian Hill I had was much thicker profile than my Brooklyn and Ns2a's. The Brooklyn and the Ns2a's are almost identical thickness. The latter basses sounded better too even after installing a US-Haz in the Ian Hill.