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SPECTOR® Club - Part 30

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#283
worshiprocker said:
Your ns2a sounded better than the Ian Hill? That is interesting
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Yeap....Thing about Euros is some sound great (Lennys') and some not so much but you can get them for a relatively good price. NS2's ALL sound good but your going to pay top dollar. To me Lenny's Euro stands toe to toe against any US model but the other Wimbish and Ian Hill I had not so much....basically in my opinion a Euro is like a getting a scratch ticket, you might get lucky you might not.
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#285
JeffplaysBass said:
Yeap....Thing about Euros is some sound great (Lennys') and some not so much but you can get them for a relatively good price. NS2's ALL sound good but your going to pay top dollar. To me Lenny's Euro stands toe to toe against any US model but the other Wimbish and Ian Hill I had not so much....basically in my opinion a Euro is like a getting a scratch ticket, you might get lucky you might not.
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Well hopefully I scratch A winner today !!!!!!!!:bassist:
 
#286
thisSNsucks said:
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?
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I've had an Ian Hill sig a year ago...loved it! A great Bass! I've not had a Euro 4LX so I can't compare the two but the IH is solid maple wings NT, and amazingly light.
It produces monsterous tones! That'd be one Euro I wouldn't hesitate to buy again! :bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist:
 
#287
LimaGuy said:
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.
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I felt it was thinner than the NS-2A Kramer era I had. The IH's neck is a fast neck! Very comfortable!
 
#288
JPSBassist said:
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.

:D 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.
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Congratulations JPS!!! :hyper: Just 2 days ago I was thinking about the USA NS-2 Wimbish model! LOL But it'll be a while before I order another bass. haha. I'm reeeeaaalllly lovin the dickins out of my new Forte 5 right now! Amazing bass!!!

I concur on the IH neck thickness. I'm glad that you backed it up with measurements. My new Forte 5 neck front to back thickness reminds me a lot of the IH's neck thickness. I'll have to take some measurements. I still can't get over the fact that you can have the G sting down to within .5mm at the 12th fret and not buzz or clack! Awesomeness!:bassist:
 
#291
does anyone know if the Coda 5 basses have the graphite supports in the neck? I was looking on the website and I didn't see it listed....if I'm blind, please point me in the right direction!

has anyone played one??? I cannot find one locally to try...
 
#300
sumgruuvz said:
stupid question, but how does everyone break in their new strings?
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Honestly, I just play the crap out of 'em. The strings I use (D'addario nickels) usually retain a good amount of their new brightness for about 2 weeks before they settle in. I'm sure there's other methods to speed up the process, but I'm not familiar with any of them.
 
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