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SPECTOR® Club - Part 37

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This may be a common trick for some, but I learned with 5 strings, especially 34" scale, it's best to run the low B thru the body and top load the others. It gives it a bit of extra tension that helps the lower notes speak.

It is def nice to have options tho! :)
 
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Jaymi said:
And it looks like the Teal Monster is going North east for some fun and games, eh basstovsky?
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:D
Seriously, this is the bass I've been looking for since I first started reading into the Spector club.
How long ago is that? Spector club PART 3 back in 2009 or so.... long time!

I missed out on one that showed up on ebay right after I bought my NS20004 (which I mainly bought because I had given up on finding "that" NS-2A)
which has become an awesome bass and my main gigging instrument but not quite the same... at least I put a haz-copy in it. :bassist:

Sometime at the end of next week will be NBD for me!

I think the only thing I might change is the pickups, but staying passive, I might love the spector pickups so no definites.
I have a set of oolllldd Dimarzio model P-Js (cream colored with the 'patent applied for' sticker on them) which I believe were the same type of pickups used in the very first NS-2 basses that I might swap in place of the stock Spector pickups. How cool would that be to have it sound that close to the original NS-2 basses!
 
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Basstovsky said:
:D
Seriously, this is the bass I've been looking for since I first started reading into the Spector club.
How long ago is that? Spector club PART 3 back in 2009 or so.... long time!

I missed out on one that showed up on ebay right after I bought my NS20004 (which I mainly bought because I had given up on finding "that" NS-2A)
which has become an awesome bass and my main gigging instrument but not quite the same... at least I put a haz-copy in it. :bassist:

Sometime at the end of next week will be NBD for me!

I think the only thing I might change is the pickups, but staying passive, I might love the spector pickups so no definites.
I have a set of oolllldd Dimarzio model P-Js (cream colored with the 'patent applied for' sticker on them) which I believe were the same type of pickups used in the very first NS-2 basses that I might swap in place of the stock Spector pickups. How cool would that be to have it sound that close to the original NS-2 basses!
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Congratulations on the NS-2A! Sweet bass!
 
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delucajohn2000 said:
No but after seeing this video, I really want to try one out.

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Having played one at a GC I can tell you the guy in that video is using a LOT of EQ and effects after the actual bass signal.

The EMG hz pickup has its own passive volume and tone, and the piezo bridge has its own volume with a fishman one-knob EQ.

The EMG-hz pickup and where it is placed gives it a kind of "woody" P-bass kinda tone, a bit scooped but with some low-mid grunt. The Piezo really needs you to use the "EQ" knob to dial it in, because it can sound very harsh soloed.

Blended together however is where the instrument shines, you can roll off the tone on the passive pickup and blend in the Piezo to bring in high end clarity from picking up the actual vibrations of the instrument, and can get some really cool tones this way. Or vice-versa.

I think the piezo sounds bad when soloed, but YMMV, it does sound good when properly blended, and honestly using effects and a good amount of EQ on your amp can get some really cool tones like that video.

I personally didn't pick it up because #1 it was really beat up and there were issues with the output jack, and #2 I wanted a hollowbody that you can play without amplification, and hear it MORE than you would playing a regular electric bass without plugging it in, and this doesn't do it, the semi-hollow chamber is a bit small.
 
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Basstovsky said:
Having played one at a GC I can tell you the guy in that video is using a LOT of EQ and effects after the actual bass signal.

The EMG hz pickup has its own passive volume and tone, and the piezo bridge has its own volume with a fishman one-knob EQ.

The EMG-hz pickup and where it is placed gives it a kind of "woody" P-bass kinda tone, a bit scooped but with some low-mid grunt. The Piezo really needs you to use the "EQ" knob to dial it in, because it can sound very harsh soloed.

Blended together however is where the instrument shines, you can roll off the tone on the passive pickup and blend in the Piezo to bring in high end clarity from picking up the actual vibrations of the instrument, and can get some really cool tones this way. Or vice-versa.

I think the piezo sounds bad when soloed, but YMMV, it does sound good when properly blended, and honestly using effects and a good amount of EQ on your amp can get some really cool tones like that video.

I personally didn't pick it up because #1 it was really beat up and there were issues with the output jack, and #2 I wanted a hollowbody that you can play without amplification, and hear it MORE than you would playing a regular electric bass without plugging it in, and this doesn't do it, the semi-hollow chamber is a bit small.
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Great review!
 
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