I hear good things about TI flats also![]()
GHS Precision Flats are awesome, too! Love them on my Rebop 5DLX
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I hear good things about TI flats also![]()
Last Tuesday I bought a 1989 NS-2A. Holy cow, I'm in love. I can't stop playing this thing. My wife thinks it's funny. Originally red, beautifully refinished in natural matte. New EMGs and BQC system. Hipshot D-tuner. I will attempt to attach a picture.
I love the Sadowsky flats. They are not dull or lifeless at all.
I've gone the opposite approach from the big rig I've scaled it down to a custom pedalboard and IEM's. I get a great tone still and setup time is 5 minutes. Hidden underneath is a Countryman DI.
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Steve,
So here's my thoughts. I would test 4 amps through one particular cabinet using a Spector Euro with DCs and the USA Spector 18 volt pre. I would prefer my Bergantino NV215. For fun I could also try a passive pbass, since I have no passive Spector.
Ideally that is what I would do. It involves going to storage and getting two road cases of equipment and bringing them back to my living room (wife isn't going to be happy) and taking the time of running them all through various tests.......volume......candle test.....etc. And then write notes based on my ears and what I hear. So setup time is going to take a while and I WILL do it............but it wont be tomorrow with my two fulltime jobs! LOL
So.......I will do this test/battle/amp head war over Christmas break which starts December 20th for me..........so expect something that week! Ok? I WANT to do this because I personally WANT to KNOW.......yippee!![]()

kevinsbass said:Last Tuesday I bought a 1989 NS-2A. Holy cow, I'm in love. I can't stop playing this thing. My wife thinks it's funny. Originally red, beautifully refinished in natural matte. New EMGs and BQC system. Hipshot D-tuner. I will attempt to attach a picture.
Last Tuesday I bought a 1989 NS-2A. Holy cow, I'm in love. I can't stop playing this thing. My wife thinks it's funny. Originally red, beautifully refinished in natural matte. New EMGs and BQC system. Hipshot D-tuner. I will attempt to attach a picture.
I'm wanting a hollowbody that has the same feeling as my spector, any ideas? my spector is the cheap china made spector pro from way back when.
Sam,
I need your advice on flats, have you ever tried them with Spectors? I'm not big fan of flats but I'm looking for some strings to strung my fretless with. The reason I'd try flats is that I don't want roundwounds to "eat" fretless fingerboard. I know that flats won't damage it as rounds. When I had my fretless Pedulla Buzz I strung it with La Bella black nylon tape wounds, but although the feel was perfect the tone was dull and actually, "flat" (maybe because of bass itself not strings?)... If there's any other options apart from flats that you would recommend for fretless?
Nice! I know how you feel! I bought a '87 NS2A about a week and a half ago and after getting it up to snuff, I gigged it this past weekend! Simply wonderful bass! Mine still has the stock pups and Korean HazLab and it just growls! how does yours sound with the EMG setup in it?
Has anyone refinished their Rebop DLX? I'm trying to figure out what my Black Cherry Burst 2006 would look like with no finish.
Mike (Fat240) has taken a plain rebop five and is staining it green........paging Coop..........we need recent pictures!
. And then, you know... afterwards as well, just in case it went to someone I missed before their audition Someone mentioned the NS2a prototype? I haven't showed this off in a while.Beautiful! Aside from Clearwave's prototype, I've never seen a naked NS2A. It's a very unique and cool looking Spector.
Last Tuesday I bought a 1989 NS-2A. Holy cow, I'm in love. I can't stop playing this thing. My wife thinks it's funny. Originally red, beautifully refinished in natural matte. New EMGs and BQC system. Hipshot D-tuner. I will attempt to attach a picture.