SPECTOR® Club - Part 49

[cableguy]

Nicely put! And will do!!



Thanks man, and once I am back, I am planning to do a hike up Baker in August! You're welcome to join! Base camp Spector jam session!

That might be cool Omar. Although I have heard you play so it would be more like bass lesson with spectors at the base of Baker.

Wax on Wax off Spector master.......

 

[brotherbassj]

Mandatory daily post-I went to a new GC opening last night in my town. We now have 2 stores in the Richmond VA area! I can't begin to tell you how disappointed I was in the bass selection They need to stock Spector......I'm pretty sure they did a few years back?

Can anyone shed some light on why Guitar Center does not carry the Spector line?

 

[tomydacat]

Jamie.. Seth told me a while ago but I can remember .. I think it had something to do with another store in town... but not certain..

 

[Clearwave]

There was a similar situation a couple of weeks ago. I'm gonna give you a suggestion similar to the one our friend Patrick gave then.

Sometimes when installing new strings, the entire length of the string can get a little twisted. this can cause a string to sound dead. Simply loosen the string, and hopefully it will begin to untwist. Tune it back up and see what happens.

I've had this happen with my bass a few times. I hope this helps you.

Figured I'd ask you guys this, since you're generally a great help.

I put a set of GHS Precision Flats (Long+ scale 45-65-85-105-126) on my 2006 Spector Rebop 5DLX.

I love the tone of the EADG strings, and can finally turn up the TonePump EQ a bit without it getting harsh on the highs. BUT the B string is lacking root definition & sustain. It just feels dead & thunky. It's not floppy, though. My previous strings (DR Black Beauties) weren't like this.
The fat part of the string is just at the point where it's touching the post (just how the string sits due to length) , and it seems to be seated in the nut correctly. The bridge angle hasn't changed, and it's seated well there, too. Would a shorter B string that doesn't make contact with the post solve the issue?

Any suggestions? I'd really hate to be out cash on a set of strings just because the B isn't working out.

 

[Clearwave]

Mandatory daily post-I went to a new GC opening last night in my town. We now have 2 stores in the Richmond VA area! I can't begin to tell you how disappointed I was in the bass selection They need to stock Spector......I'm pretty sure they did a few years back?

Can anyone shed some light on why Guitar Center does not carry the Spector line?

The closest Spector dealer to me is in Atlanta, that is 4 hours away and they only have about 3 Spectors at a time.

I can't believe they don't have a dealer in Nashville.

Even the gas stations sell basses in "music city"........
not really....

 

[smadder]

The closest Spector dealer to me is in Atlanta, that is 4 hours away and they only have about 3 Spectors at a time.

I can't believe they don't have a dealer in Nashville.

Even the gas stations sell basses in "music city"........
not really....

Yeah, the Atlanta Bass Gallery does carry them. Jim will order models at NAMM every winter, but they aren't big movers around here for some reason. I think because locally, not a whole lot of guys use them, and often the models he gets in will sit for almost a year sometimes without moving. There was a US bolt-on 6 fretless once, and instead of painted, filler, or laminate wood for lines, it used fret metal on a flame maple board . I had never seen anything like it and to date, it was the most comfortable and responsive fretless I've ever felt and the neck profile was so easy to use - worlds different than the Forte 5 I had briefly.

He also had one a that was the twin to Sam's recent red quilt NS-2. And it sat there on the rack forever. I asked Jim about it once and he said that If a good used Euro comes it, even those take a while to move sometimes. And this is a shop that doesn't let stuff sit and warp or dry out; everything gets cared for and checked. And if a customer picks one up and it isn't set up right, he (or Darren) will grab it and tweak it so you can try it.

Bit of a tangent (you Steve? no way!) but basically they just don't sell in the Atl as much as Jazz-style,, P-style and J/MM-style and various combinations of those bolt-ons do.

Jim is a tremendously good guy and will try to get stuff in if requested, but the Spectors don't sell like they do at BC and Todd's GH joint, so it's kind of not his slot.

Next time you're in the area Clearwave give me a shout !

 

[brotherbassj]

BTW.........i made it unscathed through the GC grand opening (no impulse buys, although a couple mics intrigued me). However, apparently I am going to buy my son a guitar today............ugh. Lost another bassist........however he does like the black matte Spector Euro of mine!

Oh yes, and the bass in my avatar is going to Cali..........and my red rebop five got traded to a great musician in Cali that is getting ready to go out with one of the guitar greats!

SO maybe there is another Spector in my future..........???

 

[tomydacat]

AWESOME NEWS JAMIE..Glad you sold that awesome bass .. what about that red wick?? and that rebop was a steller one for sure.. AND THE MATT BLACK is gorgeous ..keeper right there...

 

[bassgiant15]

Completed my rig....finally!

From last nights practice.

 

[delucajohn2000]

BTW.........i made it unscathed through the GC grand opening (no impulse buys, although a couple mics intrigued me). However, apparently I am going to buy my son a guitar today............ugh. Lost another bassist........however he does like the black matte Spector Euro of mine!

Oh yes, and the bass in my avatar is going to Cali..........and my red rebop five got traded to a great musician in Cali that is getting ready to go out with one of the guitar greats!

SO maybe there is another Spector in my future..........???

Sweet! Glad you were able to finally sell that bass Jamie. And don't worry about your son wanting to play guitar. I went through that with my daughter and after like a year or so, she decided she wanted to play bass instead so now there is no interest in guitar at all.

 

[e.rich]

BTW.........i made it unscathed through the GC grand opening (no impulse buys, although a couple mics intrigued me). However, apparently I am going to buy my son a guitar today............ugh. Lost another bassist........however he does like the black matte Spector Euro of mine!

Spector does make guitars, ya know. Actually, the ARC6 that I bought for my son is great. I just swapped out the tuners, put on some decent knobs, and got it set up correctly. All in, I think it set me back about $300, and it's infinitely more playable than 95% of the dreck that you find at the local GC.

 

[Christian Waiau]

Completed my rig....finally!

From last nights practice.

how do you like that power amp with your bass set up?

my guitarist used one for his axefx live... but ive never got around to using a bass preamp with it

 

[e.rich]

Question for Team Spector. Sorry, this has probably been covered in older threads but does anyone have any experience with Grover tuners? I'm looking to swap out some gold for black and strangely, they're kind of hard to come by with the mounting screw on the bottom. These look like they would work:

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Or a comparable replacement tuner. I'm not that picky. I just don't want to have to drill new holes to mount them.

This if for an early Euro4, btw.

 

[Christian Waiau]

However, apparently I am going to buy my son a guitar today............ugh. Lost another bassist........

dont worry... my dad plays bass... when i started learning music i went with guitar first.. then my dad started giving lessons to my cousin and i was at that cocky phase(possibly because of all the guitar playing ) and decided if my cousin can do it.. i can do it better ..long story short, i never put down the bass and my cousin plays acoustic guitar

 

[Christian Waiau]

Question for Team Spector. Sorry, this has probably been covered in older threads but does anyone have any experience with Grover tuners? I'm looking to swap out some gold for black and strangely, they're kind of hard to come by with the mounting screw on the bottom. These look like they would work:

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Or a comparable replacement tuner. I'm not that picky. I just don't want to have to drill new holes to mount them.

This if for an early Euro4, btw.

im not sure if it'll match....

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[bassgiant15]

how do you like that power amp with your bass set up?

my guitarist used one for his axefx live... but ive never got around to using a bass preamp with it

It's actually really nice. Plenty of power, and as a bonus I plan on trying out my axe fx with it as well. It sounded killer last night.

 

[e.rich]

Thanks, Chris. That's exactly why I asked. Will the Gotoh ones drop in? (Grover just happened to be the first ones that I found via Google.)

 

[JeffplaysBass]

Yeah, the Atlanta Bass Gallery does carry them. Jim will order models at NAMM every winter, but they aren't big movers around here for some reason. I think because locally, not a whole lot of guys use them, and often the models he gets in will sit for almost a year sometimes without moving. There was a US bolt-on 6 fretless once, and instead of painted, filler, or laminate wood for lines, it used fret metal on a flame maple board . I had never seen anything like it and to date, it was the most comfortable and responsive fretless I've ever felt and the neck profile was so easy to use - worlds different than the Forte 5 I had briefly.

He also had one a that was the twin to Sam's recent red quilt NS-2. And it sat there on the rack forever. I asked Jim about it once and he said that If a good used Euro comes it, even those take a while to move sometimes. And this is a shop that doesn't let stuff sit and warp or dry out; everything gets cared for and checked. And if a customer picks one up and it isn't set up right, he (or Darren) will grab it and tweak it so you can try it.

Bit of a tangent (you Steve? no way!) but basically they just don't sell in the Atl as much as Jazz-style,, P-style and J/MM-style and various combinations of those bolt-ons do.

Jim is a tremendously good guy and will try to get stuff in if requested, but the Spectors don't sell like they do at BC and Todd's GH joint, so it's kind of not his slot.

Next time you're in the area Clearwave give me a shout !

Sam's twin NS2 sat for months???...He should advertise on Talkbass. That bass would have been gone in 24 hrs...GUARANTEED!!!

 

[JeffplaysBass]

BTW.........i made it unscathed through the GC grand opening (no impulse buys, although a couple mics intrigued me). However, apparently I am going to buy my son a guitar today............ugh. Lost another bassist........however he does like the black matte Spector Euro of mine!

Oh yes, and the bass in my avatar is going to Cali..........and my red rebop five got traded to a great musician in Cali that is getting ready to go out with one of the guitar greats!

SO maybe there is another Spector in my future..........???

Spector in future, that's what I am talking about!......

 

[LimaGuy]

Question for Team Spector. Sorry, this has probably been covered in older threads but does anyone have any experience with Grover tuners? I'm looking to swap out some gold for black and strangely, they're kind of hard to come by with the mounting screw on the bottom. These look like they would work:

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Or a comparable replacement tuner. I'm not that picky. I just don't want to have to drill new holes to mount them.

This if for an early Euro4, btw.

This is still the big mystery but as far as I understand the Schaller M4s are the replacements but I have only seen them with the screws on the side. Except for the ones that come on the Euro series which are screws down. But this seems to be a OEM version used in the Czech shop.

If you decide to go with Gotoh's instead of the schallers I think you will need to route the holes bigger based on this diagram.