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SPECTOR® Club - Part 52

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keeperofthelows said:
thank you for your prayers and kind words. i was diagnosed last feb. i do have strong faith and i KNOW i will win!:smug: i completely agree with the comments about spector = healing from some members. i walked into that bass shop in chicago after a long day of hurry up and wait just to find out everything is being pushed back due to my normal dr dropping the ball:confused::rollno:... and i started to feel my hands sweat when i saw the first spector. (i have only a performer and i do appreciate it for what it is, after all it is still a Spector!:cool:) it was a buckeye euro 5lx. my hands are usually very cold as a side effect to treatments/ meds. i got home(a 3 hr drive) and walked into the house and my girlfriend grabbed my hand and couldnt believe how warm my hands were. being me i went to make sure i wasnt running a high fever. i was a cool 98.3... im convinced it was the 4 spectors i held and played somehow helped the circulation in my hands... they are still warm today. anyway, thanks again. :bassist: and sorry for the ramble...
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Right on, man. Stay positive and kick its miserable C ass.

I've been to that Chicago Music Exchange and Bass Club Chicago and they both have some great basses. Which one were you at? If it's Bass Club, I think I've played the buckeye you are talking about --- its a nice one!!! They had it on a rack as I walked in the door. First bass I saw - for real! Nice way to greet the new customers. :bassist:
 
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dukeisdog said:
Figured id bump this as I didn't see if anyone responded, though I know there aren't a lot of fretless 5ers in the club. I'm just on the fence about this but really wanted to get into playing fretless.
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I've never had a chance to play a maple fretless, but the maple boarded 5ers I've played were all nice. I can't honestly discern a huge difference in sound between the maple & rosewood, but the feel is different. I prefer the feel of rosewood, but the look of maple.
 
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awilkie84 said:
I've never had a chance to play a maple fretless, but the maple boarded 5ers I've played were all nice. I can't honestly discern a huge difference in sound between the maple & rosewood, but the feel is different. I prefer the feel of rosewood, but the look of maple.
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I find maple very pretty but not very practial for my applications. I prefer softer woods. The line between art and functionality. Do I hang it on the wall or play the piss out of it.
 
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NBD for me too!!! I've been waiting for this one for a while. Sent a photo of Jackson guitar I had seen on a USA PC1 I saw called Purple Daze. Thought it was too cool. Let me know what you think!
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bassboy01 said:
NBD for me too!!! I've been waiting for this one for a while. Sent a photo of Jackson guitar I had seen on a USA PC1 I saw called Purple Daze. Thought it was too cool. Let me know what you think!
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OMGSOB!!!! that is crazy beautiful, todd!! awesomeness in the most :bassist::bassist::bassist:
 

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Fat240 said:
I find maple very pretty but not very practial for my applications. I prefer softer woods. The line between art and functionality. Do I hang it on the wall or play the piss out of it.
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Play the piss out of it, haha.

More looking for fretless vs fretted comparisons as the only fretless I've played was my Stingray 5 lined fretless but the tone wasnt for me. That was also the first stingray 5 I've played so I don't know if the problem was the stingray itself (not a Spector) or the neck/preamp in the bass. It had a pau ferro board if that makes a difference.
 
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bassboy01 said:
NBD for me too!!! I've been waiting for this one for a while. Sent a photo of Jackson guitar I had seen on a USA PC1 I saw called Purple Daze. Thought it was too cool. Let me know what you think!
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I've said this a lot recently. The finishing work lately is at the top of the food chain. Stunning! This is the kind of bass that you stare at for a while, before you pick it up to play. Congratulations on ,another, very special instrument.
 

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dukeisdog said:
Play the piss out of it, haha.

More looking for fretless vs fretted comparisons as the only fretless I've played was my Stingray 5 lined fretless but the tone wasnt for me. That was also the first stingray 5 I've played so I don't know if the problem was the stingray itself (not a Spector) or the neck/preamp in the bass. It had a pau ferro board if that makes a difference.
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Sorry, my phone dosen't show me all the details on the post sometimes.
 
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