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SPECTOR® Club - Part 60

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Clearwave said:
Does that mean teal with black hardware?
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I think black and teal is just the body color but that color combo does seem to always be fitted with black hardware, so your guess is as good as mine. I was kind of hoping that one of our fine Spector brethren might have that color combo they could share with us. If not, it looks like I may be the first TB Spector club member with one since I've already ordered it. NBD is scheduled for Friday:hyper:
 
#686
delucajohn2000 said:
I'll be honest, I magnified the picture to look at the build date and number to make sure they weren't using a picture of mine :) I wonder if that is the official color name now since they really didn't have a name for the finish when I got mine.
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So John, is that picture your actual bass? I just assumed that color would be called green. Love that bass of yours BTW.

If PJ is out there maybe he can shed some light on the color confusion.
 
#687
brotherbassj said:
I will go on record to say I DID NOT like the TH500. Mike Cooper and I played it side by side to my mesa m6 and clearly the mesa won for us and two other people.

What fat240 said.........Coop...........keep them both and a/b them so there are no regrets.........seriously! :ninja:
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I will rebut this by saying I knew when Jamie said he hated the TH500 I knew it would be the amp for me.:D

I had a Mesa M9 and as much as I loved it am not missing it at all compared to the TH500. The TH500 delivers fat, chewy, warm tone with super complexity in the mids. It is not an amp you set at noon. There is a very complex relationship between the mid controls, gain and drive. If you don't take time to figure that out then you might become disenchanted.

Every person's ear is different for sure.
 
#688
husky123 said:
I will rebut this by saying I knew when Jamie said he hated the TH500 I knew it would be the amp for me.:D

I had a Mesa M9 and as much as I loved it am not missing it at all compared to the TH500. The TH500 delivers fat, chewy, warm tone with super complexity in the mids. It is not an amp you set at noon. There is a very complex relationship between the mid controls, gain and drive. If you don't take time to figure that out then you might become disenchanted.

Every person's ear is different for sure.
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Well I still have my m9 that I will never sell. Shouldnt say never. Well I already sold the rh450 . So that being said what are your settings lee ? That will give me a good starting place . I thought about a mesa walkabout and a m6 also. I'm looking for compact and light . I'm trying to lighten the load for smaller venues.
LEE I used ur m9 settings and still do to this day . With a little tweaking from song type but still with a growling mesa
 
#689
bclark812008 said:
After hearing Omer's Rush cover the other day, watching the Rush HoF induction performance, and all this talk of the 'awesomeness' that is the older 9v pre, SAS has set in something awful! I'm going to push my next US BO build back and start saving for a Brooklyn/Kramer era NS-2 with a thinner neck profile!! :D
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you can nail that tone with the pump and a little tweeking. WAY misunderstood pre. The more time I spend with it the more I'm impressed. It's a little more sensitive than the 9V though, to setups, and it doesn't "Q" like the 9V , but the tone is there. :bassist:
 
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jnumme said:
Well I still have my m9 that I will never sell. Shouldnt say never. Well I already sold the rh450 . So that being said what are your settings lee ? That will give me a good starting place . I thought about a mesa walkabout and a m6 also. I'm looking for compact and light . I'm trying to lighten the load for smaller venues.
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Cool, give me a bit and I'll shoot you a PM.
 
#693
GBassNorth said:
So John, is that picture your actual bass? I just assumed that color would be called green. Love that bass of yours BTW.

If PJ is out there maybe he can shed some light on the color confusion.
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Nope, that is a different bass that was built in 2012 but mine was built in 2011. The official color is called green stain which they do have on their web site now so mine is considered "green matte stain."

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When I bought mine, Bass Central called it "Black and Teal" which is what is listed on my invoice but Spector seems to be calling it green matte stain.
 
#694
bclark812008 said:
After hearing Omer's Rush cover the other day, watching the Rush HoF induction performance, and all this talk of the 'awesomeness' that is the older 9v pre, SAS has set in something awful! I'm going to push my next US BO build back and start saving for a Brooklyn/Kramer era NS-2 with a thinner neck profile!! :D
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Can someone explain what the appeal of the older tone circuit is over the current 9v? Just curious. I, like several of you, am waiting for the the newer ones to be on the market again so I can put one in a bass.
 
#695
johnsonabq said:
Can someone explain what the appeal of the older tone circuit is over the current 9v? Just curious. I, like several of you, am waiting for the the newer ones to be on the market again so I can put one in a bass.
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The treb side if the older one is a little more aggressive in the mids for some reason. There's also a funky phase thing going on as the blend pot hits the center detent. Almost has a very slight chorus effect. You can get that tone with the pump honestly but it's not in the same place ;)
 
#696
grendle said:
you can nail that tone with the pump and a little tweeking. WAY misunderstood pre. The more time I spend with it the more I'm impressed. It's a little more sensitive than the 9V though, to setups, and it doesn't "Q" like the 9V , but the tone is there. :bassist:
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I have a lot of respect for the Euro series, but every one that has had the TP in just didn't do it for me and I switched it out to an Aggie OBP-1...granted I've only had one that was the trim TP and it was a Euro 5LX with TW pups.

I just figure I could get a nice used NS-2 for just a few hundred more than a nice euro...and it would have the US 9v pre, which I've never really had a chance to explore! :bassist:
 
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bclark812008 said:
I have a lot of respect for the Euro series, but every one that has had the TP in just didn't do it for me and I switched it out to an Aggie OBP-1...granted I've only had one that was the trim TP and it was a Euro 5LX with TW pups.

I just figure I could get a nice used NS-2 for just a few hundred more than a nice euro...and it would have the US 9v pre, which I've never really had a chance to explore! :bassist:
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true.

There's some tricks with the pump, and they aren't setup optimally from the factory imo. it can do the US 9v tone well as well as a bunch the us9v cant. The 9v trick is a good one though, probably the best one actually. :bassist:

To me the aggie just doesn't sound like a Spector is supposed to, which for me is 99% of the reason I play them lol. It is a great hi fi boutique sounding pre though. I would like to hear a Spector with a Sadowski pre. His pre is pretty good sounding and accentuates the mids in a less aggressive way.
 
#698
johnsonabq said:
Can someone explain what the appeal of the older tone circuit is over the current 9v? Just curious. I, like several of you, am waiting for the the newer ones to be on the market again so I can put one in a bass.
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The best way I can quickly describe it is the older circuit "howls" and the newer one "grinds". So subjective I know.

I'll chime in later on the differences later as I'm a little busy right now but they both sound incredible IMO.
 
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