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SPECTOR® Club - Part 61

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#343
Clearwave said:
Lots of great photos here! I think it's fine to have a little reflection in the shots, it's shows off those spector curves!
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I mentioned that earlier, I said I'd want to show off the fact I had a glossy finish. After all it was worth almost $1K to get it on my USA bass.

But then again, there's no denying how much better this method captures the real beauty of the grain of that bass.
 
#344
Well after admiring the many Spectors on this and the previous threads I picked up this NS-5XL in Tobacco Burst a few days ago. Going on the Spector website and watching the video series on the different processes on how these basses are made also influenced my decision. I appreciate the many hours of work and craftsmanship involved in producing a top quality instrument. Thanks
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#345
JPSBassist said:
That is the curse of Water Cured Redwood. LOL.

I've shot so many bad photos of that sort of wood.

You have to LIGHT THE HOLY CRUD out of it.
And really the composite thing is about all you can do to get it to turn out with the grain showing the way it should.

Here are two different attempts... two, almost three years apart. You'll see a big difference.

And I've gone through everything from making a "tent" in my studio to covering everything with black sheets to what I do now, which is always shoot at night with NO lights on other than the two I use to light the bass. And they have barn-doors on them so I can control the light better.

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Simply beautiful!
 
#346
LimaGuy said:
Regarding the information Patrick posted.

Two months back I asked Patrick a bunch of questions on how to take some decent looking photos.

Using his advice and staying within my limited budget.

I picked up a black poster board, Ultimate Guitar Stand. I used my Spector shirts as the bottom black.

Put everything up on my Kitchen Island. Set up 2 spot lights with Florescent blubs.

I didn't use any black sheets in the back, which I regret now since I see the reflections coming from my upstairs living room lights.

(If you look close on the photos, on the left side of each bass it is lighter because of this.
If you look at the NS-2J right above the upper J Pickup on the E string side you will clearly see how it is lighter as that is the reflection of my computer monitor reflecting down from the living room. :hiding: )

But it is defiantly a learning process.

I used a Nikon COOLPIX P300 camera
(4.2 x x Zoom lens - 4.3 mm - 17.9 mm - F/1.8-4.9
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 24 - 100 mm)

on a Tripod and took a bunch of photos at different exposures.

I cheated and used the auto white balance.

On the Left is a scaled down quick shot before running through Photoshop Elements9 (The cheap version of Photoshop) On the Right are the photos after I did some adjusting with Photoshop Elements9

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Sam GREAT pictures, way better than anything I could do
 
#354
souljourn said:
Well after admiring the many Spectors on this and the previous threads I picked up this NS-5XL in Tobacco Burst a few days ago. Going on the Spector website and watching the video series on the different processes on how these basses are made also influenced my decision. I appreciate the many hours of work and craftsmanship involved in producing a top quality instrument. Thanks
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Beautiful! Congrats!
 
#357
souljourn said:
Well after admiring the many Spectors on this and the previous threads I picked up this NS-5XL in Tobacco Burst a few days ago. Going on the Spector website and watching the video series on the different processes on how these basses are made also influenced my decision. I appreciate the many hours of work and craftsmanship involved in producing a top quality instrument. Thanks
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ooooh, I like that! Welcome to the Addiction clinic were we dont help cure you but insist the addiction gets stronger lol!
 
#359
You know what i just realized, I saw an ad on here for a Select Series Fender made for select individuals using all our experience to bring you the best blah blah blah....You know what Stuart Spector does that for every bass no matter the series and priceline you buy from which is the way it should be. Thats why whether you are rocking a performer, legend, rebop, euro, ns2, ns4, Brooklyn, Kramer, Woodstock you know your getting the best quality for the money your spending period!
 
#360
I've got a few questions about pickups and tone with the EMG P/J setup in my Euro. It's new so it's blend/vol not vol/vol. Essentially the only position that seems to really work at all is full on the P pickup. This is the fattest tone out of the range. As I start to blend the bridge pickup in the sound loses punch as well as becomes noticeably thin and trebly. The J pickup at the bridge is incredibly harsh but that's nothing new as I never like bridge pickups. The reason I ask is all of my other basses are Ibanez SR's equipped with all manner of pickups from low end caps, through nordstrand single coils on up to the US Barts. All of those basses get the thickest fattest tone with the pickups blended. Is this normally how the Spectors react soundwise? It's not a problem for me to just use the P pickup and sort of ignore and blending but it seemed odd after coming from basses where that was never the case
 
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