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SPECTOR® Club - Part 63

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johnsonabq said:
Jim... Yeah, your bass is getting lots of use. Besides using it in the band, it's always around for me to knock out 15-20 minutes of excersizes a night for the hands and fingers. And I use it each weekend for a few hours of "woodshedding" with an instructional DVD. Even after 40 years of playing I decided I should keep honing the old skills. Your four string works great for that too as most of those instructors use a four string.

Here's a (crappy cellphone) pic of the bass, computer and headphones all connected to a Digitech BP200.
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Which instructional DVD are you using? I started using "Accelerate your Bass Playing" about a month ago and that really has helped my technique tons. I mainly have been doing the exercises in part one for now which have been a huge help with my stretch in the first position. Anyone that ever complains a 35 inch scale bass hurts their hands should do these and you will see great results quickly.

I bought the second one too but haven't messed around with it yet. I am always looking for good instructional DVD's though to help my playing along.
 
#302
delucajohn2000 said:
Which instructional DVD are you using? I started using "Accelerate your Bass Playing" about a month ago and that really has helped my technique tons. I mainly have been doing the exercises in part one for now which have been a huge help with my stretch in the first position. Anyone that ever complains a 35 inch scale bass hurts their hands should do these and you will see great results quickly.

I bought the second one too but haven't messed around with it yet. I am always looking for good instructional DVD's though to help my playing along.
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I'm doing Roy Vogt's "Teach Me Bass Guitar". I thought I'd start from the beginning again. You know, see if there's anything I missed or forgotten. True, I hit many lessons and just skip them but most of it is good at least for a review. There're 10 DVDs in the set so there's a lot of material here. Maybe "Accelerate your Bass Playing" is where I should go next.
 
#303
Well here she is! i am really enjoying her so far. The previous owner installed the counter sunk Dunlop strap locks. I kind of wish he had used gold ones and its too bad the end result left an extra hole in the body. Other then that she is mint. Getting used to the Tonepump. I turned the trim pot down a bit as the signal was insanely hot. The bass has great clarity and I love the pickups. The neck is just glorious too.

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#305
johnsonabq said:
I'm doing Roy Vogt's "Teach Me Bass Guitar". I thought I'd start from the beginning again. You know, see if there's anything I missed or forgotten. True, I hit many lessons and just skip them but most of it is good at least for a review. There're 10 DVDs in the set so there's a lot of material here. Maybe "Accelerate your Bass Playing" is where I should go next.
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I have that one also but find myself not paying as much attention as I really should :) I really need to push myself and go back to the beginning like you are doing also.

the good thing about Accelerate your bass playing is you don't really need to even use the DVD and can play along with the book and a metronome. The only thing I wish is that the book was a bit bigger since it is pretty small due to them fitting it into the DVD case.
 
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To the guys who have used "Teach Me Bass Guitar", what do you think of Roy's teaching style?

I'm going to start taking lessons this fall and he is one of the guys in town that intrigues me. I'm also fortunate to have guys like Regi Wooten and Adam Nitti in town who also give lessons. Decisions...Decisions!
 
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bclark812008 said:
To the guys who have used "Teach Me Bass Guitar", what do you think of Roy's teaching style?

I'm going to start taking lessons this fall and he is one of the guys in town that intrigues me. I'm also fortunate to have guys like Regi Wooten and Adam Nitti in town who also give lessons. Decisions...Decisions!
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I would imagine things with Roy would be different if you were taking personal lessons. On the DVDs I sometimes find he runs over parts too slowly for me to really grasp the part. I feel like Sundance in "Butch Cassidy" who can't hit anything with the pistol unless he's able to draw and fire. LOL

I envy your chance to take lessons from some of the best teachers out there since you're in the Nashville area.
 
#311
Crabby said:
Well here she is! i am really enjoying her so far. The previous owner installed the counter sunk Dunlop strap locks. I kind of wish he had used gold ones and its too bad the end result left an extra hole in the body. Other then that she is mint. Getting used to the Tonepump. I turned the trim pot down a bit as the signal was insanely hot. The bass has great clarity and I love the pickups. The neck is just glorious too.

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Beautiful!
 
#314
delucajohn2000 said:
You want to hear some great playing by Kasim? Listen to "Bat out of Hell" by Meatloaf. Man, that dude can play.
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Thanks John :)
johnsonabq said:
Listen to tracks 1,2,4-7. He plays on all the songs but track 3.
Saw a documentary on the making of this the other day. Interesting how it all came together. Rundgren though, was not exactly a big fan of Steinman. :ninja:
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Thanks Jeff :)
 
#315
Crabby said:
Well here she is! i am really enjoying her so far. The previous owner installed the counter sunk Dunlop strap locks. I kind of wish he had used gold ones and its too bad the end result left an extra hole in the body. Other then that she is mint. Getting used to the Tonepump. I turned the trim pot down a bit as the signal was insanely hot. The bass has great clarity and I love the pickups. The neck is just glorious too.

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Congratulations! That has amazing maple flaming! Lefty eh:):bassist:
 
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Crabby said:
Well here she is! i am really enjoying her so far. The previous owner installed the counter sunk Dunlop strap locks. I kind of wish he had used gold ones and its too bad the end result left an extra hole in the body. Other then that she is mint. Getting used to the Tonepump. I turned the trim pot down a bit as the signal was insanely hot. The bass has great clarity and I love the pickups. The neck is just glorious too.

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FWIW, although not a fan of the Dunlops (Schallers forever! :D), I have also moved the bottom strap anchor to the middle on every Spector I've ever owned, just like yours is now. I feel they balance much better in this location and have never been able to figure out why Spector off-sets it. :confused:

If the hole bothers you, get the appropriate sized, flush head wood screw and simply plug it. I used a black one on my recently acquired Forte 4 and, from a distance, you almost can't tell it's there.
 
#318
PhatBasstard said:
I have also moved the bottom strap anchor to the middle on every Spector I've ever owned, just like yours is now. I feel they balance much better in this location and have never been able to figure out why Spector off-sets it. :confused:
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Funny how we're all different. Personally when I first strapped on a Spector I was pleasantly surprised at the location of the bottom strap lock. Not to mention the small, thin, curved body. If you look over all the pictures on the Spector Facebook page of all the people playing their Spectors and see how low many of them sling their basses I think the location of the bottom strap lock helps that a lot too. I see this position has been used going back to the early 80's.
 
#319
bclark812008 said:
To the guys who have used "Teach Me Bass Guitar", what do you think of Roy's teaching style?

I'm going to start taking lessons this fall and he is one of the guys in town that intrigues me. I'm also fortunate to have guys like Regi Wooten and Adam Nitti in town who also give lessons. Decisions...Decisions!
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I think its great that a person can still learn something new, I'm thinking of learning the slap/pop skills myself even if the band I play in always covers classic rock material....
 
#320
I met Todd Cooke at the Guitar House yesterday and he has a very nice store, the kindness Todd has made the 3 and a half hours we spent together feel like a couple of old friends catching up on things. He had his Wimbish, Coda, 20th, and 30th basses there for me to play with....and....I was nervous touching all of them especially when he told me that I have played the 30th the longest it had ever been played!!!!

Oh, I added to my collection because he had a very nice Black Cherry NS2 in the store with a wonderful Pau Ferro neck.
 
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