johnsonabq
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This awesome news. As someone else who's waiting on a UV build I need to see pics to help with the shakes. LOL
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This awesome news. As someone else who's waiting on a UV build I need to see pics to help with the shakes. LOL
That was auctioned as NEWA steal indeed! Hope a member here got it.
That's the sad part, it wasn't new. We sold the bass to him originally and only the original purchaser gets the warranty. I feel sorry for the person who thinks they are purchasing a brand new instrument with warranty. :-(
I prefer a 4/12 next to a 2/15.
I would LOVE to hear how a Spector sounds through the Jule Monique and the Mesa cab! There are very few clips online of the Monique, and most are fretless jazz players. I am very curious about the Monique, and how it would sound for metal.
I LOVE it (Monique), no amp G.A.S. for almost a year now and do not anticipate any in the furture. I would like to sell the 4/12 and pick up one of the lil G 2/12's for something to do small stuff with. The 15's with the Faitals is not going anywhere, it covers everything. 1200 watts @ 4ohms is plenty. All the clips that I have posted have been bass, pedalboard, DI, DAW. No processing and effects are from stopboxes. I'll repost a few for you when I get a chance.
johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
That's the bad thing about Ebay. They try their best to mitigate this crap but it still happens. Thanks Todd for letting us know about this. I hope a club member DIDN'T get it.
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I just bought his book on right handed technique. Yeah, that one is going to keep me busy for a long time since he is such a great player and my right hand is pretty much garbage
Ehemmmm.... I thought we discussed this!!
I hope i can ask that question here too: When recording my Spector with my Audix D4 microphone i have a problem: it always sounds too far away, even though the mic is point blank on the grill of my mesa powerhouse 1x15. Sounds good, but too bassy, and all the treble and higher mids are sounding like 10m away from the mic with lots of room to it somehow. I experimented a lot with mic placement and ended up quite near to the center, and the sound is very cool, raspy and powerful. But still as soon as the also miced Guitar comes to it the bass always sounds as if i have some room reverb effect going on and he isn't. Never had this before, any ideas?
DI it sounds just fine, but i love micing to get rid of the clickety clack.
I have the impression that if i increase the gain at the soundboard it gets better, but it also clips easily then.
DI it sounds just fine, but i love micing to get rid of the clickety clack.
I have the impression that if i increase the gain at the soundboard it gets better, but it also clips easily then.
Use a different mic. That's not a great mic for a bass cab. It's designed for bass drum and has a built in eq curve for that.
It is stated the it weighs 136lbs, but with a clear conscience I can tell you that it does not feel even close to that heavy. It has handles everywhere and casters and rails on the back that make moving and loading easy for one person. I believe a couple here in the club own the same cab and would back me up on that. I would keep it if I wasn't a 15 guy and two big cabs is a bit overkill.
For bass cab mic'ing, I mostly use the D3. I also have the DP5 kit and use the D2 on the rack toms, D4 on the floor toms, D6 on the kick( not a good one for bass cabs), also the i5 works great on snare, guitar and bass cabs. D3 sounds the best for me on the bass cab IMO. The D4 is more full range than the D2 to capture the floor toms, the D6 has that metal scooped sound for snappy kicks and the D2 is less bottom more mid/high. That's what I get from using these mic's.
Well I've been debating this for awhile now but have finally come to the conclusion that if I'm not gonna use it, it must go to someone that will use it.
I just can't seem to get use to the neck and with my style of playing it does not fit well with my sound (picking). I thought I would swap the OBP2 pre to the tone pump but decided against that to just keep it stock. Don't get me wrong it's a great sounding bass but I'm actually favoring my SE #5 euro more and thought this is ridiculous to keep this in it's case, at this point I'm really only willing to pass it on to another member of the Spector club first. Then maybe I will open it to the forum.
So if any of my fellow Spector brothers are interested PM me and we can talk. I will sell it for what I paid for it two months ago and it will come with the Spector HSC also .
THIS WAS THE TOUGHEST DECISION TO DATE FOR ME ON SELLING THIS
I just can't seem to get use to the neck and with my style of playing it does not fit well with my sound (picking). I thought I would swap the OBP2 pre to the tone pump but decided against that to just keep it stock. Don't get me wrong it's a great sounding bass but I'm actually favoring my SE #5 euro more and thought this is ridiculous to keep this in it's case, at this point I'm really only willing to pass it on to another member of the Spector club first. Then maybe I will open it to the forum.
So if any of my fellow Spector brothers are interested PM me and we can talk. I will sell it for what I paid for it two months ago and it will come with the Spector HSC also .
THIS WAS THE TOUGHEST DECISION TO DATE FOR ME ON SELLING THIS
Not to make your decision any harder,....with my style of playing it does not fit well with my sound (picking). I thought I would swap the OBP2 pre to the tone pump but decided against that to just keep it stock. THIS WAS THE TOUGHEST DECISION TO DATE FOR ME ON SELLING THIS
but if you're curious before you sell, I'm switching the OBP-2 in my Forte 4 in the next day or so for a trim Tone Pump.
I can certainly post my thoughts on the switch for you.
I too am not digging the OBP-2's sound as compared to the trim TP's in my other Spectors (including a Euro4), so I am essentially in the same boat as you.
The neck, although thicker than any other Spector I've ever owned, is not an issue for me as I played a Steinberger L2 for 7 years and got used to it.
I bought a tone pump to do just that but couldnt do it to it, the neck is not all that bad it definitely is something I guess I can get use too.
Just echoing here but I'd give it a try if the aggie isn't doing it for you. It's been my experience that the Aggie is an acquired taste. I happen to like it but others definitely don't. There's also the potential dark horse of adding a US9V pre, when they come available again. That was actually my plan for #36 when I owned her.
johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
Just to round things out... How about putting in an EMG pre? I've found them to play well with a picking style.
Personally I have an OBP-3 in my Euro and I use a pick often and found it works well for me. YMMV
Was watching Dr. Who and did a Time Lord track with Monique.
Audix D3 in action.
Mesa PH412 in action.
Brooklyn NS-2, MXR Carbon copy, Analogman Chorus, Monique, PH412, no DAW EQ or processing. Straight tone.
For reference, strings are CK .140 drop tune set bass tuned to C# standard.
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+1! The band played a show last weekend and I opted to take my PH610 over PH412, and the 610 is much harder to move due to it not having bottom handles and the size of the cab being a little awkward. Ill be using the 610 as a jam cab and keeping the 412 as my show cab for sure. Here's an older Spector/Mesa pic I took a while back. I wish I would've cleaned my bass up for it!
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