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SPECTOR® Club - Part 66

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Trayster2 said:
Thanks for the great responses everyone. I LOVE the look of these basses and they sound great on YouTube. The only apprehension I'd have are the beefier necks. I gave up my P-bass for this reason.
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I currently have two newer Euros and two P Basses. The necks on my Euros feel bigger than the P with a 2012 MIA neck. They feel closer to my Steve Harris with a rare 1 5/8 nut. I happen to like the bigger feel, even with my smallish hands. So, I'd definitely say start looking for a 1.5 nut Spector.
 
#542
Trayster2 said:
Thanks for the great responses everyone. I LOVE the look of these basses and they sound great on YouTube. The only apprehension I'd have are the beefier necks. I gave up my P-bass for this reason.
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On the subject of necks. Ibanez seems to have about the skinniest out there, but is that a good thing? Think of it like a baseball bat. Sure, you can get a really light weight bat that you can swing really fast but so what?

You need a heavy bat if you want to "hit it out of the park"! :bassist: Just sayin'.
 
#544
awilkie84 said:
I think their skinny necks are part of why their B strings are so bad.
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I hear Spector's 34" NS-5 has a great low B. And I've heard guys say that the 34" four stringers work well for BEAD set ups.

Of course you don't want a neck that cramps your playing style but I'll bet most Spectors have a neck you could learn to love.
 
#546
johnsonabq said:
On the subject of necks. Ibanez seems to have about the skinniest out there, but is that a good thing? Think of it like a baseball bat. Sure, you can get a really light weight bat that you can swing really fast but so what?

You need a heavy bat if you want to "hit it out of the park"! :bassist: Just sayin'.
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But some will say the extra girth on a bass neck can slow you down a bit, especially on the fattest necks. Well, I wouldn't say slow you down so much as a skinny neck can allow you to play with more ease.

I have long skinny fingers and could play an Ibanez SR all day without fatigue. Just got my first Spector, a Rebop, which has a noticeably chunkier neck. It's still very comfortable, so not really an issue, BUT after playing an Ibanez for the last 4 years (and playing guitar for 20 years before that), I feel I have to stretch my fingers out a bit more than I used to.

Even my right hand is having a little trouble adjusting - the strings are spaced further apart so I have to compensate for that when I'm playing really fast (finger style, I don't use a pick). I figure it will just take a little getting used to and again, the Spector is extremely comfortable and I love it. I played a P bass ages ago that just felt l was playing an elephant leg!

So yeah, if you're going to use a bass neck as a weapon, or to hit a ball with, chunkier is probably better. :D

But seriously, I think it's more what you start out with or get used to. Some bassists can't stand Ibby pencil necks. As for me, I'm loving the Rebop and now have some serious gas for a U.S. bolt on. But I'd still play an Ibby and want one their Prestige models.
 
#549
bunkaroo said:
Guys I need to apologize to all of you, and specifically MDBass for basically acting like an ******* yesterday. This is not an excuse, but I was having a very bad day, and regrettably I channeled some of that in here. I should have found a better way of stating my thoughts.

Again, my apologies.
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Very cool of you to go out of your way to say this, it's really a great example of the great community of bass players we have here in the Spector Club! Glad we're friends again :D

And back on the topic of Forte's, Both Jody and I have two beautiful ones for sale in the classifieds, a 4 and a 5 respectively, and my Forte neck is actually considerably thinner than my old Euro5LX.

I've been trying to purchase Jody's 4 but won't have the funds unless I move a bass or two, and it looked like on two separate I had a buyer but they both out; I'm sure someone in this fine club wants to give these basses a new home :bassist:
 
#550
iceboxbass said:
For me C...I've had both the Forte 4&5 at the same time...the 4 wasn't getting played after I received the Forte 5, I decided that was a 5 string player so I sold the Forte 4, I loved the sound, the feel and build, nothing I didn't like, I wish I could've afforded to keep the Forte 5, a dream to play and tone like no other I've played but when the Coda 5XL Deluxe was introduced, I'd been wanting a Coda for almost 2 years...my income is very limited, I didn't have income for several months, so SAS kicked in and took control of my brain and sold my precious Forte 5 ( which I'd recorded my 1st CD of my band with, so it does have a very special place in my heart :)) If I could've kept the Forte 5 with OBP3, XL scale, I would have done so. So for me it was financially driven to sell. At the time before Coda Deluxe I had been in negotiations to order a very special Forte 5 or Forte 6. I was..."THE FORTE MAN"! :D:bassist::bassist::bassist: But since I've had the Coda there has been no looking back. I've never been in love and so in sync with a bass where it feels like an extension of my body as I have with this Coda! :cool: In the foreseeable future, all I see are Coda's in my arsenal. For me, the Coda is everything that I was looking for in a Fender back years ago but Fender fell so short to fulfill for what I had been searching for. It IS "THE SPECTOR" I'd been looking for since 2009 when i bought my first Spector a Legend 4 Classic BlackCherry. :smug: Peace C :cool:
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Funny you say that, the Coda I have actually used to belong to Lane, and after getting it setup to my liking I've been inclined to use it for ALL of my gigs lately; there's something really special about the construction, it's amazingly resonant and plays like butter, and the Aguilar pickups are incredibly dynamic; warm and smooth or aggressive and biting all controlled by your right hand.

Everything a Fender wishes it could be and more ;)
 
#551
Relayer71 said:
But some will say the extra girth on a bass neck can slow you down a bit, especially on the fattest necks. Well, I wouldn't say slow you down so much as a skinny neck can allow you to play with more ease.

I have long skinny fingers and could play an Ibanez SR all day without fatigue. Just got my first Spector, a Rebop, which has a noticeably chunkier neck. It's still very comfortable, so not really an issue, BUT after playing an Ibanez for the last 4 years (and playing guitar for 20 years before that), I feel I have to stretch my fingers out a bit more than I used to.

Even my right hand is having a little trouble adjusting - the strings are spaced further apart so I have to compensate for that when I'm playing really fast (finger style, I don't use a pick). I figure it will just take a little getting used to and again, the Spector is extremely comfortable and I love it. I played a P bass ages ago that just felt l was playing an elephant leg!

So yeah, if you're going to use a bass neck as a weapon, or to hit a ball with, chunkier is probably better. :D

But seriously, I think it's more what you start out with or get used to. Some bassists can't stand Ibby pencil necks. As for me, I'm loving the Rebop and now have some serious gas for a U.S. bolt on. But I'd still play an Ibby and want one their Prestige models.
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Heh heh... Of course I was being a bit facetious. We all want our necks to fit into a "comfort zone". Otherwise it just won't work for us. Some can be too big and some can be too small. We want them just right. (that sounds familiar :p) I just think some people underestimate their "zone".

When I went to a Modulus Quantum 5 from a four string Steinberger XM-2 my comfort zone was really tested. That was a WIDE neck, but very thin. But I grew to love that bass and played it for 17 years. Then I bought a Euro5 and BAM! I loved the neck. It was thicker front to back, but thinner side to side. Much more pleasurable to play. Great sentimental value in that bass (the Modulus) and I'll never sell it but, I haven't played it since I bought the Euro. And now that I've added Spector four strings into the mix I'm in heaven.
 
#552
I came from the other direction. I started with a Gibson and then went to a G&L 1505. Those necks were basically a bat cut in half. So my NS2A is heaven. My legend 5 is a little thin front to back compared to what I'm used to. My bass playing friends love a Jazz neck, while they're unplayable to me. I like a pbass neck in terms of nut width over a jazz neck. But most of all I love my Spector neck.:bassist:
 
#553
Guys I'm really sorry I brought up the neck thing on my forte as to why I'm selling it and didn't realize it would become a huge topic but its the truth I play 40-45 songs a night and not 10-12 if that was the case it may have its place in my arsenal. But my originals days are limited.
 
#555
jnumme said:
Guys I'm really sorry I brought up the neck thing on my forte as to why I'm selling it and didn't realize it would become a huge topic but its the truth I play 40-45 songs a night and not 10-12 if that was the case it may have its place in my arsenal. But my originals days are limited.
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Don't be sorry Jody. This is a legitimate subject. Exactly the sort of thing to be discussed in forums like this. I think the neck of a bass is one of the main factors in how pleasurable an instrument it is to play. One man's meat is another man's poison (or woman's).

No worries. :D
 
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