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[DownUnder_Funk]

Folks with EMGs, how close are you running them to the strings?

I've heard with actives they can be much closer to the string vs a passive set up.

 

[AB Nate]

Folks with EMGs, how close are you running them to the strings?

I've heard with actives they can be much closer to the string vs a passive set up.

Close is gross!!!

In all seriousness though. You don't want your pups to Close. When depressing on the 24th I try to maintain an 1/8" inch of spacing between the B and the pick ups.

 

[DownUnder_Funk]

I never get em too close!!

My D and G strings sound a little weak vs E and A, but I need to work out if it's old strings or whether my P needs to be raised slightly on that side.

Got some new strings ready to roll, might do that today and then see if it's still pup height being the main difference between volume. Bridge pup is all good

 

[japhy4529]

The one I posted was a 4, you posted a fiver, no?

Oh, right! My bad.

 

[cxcxcx]

Folks with EMGs, how close are you running them to the strings?

I've heard with actives they can be much closer to the string vs a passive set up.

This applies more to EMG than any sort of active set up. EMG active pickups have fairly weak magnets compared to other pickups. An internal preamp in rhe pickup itself brings the output level up to what normal pickups usually produce. The battery is needed to power this internal preamp.

On normal pickups, placing the strings too close to them can cause a chorus or doubling type of wobbling sound that isn't pleasant. This disappears when when the pickups are lowered away from the strings.

This doesn't happen with EMG pick ups because of the weaker magnets. You can place the strings very close to the top of EMG pickups if you'd like, and you won't get that odd sound. That said , most people these days were looking for that sort of feeling often go with a ramp.

 

[AdamR]

Making the swap. Unfortunately I have to go in to work

 

[AdamR]

Yup, love the DCX's. More head room, more natural sounding, way less clipping issues. Definitely works better with my Helix stomp

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

Yup, love the DCX's. More head room, more natural sounding, way less clipping issues. Definitely works better with my Helix stomp

Yup, love the DCX's. More head room, more natural sounding, way less clipping issues. Definitely works better with my Helix stomp

Knew you find them to your liking. Enjoy Amigo.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

Look how much my NS4CRFM has yellowed over the last 21 to 22 years.

It's hard for me to pinpoint it's actual date of manufacture. From what the Spector Archives website states, the NS4CRFM's that came with an EMG BTS eq and crown inlays range from 1999 to 2000. I bought it from a local music store in late 2002.

 

[The Rage]

Once you started playing, did they comment on it's tone?

No, but a week later I was in the band, so I guess they've must liked it.
However, when I brought my Ian Hill the singer loved it. He also wanted to play it a little^^

 

[The Rage]

Folks with EMGs, how close are you running them to the strings?

I've heard with actives they can be much closer to the string vs a passive set up.

I was thinking about it. Do someone know if there's a sort of "reference number" or is all up to taste?

Trying different combinations of pickups, it seems to me J/J, neck and bridge, have ended the same exact distance, while with a P/DC configuration I liked the P at maybe 4.5mm and DC at 2/2.5mm.
On some youtube videos there's commenters saying thye have neck and bridge at the same distance, while on this forum someone posted a replay of PJ Rubal in which is written that "the USA measurement for the USA shop were 3/16" on the neck and 1/8" on the bridge" (guess this was for the P/J configuration).

For now I usually put them where they have the more sustain (using the intro to Dead or alive by Bon Jovi as "measurement" ), and for the bridge, to me it seems 3mm-1/8" is a good number

 

[jack7265]

Woah!! I really like this!

2021 Spector NS-2 Copperhead Quilt Top NAMM Special Bass NEW wow rare unique awesome collectors | LadkorGuitars | Reverb

I like everything about it, except for the price. Of course the bass is in Ukraine.

 

[Relayer71]

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Look how much my NS4CRFM has yellowed over the last 21 to 22 years.

Wow, you started playing young!

 

[TinIndian]

I've been busy since last Tuesday. A good friend of mine has been down with Covid, almost completely recovered (he is an amazing bassist) and his band had a gig on Friday that they asked if I could cover. Of course I said yes but I had 3 days to learn 45 songs for the night, thankfully I knew a good third of them and had played a number of the others at one point. They are mainly a dance band with stuff like Shakira and what not. Completely out of my wheelhouse. Any way I brought my NS2A and Rebop 5 for the show. They sounded great in the mix. The drummer is a friend as well and we played in a different project a few years ago and he said how much he liked the way they sounded. It was a good show we had a great crowd, outdoors on a big deck, and we pulled it off without any drama so that was a relief!

The next night I had a show with one of my other two bands at another big outdoor venue down here. I brought my Euro 4LX for that night. It hits like a hammer. We had another great night with a bigger crowd than the night before and the crowd stayed with us most of the evening. Anyway here we are at Monday and I'm pooped!

Score 2 for Spector!

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

Wow, you started playing young!

 

[68Goldfish]

Woah!! I really like this!

2021 Spector NS-2 Copperhead Quilt Top NAMM Special Bass NEW wow rare unique awesome collectors | LadkorGuitars | Reverb

Don't know if I like the fretboard but the rest

I've been busy since last Tuesday. A good friend of mine has been down with Covid, almost completely recovered (he is an amazing bassist) and his band had a gig on Friday that they asked if I could cover. Of course I said yes but I had 3 days to learn 45 songs for the night, thankfully I knew a good third of them and had played a number of the others at one point. They are mainly a dance band with stuff like Shakira and what not. Completely out of my wheelhouse. Any way I brought my NS2A and Rebop 5 for the show. They sounded great in the mix. The drummer is a friend as well and we played in a different project a few years ago and he said how much he liked the way they sounded. It was a good show we had a great crowd, outdoors on a big deck, and we pulled it off without any drama so that was a relief!

The next night I had a show with one of my other two bands at another big outdoor venue down here. I brought my Euro 4LX for that night. It hits like a hammer. We had another great night with a bigger crowd than the night before and the crowd stayed with us most of the evening. Anyway here we are at Monday and I'm pooped!

Score 2 for Spector!

Excellent! Glad tohear somebody's gigging out there.

 

[Rod Harder]

I've been busy since last Tuesday. A good friend of mine has been down with Covid, almost completely recovered (he is an amazing bassist) and his band had a gig on Friday that they asked if I could cover. Of course I said yes but I had 3 days to learn 45 songs for the night, thankfully I knew a good third of them and had played a number of the others at one point. They are mainly a dance band with stuff like Shakira and what not. Completely out of my wheelhouse. Any way I brought my NS2A and Rebop 5 for the show. They sounded great in the mix. The drummer is a friend as well and we played in a different project a few years ago and he said how much he liked the way they sounded. It was a good show we had a great crowd, outdoors on a big deck, and we pulled it off without any drama so that was a relief!

The next night I had a show with one of my other two bands at another big outdoor venue down here. I brought my Euro 4LX for that night. It hits like a hammer. We had another great night with a bigger crowd than the night before and the crowd stayed with us most of the evening. Anyway here we are at Monday and I'm pooped!

Score 2 for Spector!

That's great to hear, I haven't gigged in nearly a year, March 13 , 2020 was the last show I played live.

 

[jack7265]

Don't know if I like the fretboard but the rest

I'm not that crazy about that fretboard either. Maybe just a birdseye maple neck. Then I would also consider an ebony fretboard that would also look nice with that copper. Either way, the copper color on the maple quilt looks amazing.

 

[AdamR]

I love the roasted maple.

 

[TinIndian]

Excellent! Glad tohear somebody's gigging out there.

That's great to hear, I haven't gigged in nearly a year, March 13 , 2020 was the last show I played live.

Yeah it was the end of March when everything shut down here. It reopened briefly in June and we played a show and everything shut down again. Everything opened back up at the end of October so we've had a few gigs since then. Many places were only booking live music on Saturday's but I know of two places that are reopening for Friday nights as well. I even have a Friday gig this week.

Everyone is trying to be cautious but still get on with their lives. I don't worry onstage but If I'm at an indoor venue I am outside between sets. Outdoor shows I just stay away. It's still way better than not playing at all So I'm hoping wherever you guys are thing start a return to normalcy soon!