Exactly!!
If it's under warranty, THEY WILL FIX!
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If it's under warranty, THEY WILL FIX!
That's the impression I get from the internet (not personal experience). I mean, some call it the "Tonedump".
That's the impression I get from the internet (not personal experience). I mean, some call it the "Tonedump".
For years we used that Tondedump term every time someone pulled out their Tonepump, but we didn't have all the "Haz" copy choices that you youngsters do now. I've been in the Spector Club since 2010 I think...Just think how many USA Spectors I could have bought instead of buying and selling Euro's and NS2A's...and I still do lolLots of Spector info and history in this ol' thread
No I had posted earlier it was a demo so not new, small discount and I loved the colors and apportionments. Unfortunately, no warranty. I had brought it to hopefully be fixed today but kinda got blown off. (tech just wanted to keep saying how great it was) Came home and same issues. Again, it's not that I don't like the Spector. It's literally I don't want to be chasing a problem on a botique high end bass. Now i'm wondering if this is why it was a "demo" in the first place.
I was here probably around the same time. My first Euro was a 2004 or 2005, right after the LX's came out with the original TonePump long before the trim pot was a thing. Those were a bit unruly. I loved the way mine played, but I absolutely hated how harsh it was and how hard it was to warm it up without getting muddy. Some of that may have been the Tone Pump, most of it was more likely my unnatural hatred of dual 40DCs
Lots of Spector info and history in this ol' thread
. But the 40P5s didn't exist yet. SNC didn't exist yet. LHZ was still almost 20 years away. You could buy Haz preamps from PJ at Spector when they were available, but they were pricey! The 9V version was $399 and rarely available. The 18V version was $199 and they had stock. (Remember, this was 2006 money, so it would be the equivalent of $640 for the 9V and $320 for the 18V). If only I knew then you could run the 18V version at 9V and it was the same circuit, I would have bought more than one. Alas, no one had reverse engineered them yet. They were hard times indeed!
I understand how you feel, I've had the same experience with a brand-new Ernie Ball Stingray Special 5 that had been in the store for quite some time. It sounded fine at the store, which probably had 3-phase power, but at my home and rehearsal rooms, it had an audible hum that was unacceptable to me. I took it back to the store twice, but the tech couldn't find a problem and kept blaming my house wiring. Even though I loved the sound of the bass, I ended up trading it on something else, out of disdain...
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Reconnecting with this bass over the weekend, after playing a couple of my Euro 5 string basses for most of my recent live shows I pulled this one out of the case and gave it some new strings and a bit of freshening up.
It's a 2019 Helium Forte 5 and I think I've likely decided against an RST 5, at least for now. Something in the DNA of the USA Spector basses that's just not there in any Euro I've owned, and I've owned close to 30 different Euro basses since the 90s.
It's a 2019 Helium Forte 5 and I think I've likely decided against an RST 5, at least for now. Something in the DNA of the USA Spector basses that's just not there in any Euro I've owned, and I've owned close to 30 different Euro basses since the 90s.
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A very famous bass player I won't name told me his opinion that the Tone Pump is the worst pre amp ever created. I agreed, it is pretty bad.
It's not RST light, if I recall it's around 8.5 pounds but still very manageable for a 3 hour show. It's Sycamore over Reclaimed Redwood with a Maple neck and Pau Ferro board.
And many bass players here, not so famous, have said pretty much the same thing.
I've never owned one, so I have no opinion on them whatsoever.
I don't, but his bass gets used at every show with my originals & 70s rock band. Really, what makes this bass so good is the Spector parts. The Octave is a cool add-on, but the reality for me is that I don't have a use for it on stage yet. I picked up an F Bass to be my be-all, end-all fretless, and when this bass fell into my lap, it instantly took its place. (And I'm not knocking the F. It is truly great; this Spector just fits me better.)
Just pre-ordered a new Doug Wimbish Euro 4, in the regular Amber gloss.....might be a month or more wait....
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So bad, Stuart Spector selected it himself. Its not a bad pre amp
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Here in the Nashville area, damn near every bass player is better than I am, so much so I copyrighted my title Nashville's Worst Bassist". BUT! Being a better player than me doesn't come with great ears. Many times giving players tone crafting capability just helps them sound like ass more efficiently. 
I'd argue the same goes to bass makers. Some are excellent in making instruments that play effortlessly but their choice in electronics sometimes suck (for the person who bought the bass). That's why there's a whole industry of aftermarket bass pickups and preamps. We don't need to take the bass maker decisions as gospel. To each its own.Here in the Nashville area, damn near every bass player is better than I am, so much so I copyrighted my title Nashville's Worst Bassist". BUT! Being a better player than me doesn't come with great ears. Many times giving players tone crafting capability just helps them sound like ass more efficiently.
It's okay once you get it dialed in, but it's uber hot and I think I'm gonna try a Nordy 2 band I have lying around.And many bass players here, not so famous, have said pretty much the same thing.
I've never owned one, so I have no opinion on them whatsoever.
