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Spector Club - Part 12

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Good thing, Patrick. Otherwise, Stuart himself may have come to your home and hit you over the head with that bass! Many of us here would support him in a court of law. :D

JPSBassist said:
LOL. I just took the pups out and the bridge off. I didn't touch the electronics. This is just so I can get a great wax job on the finish.
Then pop the pups back in there, put the bridge back on and string her up.
And now she plays just as well as before but has this amazing wax/polish coat on.
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JPSBassist said:
I agree. With the offset screws I usually leave the back screws flush with the bottom of the saddle and use the front screw to adjust the height so that you can get that nicely defined witness point.

So with the saddles that have both screws up front, think of the intonation screw in the back of the saddle as the anchor point and the front screws allow you to adjust the height evenly in the front. So you still get the nicely defined witness point, but the whole saddle is more stable.

The diagram below should help define what I'm talking about.

The best or optimal situation for attaining intonation for your bass is to have the witness point angle match the angle of the headstock where the strings leave the nut to the tuners.

So I'm never a fan of "flat" bridge saddles. For a low string height you may have to lower the bridge saddles to an angle below that of the headstock. But as long as there is some angle to the saddles and there's a clear witness point you should be OK.

So the change in the bridge saddle height placement screws came because the back screw became useless with the addition of the intonation screw. That heavier, thicker screw controls the angle from the back. So what you were left with is a single screw in the front that controlled the height in the front and thus the witness point angle.

The Version 2.0 bridge by moving both height screws to the front simply made the saddle more stable. Less chance to create an issue where the saddle sits at an angle side to side... which would be pointless. Since it's the front to back angle that matters the most.
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This is awesome info you have here JPS! Maybe this could be your next Spector bass maintenance video??? Guys like myself that are newer are just starting out playing bass could really use stuff like this. I like learning to do my own maintenance as I did at the age of 8 learning car maintenance from my dad.
Great stuff JPS! Thank you!!! Kudos bro!!!
 
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Originally Posted by metallicafan18 View Post
On the topic of green Spectors, here is a pic of a local bass player who used to be the bassist of Days of the New and Tantric. His name is Jesse Vest. He's playing in the biggest local band in the Louisville, KY area. I'm almost positive he has used Spector his entire life.



I've met him a handful of times and he is a great guy. Most of his bands shows are 21+, so I haven't been able to catch em, but they have a HUGE following, and they seem to be playing twice a week around here.
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I friended Jesse this morning on FB. I'm gonna ask him what models he uses. His tone on the first Tantric album was awesome!
 
#969
madbassplaya said:
Icebox, it says that link is down?

Don't forget about your boy here Trace!

I'm hoping this one will be here by Friday!
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Try this link Mad;

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
XtraLongScale said:
It most certainly is :bassist:

I love it to death and the quilt's just as gorgeous as ever ;)
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Very nice photos!!! Great to see such a thing of great beauty being used and displayed before the public! Bet ya get a lot of compliments huh?!
 
#970
madbassplaya said:
Icebox, it says that link is down?
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That link isn't a real link... sorry to say.
That might have worked on the old website (over a year an a half ago). But that's never been a link on the site that I've built.

The history stuff is in the About Us section.

The domain:

Stuart Spector Designs, LTD - Makers of fine electric and bass guitars: UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY | UNPARALLELED VERSATILITY | UNBELIEVABLE SOUND

Has sub-directories with pages and images in them.

The sub-directory for the About Us section is simply "about".

So if you go to:

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] (note that everything is lower case). Then you get the default index or home page for that section.
 
#972
Rockin Mike said:
May I have a number?

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is that refinished? It almost looks like Poplar refinished with an amber tint.
 
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JPSBassist said:
That link isn't a real link... sorry to say.
That might have worked on the old website (over a year an a half ago). But that's never been a link on the site that I've built.

The history stuff is in the About Us section.

The domain:

Stuart Spector Designs, LTD - Makers of fine electric and bass guitars: UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY | UNPARALLELED VERSATILITY | UNBELIEVABLE SOUND

Has sub-directories with pages and images in them.

The sub-directory for the About Us section is simply "about".

So if you go to:

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] (note that everything is lower case). Then you get the default index or home page for that section.
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Thanks for the correction. I've been reading up on the company, the basses, and the man and I am very impressed! :)
 
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