Spector Club - Part 16

[grendle]

Totally agree. I have a Schecter 8-string with them and the preamp stinks! I've been debating converting it to passive volume volume tone tone.

They actually sound good that way imo. You can find the emg pre's pretty cheap too.

 

[Basstovsky]

Well here we are, pretty much finished and pictures to prove it. Still need to find a way to make that extra hole less UGLY, and find more control cavity screws.

I'm definitely considering getting the stick-on inlays that I've been hearing nothing but good things about, not sure of the best place to get them,
they are all over ebay. Oh and maybe a nicer looking truss rod cover...

 

[delucajohn2000]

Well, the Spector bug has bitten me again and I just purchased a used older Rebop from Guitar Center. For the price they were asking, I couldn't complain so it should be here middle of next week.

Since it has the dot inlays and not the crowns, the Spector site says it was made in 2002-2004 and it has an Aguilar OBP-1 preamp installed so I can't wait to hear how it sounds. I am probably going to rip out the EMG HZ pickups and get 40DC's installed since I want it to have active pickups and if I don't like the OBP-1, I may throw an EMG BQC system into it since it has the 3 band EQ with mid control.

 

[Evil Undead]

Well here we are, pretty much finished and pictures to prove it. Still need to find a way to make that extra hole less UGLY, and find more control cavity screws.

I'm definitely considering getting the stick-on inlays that I've been hearing nothing but good things about, not sure of the best place to get them,
they are all over ebay. Oh and maybe a nicer looking truss rod cover...

That looks great.

Forgive the noob question, but why is this bass a different shape to the usual Spector basses?

 

[iceboxbass]

So I have been waiting, last night my new cabinet got here (Aguilar DB 410) and my new head got here the night before (Aguilar DB 359 - 200 watts, all tube).

I can tell you that my NS-4 sound frickin incredible through the new Aguilar rig. I actually am in love with the sound, and I am really excited because I know the tubes need to be replaced, which will sound even better once it's done. I played through a SVT for years and while its not quite the same sound, it is so warm, full and just about perfect sounding my wife had to pull me away to eat then had me turn it off because the kids were going to bed, I had played like 4 hours strait without even realizing it.

Tube amps with Spectors sound incredible, there is a reason people copy Spectors, and there is a reason so many companies try to emulate the tube amp sound. Tube amps are heavy, expensive, need attention (Biasing, maybe new tubes now and then) but to me, it's worth that sound...

Great looking bass rig Chris!

 

[iceboxbass]

Modern radio rock (not metullzz, sorry! )...
Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Sevendust but a little more "poppy".
Even though we tune down to C both guitards have a very reasonable tone and don't do the uber-scooped maxed out Bass/Treble thing so it's really not that "heavy". It also fits my singer's voice perfectly. We've tried D standard (but he likes drop tunings) so drop C#, drop B, drop Bb and have just stuck w/ drop C. Just sounds like "us".

Well that's cool! I'm not a Metals fan anyways...
That's great your band found its sound! Our band fav keys are G & E.

 

[iceboxbass]

I learn songs by muscle memory and never scramble to think "ok Ab is coming up next" Not much improv done... IMO fans of "metal" want to hear the album played note for note.

Also no matter what the tuning... When the band is working on new songs, we still call out things in standard tuning.. Ex: open strings will be E A D G...

I dont drop tune anymore... So scale shapes stay the same. Granted instead of playing C Maj it could be A# Maj but with everyone on the same page... Names are just names

I use muscle memory for all our songs too. One of two bands I play in is a Church Praise & Worship band. Sometimes, like last week, we arrive for rehearsal and the leader handed us key changes for 2 songs! So much for muscle memory cause we only run thru each song once.

 

[iceboxbass]

+1

Done the same for the past 15-20 yes. Reguardless of what its tuned to the E string is still an E etc. We drop a half step and then tune to drop D, whatever that is. More for vocal range than anything else. Sounds heavy but not mushy. We play radio friendly metal, kinda like godsmack meets AIC. Its fun, people get it, and they like the chorus 's.

That'd be easier than capoing...which I don't do and don't believe in.

 

[Trailight]

I use muscle memory for all our songs too. One of two bands I play in is a Church Praise & Worship band. Sometimes, like last week, we arrive for rehearsal and the leader handed us key changes for 2 songs! So much for muscle memory cause we only run thru each song once.

I went the Factory Studios (what used to be Little Mountain Sound Building) here in Vancouver last night to do a photo shoot with my friends band and as I arrived, they were in the middle of recording bass.

Considering all that has been said here about different tunings, I thought I'd share this:
my buddy (who has been playing for about 30 years and is in a couple of pretty well known and dominant metal bands) with all his recording experience etc, still had to stop, think and maybe look at the tuner to find the notes on a drop tuned song. Plus I think what made it somewhat mroe challenging is that he was writing the bass lines as he went...
So I guess it sort of throws everyone off a little
Oh and like DieChris said, they also were calling the strings by their names...BEADG not the de-tuned names. Which made me know what they are talking about

On another note, he was running his Fender Jazz through an Ampeg SVT calssic split to a Marshal guitar amp (not sure which, it was super old) and then an Ampeg 810 cab and a Marshal 410 cab. Sounded like the thunder of the gods!

 

[Trailight]

That'd be easier than capoing...which I don't do and don't believe in.

Maybe you should use an Amp Capo...
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[iceboxbass]

Deluna Fest rocked today!!! By far the biggest stage I've played on! I'll post more pics soon and some video.

That's awesome bassgiant15!

 

[iceboxbass]

Well, I'm adding to my Spector collection. Today, I just bought this new Rebop, at a great price!!!!

Congratulations!!!! That has to be one of the hottest Zebop EX that I've seen!!!!

 

[grendle]

Well here we are, pretty much finished and pictures to prove it. Still need to find a way to make that extra hole less UGLY, and find more control cavity screws.

I'm definitely considering getting the stick-on inlays that I've been hearing nothing but good things about, not sure of the best place to get them,
they are all over ebay. Oh and maybe a nicer looking truss rod cover...

Creative cuts sells them on eBay. I think their the only ones but they have a lot of adds. They look good and ship super fast ( CA to FL in 3 days). Ask them about the non dot cover sets and do a little work on the 12th fret dots with brown n black sharpie. Looks better imo. I think the mop ones look a little better than the abalony. Can't tell their not inlays from a few feet away.

Might wanna try some wood putty on that hole from the back side. A little stain or yellow sharpie would make it a lot less noticeable. Cool bass! Congrats!

 

[grendle]

That looks great.

Forgive the noob question, but why is this bass a different shape to the usual Spector basses?

It's an ns2000. They are slightly different in shape. Great playing / sounding bass though. I love mine. Made my rebop take a back seat.

 

[Evil Undead]

It's an ns2000. They are slightly different in shape. Great playing / sounding bass though. I love mine. Made my rebop take a back seat.

It's certainly a looker. I've never seen one before let alone heard one... I'm off to youtube...

 

[guy n. cognito]

Congratulations!!!! That has to be one of the hottest Zebop EX that I've seen!!!!

Thanks. I'm looking forward to getting it in my hands next week.

 

[iceboxbass]

Well here we are, pretty much finished and pictures to prove it. Still need to find a way to make that extra hole less UGLY, and find more control cavity screws.

I'm definitely considering getting the stick-on inlays that I've been hearing nothing but good things about, not sure of the best place to get them,
they are all over ebay. Oh and maybe a nicer looking truss rod cover...

Maybe try put a dummy switch in the extra control hole???
Nice job! Looks great!

 

[iceboxbass]

Well, the Spector bug has bitten me again and I just purchased a used older Rebop from Guitar Center. For the price they were asking, I couldn't complain so it should be here middle of next week.

Since it has the dot inlays and not the crowns, the Spector site says it was made in 2002-2004 and it has an Aguilar OBP-1 preamp installed so I can't wait to hear how it sounds. I am probably going to rip out the EMG HZ pickups and get 40DC's installed since I want it to have active pickups and if I don't like the OBP-1, I may throw an EMG BQC system into it since it has the 3 band EQ with mid control.

A nice find John!!! If it hads MOPS it'd look like my former ReBop 5 DLX.
Sounds like fun in store for you!

 

[iceboxbass]

Man! I'm GASing so bad waiting for my Forte to be delivered! Seeing all these saweet basses being bought... Got...to...hold...ON!

 

[Basstovsky]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. As for the shape, what I have read on the subject is that the NS2000 body shape was a mix between the NS-94 shape and the traditional NS-2 shape.

The problem with the hole is that the Haz-copy preamp board covers that hole inside the control cavity, so there isn't space to put much of anything in there. I'm looking around to see if I can find some kind of plug or maybe just a wooden dowel to go in there