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Spector Club - Part 7

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#581
peledog said:
Are there advantages to sanding the neck? Or is it just a preference? If sanded, how does it help you as a bassist?
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More "preference" IME. Some people's hands get sweatier than others and sometimes a high gloss or lacquer finish will "stick" to your skin more than an unfinished or satin finish/feel. I'm good with either really but I see the appeal for a satin setup.
My NS5 is gloss, but it's been worn so much I really don't mind it much.
 
#582
Ah. Interesting. I've always liked wristbands - never had an issue with the 'stick' on the neck - and I sweat A LOT when I play. Instead of sanding, I guess my solution is to just put on the wristband and it does the trick. That, and I always keep a towel on top of my amp... lol!
 
#590
diechris said:
Man.... I know a NT USA is where its at... but I cant shake how good the bolt-on USA basses felt.

Maybe its nostalgia for my old Legend 5? The mahogany body does sound nice too...
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Dude you know I've had a bunch of both at my office the past few months and I personally LOVE the bolt-ons. Sure, the NTs are beautiful and have that classic Spector sound... but the BOs are so comfortable and that Auggie pre is SO clean. It's a different sound but a very, very nice sound.

Either and you'd be doing no wrong in my book. If it's got Stuart's hand-written signature on the headstock... it's as good as it gets. No question.
 
#591
OFFICIAL NEWS!!!

I'm pleased to announce that I will be hosting a web-series where new Spector basses and guitars are reviewed by myself and a guest professional musician (a Spector Endorsed Musician of course).

It will be called "ALL THINGS SPECTOR" and we've filmed the first two webisodes already.

The first is an introduction to Spector products and the second is a review of the ARC6-B guitar... which Stuart is now modelling all ARC6 guitars after... they are all moving to a two-piece Tune-a-matic bridge and two knobs, one tone, one volume (the ARC6 has had 4 knobs and a pigtail wrap around single piece bridge). The Floyd Rose option is still available and there are new pickup options as well.

These webisodes will be aired on the following NEW website: www.spectorcentral.com

This site is scheduled to launch January 1st. It will be the place where you can download desktop images, nice photos, and I'm building a marketplace for people to meet up and buy/sell used Spector basses and guitars.

This site is 100% approved by Spector, but is NOT officially a "SPECTOR" website. That way we can have honest reviews, etc... and not "push product". There will be integrity to what is done on the site.

Another feature of this site will be a section called "MY SPECTOR STORY". PJ, Stuart and I are inviting people to download the graphics supplied in the section (they are title screens, etc...) and use them to create a video where they talk about how they came to own and love Spector instruments. Once finished, you can publish the video to YouTube and send us the link where we'll embed the video into this section of the site for the world to see.

The Official Spector website pushes over 50,000 individual visits a month by some 30,000 unique visitors, equating in over 2.5 million page views a month. That's more traffic than most medium sized newspapers get monthly. And of course the traffic is from all over the world... The Americas, Asia, Europe... every continent except Antarctica.

We're going to heavily promote SPECTOR Central on the official site and push a lot of traffic to it.

You heard it here first. I want to personally invite all of you to be a part. And don't worry... I'll refer to this message board in the web-series as well as on the site.

You all are a great resource for information and you represent the best Spector Owners out there. So THANK YOU!

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#595
rockstarbassist said:
Ya I saw that NS2 as well. I always thought maple went well with a dark blue but that combo is awesome.
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I shot photos of those basses right after BPL (then I shipped them to Beaver) and I have to say, although the Black Cherry is my favorite quilt-maple finish (especially when matte finished), the bahama blue finish on this NS-5XL is stunning because it pulls the blue out of the abalone inlays in the neck.

My wife, who is not a fan of "bright finishes" on guitars stopped what she was doing and said, "Wow... that's a beautiful bass" when I first unpacked it from its case.

I'll tell you that the studio photos of that bass are some of the most beautiful I've ever taken, especially for showing off the curves and the contours of the NS-Body.

It's a beautiful bass... and in my opinion collectable because both of the BEM models Beaver has are the very first of the production run. So this makes them special in my opinion.
 
#597
Nino Valenti said:
At Bass Central. This is the 1st time I was a Spector with a Maple board. Killer.
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Stuart has made a handfull of maple fingerboard basses as custom one-off jobs for only one or two people in the past 35 years.

These are special because they are now fully part of the USA NS-Bass production series.

And look for some of these photos as desktop images for download on SPECTOR Central once it launches.

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#598
Nino Valenti said:
Exactly. Also, the Abalone comes out more on the lighter Maple board. What a beauty!!!
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@ DieChris

You played this bass at BPL, what did you think? Not only beautiful but the 18v USA Circuit seemed to match really well with the brighter tone of the fingerboard.

In all, I say it's one of the best sounding NS-5XL's I've ever heard.

I think the best tone I've heard from the 5-string series is Graham Maby's NS-5J. I love the sound of that bass. And of course it doesn't hurt that Graham is an outstanding bassist.
 
#600
JPSBassist said:
OFFICIAL NEWS!!!

I'm pleased to announce that I will be hosting a web-series where new Spector basses and guitars are reviewed by myself and a guest professional musician (a Spector Endorsed Musician of course).

It will be called "ALL THINGS SPECTOR" and we've filmed the first two webisodes already.

The first is an introduction to Spector products and the second is a review of the ARC6-B guitar... which Stuart is now modelling all ARC6 guitars after... they are all moving to a two-piece Tune-a-matic bridge and two knobs, one tone, one volume (the ARC6 has had 4 knobs and a pigtail wrap around single piece bridge). The Floyd Rose option is still available and there are new pickup options as well.

These webisodes will be aired on the following NEW website: www.spectorcentral.com

This site is scheduled to launch January 1st. It will be the place where you can download desktop images, nice photos, and I'm building a marketplace for people to meet up and buy/sell used Spector basses and guitars.

This site is 100% approved by Spector, but is NOT officially a "SPECTOR" website. That way we can have honest reviews, etc... and not "push product". There will be integrity to what is done on the site.

Another feature of this site will be a section called "MY SPECTOR STORY". PJ, Stuart and I are inviting people to download the graphics supplied in the section (they are title screens, etc...) and use them to create a video where they talk about how they came to own and love Spector instruments. Once finished, you can publish the video to YouTube and send us the link where we'll embed the video into this section of the site for the world to see.

The Official Spector website pushes over 50,000 individual visits a month by some 30,000 unique visitors, equating in over 2.5 million page views a month. That's more traffic than most medium sized newspapers get monthly. And of course the traffic is from all over the world... The Americas, Asia, Europe... every continent except Antarctica.

We're going to heavily promote SPECTOR Central on the official site and push a lot of traffic to it.

You heard it here first. I want to personally invite all of you to be a part. And don't worry... I'll refer to this message board in the web-series as well as on the site.

You all are a great resource for information and you represent the best Spector Owners out there. So THANK YOU!

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My Official "ALL THINGS SPECTOR" Portrait
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I am stoked to hear about this! Another step in the best customer oriented service out there, IMO.

However, another site to look at SpectorPorn and get GAS!

:p
 
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