Kinda why I am saying Euro 4, and not Euro LX4
I know about the changes to the series since 2004 (When it became LX), that the body mainly is Alder with maple top now.
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Kinda why I am saying Euro 4, and not Euro LX4
I know about the changes to the series since 2004 (When it became LX), that the body mainly is Alder with maple top now.
To be clear, the "Euro4/5" was an actual short lived model between the NSCR series and the current Euro LX series. They are "no longer all maple" because they are no longer period.
And, yes, I have one.
Sorry. Just showing off.
Kinda why I am saying Euro 4, and not Euro LX4
No worries. And sorry. The lines get blurred sometimes in my head... I was thinking 4LX because of the color you desire.
You're looking for a bass that hasn't been made in several years and in a specific (rare) color. My line of thinking regarding the newer 4LX is because I don't recall ever seeing a blue/black burst in those older models. I've seen plenty of solid blue and dark blue/black stains, but not in the burst.
But I haven't seen but a few examples of the Euro4 period.
Has anyone here seen a bass finished from the pre-4LX series in that blue burst?
Or are you planning on doing it yourself and you're just looking for a solid wing Euro model you can get at a decent price and then strip?
To be clear, the "Euro4/5" was an actual short lived model between the NSCR series and the current Euro LX series. They are "no longer all maple" because they are no longer period.
And, yes, I have one.
Sorry. Just showing off.
Very nice quilt on that one. It's sweet looking.
like this one:
Recently sold here on the forum.
Other than that, Johnnymacs is also very nice, and a bass i could live with, hehe. I am very fond of blue basses, I dont know why.
Another just like it but much earlier serial (NB0064, mine's NB0508) with Spector case just went by on eBay for only $1000. If I would have had a grand laying around I'd have had twins!
I had an NS5CRFM (35" with inlays) in that exact color. They we're calling it "Blue Stain" at the time. Don't know if they still are.like this one:
Has anyone considered replacing the EMG-HZ in a Spectorcore Fretless with an EMG CS/TW and have it able to coil tap?
I'm considering it...I just want input.
I'm considering it...I just want input.
No, they're calling the solid blue "blue stain" and the burst like this one is being called "Blue-Black Burst", according the the latest info I have.
That's what had me confused I guess. It's all good. Beautiful guitar, BTW.
like this one:
Recently sold here on the forum.
Other than that, Johnnymacs is also very nice, and a bass i could live with, hehe. I am very fond of blue basses, I dont know why.
Yeah that's beautiful. Perhaps you'll get lucky. I find that patience is the key. I'm still looking for a white Brooklyn NS-2 with neck inlays and the badass bridge. I'll keep waiting and one of these days... I'll find one.
I have those in my Euro and to be honest... I dont find any use for the coil tap. I found that the ouput was much lower when the pickups were "tapped".
I personally didnt like the sound of the tapped pickups either. Which is a bummer, cause I was expecting them to be super gritty and dirty and have a good contrasting sound to use when I play distorted passages. Not so much the case..
When i swapped in my new pre amp I wired them to be not tapped, as my setup didnt allow for it.
For my part, It just might get sorted
Oh, a general question:
The "Spector USA 9v" Preamp on spectors website.. Is that the Haz-Lab? AS i'm quite after that early Eddie Jackson tone, I think that pre-amp would be perfect to but in an Euro / Euro LX.. (now, If only they could get a Black Euro 4 Bridge in there too...)
Will the US bridge fit on an Euro-made bass?
If you are referring to this preamp, then yes it is the Haz-Lab.For my part, It just might get sorted
Oh, a general question:
The "Spector USA 9v" Preamp on spectors website.. Is that the Haz-Lab? AS i'm quite after that early Eddie Jackson tone, I think that pre-amp would be perfect to but in an Euro / Euro LX.. (now, If only they could get a Black Euro 4 Bridge in there too...)
Will the US bridge fit on an Euro-made bass?
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The U.S. bridge should fit, but to be on the safe side I would contact PJ to confirm fitment.
For my part, It just might get sorted
Oh, a general question:
The "Spector USA 9v" Preamp on spectors website.. Is that the Haz-Lab? AS i'm quite after that early Eddie Jackson tone, I think that pre-amp would be perfect to but in an Euro / Euro LX.. (now, If only they could get a Black Euro 4 Bridge in there too...)
Will the US bridge fit on an Euro-made bass?
The USA bridge is larger and will not fit without doing some routing.
Ah, Thanks! I'll need to spend that redicilous amount for a pre-amp then, I have no choice 
(Just for Info, if I bought an aguilar OBP-3 here in Norway, It would have costed me the same.. :S Long live stupid convertional rates.)
(Just for Info, if I bought an aguilar OBP-3 here in Norway, It would have costed me the same.. :S Long live stupid convertional rates.)
Actually, now that I look back at some old pix, we're both a little off.
My "Blue Stain" did not have the black burst area around the edges. It was a total see through semi-dark blue. Since "Stain" traditionally means a pigment on which the wood grain shows through, I doubt the solid blue is now the "Blue Stain" unless the Spector boys are a little dim. Or by "solid", did you just mean the whole bass, or that the color was non-opaque?
I've seen the Blue/Black listed and that looks like it (Thunderfinger's bass).
EDIT: Went over to the Spector site. You can indeed see the wood grain on the "Blue Stain" bass, although that blue is much lighter than mine was. The bass above is listed as "Black Blueburst".
Actually, now that I look back at some old pix, we're both a little off.
Or by "solid", did you just mean the whole bass, or that the color was non-opaque?
I've seen the Blue/Black listed and that looks like it.
EDIT: Went over to the Spector site. You can indeed see the wood grain on the "Blue Stain" bass, although that blue it much lighter than mine was. The bass above is listed as "Black Blueburst".
It's symantics dude... When I wrote blue stain, that's the trans blue... in other words a stain that allows the grain to be shown, but dark blue tint and is generally uniform in tint. Like my trans-black Euro4.
Solid is what I'd call a guitar with no wood grain visible. Thus Solid White Gloss (Sting's NS-2)... etc... Solid Black Gloss (Ian Hill).
The difference between the blue stain and black-blue burst is the burst. The outside edges are nearly solid black whereas the center of the guitar shows mainly blue stained wood grain.
So of the photos above this post, the guitar posted by Thunder-Fingers is the burst. The guitar posted byJohnnyMac is Blue Stain. If that makes any sense?
Clarified above. I did mean you were correct on Thunderfinger's bass. Your statement about the "Blue Stain" being "solid" was vague.
Yes, JohnnyMac's bass looks much more like my old NS5CRFM in Blue Stain.
Wasn't funny at the time, but when I ordered it from the Musician's Friend store (later converted to a Guitar Center) through Darryl Williams (yes, the Darryl Williams in the latest Carvin catalog, he used to work there), they had to ship it to me from the warehouse. Unfortunately they labeled both "Blue Stain" and "Black Stain" as "BS" on their forms.
Guess which bass showed up first.
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