Spector Euro series basses

I have little experience with the 4 banger, but I have owned a czech 5.

Pros: Great bass! Great looks, tone, and feel for the most part. Superb construction and quality.

Cons: HEAVY bass, Neck feels like a louisville slugger, and the balance is a bit off. Sting spacing is also a bit tight to most.

I would definitely reccomend spending some time with them, before buying, they are nice, but are definitely something you will either love, or hate.

PS, I have owned US, and Korean model 4's, and loved them all!

You also may want to consider doing a search, as these basses have been well covered in the past. Best of luck!

 

Exactly what ANB said. I owned a Czech 5. The bass was beautiful. Its the best looking bass I've ever owned. The string spacing was a little tight, but not so bad you couldn't adjust to it.
Im not a huge fan of EMG pickups, but they had many usable tones. The Aguilar OBP1 preamp was very nice, as long as kept in mind it was boost only. Two things about the bass were unacceptable for me. First the weight. The thing was HEAVY. I'm not one of those guys that needs a 8lb bass. I dont mind a bass that has a little heft. I never weighed it, but it has to be close to 13lbs, and you could really feel it about the middle of set 2. The worst thing for me about the bass was the neck. It was ROUND, just like a Louisville slugger. If this bass would have had Bartolinis or SDs, been a little lighter, and had a flatter neck profile, it would have been the dream bass of all times. I suggest you spend a little time with one before you make up your mind. The craftsmanship was great. It was a really nice bass....it just didn't fit me well.

 

I believe the bodies are maple, thus the weight.
They do neck dive a bit too, but a 3" leather Levy's strap took care of that. $1300 is a pretty good deal new. You can find them used for less than a grand.

 

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I have owned a Czech 5 string Spector for about 3 years. I actually just sold another one that I'd had for about 1 year.

Not much experience with the 4 stringers - had one for about 1 week, along with another 5, but that story can wait a minute!

Yup, almost everything that the guys above have said, sounds, feel, looks, shape all very good and shape is comfortable. Weight is one thing to consider - personally I like it, it is heavy, but I like it! Never had a problem with neck dive - I also own a Korean REX2000/5, now that has neck dive!

String spacing is a bit tight, and the neck is a bit chunky, but even though I have smallish hands, I find no problems with it - I actually had a Fender Jazz Fretless for about 1 year, the neck on that felt like a toy compared to the Spector (I guess I'm used to it now)

Anyway, my story about the basses I had for 1 week. A German dealer was doing a blow out on New Old Stock Spectors. High Gloss Black only, SSD logo, but brand new. So I bought 2 5 stringers, and a 4 stringer. Sold one of the 5 stringers and the 4 stringers on ebay, and made enough profit to keep the last 5 stringer effectively free!

My current NS5CR is the slightly older dot inlay, no figured maple top and it has the EMG BTS preamp - it is still the best bass I have ever played!

 

I have a Spector Euro 5. It is by far the best sounding bass i have ever played. And that includes my Stingray 5. Go for the Euro 5, you can get a pretty good one used. Thats what I did.

 

Congrats on your new bass.....and Black Cherry - this is exactly the colour I'd order it in if I was to get another!

I'm sure you're gonna have a long and rewarding musical relationship with this bass!

Oh - and definitely get the pics!

 

I've got the Black Cherry 5er...killer bass!!!!

You'll love it when you get it!

I haven't noticed too much neck diving, but it's definately a heavy beast.

 

What they all said. Good craftsmanship, quality bass, comfy scuplted body, bit wide neck - a medium-fat D I would say - and bit on the heavy side. The neck of mine, an earlier non-FM 34" 5, had thick gloss on it.

Congrats on the new axe!

 

I just got a Czech 5 srting and am very happy with it great tone and playability for me. I find the neck comfortable. like people have said they are heavey but I like some girth to my basses. I find it balances well, just get a wide strap. construction is top notch. I can get very low action on mine, lower than I like actually with no fret buzz. and they will sustain for days. very solid basses but try before you buy. I love mine but they are not for everyone.

 

Welcome to the Club! You WILL be very happy! I absolutely love my Czech 5. Mine is one of the very few Emerald stained ones too..

 

I spent some time with a Chzech 4 and 5 basses at a GC one time. Both were fabulous.

 

looks good. I had to do some light setup work on mine to when I first go it the other day. and I put some DR low riders on there and the string tension is great now. sounds like you got the vol/vol with aguilar preamp. mine has the volume/pan with the spector preamp. I don't know if one is better than the other but I am loving the way mine sounds. the EMG's are very powerful like you said and it really picks up everything. I have to work on cleaning up my playing also. but I did some tapping stuff and it really sounds great, picks up all the nuances. I was going to go with a peavey cirrus, and I liked their necks a little more but found them a little to "hi-fi" sounding for my tastes. I like that big growly tone.