Spector NS Dimension

[Dr. Cheese]

I bet this will be winner.

 

[scubaduba]

There’s been some chatter about these in the Spector Club forum.

 

[Lammchop93]

I love it, but $2100 for a Korean made bass is too much. Drop it another $500 and then we’d be talking.

I bought my used Euro for about $1000 less than this.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I love it, but $2100 for a Korean made bass is too much. Drop it another $500 and then we’d be talking.

I bought my used Euro for about $1000 less than this.

I am sure used Dimensions will be reasonable too once they are out there.

 

[songwriter21]

I love it, but $2100 for a Korean made bass is too much. Drop it another $500 and then we’d be talking.

I bought my used Euro for about $1000 less than this.

Heck, I bought a NEW closeout Euro LX last April from Sweetwater for $1700.

 

[Lammchop93]

I am sure used Dimensions will be reasonable too once they are out there.

I hope! I’d pick one up for sure at a lower price.

Now I just need Warwick to do a fanned Thumb and I can die happy

 

[scubaduba]

I played a Spector Euro at NAMM loaded with the Fishman preamp and pickups. I wasn’t impressed. Sterile and lacking the Spector punch.

 

[songwriter21]

I played a Spector Euro at NAMM loaded with the Fishman preamp and pickups. I wasn’t impressed. Sterile and lacking the Spector punch.

I've never tried them, and after having had the EMG/TP setup, I see no need to. Only that setup, aside from adding the Haz pre, of course, will give you that signature Spector snarl.

 

[AdamR]

It may be made in Korea, but look at the specs. Ash body, popular burl top, 5 piece Maple wenge neck, wenge fret board, curved body, Fishman electronics, US finishes. The low B on my 35" scale spectors soumd great, that 37" must sound massive.

 

[scubaduba]

These definitely arouse the curious side of me.

 

[Salicete]

I love it, but $2100 for a Korean made bass is too much. Drop it another $500 and then we’d be talking.

I bought my used Euro for about $1000 less than this.

Meh...don't write Korean made goods off just yet.

I have a Hyundai that soundly beats any American car I've owned in the last few decades, less expensive too.

I'd put hands on it and play it before I walked away.

Nice looking though, no matter how it turns out.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

It may be made in Korea, but look at the specs. Ash body, popular burl top, 5 piece Maple wenge neck, wenge fret board, curved body, Fishman electronics, US finishes. The low B on my 35" scale spectors soumd great, that 37" must sound massive.

Cool, so Spector is clearly aiming at Dingwall with these since they going all the way with a 37” B string. As for the price of the NS Dimension, remember that import Dingwalls are made in China and they are well over $2K. South Korea is not poor country with a low standard of living. For all I know, their labor may be more expensive than Czech labor.

 

[Lammchop93]

Cool, so Spector is clearly aiming at Dingwall with these since they going all the way with a 37” B string. As for the price of the NS Dimension, remember that import Dingwalls are made in China and they are well over $2K. South Korea is not poor country with a low standard of living. For all I know, their labor may be more expensive than Czech labor.

Absolutely. I have a lot of Korean made basses, and they all are top notch, but I still paid under $1000 for them. I get that the Spector uses nicer woods, and Fishmans, which are quite expensive. but it still doesn't sit quite right with me. Maybe if I played one I'd change my mind.

 

[Bass Viking]

Nice to see more companies offering fanned frets.

 

[Bass Viking]

It may be made in Korea, but look at the specs. Ash body, popular burl top, 5 piece Maple wenge neck, wenge fret board, curved body, Fishman electronics, US finishes. The low B on my 35" scale spectors soumd great, that 37" must sound massive.

Meh...don't write Korean made goods off just yet.

I have a Hyundai that soundly beats any American car I've owned in the last few decades, less expensive too.

I'd put hands on it and play it before I walked away.

Nice looking though, no matter how it turns out.

Agreed. I have a Korean-made D'Angelico guitar and it's really nice. No complaints.

 

[BurningSkies]

Scale length seems familiar.

Honestly don't love the body aesthetics in a personal sense and given they haven't done much beyond fanning and lengthening the neck...I'd be ver concerned about dive and ergonomics.

 

[21DaHoagie12]

The fact that the angle of the pickups is not parallel with the angle of the last fret makes it look weird to me. Plus the 5-piece neck screams Ibanez as well

 

[sonic 7]

Phillip McKnight did a pretty comprehensive video on the different manufacturers that produce instruments for other brands. I don’t remember the name of the Korean company, maybe cort or samik. The workers were demanding increased wages so the company responded by moving everything to Indonisia. Today there is only one such manufacture in Korea doing these builds and they do so by only producing higher end instruments. I probably got much of this wrong, so check out Phil McKnights video.

 

[Clark W]

Phillip McKnight did a pretty comprehensive video on the different manufacturers that produce instruments for other brands. I don’t remember the name of the Korean company, maybe cort or samik. The workers were demanding increased wages so the company responded by moving everything to Indonisia. Today there is only one such manufacture in Korea doing these builds and they do so by only producing higher end instruments. I probably got much of this wrong, so check out Phil McKnights video.

That was Cort that made the move to Indonesia.

 

[BurningSkies]

The fact that the angle of the pickups is not parallel with the angle of the last fret makes it look weird to me. Plus the 5-piece neck screams Ibanez as well

There are a couple ways to skin the pickup angling. They'll all probably annoy someone.

You can leave 'em perpendicular to the strings, but that amounts to having angled pickups on a parallel fret bass and is probably not ideal or even. You can fan them to match the multi-scale, but they won't match the angle at the base of the fretboard, or both pickups, or the bridge, since the fan changes and gets more extreme as it moves to the witness points at both ends. You can pick something that averages the fan in the center of the body, and match the pickups but then obviously it doesn't match the bridge or the base of the fretboard...that ends up being a compromise in placement but probably not terribly much.

I have basses with all of these options.