I have a 1999 model Euro 4LX with the EMG P/J pup configuration. I haven't seen Spector offer the same in a 5 string, so I was wondering which of their 5er's would be the closest in sound. I was guessing maybe the Euro 5LX but not sure
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Spector question
- Thread starter svp
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All of them sound like Spectors. If you want that little extra punch the P/J has in a 5-string, you'll have to add an aftermarket EMG 40P and 40J to the bass as they don't come stock.
svp said:
Well, back then it wasn't the "LX" at all. The LX version has only been around a couple of years, and what makes it different is the back 1/2 of the body is alder with a maple top. They also have a differen't preamp than what you have.
Your '99 Euro NS4 came from when they were using solid maple bodies. But you right about the pickups...the NS5's only had soapbar pickups.
I used to gig for years with a Euro (Czech) NS4 and NS5. The sounds were pretty consistant, but the feel was way off because the NS5 is a 35" scale.
I don't see the cut out's in the body on any other model working for the P/J configuration, so which other model comes the closest in sound?
You gotta help me help you...do a little searching on the net and you'll be enlightened
The cutouts aren't the same...EMG 40P and 40J pickups are pretty much your standard precision and jazz pickups in a soapbar style housing which WILL fit the Spector 5 strings.
PS...they're all "close" in sound. As previously stated, Spectors all sound pretty much the same with subtle variations.
IME Spector will always sound like a Spector if they have EMG pickups. I have 2 Spectors, 4 and a 5 string and the punch and the tone is quite distinctive although the pup config is not the same
Does this mean if I hated the sound of my stock rebop I shouldn't even try other Spector models?
Stock pups in Rebops are passive HZ EMG pups, other EMG pups are active so there is a difference.
Too a point yes. But switching out the HZ pickups for active EMG's is like taking a really thick blanket off your speaker cabinet. IMO, the preamp is not the culprit for the muddy tone...it's those God-awful HZ pickups!
so what pups would you suggest? i have a rebop and i'm getting a bqc control. i won't go right out and get new pups... but i can be on the look out. btw, it's a 5-string.
EMG's. Whatever ones fit. You will be able to shape your sound with that pre just fine.
Well...I'd HIGHLY recommend doing the opposite - keeping the Tonepump and switching the pickups. Everyone whines about the preamp but if you think about it, how often do you actually CUT bass and treble frequencies? I never do. However, having some midrange control is always nice.
As for pickups for the 5-strings, my personal favorite combo is a 40P and a 40J or a 40P and a 40DC. Just depends on personal taste really but having that P-pickup in the neck really adds a lot of depth and bottom to things.
Believe it or not, the placement seems like it has more to do with the sound than anything. Just my personal opinion though.
Well, I've always had a hard time fitting a humbucker into the P slot...
that is true. guess me saying i had 5-string rebop would have said that they would have been a humbucker.
