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LOL…You can’t be serious.
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I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
EMGs have never had exposed poles. Or do you mean versus other manufacturers' pickups?
Over $9000 in Canuck bucks. I'll have to pass in case I need to buy a decent used vehicle...and pay rent...and buy food...etc...
Yeah that’s the going rate for US Spector more or less.
I feel like the OP is misinformed though. From the video I’m seeing, the pic posted here isn’t like a default or standard finish. In the launch video I see several basses with transparent finishes over maple. Like. You know. Any good NS2.
I feel like the OP is misinformed though. From the video I’m seeing, the pic posted here isn’t like a default or standard finish. In the launch video I see several basses with transparent finishes over maple. Like. You know. Any good NS2.
You can buy a factually decent car for that much? Crazy. I haven’t seen a decent car for that US equivalent since the early 00s.
My Euro 4LT is at a level where I could never justify that cost for a USA one. That’s not a knock on the USA basses, but rather pointing out that they do a great job on the Euro basses.
Once you’re at that price, you’re talking used Alembic in nice shape, which will hold its value better.
Once you’re at that price, you’re talking used Alembic in nice shape, which will hold its value better.
Dear me, its gonna haunt me till the end of my days why sellers don't include a bloody full body shot from front on in their for sale ads!
Should be photo #1. Then do all your arsty crap.
Esp at $5k+!!!!
Should be photo #1. Then do all your arsty crap.
Esp at $5k+!!!!
At $90 the only requirement is that it works when plugged in. At $9000 that thing should be made of a tree struck by lightning, and if it's a solid colour, I had better NOT be able to tell where the joints between each board on the body are.
Picky is relative to price in my opinion.
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On some things, yes, but on others, no. I don't care if you pay me to take it, I won't play a bass that is heavy, unbalanced, or that has reach issues. Spectors fail the reach issue (the 14th or 15th fret horn, and the space behind the bridge move the nut to the left), and are generally not balanced well or light. I also don' t like the comb filtering on the close side of a PJ pickup configuration. A bunch of non starters here for me.
With my Spector, I found any reach issues were fixed by simply having the neck more vertical.
Took a bit to figure it out, but now I make it a point to change the neck orientation on every bass to try to get the most comfortable position given my shoulder width, arm length, and horrible flexibility.
USA NS2's have already been at this price point for a few years now.
Obviously the folks who would never have bought one anyway complain of the price.
Spector seems to have no problem selling every single one.
Obviously the folks who would never have bought one anyway complain of the price.
Spector seems to have no problem selling every single one.
Yes, at that price it better have AAAA quilted maple that looks like a hologram, and two or three types of exotic wood possibly for the top, fretboard and neck. A boutique bass for a boutique price.
Adjusted for inflation, the original prices for the Fender Precision and Jazz were close to $3k in current dollars.
The NS-2 had a list price of $2000 in 1984. That is equivalent to about $6000 in current dollars.
$6k isn’t insane. It has effectively 40 years of precedent.
The only difference is that now you can get better quality in a lower priced instrument than you used to.
A $400 bass isn’t anywhere close to a $2k-$3k bass, but there are diminishing marginal returns in most cases.
