Paulhauser

33 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Man, this looks killer. Congrats. I especially love the look of the wood grain. I have the 77 and it is an amazing bass with my fav Spector neck and a take-no-prisoners P pickup. I can only imagine that the 79, with the additional J pickup, is even better. Enjoy 😍 

Well, I'm not expecting it to be better as I really like the distinct sound of the 77, just a dit different due the number and placement of the pickups. Also I think it sounds different to the regular EMG/maple wings Euro4's, too. 

BTW New Spector day post by me:

16 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Still there. It's in the "used & ex demo" section. Go for it, @Paulhauser 😎

Gotcha! I'm no game for this, the extra 27% VAT I'd have to pay as an extra makes pretty much anything used off limits from the UK. 

Just got this Spector Euro4 LE1979! 

Although normally I don't play standard tuned 4 string basses much but the only one I had so far got quite a lot of playing time lately. It is another Spector, a Euro4 LE1977. I love that bass, the playability, the sound, the quality so I thought about getting its "sister", the other limited edition that commemorates Spector's early day and the releases of the two groundbreaking models, the NS-1 and the NS-2, originally released in 1977 and 1979 (hence the naming of these LE basses) These two limited editions were made in cca 50 pcs each in the Czech Republic and are somewhat rare birds so I'm happy to have both of them.

Pretty much what you see is what you get, walnut wings, 3 piece maple neck, rosewood board, DiMarzio P and J pickups and Spector's TonePump electronics. It is a light instrument and has a very sleek feel to it, balances perfectly and sounds immense. The quality is excellent as you can expect from Spector. 

Now on to the pictures!

14 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Just saw this on BD's website. NS-2 in red with a killer maple top. Can someone please buy it before I get into trouble with my wife? (my bank gave me a nice banking app that allows me to shift money from the savings to the current account within seconds. Payments only take seconds too and BD's bank details are already stored in the app ;- )

😍🥰🤩

I think it's gone..... can't find it anywhere on the site, not even under the sold items. 

“and incorporates features never before found in an electric bass guitar.” Like...what? Am I missing something?

Unfortunately the post-Brexit situation (=extra VAT) puts this off limits for me but as an owner of a couple of NS-5XLS I can honestly say basses don't get better than this. Good luck with the sale! Would love to see some pics, too 🙂

6 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

So, yes, it's decently close and probably not worth getting another bass on that basis - but I'd very be interested in getting @Paulhauser and @cetera's take on this too

It sounds different, but if that's worth enough to get another bass is another question.

The idea with the pink one was that since it is a preLX Euro with maple wings I wanted to get the classic PJ sound Spector is known for in a 5 string version without going the custom USA way. It ended up sounding quite similar really and now that I have a 35" Euro Pl with maple wings and is tuned to BEAD I have a direct comparison. 

The pink sounds different than my other Euro with TW's and my NS-5XL with DC's. So for me its great having this.

One thing to look for when buying 40 sized P is that one should get the 40P5, not the 40P as the magnet bars are placed differently (the 40P is split in the middle and aimed for narrow spaced 6 string basses) And yes, @krispn they are reversed.

On 13/02/2021 at 11:48, Al Krow said:

Given how much I'm loving the Euro 5LX, finding one with a P / humbucker pup config would be a real treat to complement my existing twin humbucker.

This one I have has a 40PX at the neck position and a 40JX at the bridge. (Originally it cam with the stock 40DCs and I put in the new pickups))
I have a 40DC that I'm contemplating swapping with the J as that would have a more balanced output with the P. It is not a big issue but I had to lower the P considerably and raise the J so they have equal output. 

I don't have a vast collection and don't want to sell any of them for the time being. But I had to, these would be the ones I'd hold on to.

1. Spector NS-5XL buckey burl top, walnut back, maple neck with pau ferro fingerboard, EMG40DCX pickups with haz lab preamp. Thi is the best bass I ever had, it records so well and has that extra in it that makes me pick it up over my others most of the time. I don't gig it as I don't want to risk it being stolen, damaged etc

2. Spector Euro5XL heavily modded and refinished. Not much to say, this plays and sounds great, the reason for keeping is sentimental, I have recorded some important music with it and played a lot of gigs. 

3. Spector Pre-LX Euro 5 with East preamp, P/J pickups in soapbar housing, refinished, shaved neck. 

Same as the purple above, got a lot of gigs with it worth a lot more for me I could ever got on the 2nd hand market for it. And play this to this day eventhough it is a backup bass for my other Spector I play live now. 

15 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 I think you have just saved me a small fortune (again)!

When was the other time I did so? 

1 hour ago, M@23 said:

Thanks, that’s great and terrible news at the same time! What a great looking bass. I’ve been digging Spector lately, but the 35” was a bit of a put off. 

About twelve years ago I have sold my two main basses at the time, a Yamaha TRB-6II and a Spector Euro5, both had 35" scale asI thought that I was done with the 35" and would stuck to my 34" Ibanez SR3006. After a few years being Spectorless I have returned to the brand in '14 with a Euro 5 and couldn't really understand what had I been thinking back in '08 as it was comfortable and great playing bass (still is). I do not have very big hands and long fingers so I understand if some feel that there are bigger reaches on the money end with 34" vs 35" but I think that the NS design is really helpful in other ways (as @Al Krow poited out) For me the smaller body and the position of the bass ((if you see my profil pic, that is the way I like my bass to be positioned) is equally if not more important than the scale lenght and I think there are a couple of factors that contribute to the overall playing comfort.

1 hour ago, M@23 said:

Oof, that’s a handsome bass! Are they really a 34” scale, or is that an error?

No, that is NOT an error, they truly have 34"  scale, a rare thing for a 5 string Spector in the current line (and a nod to the late '80s 34" NS-5's)

11 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

I think we discussed the Euro 5 Classic briefly before, but for some reason I hadn't clocked that they were being made in PJ configuration. They look fantastic - I'm very tempted!

I think that is a typo in the description. For what I know the 5 string Classics are JJ only, no other configuration for this specification

1 hour ago, CookPassBabtridge said:

I think Bass Direct will deduct the VAT for you if buying from outside the UK, you pay it when it arrives in Germany. So the only potential additional cost would just be a handling fee and whatever the difference is between UK and German VAT. 

This!

Thank you @ead and @Eldon Tyrell for giving it some time. I myself am not a fan of the growls, also I agree the mix could use more bass but that was out of my control. We share the same rehearsal room and the drummer, too 🙂 so it was natural to give them a hand when they wanted to go forward with the recordings. 

6 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Spector fans!

My wife is a fashion designer and milliner. This week she got some fabric for a new project. I saw it and thought: wait a minute, this looks very familiar. She told me the colour effect is called Ombré. I googled it and it is French ("shaded") and means a colour that is shaded or graduated in tone. Check it out:

yes! I knew when I saw this before even reading the text 🙂

I have been asked to play on the EP of a band consisting a few friends, a classic session "job". I have used my Spector NS-5XL for the recording.

Thought to share with you here (prog metal content with female vocals) Would be awesome if you would give it a spin. Thanks!

It is like this has been for a while for Ibanez, they churn out a couple of super expensive basses and either call them some versions of their Prestige lines or some signature ones like the top end Willis,  Veasley or Nitti models, all in an attempt to increase the perceived value of the brand by offering these at high prices almost nobody buys at but giving leverage for their entry to mid models which they are making most of their business. 

I own a bunch of Japaneese Prestige SR's and the brand always stays on my radar with models I want to own/ try so all the above is simply my observation, not a praise /critique. 

16 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Probably adds value

Yeah, more is more 🙂

Nahh, what's that straigt nut, fanned first (zero fret?) thing?

6 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

 I always say: only sell a Spector to finance another one. 

That worked for me for a while but now anytime I think of selling any of my Spectors that I'm not using as much as the others I'm quickly coming to a conlusion that no way, I should keep it. So nowadays I'm buying basses that I'm either interested in trying or they are Spectors and I buy them for being keepers. My Spector collection is by no means big, seven to be precise but it is a well rounded up gang so my Spector GAS is limited (but unfortunately quite money demanding)  

I like the Dimension 5, not sure about the pricing or if I would get one but sounds cool and looks nice (apart from the string tree)

1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

 /Has anyone experience of either of these basses?

Not exactly this model but I had two FGN neo classic 5 string jazz and the quality of them was flawless. I would recommend FGN without any doubt, the workmanship is impeccable and both of them sounded great, too. Actually the model you have linked is pretty much the same as the neo classic apart from the pickguard shape 

34 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Good point. I like this guy (except for the claw gimmick) but I don't understand his business model. How can he have so many basses? Has he won the lottery? Does he have a shop? I can see that he has a reverb shop but without any listings. Does EBMM (and/or other companies) pay him? I also want to have so many basses 😁 

How many is that so many?  I think I could count about 10-12 basses in this video with the ones hanging one the wall plus a few that is on the left side rack. Mind you I've never seen any other videos of his nor am I familiar with him so maybe I'm missing something. 

But anyway, you just need the right number of Spectors, right? 🙂