Paulhauser

Damn, that was fast!

On 15/11/2022 at 10:49, mario_buoninfante said:

Yap, makes sense.
I remember reading/watching an interview published around the time they released the Spector Timbre bass, and he was mentioning his love for acoustic instruments and the fact that he wanted to spend more time working on that.
But I didn't know he already got started with it.
Thanks for sharing

Stuart is making fine acoustic guitars as @cetera said. 

His new creations go under the name of 'Esopus Guitars' and he already relesased one model this fall. 

For more info head to his site http://esopusguitars.com/index.html

While I'm not much of a guitar player and certainly no game for such handcrafted acoustics I'm happy the he is doing fine and does what he loves. 

31 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Former 3006E owner here who never had this issue, too.

IIRC I have your old 3006E (with wooden Bassculture pickups) but could be wrong. (sold in/around 2008? )

1 hour ago, FDC484950 said:

I agree - I would expect these to have been CNC routed so therefore identical in every bass. 

While on the subject I did have one issue with the bridge, or rather one of the monorails: I could not lower the C string enough for the desired action.

I do favour a low action especially on the SR5006 which I use exclusively for fingerstyle and tapping/sweeping but it is not THAT low.

I had to make my luthier route out a bit of wood so the monorail could be sunk in deeper. It is fine now but left me wondering....

(In all fairness the same thing occured when I got my Warwick Masterbuilt Thumb 6NT and on the C string the lower terminus of the adjusment range was still well over the frets so again, couldn't go lower)

2 minutes ago, FDC484950 said:

…and they were a problem on both of my basses, suggesting the bridge units were misplaced. Remember that your experience may be different from others.

I didn't mean to discredit your experience, it's just I might have ended up lucky..... which is bizarre, it shouldn't be an issue at all given the price level of these basses. 

10 hours ago, FDC484950 said:

I’ve had the same exact issue on two basses - an SR3006E from the early 2000s and an SR5006 from just over 10 years ago. I thought it was something stupid I was doing, like the string not having the correct beak angle, or a twist, and checked a few times but there wasn’t enough room. Both basses had monorail bridge units, and although a different design, neither had much adjustment range. I’ve never encountered it on any other basses I’ve owned.

This is strange as I own the exact same two basses, the 3006E for a good 14 years and the 5006 for 8 years and never had this issue at all. 
Just to be sure I've just checked both of them and the intonation is spot on on the B with a usable measure of range left to the neck-end of the monorails. - on both models.

I use .130 and a very very low action so the string hasn't have to travel a lot to reach the frets so the pitch does not alter significantly between the harmonic over the 12th fret and the actual fretted note at the 12th.  

On 04/11/2022 at 00:59, Clarky said:

Since this thread has the attention of Spector owners, just a quick note that I am trying to find a first generation Spector Ian Hill. In case this is of interest to one of you. Cheers Clarky

 

 

Can't be of much help but I still have occasional regrets of not buying a 35" (!!) scale Ian Hill a few years back. Would love to have that tuned to BEAD, just my other (white) Euro 435 custom is.

(And yes, it was 35" eventhough the specs said 34" in the listing and it had the Ian Hill sticker on the back of the neck)

How about putting new strings on it and trying that way?  (I'm assuming by your comment on the the string installation that you kept those on the bass)

Even my regular basses that I know the sounds of can sound a lot more dynamic and open after a string change..... 

I have one of these and it is a killer bass! Sounds like and angry P bass with more mid-growl and it's surprisingly versatile bass. 

Also I have tho say that the Czech workshop really outdid themselves, fit, finish and overall quality is right there with the US Spectors I had / have. 

If they did a 5 string version of this exact bass I would be a first day buyer. 

9 hours ago, cetera said:

Stunner, right there!! 😍

 

My days of spending north of £2k on any instrument are over but this is worth every penny. GLWTS!

It's easy say so with a collection like yours 🙂

Normally I don't comment on sales threads except for nice Spectors 🙂

Good luck, whoever gets this will be delighted for sure!

19 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Only fancy wood tops were officially off limits and still separating Fortes from NS-2s. However, I remember reading over at TB that someone got a Forte with a fancy top too. 

My Forte 6 that I had have quite a fancy top. Ebony board too, Spector branded tuners.... In fact the only things separating from an NS-6XL were the inlays and the HAZ.

So this whole Forte thing got quite blurred out in the end.

3 hours ago, cetera said:

Congrats! Love the double J pickups on these.... !

Thanks! Have you tried any of these 5rs? (I think you got a red classic 4 but not sure) I never had a JJ Spector, the coil tapped TW's come close but the positions are different. I quite love how this JJ sounds, still has the Spector vibe but a bit different than my other Spectors. And the low B is massive!

59 minutes ago, lee650 said:

Thanks Paul

I may consider replacing them,I've been tempted to do the same with my 4lx as well.

I hold the X series EMGs in very high esteem, I have 4 Spectors that I swapped X series in. Truth be told some of those swaps weren't only for non-X to X but for other reasons, too like having a PJ setup in 40's housing. In case of my 40TW to TWX the change was very nocieable (and not only when using the coil tap)  just as when I swapped the 40DC to DCX in my NS-5XL. The X series seem to have more dynamics and the sound is more open for the lack of a better word. 

6 hours ago, lee650 said:

 

They can be coil tapped to single coil with pull switches, although I've found they have a large drop in volume in single coil mode. 

Congratulations for  the NSD!

 I really like the TW pickups and the volume drop issue is almost nonexistent with the X series TW which I have replaced the original TW with in my Euro 5lx. So the potential combinations are much more usable Sounds better for my ears, too.

Well then, finally I got this. Proper NSD thread will follow but for now this would do. Spector Euro 5 Classic, ridiculously  good craftsmanship and sounds great, too 😀

Again. If Brexit hadn't have happened we would be in serious negotiations. 

For a few weeks I have been thinking of maybe getting a NS-6XL as an addition to my other Spectors and now this comes up. 

I really miss the days when I could do business with all the nice chaps in GB. 

Good luck with the sale!

Really the  one word that prevents me from buying it: Brexit

I really loved the times when I could make great deals with fellow players in GB.  Bought and sold quite some through this very forum. 

Sadly that is over....

3 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Time to revive this thread. Look what arrived today 🙂

 

Nice! Does it have the right color this time? 😄

What a pity about the sizing as it narrowly misses the EMG40 sizing (101.6 x 38.1 ) and that has plenty of options as to what's inside the housing. 

2 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Finally in the rock and roll hall of fame 😎

 

To be honest taking it so long it just shows how incompetent bunch is that RNRHOF is. Same goes for so many not even inducted and for some that were inducted and got nothing to do with "rock'n'roll" Morons. 

Sorry for being a bit edgy, I have other problems like trying to talk myself out of buying a Classic 5 and a Euro 5 LT.  First world problems I know but we are on a bass forum, right? 🙂

36 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Yes.

 

I play at home to practice or writing songs for playing with the band. Therefore I use the same bass that I'm going to be using with the band. I also play at home standing up as that's how I play when I'm playing with the band.

Exactly this. I practice on the same bass that I'm going to gig with and also I do it standing up.

My gigging basses (I have a couple that I use for different bands) see the most practice time.

I have a recording bass which I don't gig with. This is a Spector NS-5XL which is a favorite with engineers. Of all the sessions I've done since I have it this was  to be used. We tried others but this one won all the time (except for fretless cuts) I use this quite a lot at home, too because I love it but when I'm preparing for a gig I'll use the same bass I'll gig with. 

These are some of the best Euros the Czech workshop ever made, the quality is outstanding and the sound is immense, clean, powerful yet very dinamic as well. Those DiMarzios are outstanding.

I have this and the '77LE as well and love them both. (my only two 4 string basses)

13 minutes ago, cetera said:

Just arrived! This new NS Pulse II looks, feels and sounds awesome... the roasted maple neck & ebony board are lush! They've really nailed it with this model...👍🎸😎
Here are before & after inlay sticker application photos....
Looking forward to giving it a full run out through the GK800RB tonight!😀

Looks so much better with the crown inlays.....

3 minutes ago, Bunion said:

In my LSD days I could have been sucked into that for days on end and never tired of it. 
thats a great piece of wood and a great bass 

Yes it is. The great thing about it is that while it looks great it sounds even better. And this is not coming from me but from live sound engineers and record producers as well.

It is the one that is actually asked back for next sessions.

It is my Spector NS-5XL. I bought it 5 years ago and while I use my other Spectors for gigs and practice this is the one which is the ONE.

Hard to explain but this is which feels like home. For example whenever I'm working on something this is the one I reach for. Also this is the one that I recorded the most since I got it (all the other were fretless sessions)  Had other US Spectors but this one is special.