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greghagger

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  1. Sorry not entirely sure that I understand your reply? Do you personally like Spectors, and if so, do you have a preference for pickups?
  2. Here is a review of my Spector Euro 5 with Bartolini Pickups. Spector basses are interesting instruments, that have a lot of players divided. Some absolutely love them, others not so much. The stock EMG pickups, because of their distinctive sound, particularly seem to divide people. I upgraded my Spector with Bartolini’s because I found the EMG’s too hard sounding, and one dimensional. This is a direction that Spector seem to be going in, as they now offer Bartolini and Aguilar pickups as well, in their new basses. Have a listen and see what you think. I play various bass lines with different tone controls and settings. The full video can be viewed by following the link below. Enjoy https://youtu.be/Q8eH6--2ltU
  3. You may want to set up a separate thread, as your question is a completely different topic, and people wouldn’t know your question from the title of this thread.
  4. I tend to agree here about ease of playability. I had a really hard-to-play bass, with pretty crap pickups to start with. I had to really work hard, to try and get anything like a decent sound, and I feel that has helped my tone in the long run. In my experience, most music students start on pretty ropey instruments. Mainly because their parents can’t afford to, or don’t want to invest a lot of money initially.
  5. @lownote12Yeah, it was productive for a while. Thanks for yours, and other’s contributions. Found out about some good basses to add to the list.
  6. Ah, I get the confusion now!!! This is a frequent question I get from beginners. It’s not my question! So I am providing an answer in my FAQs page on my website. https://gregsbassshed.com/faqs I get your point, that this is a bit of a vague question, but rather than telling the beginner to go away, and come back with a ‘more correct’ question, I am providing a list of potential basses that they may want to try out. Hopefully that has given you more context to the question? Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. There are a lot more entry level basses out there that I didn’t know about. Keep the suggestions coming.
  7. Want to add some funk to your bass lines? How is your popping? In this week’s video lesson, I will be looking in detail at how to get a great pop sound. This is a vital part of the slap technique. Even if you are not particularly interested in slapping, the pop is extremely useful for adding some funk to your finger-style playing. Follow the link below to view the full lesson. The PDF can be downloaded under the video description. https://youtu.be/JrQg1jSSXDQ
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