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@Urban Bassman, yeah I read good things about them! I think the scale there is 36.5"/33", or something similar. that said, I'm not into the whole fan fret thing, but that is just personal taste. Also, I'm not sure how I feel about the Fishman pups. Don't get me wrong, they are really good pups, it's just that I'm after the classic Spector/EMG combo at the moment!

@Sibob, yup, I'd defo expect to feel the difference between 30-32" and 34" scale basses. But also, I only played 1 short scale in my life, and it was matter of hours more than anything. I think the 34" vs 35" difference seems to be down to the manufacturer and bass. I found something online that "confirmed" the fact the Spector move the bridge back by 1", so playability, neck-wise, shouldn't be affected at all. BTW I also found the video about the MTD Kingston 5, where the reviewer mentions the neck thing

Yap, they sound good for sure. At least based on the videos I've seen, they seem to have a solid B string and are also well balanced, tonally, across the whole range.

Never tried one, neither Spector nor other brands. I had an entry level 34" scale 5 strings Cort when I was 18y, but I can't really remember much about it as it was several years ago and I moved back to a 4 strings quite quick (for no particular reasons tbh). Reading articles and watching videos online, I now (at least partially) get what is the impact the scale has on the sound - ie short scale ones sound "boomy" but less defined, long scale basses have more definition, but I assume reduced low frequencies contribution too. I was particularly curious about the impact on the neck and more in general on the instrument position (eg Does it push the neck further away? Does it feel different? What about the weight? etc.). Because I remember watching a review of one of the 35" scale MTDs where the "longer neck" feeling was mentioned. Tbf, I don't even know if that would be an issue for me, since like I said I haven't played one yet, but I'm curious to hear people's opinions about it.

Hi all, I have been looking at some Spector 5 strings basses recently, and I noticed that almost all of them are 35" scale (Euro Classic being the only exception among those currently in production, I think). I couldn't find any more info about it, but was curious to understand how that would affect playability. From what I can gather, mainly from looking at pictures online, it seems like they have pushed the bridge a little bit back towards the edge of the body and so as a result, one doesn't get the lowest end of the neck pushed further far away. Thus, since I saw that there are few Spector enthusiasts and owners here, I thought I'd ask the question and see if anybody can confirm, or not, my assumption. Thanks in advance

Hi all, I'd like to share my solution for what some say is a "balancing problem" with the Spirit Steinberger XT basses, but I would probably rephrase as an issue with its "positioning" (see this post on talkbass). I saw few solutions online that either required drilling an extra hole in the body of the bass or the use of really long brackets (fixed in 2 points where both strap buttons are). I decided to go for the former, but I accidentally found a solution that doesn't require neither drilling holes nor using really long brackets. I ended up buying 2 standard steel brackets at Wilko (I coluldn't find one long enough, these were 9-10 cm) and few nuts and bolts, with the initial plan of sticking 2 brackets together to make a longer one and drilling a hole in the bass so to anchor that to it (1 hole is already there for the strap button. Once I joined the 2 small brackets using nuts and bolts, I fixed that to the bass only using the screw hole for the strap button, so that I could measure where to drill the extra hole. In this configuration (ie 1 fixed point being the strap button), the bracket could move up and down. In doing so I realised that no extra hole was needed, because the nuts used to join the 2 brackets was acting as a stop for the "hook", when touching the bass body (ie the weight of the bass would let the brackets move up until the nut hits the body and this finds its "resting point"). The brackets I used are similar to this. It's 2 of them overlapped and fixed in 2 points/holes. Hope this is useful.

Hi, I'm Mario, an Italian musician and QA engineer currently based in Bucks. I started playing bass in my late teens, continued for years and then dropped it a little bit (ie no more exercising, rehearsals as bass player, etc.) for years and years, despite still playing in bands (ie guitar, keyboards, live electronics). I moved to the UK in 2017 and it is slightly more than 1 year ago that I started playing bass again and dedicating a reasonable amount of time to it. I studied piano for few years and got a bachelor degree in Electroacoustic Music Composition. I'm interested in several genres: electronic music (I know, that's a bit vague ), dub/reggae/rocksteady, jazz, rock, funk/soul, etc. - just recently got to know a little bit more about metal and other "heavier" genres, that have been a little bit of a black hole for me so far. I owned several basses/amps in my life, but at the moment my setup is: Steinberger Spirit XT-2 - left handed Spector Legend 4 classic PJ - left handed Epiphone Nikki Sixx Blackbird - right handed (for years I was playing RH basses with standard string settings, so upside down) - this one is not with me, but in Italy GK MBS-III Really happy to join the forum!