TGEvans Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hi all. Your two pence worth please. I am nearly ready to put an order on for a new bass. But, I am not sure whether I want an mtd american 535 or a spector. Have dreamt of owning both for years. I am pretty sure that it will be a fretless that I go for. Help please, What do you guys think? I know its a personal thing overall but opinions do count! Tim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 The best 5 string basses I've played were 535s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwilym Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [quote name='TGEvans' post='119482' date='Jan 13 2008, 01:08 PM']Hi all. Your two pence worth please. I am nearly ready to put an order on for a new bass. But, I am not sure whether I want an mtd american 535 or a spector. Have dreamt of owning both for years. I am pretty sure that it will be a fretless that I go for. Help please, What do you guys think? I know its a personal thing overall but opinions do count! Tim.[/quote] hi Tim I can't comment on the spectors, but if you want to try out my 535 you're very welcome, it's a wenge neck/fb, poplar body. as long as you come to me cheers G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Walker Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I thnk the mtd’s are excelent 5 strings but a high end spector would provide more tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Having owned a Spector 5 and an MTD 5 (albeit the cheaper models ) I think they are very difficult to compare to each other - a bit like trying to compare a Fender to a Gibson, for want of a better example. Great in their own right, but a bit like chalk & cheese. With the kind of money you're talking about spending, both would be very high quality basses but you would need to play examples of both of them first to be sure of what you actually prefer. Gwilym's offer of help is really worth taking up if you can. IIRC, the Spectors have narrower string spacing for a start and that makes a huge difference to the feel of a bass..and the MTDs have an asymmetrical neck - again, very different to a Spector.. And that's before you compare anything else like woods, body shape, neck, electronics & pick ups etc, etc.. Good luck with it all - should be a lot of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 [quote name='Jonny Walker' post='119551' date='Jan 13 2008, 03:54 PM']I thnk the mtd’s are excelent 5 strings but a high end spector would provide more tone.[/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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