cetera Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 New Spector bass day! Landed a week ago but this is my first chance to get it photographed and uploaded 😉 Spector EuroLX 'Rachel Bolan' sig model 😎 Sounds, looks and feels fantastic! 🎸 A question for you all though.... I'm not sold on the red 'crowns'. Would it be heresy to cover them with white MOP decals? 6 Quote
bartelby Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 I jumped to the images and then went back and read the text. I was about to post "Lovely bass, shame about the red bits" I guess that answers the question for me. 1 Quote
LewisK1975 Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 I think perhaps if the pickup covers and / or knobs were red as well it would tie it all together a bit better. Still a lovely Bass though!, Congrats! 1 Quote
Dov65 Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Lovely that, i'd just leave it..or Frank Bello's sig pups for more red 1 Quote
MisterT Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 50 minutes ago, Dov65 said: Lovely that, i'd just leave it..or Frank Bello's sig pups for more red Why stop there? 2 3 Quote
Musicman20 Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 That paint job is lovely. Leave the red! 1 Quote
Paulhauser Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Lovely bass, congratulations! I think the red is passable but of course the stickers would do the trick provided they cover the existing inlays. This I’m not sure of, I used the crown pearl sticker set on a NS-CR to cover the dots and am not sure whether they are 100% the same size and shape as the inlays. I still have 2 sets but can’t check them against my Euro as I’m not at home. 1 Quote
Paulhauser Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 On second thought I would just leave it as it is. 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Very nice, l really like the body finish 👍 1 Quote
P-ZARN Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Looks pretty cool to me. I think the colours tie in well 1 Quote
Chris2112 Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Glad I googled Rachel Bolan before asking who she is! I love the finish on the bass but the red inlays are not to my taste. 1 Quote
ahpook Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Yes, I was a bit uninspired by the red, but the more I look at it, the more I dig it. 1 Quote
TheGreek Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Not a fan of red....prefer green personally... I'd change.... 1 Quote
Mastodon2 Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 I too had to Google Rachel Bolan to find out who she is. Does the bass come with a nose ring and earring linked by a chain? 😂 I'm not a big fan of the red inlays but I guess Rachel is. I think the idea of applying stickers is worse than the inlays, especially if they're not 100% perfectly applied, you'll see tiny bits of red, or a the wonkiness again the parallel frets and it will drive you nuts. 1 Quote
cetera Posted August 14, 2019 Author Posted August 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Dov65 said: How many basses does that take you to ? 72 at the moment. 2 for sale though... Quote
ead Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, cetera said: 72 at the moment. 2 for sale though... That's fine then. I quite like the red bits, but I'm a bit odd in any case. Lovely bass. Edited August 14, 2019 by ead 1 Quote
WHUFC BASS Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 Nice bass dude ... congrats! I'm gonna buck the trend here and say that I quite like the red crown inlays - I'm not sure about the glittery paint finish ! 😂 I must admit, I'm a big fan of the Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) Signature Spector and all the red on that so the red inlays are fine by me. 1 Quote
TheGreek Posted August 16, 2019 Posted August 16, 2019 On 15/08/2019 at 15:01, WHUFC BASS said: Nice bass dude ... congrats! I'm gonna buck the trend here and say that I quite like the red crown inlays - I'm not sure about the glittery paint finish ! 😂 I must admit, I'm a big fan of the Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) Signature Spector and all the red on that so the red inlays are fine by me. Not sure about the headstock personally..... Quote
Paulhauser Posted August 16, 2019 Posted August 16, 2019 2 hours ago, TheGreek said: Not sure about the headstock personally..... While the original 4 string Spector headstock - a.k.a. “Gumby” has a cult following I think the Platypus kind of headstock that the Euro and US NS basses have are one of the best 5 string headstocks in the industry for me. I actually prefer it to the Gumby - but all my Spectors except one are 5 strings... Quote
rhysyjob Posted August 22, 2019 Posted August 22, 2019 I loved the crowns and the red Spector Logo, but was less fussed on the paint tbh. However I always loved the sound of this one. Glad your enjoying her, don’t put stickers over the red greatness :) 1 Quote
Mastodon2 Posted August 24, 2019 Posted August 24, 2019 On 15/08/2019 at 15:01, WHUFC BASS said: Nice bass dude ... congrats! I'm gonna buck the trend here and say that I quite like the red crown inlays - I'm not sure about the glittery paint finish ! 😂 I must admit, I'm a big fan of the Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) Signature Spector and all the red on that so the red inlays are fine by me. I never understood why they did that blood-spattered version, I don't think I've ever seen Alex play it. He uses his his plain black ones live and his purple five string a lot in the studio. Quote
WHUFC BASS Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 13 hours ago, Mastodon2 said: I never understood why they did that blood-spattered version, I don't think I've ever seen Alex play it. He uses his his plain black ones live and his purple five string a lot in the studio. I've seen quite a few photos of him playing the red and white version ... Quote
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