cetera Posted December 18, 2024 Author Posted December 18, 2024 On 18/12/2024 at 13:39, Misdee said: If the Haz pre is so integral to the sound, I don't know why Spector don't just fit it to the Euro basses and charge another hundred quid or whatever extra it would cost for the genuine article. Expand Because then noone would spend stupid money on a US custom shop one 2 Quote
Misdee Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 On 18/12/2024 at 13:43, cetera said: Because then noone would spend stupid money on a US custom shop one Expand I had suspected that might be something to do with it. 🙂 1 Quote
Misdee Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 I would be very interested to know if it's easy to get a low action with these Euro CST NS2's, and similar Spector basses. It's a long time since I had a neck-thru bass, and obviously shimming isn't an option. Is the bridge sufficiently countersunk into the body and will the bridge saddles go down far enough? I like the strings to be low enough to buzz a bit without choking. A bass that won't adjust low enough isn't much use to me. Quote
Woodinblack Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 Neither my Euro or my Euro RST had a problem getting the strings flat on the neck if you wanted it, but then tbh, none of my neck through basses have ever had a problem with that, maybe people don't put so much effort into it on bolt on necks because they figure you can always shim it! 1 1 Quote
Sean Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 On 18/07/2024 at 10:02, woolf said: Oh dear - these require refinishing IMO Expand On 18/07/2024 at 09:32, cetera said: Agreed. Disappointing.... Expand Come on, guys. It was my first attempt at sunburst and we'd had a few ciders in the spray shop before getting the sprayguns out.... Quote
patrikmarky Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 On 18/12/2024 at 12:05, cetera said: A Spector has a wealth of tones available, depending on your preference.... as with all (active) basses. The Haz has a particular tone quality where, when pushed hard, you get a level of saturation and dynamics which add growl and grind. This authoritative punch and ability to cut through a mix has become known as the Spector tone..... think Eddie Jackson (Queensryche) etc... Expand Always loved the Eddie Jackson tone ..🤟 1 Quote
geofio Posted January 2 Posted January 2 Here is a small video I did, gives an idea of the tone of the bass. 4 Quote
cetera Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 Nice! Very Geddy tone. What settings are you using on the bass/what preamp or processing are you using? Quote
geofio Posted January 3 Posted January 3 I used a bit of added high end on the bass itself, 1 o'clock on the bass just past the mid notch, rolled back slightly to the bridge pickup, straight into my TC electronic BH550 I used one of their double tone downloads for the amp. 1 Quote
Sean Posted January 4 Posted January 4 (edited) On 18/12/2024 at 16:16, Misdee said: I would be very interested to know if it's easy to get a low action with these Euro CST NS2's, and similar Spector basses. It's a long time since I had a neck-thru bass, and obviously shimming isn't an option. Is the bridge sufficiently countersunk into the body and will the bridge saddles go down far enough? I like the strings to be low enough to buzz a bit without choking. A bass that won't adjust low enough isn't much use to me. Expand I've just, this morning, set up a 2018 Euro LX 4. It arrived with me as it left the factory, with the factory-fitted strings (D'Addario unsilked rounds, probably stainless?), untouched. It's essentially NOS (new old stock). The action as it came was what I'd call medium-high, or kinda where I set it for players that like higher action, no rattles etc. Way too high for me. It has been a while since I've had a Spector on the bench and it was an absolute joy. You can take the action as low as you like, no limits. It's the lowest of all my basses now and it's not rattling. It could go a bit lower but that would be beyond where I like it. The build quality and design of these is absolutely top tier and the ease of set up is reflected in that. Edited January 4 by Sean 1 Quote
geofio Posted January 5 Posted January 5 I play low action on all my basses and the CST was easy to get really low, could go lower if I wanted to, right now it plays perfect just the right amount of fret grind. 2 Quote
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