matius_uk Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hi to all, This is my first post, so please don't be too rough! I own, for my sins, a Spector bass, which i bought in approximately 2004 from Sound Control for about £250. I love the way it plays, looks and until recently how it sounds. I say until recently, i had a friend play some lines for me on his early '70s thunderbird and was amazed at how punchy it sounded. Sooo… I have 2 questions; firstly what model is my Spector? It has bolt on neck, chrome hardware, passive EMG-SSD pups (with no tone pump) The finish is high gloss blue stained wood and the body doesn't seem to be exactly the same shape as the legend classic 4. The only marking on it is a serial number on the back of the headstock - 112799. The nearest picture I can find is this one [url="http://www.retroguitar.com/guitars/misc%20basses/spector3F.JPG"]Picture[/url] Any ideas? I think it might be a Performer 4 after a bit more mooching around here, would that be about right? The next question is some pickup advice - i've had a good search around here and can't seem to find exactly what i'm after. What i would like is a neck pickup moving towards the same kinda tone as the thunderbird. I know i'm not going to get a thunderbird sound out of it - its not a thunderbird or anything close, but a bit closer / more punch / mids would be great. At the moment it sounds kind of dull and wooly in comparison. Probably not the best description sorry. The SSD's are soap bar style (i think thats what they're called) - 3.5 inches across. I don't really wanna hack into the body, well not the front anyway. Any help would be much appreciated! Cheers Matius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmpires Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 It seems like you own a performer. But nothing like emailing Stuart himself or PJ at Spector they will be able to help. I have a tone pump for sale if you fancy. And you will never get a thunderbird out of it, but Spectors are usually well known for being punchy and have lots of mids, maybe new string are in order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matius_uk Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 Wow! Thanks for the fast response David! I'll fire an email off in a bit, see what they have to say... I've seen tone pumps mentioned, but not heard them, what do they actually do? Is it some kind of pre amp circuit for passive pickups? Also forgive my ignorance, what does GAS stand for? I guess its gear something Thanks again Matius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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