Al Krow

Looking forward to it! Maybe we can have a Kiss-off? 😄

Great work Q. My favourite so far is #19 Take your cue Nothing so far, for me anyway, that touch your best FI patches I'm afraid! But maybe just early days?

One little 'really nice to have' feature which the previous owner didn't point out (maybe because this is a 'standard' feature on all Spectors and also Warwicks?) is the sculpted back, which just helps the bass to 'sit' a little more comfortably on my frame. The only other bass in my herd that has this feature is my Yammy BB NE2, so it came as a very welcome surprise when I realised the Spector had it also. The sculpted back (and seamless neck through) are hopefully visible in this pic:

Oh I do think it's a good piece of kit, particularly at its price point. But the HX is a step up in processing power - made clear to me when comparing the ability of the two with pitch shifting. I won't be using both multis - it will be one or t'other. I've certainly wavered between the two boxes over the past six months as folk will no doubt have seen. Plenty of gigging bassists are very happy with the Zoom multis and don't feel the need for the additional processing power and cost of the HX kit. You've clearly fallen into that camp and no dispute from me that makes very good sense. We'll need to get you contributing some patch ideas to the Zoom thread then - I suspect they will be very good!

You decided on what's going to be taking it's place? Pm me if you want a vgc used Zoom B1X-4, which is likely to get 'Stomped on' in the near future... 😊

So has the B3n been reprieved once more or is it still on 'death row' unsure of its future as an operative (Fahrenheit) 451 pedal? 😉

'Long' for the Chinese civilisation = 1,000 years. For BC'ers, about 6 months? PS the fact that you are already thinking that your new purchase is going to be a keeper does suggest that: Euro 5LX with EMG BQC pre-amp and soapbar EMG 40J (bridge) and 40P (neck) ...is a winning combination. Give me a shout when you are gigging locally in Landern Taaan with it next - love to hear it in action!

Yup the Yammy BB 1025 is passive (you're clearly not spending enough time on the BB thread 😁) - only mainstream active Yammy BB is your 734A (and the 5A) model. Ibby SR Premium is still a staple, great bass and lightweight - but will now be in competition for gigs with the Spector methinks. Lightweight quest for me has really been just to do with cabs - and I'm not going to beat my BF SC on that score, which is why it will be sticking around despite not being in the same league as the Fearless F112. D class heads don't weigh anything and choice of bass has so far been driven more by quality than weight for me. And I'm hoping this Gruv Gear Duo strap will mean relative freedom not to be constrained by bass weight going forward.

Just took my Yammy 1025 (as per the YT clip) - didn't want to be trialling too many new bits of gear in one go, otherwise it would be less clear as to which bit of gear was responsible for the improved clarity and punch! No question that it was down to the Fearless F112 cab The Spector, with its Bubinga wood, is a touch heavier than my other basses and I'm just in the process of sourcing a Gruv Gear Duo strap. Fingers crossed that will remove any barriers to being able to use full weight basses going forward and I'm looking forward to my Spector LC becoming a staple gigging bass.

Be interesting to see how the Barts on the LTs compare to the more traditional EMGs and whether the LTs have moved away from a more familiar 'Spector' sound. Look forward to getting your thoughts following your next acquisition! Give me a shout if you decide, at that point, to move on the bass that started this thread off Two mids instead of mid / treble seems a bit gimmicky to me; not sure what's wrong with bass / mid / treble and the ability to roll treble off (which is great for a Motown vibe). Mid cut is very different to treble roll-off, right? The BQC pre with a semi-para mid seems to nail it and I agree with your earlier comment that it would make good sense for Spector to be fitting BQC pre's as standard, certainly on their higher-end models.

Haha...well if you're going to be mentally stuck in 23 year old synth tech, that's your call. There are a few clips already of the SY-1 on the SY-1 thread that will bring you up to date. I'll best stop the thread hijack now though... 😄

Ah ok cool, so BQC pre to bear in mind to round off a Euro model. Hmmm...sounds to me that me and mangotango may have stumbled on a bit of a collector's item with the limited run 3 band EQ Legend Custom then, but what the EQ model on it actually is I'd be keen to find out!

I'm sure that both the FI and C4 are the more 'capable' synth engines but if you're into ease of use and being able to dial in something quickly and intuitively 'on the fly' then the more user friendly Boss SY-1 may be the better option for you. I'm looking forward to mine landing hopefully in a couple of weeks. Btw - the FI has the 9 presets of the Deep Impact as the first 9 of its 99 stock presets; it's a big step up from its (often ridiculously over-priced!) predecessor!

Ah ok thanks. That explains why it's taken me so long to find a 3 band EQ Spector and why my ears picked up when @mangotangomentioned that the Legend Custom model, he owned, indeed had a 3 band EQ (with a stacked bass and treble pot)! Not clear to me, however, from the 4 knob options which EQ model is on the Legend Custom? This has an independent volume control for both pups rather than volume / blend and then two knobs providing stacked bass and treble and a separate one for mids. I'm hoping Mangotango might know off the top of his head - there only seems to be a reference to the 'US' Legend models online which have Aggie OB-2 pre's in them, and it's clearly not that! Is the BTQ pre you refer to still available? http://www.emgpickups.com/accessories/bass-accessories.html If not, it seems that the 4 knob BQC pre would now be the one to go for with its 3 band EQ and semi para mids. Either that or go for a John East Uni-pre!

Query for you Spector experts (Specperts?) : Other than the Legend Custom, are there any production or discontinued European models with a 3 band EQ? I've not found any to date. What does Spector have against bass players being able to control their mids?

We've apparently been out of a job for quite a while now...😂 Having said that the range feature on the OC-3, which has been out for over a decade now, is pretty cool and I'm not aware of any other octave pedals that have this feature!

Awww, really sorry to hear that! I guess, not being as experienced as many on this forum, one of my biggest fears about older basses is whether they will still be fit for purpose and being able to spot the issues in time. Probably why I have a relatively new bass collection i.e. none currently over a decade old. No chance of returning to seller I presume? If anyone can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear it will be AndyT, I suspect.

That's great to hear. Well you've had a LOT of experience with comps, what's special about this one that makes it so indispensable?

@dave_bass5 as the most recent (about to be) joiner of the HX Stomp club really looking forward to getting your review of the Stomp vs one of the very best EQ pedals on the market i.e. the Tech 21 Q\Strip and whether the Stomp is going to be sufficiently good to let you sell your current Q\Strip for a third time

Now fixed.

Here you go - Fearless F112 in action (headphones recommended) @lee650 - here you go: a Yammy BB1025 in action

That's fair. The purpose of the thread is really to give folk an unvarnished steer on which emulations the Stomp is going to knock out the park and can easily replace existing pedals and where it's going to find itself struggling and therefore re-considering whether it's going to be appropriate. So e.g. if you're a Panda FI user then don't assume that the Stomp will match it. But I suspect on chorus, flange, delay, dirt (particularly if we can get the low end preserved!), compression, octave down (but not up) and pitch shifting, amongst others, it's going to be great - I'm sure a bunch of other folk will be able to add to the comparisons which should then hopefully increasingly make the thread a useful initial reference point.