Paulhauser
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😄 😄 Actually no. I have this neck through table in our living room, the '77 table was outside on the porch and now in my cousin's garden.
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Speaking of white Spectors, I just had a great and fun rehearsal with my band for our gig on Friday using my Spector Euro 435 (35" Euro 4 LX with solid maple wings) This is my main live bass since last spring and although I prefer the NS-5XL for recording this is really kicking donkey for playing live. Since the G string is not a necessity for the gig it is tuned B(A)EAD and I can have the iconic white Spector PJ look onstage 🙂 This is such a great bass, I got rid of the Aguilar P/J that it came with in favor of a X series EMG PJ but kept the Aguilar OBP it came with. And in action! 🙂
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I'm quite safe as I don't play 4 string basses much but still have two 4 string Spectors. So it is quite easy to convince myself 😄 -
Someone was looking for a blue 40th, if I get around remembering who and where I'll direct him to here.
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I got mine directly from Japan. The shop I got it from is Ikebe Gakki and I had wondeful time working out this with them, the second time I dealt with them.
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Lovely! I have a ash body / one piece maple neck/ board M265 with 3 band Bartolini eq. '60 spacing... (see pic below) Congrats to the safe arrival of the Celinder! Have fun with it and I'm looking forward how it will be performing after the initial impressions. I always wanted to have a Celinder 5 string jazz...
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@ped don't mean to deraile the htread, but which / what Atelier Z have you bought? I have a M265 and really like it.
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Ohhh. The white one is stellar, as is the black. Wondering about the pu placement, it seems like the same spot as on the 1977. So it is not like a regulare Ian Hill w/o the bridge pu, but seems to me that with getting rid of the J they moved the P closer to the bridge, too. Any thoughts?
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I know. Thing is I don't use traditonal tuned 4 string basses much other than playing along with some music. I play the 1977 mostly at home playing along songs from the '70-80s My NS-5XL is the main recording bass I have been using for years and custom Euro435 that I use for live (tuned AEAD) plus a pre LX Euro5 as a backup. Exchange rate is bad, covid is here so it's getting hard to justify a "new toy" even if funding it is not a problem.
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Still hankering for a 1979. This is the prettiest I've found so far. Can't justify having it though.
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But actually I AM from 1977 (no joke)
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Plot twist: I don't have that table anymore! (still have the '77)
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I too concur with @Eldon Tyrell and @ead love my 1977 too.
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Wow! I used to own #109 which was completed a month after yours. That had full maple wings just like this. I have a couple of NS-5XL's and for me basses don't get any better than these. Good luck with the sale! -
Ever since I got this Spector NS-5XL in early 2017 this is the bass that I use the most for practice, write and record with. I do have and enjoy a selection of other basses but this is the alpha and the omega. Sounds cristal clear and full of richness and plays exquisite. I never take it to gigs as most of what I do is quite intense and would not want to put a dent on it or risking loosing it. This is the 2nd most played as I take it to every rehearsals and gigs. I can't semm to find a pic of the bass only so an actions shot for the time being. A Spector Euro435 (35" 4 string)
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Naah, no surprise, with that 77 and 79 or yours hardly anything else 4 string would.....
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Now that is quite reasonable! Have fun with it, certainly a great instrument!
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I saw this on Reverb with an initial price of 6800 Euros which I thought was quite steep and after that for 4850 Eur which is still on the high side (for me at least) Hard to gauge used prices these days for US Spectors....
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Fret Sticker... how do you feel about them?
Paulhauser replied to binky_bass's topic in Bass Guitars
I had a Sandberg TT5 with a 'plain' maple board and playing it live I missed the markers as we put up an intense show and the small dots on the bass edge of the board were not enough visibility-wise. So I have applied pearloid block 'inlays' and was happy with them as they were useful but always had this feeling of them being out of place being stickers. So yes Russ, I understand you. -
I have currently two six string basses, no, three actually. A Spector NS-6XL and an Ibanez SR5006 and a 3006. A very subjective pros/cons as follows Pros: - love the range - lots of possibilities for solo playing, chord playing and tapping. I know Jaco only needed 4 but anyway. - really enjoy playing Bach cello pieces or tapping / chording well known songs in a range where there can be sung along. - love the asthetics, like a 4 sting with two extras from each sides 🙂 Cons: - I found out that it makes no difference for me to switch to 5 from 4 but to 6 the neck dimensions and the overall ergonomics of the bass plays a lot bigger role. Less margin of error in terms ergonomics for me. Weight, string spacing, neck dimesions etc. (Like I loved my 6 string Yamaha TRB's but the neck was to wide / thick especially for the TRB6IIP) - The C string can be thin / quiet sounding in a dense band setting just because it is, well, thin. - In a "working bassist" situation the C is seldom used or needed so for me the added neck width, number of strings to mute, weight makes impractical to use them compared to a fiver. ( I know there are exceptions in many genres like fusion, gospel or tech metal but still....) Still I love my sixers and use them on a regular basis at home. A well loved used Ibanez SR506 could be a good start and be within your price range.
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Alternating between multi scale and parallel frets
Paulhauser replied to Chopthebass's topic in Bass Guitars
I have no fanned fretted basses in my possession right now. But I have owned a Dingwall ABZ5 for a few years while I was also owning and using 'normal' fretted basses like a host of Spector basses, a Sadowsky and Ibanez SR Prestige basses. I have gigged the latter ones but for some reason never the Dingwall but I have used them all pretty evenly for practice, writing etc. I personally have never had an issue switching between the Dingwall and my other basses. It was never even a thought, using/switching the fanned frets vs the parallel ones was just as natural as grabbing one form the rack and playing really. -
Reading all of this I grabbed my SR5 to check the G string and it is as good as the rest. ( I'm a Spector player but I always wanted a Stingray in my collection. I ended up with a great one, it has one of the best B string I have ever met on a 34" instrument and has a lovely neck!)
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Not all of my Spectors are ‘boutique’ as some of them are customized Euro basses but anyway, here we go
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Rickenbacker aesthetics....
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NBD - Spector Euro 4 LT LE - Mike Inez Tribute Bass
Paulhauser replied to Eldon Tyrell's topic in Bass Guitars
Sure, I understand. When I ever think of selling one of my 7 Spectors I always talk myself out of doing so. I don't use them all everyday and can hardly 'justify' having so many but still they bring joy whenever I play them so that's what matters.
