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Oh I see what you mean now. But that’s ok, as what I’m actually interested in, is other people’s opinions, to see if we can get an interesting debate going. People can hear from my video, different sounds that my own Spector (with Bartolini pickups) makes. Then maybe compare it with their own. A lot of Spectors come stock with EMGs, so that makes for an interesting comparison. Or some might not have heard a Spector before the video nicely (IMO 😊), demonstrates how they sound. So the aim of my question is to find out what everyone else thinks. Hope that makes more sense to you now. What’s your opinion of Spectors, if you have tried them?
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Ah, well that’s cleared it up! Well when things have eased up a bit for you, I look forward to your thread 👍
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Sorry not entirely sure that I understand your reply? Do you personally like Spectors, and if so, do you have a preference for pickups?
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Here is a review of my Spector Euro 5 with Bartolini Pickups. Spector basses are interesting instruments, that have a lot of players divided. Some absolutely love them, others not so much. The stock EMG pickups, because of their distinctive sound, particularly seem to divide people. I upgraded my Spector with Bartolini’s because I found the EMG’s too hard sounding, and one dimensional. This is a direction that Spector seem to be going in, as they now offer Bartolini and Aguilar pickups as well, in their new basses. Have a listen and see what you think. I play various bass lines with different tone controls and settings. The full video can be viewed by following the link below. Enjoy https://youtu.be/Q8eH6--2ltU
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Ah, got you confused with the other poster, sorry about that!
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Ah, I mistook your previously reply as frustration that no one was replying to your question on this thread!
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You may want to set up a separate thread, as your question is a completely different topic, and people wouldn’t know your question from the title of this thread.
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No not necessarily although as discussed previously in the thread, this is certainly a factor.
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Great, worthy of being added to the list then. Thanks.
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Some good choices there thanks. I’ll definitely be editing the list.
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The strings are so dead that I don’t have that problem 😀 Also palm mute and thumb so absolutely no tone whatsoever 😂
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To be honest, my P-Bass with flatwounds on it, is pretty similar. and I definitely tune it when needed!
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That is a really great idea!
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Thanks, some very good advice here.
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Personally I would think you can get an ok starter bass from £100 to £200.
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Good list and great suggestion to recommend straps, leads, etc.
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I tend to agree here about ease of playability. I had a really hard-to-play bass, with pretty crap pickups to start with. I had to really work hard, to try and get anything like a decent sound, and I feel that has helped my tone in the long run. In my experience, most music students start on pretty ropey instruments. Mainly because their parents can’t afford to, or don’t want to invest a lot of money initially.
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Very good point. It would be sensible to flag up short scale basses on the list.
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Great, this seems to have cleared the issue up somewhat. So good choice for the beginner bass list 👍
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That’s a bargain then, with a hardwood body 👍
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These basses sound like a solid choice, I’ll research them more. Cheers.
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Cheers for your reply, yeah most beginners (including me when I started) don’t have much cash!
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@lownote12Yeah, it was productive for a while. Thanks for yours, and other’s contributions. Found out about some good basses to add to the list.
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Ah, I get the confusion now!!! This is a frequent question I get from beginners. It’s not my question! So I am providing an answer in my FAQs page on my website. https://gregsbassshed.com/faqs I get your point, that this is a bit of a vague question, but rather than telling the beginner to go away, and come back with a ‘more correct’ question, I am providing a list of potential basses that they may want to try out. Hopefully that has given you more context to the question? Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. There are a lot more entry level basses out there that I didn’t know about. Keep the suggestions coming.
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