skhatru Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Hi all, I hope I am in the correct forum. New here, so apologies if I am not in the correct forum. I have recently taken posession of a Spector Performer 5 string bass guitar. After adjusting the "mile high" action, and tweaking thed truss rod, it is now just how I would like, well almost, and is an extremely playable, and IMO, nice bass. For an entry level bass, of any make, this is well worth the pittance I paid for it. On inspection of the electronics however, I came across something that has got me a little bemused. In fact, the more I look online, the more confused I get. I am "assuming" this is the "tonepump" preamp thingy that comes in a lot of Spector basses. However, on their website (spectorbass.com) it says that the "Performer" bass has EMG SSD pickups. The pickups on this bass are EMG Hz pickups???? Also, and the main point of my post, attached to one of the pots inside the back cavity, is a small black cube, that appears to have 2 small white (dip?????) switches?? One is in the "down" position and one is in the "up" position. I don't know if these little switches have a centre detent position or not, as I have not touched them. Somebody told me they can be used to "adjust" the default tonal output of the bass, by varying the positions of these 2 switches. Can anybody here shed any light on why the bass "appears" to have HZ instead of SSD pickups and what these 2 switches on the black block are, and what their function is? float your climb Dougie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmurf Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Spector revamped the Performer range at the beginning of this year, I think you've got this type (see bottm of page on this link) [url="http://http://www.spectorbass.com/about/model_years_4P.html"]http://http://www.spectorbass.com/about/model_years_4P.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Contact [email protected]. He'll answer any queries you have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skhatru Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Thanks. I have mailed spector. I'm sure they'll clear it up. Cheers Dougie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skhatru Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hi, Thanks again guys for the help. I mailed PJ at spector and he got back to me. Here was I thinking I had a Spector Performer 5 string bass, with mods, and it turns out I have got myself a Q5Pro. Ok, it's a bit older (kinda knew that as soon as I saw it), but, in the end, it's probably a better all round bass than the Performer. I also know what the dip switches do, so, thanks again guys. Cheers Dougie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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