anzoid Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Took possession last night of a beautiful Steinberger Spirit XZ-2. Purchased via the sales forum from alyctes who delivered it by hand and stayed around to chat for a while (top bloke!) Plays really nicely with a good range of tones - it's passive V/V/T with plenty of punch. Neck is slim with a satin finish and so easy to play - I think this bass has the lowest action of any bass I've owned, with no buzzing. Weighs more than I was expecting - about the same as my Squier VM Jazz but it balances nicely and you don't so much feel the weight. Overall - one very happy basschatter [attachment=181242:steinberger-1.jpg] [attachment=181243:steinberger-2.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Don't usually like headless basses, but that looks lush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Ned clearly loved that body shape - here's my NS-94. Edited October 4, 2015 by spectoremg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 was toying with buying that myself. As said above, not usually a fan of headless basses but that really is a cracking looking bass. Nice one fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Now thats nice, good to see one that isn't black! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 What a cracking bit of kit. Yer a lucky man Anzoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Love the colour. Can't go wrong with a hamburger bass;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Love it. Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 A real beaut. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) My son loves mine, although he is now more interested in keyboards. [url="https://flic.kr/p/e5oXYF"][/url] Ive had mine for years, Got it new from Music Yo when they were still trading. i have never gigged it but do enjoy playing on it every now and then. Ive had 3 Spirit basses, the other two were 5 sting versions of the classic Steinberger basses. I know its not cool to say it but i really like the EMG slects, very warm and punchy. Edited January 21, 2015 by dave_bass5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzoid Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Played it out for the first time Sunday and was really impressed. Good punchy sound and easy to get more or less the tone I was after - probably still need to do a bit of fiddling about, playing at home and playing at gig levels is not quite the same (even if our neighbour is partially deaf ). Only change I'm going to make is to put some straplocks on it. Anyway... lovin' it and really enjoying playing it - balances so nicely without an extra chunk of wood and metal on the end of the neck to weigh it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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