Spector fans!?!

[bigbottomend]

11 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

I'm loving the Euro 4 LX but struggling to get the best out of it with the band. We're playing alt rock, inspired by Teenage Fanclub so fairly chilled out. I'm running straight in to an Ashdown ABM 600 but having to cut the high mids and treble and play with quite a light touch to tone stop it sounding too aggressive. 

Any tips for getting a bit of character back in my tone while sounding good with relatively clean guitars?

It more than likely has a tonepump preamp inside, turn the level down to just under half way.

[SteveXFR]

47 minutes ago, bigbottomend said:

It more than likely has a tonepump preamp inside, turn the level down to just under half way.

 

It does indeed have a tone pump. I'll give that a try.

[bigbottomend]

11 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

It does indeed have a tone pump. I'll give that a try.

I vaugely now remember taking mine down to 1/4 to get a much cleaner tone.  Eventually swapped it to a LHZ pre though for the HAZ tone. 

[Paulhauser]

@SteveXFR as said above dialing back on the output might help.

Also try to play with the treble a bit. While technically the tonepump isn't a boost only setup, it doesn't have a center detent so the best bet is to dial back to "zero" , counterclockwise and start from there to see (hear) what you like.  

Eventually Spectors have their own sound and that either fits to the music you play or not. 

[Sean]

@SteveXFR 

I've replaced all the preamps in mine with LHZ-03.

 

When gigging I run everything turned up full except on a couple of songs (Under Pressure and Bohemian Rhapsody) where I roll the treble to halfway. I'm never chasing a tone, never have to worry about trying to be like a safecracker getting the knob to the exact right spot. 

 

For me, Spectors are a one trick pony, it's the best trick in the world and the pony has wings. That's what I want; repeatable, reliable tone that is always there. I found that I'd get a useable tone from a TP but would lose it if the knobs got moved. The way I run now makes it easy to check the knob position on the fly. And the LHZ has centre detents making it easy when I do need to adjust.  

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Sean

[ern500evo]

The LHZ is such a great upgrade. Well worth the money and it brings the bass to life 

[attackbass]

After crippling shoulder pain after a wedding gig last Thursday where I used my Spector followed by a festival last night where I used my Stingray 5 where I felt absolutely fine after the gig I think it's time to accept defeat and acknowledge by body doesn't like how the bass hangs when standing up.

 

It's an incredible bass, sounds amazing, plays amazing and I love the design of the basses from the body shape to the bridge and headstock design.

 

Thinking I'll probably put it in a case and leave it there as a studio tool thought it pains me to have such a great instrument not being used!

 

 

[Sean]

It's a quirky geometry, for sure. Wearing it much lower on the strap helps some. 

 

I struggle with how people manage the Euro X shape or Explorer/Flying-vee shapes. 

[Eldon Tyrell]

29 minutes ago, Sean said:

It's a quirky geometry, for sure. Wearing it much lower on the strap helps some. 

 

I struggle with how people manage the Euro X shape or Explorer/Flying-vee shapes. 

Just hang it really loooow