Incoming NBD! Spector Euro CST Ltd 💜🖤

[Misdee]

12 hours ago, Sean said:

I've got maple, ebony and rosewood board Euros, all with EMGs and the same HAZ-clones and they're all different in sound. The ebony is really snappy and tight. The maple is brighter than the rosewood.  At the SW Bash opinion was split between the ebony and maple but with strong preferences either way. Then there's my CRFM with rosewood board and brass bridge and that's in a world of its own even with the EMGs and Haz-clone. It's much nastier but it has got different strings to the others. 

 

 

That's very interesting to know.

 

I've recently got myself a CST with an ebony board. I've had very little chance to play it yet for one reason or another, but enough to know that I definitely want another Spector, just with a significantly different sound to the CST. The big question is whether I get another Euro, albeit a slightly different one, or USA-made bass. It's a long time since had my hands on a USA Spector but I remember them as being pretty amazing but financially out of my reach at the time. Thirty odd-years later  now I can afford one but then again nowadays there's the Euro option with the new Legacy preamp ect. There's a decision to be made factoring in diminishing returns and whether a Euro is a "proper" Spector. What I can say is that my new CST is a meticulously-made bass and very good value for money in the current new bass market considering it costs substantially less than something like a new Stingray Special or a German-made Sadowsky Metroline ect.. 

Edited November 11 by Misdee

[cetera]

37 minutes ago, Misdee said:

That's very interesting to know.

 

I've recently got myself a CST with an ebony board. I've had very little chance to play it yet for one reason or another, but enough to know that I definitely want another Spector, just with a significantly different sound to the CST. The big question is whether I get another Euro, albeit a slightly different one, or USA-made bass. It's a long time since had my hands on a USA Spector but I remember them as being pretty amazing but financially out of my reach at the time. Thirty odd-years later  now I can afford one but then again nowadays there's the Euro option with the new Legacy preamp ect. There's a decision to be made factoring in diminishing returns and whether a Euro is a "proper" Spector. What I can say is that my new CST is a meticulously-made bass and very good value for money in the current new bass market considering it costs substantially less than something like a new Stingray Special or a German-made Sadowsky Metroline ect.. 

A Euro NSCR, Euro, Euro LX or CST is 'a proper Spector'.
I love the US ones but, personally, I would never buy a new one as the Euro range are 95% there. As long as you have EMGS, add an LHZ preamp and noone would know the difference.

 

The DG Legacy preamp is closer to the Haz in sound than the BTS or Tonepump imho....

[Misdee]

8 hours ago, cetera said:

A Euro NSCR, Euro, Euro LX or CST is 'a proper Spector'.
I love the US ones but, personally, I would never buy a new one as the Euro range are 95% there. As long as you have EMGS, add an LHZ preamp and noone would know the difference.

 

The DG Legacy preamp is closer to the Haz in sound than the BTS or Tonepump imho....

Thanks, that's very reassuring to hear, and I know how well you know Spector basses!

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Especially considering that, generally speaking, I tend to leave conventional  boost and cut active EQ circuits flat anyway, I will probably go for another Euro, maybe a Doug Wimbish. That has got a rosewood board, maple body and different pickups to the CST, so might be audibly different in tone. I'll have a think about that.

Edited November 11 by Misdee

[cetera]

4 hours ago, Misdee said:

Especially considering that, generally speaking, I tend to leave conventional  boost and cut active EQ circuits flat anyway

The secret sauce of a Spector is the Haz preamp..... and that needs to be boosted to bring out the wonderful  harmonic overtones....

[Sean]

When is it landing? 

 

 

[Misdee]

On 11/11/2025 at 23:28, cetera said:

The secret sauce of a Spector is the Haz preamp..... and that needs to be boosted to bring out the wonderful  harmonic overtones....

I'm really getting into that classic Spector sound. I love that strident, wiry tone. I like aggressive-sounding basses, and the NS2 definitely falls into that category. 

[cetera]

4 hours ago, Sean said:

When is it landing? 

 

 

It landed today!! Plays great, lovely neck and sounds awesome. 😎👍

 

Here are a couple of bad 'artificial light'pics in my studio. Better 'outside' ones to follow when the cloud/rain lifts....

 

 

[Jonesy]

45 minutes ago, cetera said:

It landed today!! Plays great, lovely neck and sounds awesome. 😎👍

 

Here are a couple of bad 'artificial light'pics in my studio. Better 'outside' ones to follow when the cloud/rain lifts....

 

 

 

Hubba, hubba 🤤

[Sean]

On 11/11/2025 at 09:48, Misdee said:

What I can say is that my new CST is a meticulously-made bass and very good value for money in the current new bass market considering it costs substantially less than something like a new Stingray Special or a German-made Sadowsky Metroline ect.. 

 

On 11/11/2025 at 10:28, cetera said:

 the Euro range are 95% there. As long as you have EMGS, add an LHZ preamp and noone would know the difference.

 

When you factor these statements in, which I more than agree with, they are relatively good value. I had no real feel for Musicman prices but having just looked, I think a Euro is very competitive.