Meat and Potato…

some_dude

some_dude

Raging BB Gunologist
…with an extra helping of meat.


I switched to bass about 7 years ago now. It started as a favour to a friend who was having a hard time finding a bass player, and I I liked it enough to stick with it. Now I barely play guitar anymore.

This gets me through just about anything. The pedalboard changes depending on whom I’m with. I would prefer to go straight to the amp, but some songs just call for a certain sound/effect
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The right rig for the job. I hope that 8x10 has wheels on it. I was in a band that used an SVT 8x10 as a sub-cab for the P.A. I was glad that band only lasted 3 years.
 
Doesn't look like it has wheels. Of course that's what a two wheel dolly is for.

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Those cabs have 2 wheels recessed in the back corners with a handle across the top, which is angled. Tilt and roll.

Great rig! I go straight to the amp. No effects, nothing. Just a good clean bass sound.
 
beaubrummels said:
The right rig for the job. I hope that 8x10 has wheels on it. I was in a band that used an SVT 8x10 as a sub-cab for the P.A. I was glad that band only lasted 3 years.
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It has wheels, a handle and sliders on the back, so it’s like pushing around a furniture dolly. Rolls better than a 410/4x12 and despite the bigger size is generally easier to move.

I do plan on getting a 212 for upstairs/basement gigs, but it hasn’t been a priority since I usually use the Mesa for that stuff.
 
Arrived.

I’ve had it a little under a week now. It’s my first active bass. Got it because I’m now in a metal band and I was having difficulty getting the passive basses to sit and cut through the mix the way I wanted. Used it for rehearsal this past week and zero issues cutting, if anything I’m dialling it back.

The more get to know it the more I like it.

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some_dude said:
Arrived.

I’ve had it a little under a week now. It’s my first active bass. Got it because I’m now in a metal band and I was having difficulty getting the passive basses to sit and cut through the mix the way I wanted. Used it for rehearsal this past week and zero issues cutting, if anything I’m dialling it back.

The more get to know it the more I like it.

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It's a bit hard to tell from the pics, is that a NS-2A or maybe a NS-2CR?

Nothing sounds quite like a Spector, and they tend to be something you end up either loving or hating. longcat and I have been Spector fans since we found a great deal on a Euro 4 locally about a decade ago now. We flipped it about a year later in favor of a NS-2CR-FM that's just a monster bass. These early Czech Spectors have a really cool soft V to C neck profile that plays a bit easier than the larger C they switched to later. If you have the same bass, it probably has an EMG-BT preamp which has a tuneable treble band where you can select from 4 frequencies on dip switches in the control cavity.
 
dystrust said:
It's a bit hard to tell from the pics, is that a NS-2A or maybe a NS-2CR?

Nothing sounds quite like a Spector, and they tend to be something you end up either loving or hating. longcat and I have been Spector fans since we found a great deal on a Euro 4 locally about a decade ago now. We flipped it about a year later in favor of a NS-2CR-FM that's just a monster bass. These early Czech Spectors have a really cool soft V to C neck profile that plays a bit easier than the larger C they switched to later. If you have the same bass, it probably has an EMG-BT preamp which has a tuneable treble band where you can select from 4 frequencies on dip switches in the control cavity.
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1999 NS-4CR. I’m told it was a transitional model with the dot inlays and Spector logo. It has an EMG BTS and I found the dip switches, settling (for now) on the one that produces the 2.4K bump (on/on) I’m going to leave it like that for a month while I get used to how the bass sounds and switch to my second favourite setting (off/on) just to compare.

I could see the love/hate thing. It's not really natural sounding, but it's not unnatural either... just sort of Hi-Fi compared to a passive bass. I'm also digging the preamp. I thought the lack of headroom would be an issue, but I like the way it compresses, and I find it musically interactive with my playstyle.

As for the neck, I've read complaints about the Spector profile, but to me it seems pretty neutral, being neither as narrow as a Jazz or as wide as a Precision, so I have no issues with it.
 
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