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I've been down a bit of a Spector bass rabbit hole recently. I know we have some Spector fans here. Show me your Spector basses! I want that lefty Spector eye candy.

Andrew! LONG time no speak. How are you? Hope all is well.

I own 3 Spectors. The first one is a 1994 Euro NSCRFM. Bought it at least 20 years ago.

The next two I only bought within the past 2 years, a 2024 NS Ethos and a 2022 NS Dimension 5, my 2nd fanned fret 5 string. I'm slowly building up my confidence and skills on a 5, and I really love the fanned fret/extended range concept. Makes you want to play an open B all the time.

Hi Andrew!

2012 trans black Euro 4LX no longer with me but lives with a friend, 2009 Euro 4LX white came from a board member, 2005 Euro 4LX natural, 2021 NS Dimension 4 haunted moss upgraded with EMG pickups + HAZ clone and a righty Rex Brown signature with flipped strings. The idea was to have someone move the control cavity moved, fill the old one and refinish it but so far it never happened
All these have SNC preamps (HAZ clone)

2023 Korg Euro 4LX with a LHZ preamp (HAZ clone)

2023 Spector Kip Winger model Chinese copy. Upgraded the hardware with parts I've had laying around, added the Spector knobs and a LHZ preamp (HAZ clone).

I've only got Spector "copies" (Warwick Streamers) but I'd love to try one some day! They're a rare sight here in the Netherlands, unfortunately. I may have played a Rebop once at one of the lefty bass days Arni organized at CMS Duisburg, but it didn't leave a lasting impression. Took an Esh Stinger home with me instead

Hi Peter,
Yes, the pandemic greatly changed my work and home life so I have way less time to be in front of a computer now. But I'm still here and hopping on when I can to check out new posts.

Great Spector trio! Love that 1994. How does the tone of the Dimension compare to your 1994? Is the Dimension your first fanned fret bass? That long B really is a joy isn't it?I don't have an extended scale 5 but I've played them in shops.

Great collection Paulo! I love your natural finish LX (as I told you before ) Which of your collection is your fave Spector?

Indeed. The world is a way different place now then when we started this website. I had more hair, for one, and way more basses than I need.

The Dimension is a different animal in so many respects. I wouldn't say it possesses the trademark Spector tone at all, but not necessarily a bad thing, since I already have that in the '94. There's a lot of tonal variety with the Fishman Fluence PUPs and 3 voicing switch, though truthfully, I don't care for 2 of the 3 voicings and pretty much leave it in one setting. The Dimension is my second fanned fret extended scale bass. (And 2nd 5 string as well). The first one I got is a Dingwall NG3 Combustion, and I would say the Dingwall is easily my favorite of the two. The playability is unbelievable, and I really picked it up much quicker than I thought I would, given I had never played a 5 string, let along a fanned fretter before.

If you've never played a fanned fret bass, it is relatively easy to adapt to, but there are challenges, especially in the upper register. We get so used to visualizing notes to be directly under the frets we're playing as laid out perpendicular to the fretboard, but with a fanned fret bass in the upper register, due to the angle of the frets, the actual fret you want to play is visually 2-3 frets higher than perpendicular, and it gets challenging on the D and G strings, especially. I've over/under shot frets many a time, and I'm still working on it. But NOTHING beats these 37" scale basses for a low B, IMO.

I don't need the low B for any of the music I currently play but playing the low B on a multiscale is VERY satisfying. I have a Dingwall NG 4 string which is such a good bass. so much definition to each note, lightweight, stays in tune for weeks, adapts to pretty much any music/amp/pedals really well.

My only experience playing a proper lefty 5 string multiscale was at NAMM a bunch of years ago when Dingwall brought a "soon to be released" lefty NG 5.

Thankfully I found it easy to adapt to playing the multiscale on the Dingwall 4 string. Ironically the bass I initially struggled with was the Spector.
Because of it's body shape/where the bridge sits, i kept being off a step at first because of how it hangs vs a Fender. Needed some minutes for my brain to stop moving to arm positions and use my ears.

[/quote]Great collection Paulo! I love your natural finish LX (as I told you before ) Which of your collection is your fave Spector?[/quote]

Thanks Andrew!
It's hard to pick a favorite but if I've had to choose it would be the white one. It has early 80's EMGs that sound amazing.