I am a new player of three months. I am taking lessons and loving it! I have a new Squire 60's Vibe and it gets the job done so far, but I am already looking for an upgrade. This is one of the best demos of a bass that I have seen. Looking hard at the Lakland Skyline Series and the Ibanez sr2600, but this may be the new frontrunner. Incredible sound and incredible work of art! Thank you Sir!
Excellent review. Sounds and looks like another killer instrument from Spector. You can do no wrong at the moment as everything you seem to produce not only looks visually stunning, but sounds just right to my ears. Basses to cover all bases!
I have one of these and it electric hisses like a copperhead (assuming they hiss)! I'm not sure if the grounding was done properly, but I've heard about that being an issue with some of the Spector lines. Which is a shame because it plays like a dream! Hoping to upgrade to a Euro LX or RST one day. But great video Ian!
Please release this exact bass with an EMG electronics package or at least something with a more typical Spector sound. The finish. color, construction and neck are all perfect... among the best looking Spector has ever made. But it doesn't sound very much like the Spector I'm used to. As it stands I'd rather have the nearly inferior in every way NS pulse, but at the end of the day the pulse has the sound. The pulse already has a version 2, time to give the ethos a version 2 for those of us who want THAT sound.
I would’ve loved to hear more of the P sound, and most of all, playing hand over the P pickup instead of on the J pickup to learned what kind of warmth this bass have in stock
Been wanting to get me a pj spector the spectors I got currently all have soapbars emgs and this might be the prospect tough call between this and the pulse for me though but that finish might win me over tbh. My only issue is at this price point why did it not get a battery box? I hate opening the control cavity on basses for battery changes. Specially in the korean made instruments as the screws in the control cavity are in the wood unlike the euros
You've sold me. Spector makes amazing basses. I have an old '94 Euro, but I like the sounds of this Ethos better (though maybe that's because of you). A reverse P in a PJ setup works much better, IMO. I hate the sound of a standard PJ setup when slapped with both PUPs on but with a reverse P it works. (Especially when you have an on board active EQ to dial out any upper register honkiness you'd encounter in a normal PJ setup).
@@OfficialSpector I think the Euro Bolt needs a slimmer/ thinner neck profile option( currently apx 1.67 at the nut), approximately1.5 would be more comfortable to reach while playing near the 1st 2nd fret on the E string. Is it possible to get one with the same neck profile as this NS Ethos or the Doug Wimbish model?
1700 whether it's $ or € seems quite a lot of money for a Korean bass. What is going on with the prices, about 3-4 years ago I bought my first Spector Euro LX 5 (one of two, LX and LT) 5 for €1800. I would suspect that build quality for Korean bass is lower than Euro's?
So I’ve heard that among the Asian builders, Japan and Korea have the best rep for quality, with Indonesia and China following-so not sure that Korean = quality concerns.
I own one. Build quality is shockingly great. Have owned US instruments and some were crap. As for the price everything is up. Have you gone to a restaurant or bought groceries lately? Get this bass!
Shit. You can get a niiiiice m.i.a fender for 1800 man. I just don't think a Korean model is worth 1800.00 and it doesn't even fucking come with a hard case. No fucking waaaaaay
@@danseidler9189 I hate their looks. If they just made a dimension 5 with these colors I'd buy one instantly, but brown and green are just ugly. I ended up deciding on an ibanez ehb 1505ms already anyways
