I got the 4 string version, and it was set up amazing, no problems. I didn't have to adjust the truss rod at all, and it sounds amazing. You just got a bad version of it. Mine was perfect.
Knowing these possible problems it would be interesting to buy one of these from Sweetwater and "test" their guitar inspection regiment and see if it comes in the same abysmal conditions.
My personal experience with Sweetwater is hit and miss. Sometimes the instrument I buy is setup perfectly and ready to go. Other times I have to spend about an hour or so to make it playable. This is my experience with 500 dollar basses and high end as well.
@@educationplaylists came today, needed a basic set up for my turning. Main issue was a problem with the input jack that i had to fix real quick. That was kinda a bummer (i dont think sweetwater does any real inspection half the time) but it was a very simple fix. All in all it sounds and plays really well. Definitely punches above its weight class. I had no fret tang issues or warping of the neck or cover issues or any of that. Great buy imo, im pretty happy with it. To me the set up stuff and jack issue are just par for the course on anything under $800. Solid bass. :) the humbuckers on this are really nice also. I was pleasantly surprised.
I purchased a spector performer 4 second hand, it came in fantastic condition albeit the action is set a bit higher than I would've liked. Overall it's a beautiful bass and fun to play.
How strange, I bought this instrument in person at a store and it was perfectly fine. Sounds great and feels amazing. I guess you just got the one that someone just didn't care enough to do well on. This is why I hate ordering anything, I either buy in a store or don't.
It was strange but this will make a great inexpensive customizing platform. At some point I will refret it and do some custom inlay work and have an artist airbrush a graphic on it.
Nice work! Thanks for the honest review. I was close to buy it but I will back to my first option (Yamaha RBX 375.) The Yamaha looks more honest comparing to this Spector for the same budget.
Excellent review mate, I feel so disappointed though, I was literally a few clicks away from purchasing this model, because its the closest model with all black hardware, & minimal design features. It's also like Alex Websters from Cannibal Corpse without the blood streak paint, so I really wanted to get one. But now I'm dreading it, since seeing this in depth review. Keep up the good work.
I had even more quality control issues with my Spector Legend 4. Very disappointing these are leaving the shop in such condition! It took a lot of work to get it playable but now its fine.
Compare this to a CORT bass at the similar price point....the fit and finish is excellent. You get Hipshot tuners, Barts pups and MB pre. It's a shame that people don't love CORT enough
@bbsoni4814 People oftentimes don't realize that "name brand" guitar they're playing was actually manufactured by cort or samick, yet if the headstock said cort or samick they wouldn't take it seriously
I bought a Spector NS Ethos last year. Out of the box it made a lot of noise. It was not playable. Probably a ground loop problem. Returned the bass. Received the replacement. Same problem. I took it to a local guitar tech. They isolated the issue to the pre-amp. When they called for support, Spector said the guitar would have to be taken to a authorized repair center, 300 miles away. I paid the guitar tech $50 for the diagnosis, and returned the guitar. I will never buy another Spector. For $2k you would expect the electronics to work.
If you are going to do some mods and want white to get some airbrush work done, the performer would be perfect. The legend series did not come in white and 5 sting in my area.
I have seen lots of Spector NS basses during the years I worked at various music stores in the USA and they were all great instruments but that was a very long time ago.
Whats scary is that ibanez gsr205 and sr305 both are cheaper and wipe the floor with that spector. Warwick rock bass streamers are heads and shoulders above that thing too. I really like spectors in looks and the old ones made when Stuart was hand crafting them are total gems but holy shit they went downhill with these.
My dad said this is why you're his purchasing director 🔥💯🔥 Killer review. Is this you playing in the background? Edit: btw I have a cracked neck fender acoustic let me know if you can help me with this?
I've never liked how the affordable Spector line sounded, they lack the top end clarity that's a signature of that style of bass. Not to sound rude, but your expectations of the instrument's overall quality seemed oddly high considering its basically on par with a Squier or Harley Benton
I don't think it is too much to ask for any retail product to be able to be used as it is advertised. The instrument I purchased was unusable out of the box.
Neck pocket looks way too big for the neck. Gap all around. I have seen many examples of frets like that from Mexican and Indonesian instruments. Probably because of wood not being stored and dried long enough before being used. A shame
So, Spector bass with nice specs for the price but Spector docked any decent factory setup to reduce price. That sucks ... but the the real culprit is whom ever sold you the bass. Any store with minimal professionalism would have spotted this crappy setup job and would have done at least a setup to make it playable, and if the neck is warped, it would have been sent back to the distributor and not sold.
Couldn't agree more. every business is having difficulty finding qualified labor at a reasonable cost so overall quality suffers just to get product out the door to meet demand.
Thanks to your review this is a bass I will avoid. However I wish to note that personally, I found the demo was very monotonous and boring. I felt if you wanted to demonstrate the sounds and tones this bass is capable of producing, that the long passages of a repetitive, simple, bass line didn’t do the trick.
Thanks for the feedback and I agree that the demo was simple and monotonous. Unfortunately for me, I had to use what I am holding copyright forms for to avoid copyright strikes and do not have much time to put into content creation. I will try to come up with better for upcoming videos.
