Can you tell me are those stock pickups?

I love your intro song. What’s the title of the song?

10:07 cool sounds

I need me one of thems. I bought a used US Masters Bass that this would be excellent installed in. The US Masters Bass is something I wanted for at least 15 years. Now I got one...

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Pretty sure I can make my cheap Chinese bass sound close to the same with a couple of cheap dimarzios. Worked on an album where I used Tools Wall bass… so yeah..meh. L.A 1994 A&M release btw .

NFP's are great I put one in my Sire V5 and it's a great filter, this Spector version sounds just as good. There are other specialized multicoil pickups out there but it might require some routing to install in a Spector. I wonder what a 40TW would sound like?

What’s the difference between this and a Sweepable mids knob? Also it looks like one Pot, does this just replace the volume pot and stack with it?

holy shit it is that sound you get there at 15:00 mark. Getting rid of the highest useless highs (above 5k) and boosting the characteristic ones for the bass (1k to 5k) with that resonant filter is very clever, also the Spector should be playing a role there

if you think that tone sounds like 10k, then i got some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you

Thanks for the demo. I'm having the single NFP put into an enclosure

Did you route the pickup cavities deeper and or wider to install the Rautia's? I have a Spector Zebop 4 string with the two piece alder and zebrawood body I want to upgrade. Herrick pickups has a new DC35 sized drop in multicoil however it is 23mm tall and requires a cavity depth of 21mm. The rebop cavity depth is 14mm. Measuring everything, I would need to route the depth at least 4mm deeper. a little more to have foam under the pickup for height adjustment.

Hi I have a Spector bass with Rautia pickups ; but I don’t have a way to switch to series, parallel , single coil inside and single coil outside ! Do you have a wiring chart for that ? Rautia is out of business ! I own a Wal bass from 1993 and it does not give you the option of switching between series and parallel or single coil either! How is that accomplished? Thanks for helping me ! Lalo Garcia

Wow! Nice playing, and the infographic is a brilliant feature! Lovely sounds from that wood and wire gem.

I don't understand why not all onboard bass pre-amps work this way. You get so much more tonal variety with resonant lp/hp filters for each pickup. Thankfully it's easy to just insert something like Fabfilter Volcano 3 before an amp sim when you are working ITB, but there's really no substitute for those multicoil pickups.

This was an awesome in-depth demo, thank you! I recently met a guy who designs sliding pickups. He did a guitar prototype with a similar preamp. I couldn't play it yet, battery was down, but he told me that those pickups have a less pronounced resonant peak. They are really flat dimension-wise, so the sliding mechanism can be designed in a really slick and elegant way. You can even have two sliding pickups on one "rail". Technically, they kind of work like Lace Alumitone pickups, that's why they can be so flat and that's also why the peak is less pronounced. The prototype guitar has one sliding pickup, and active electronics similar to the NFP. Now we talked about building or modding a bass, and maybe the NFP would be a great fit for the project! Not the Special version then, because the pickups are not multi-coil. Not sure what's the difference between the NFP and the electronics of the prototype guitar, and who designed it - I'll find out. Other interesting options would be the John East P Retro, or a passive Tonestyler.

Ive been looking for years. This is what I need

oh shit he uploaded, sweet 👍

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Dude! Your intro music is insane! 🤘🏽

N.f.p. nuno . faulty , product. Cheap Chinese pots theyre breaking on everyone

Lovely tones! IMHO the Rautia pickups provide a drastic improvement over the standard Spector tone.

My favorite setting in this video was “Series Neck, Parallel Bridge”

7:02 oh my god that growl

omg the store was closed :(

Dude some of these sounds are insane. If you'd be willing to chat about the EQ and the modern equivalent of a Rautia setup and how you've found success dialing it all it I'd love to have a conversation. If you're up for it and somehow see this comment please don't hesitate to let me know!

Thanks for posting this. Bartolini actually had a Q control preamp. I have one in my oldest bass and it was upgraded in 1989. They do not make it anymore but I still have that bass. I just had my luthier drop the single NFP special in my passive fretless equipped with Nordstrand Big Split. I think the advantage of the NFP is the multicoil/multi string option and I am not sure if my pickups have that option -- but I know that they are 3 conductor pickups. So my setup is 2 passive volume control into 2 inputs You want to run it at 18v. Compared to the old Bartolini, this has more options, but as I have set up now, the Bartolini is more musical in the frequency choices even though it has limited range. That bass also has one pickup. Anyway I'll work with Lusithand. I may have to go with the double setup and possibly use their volume controls. I would like to maintain the simplicity of the 3 controls though. Compared to your video, my current bass is more wild - nasal - honky in some settings and the resonance can really cut sometimes not in a good way, almost like an effect and can work with muffs and overdrives. But in the wide open setting it sounds really like a modern hyped up bass, very similar to your Spector. It is fretless, so probably that's where all the honkiness comes from

Well, thanks a lot man…..😂 Routia has closed their doors…….Fat chance getting one for my Euro 5…….

This is really cool. Were the pot stems long enough to fit through a rear-routed body like the Spector, or was it a custom order?

I'm confused.So many options.It sounds wonderful.I like parallel settings for the most part.What is your favorite?I'm thinking of putting a Lusithand preamp on my Spector with EMGs.

Truly great tones. Thank you for this demonstration. Definitely saving to upgrade to multicoil pickups and double nfp after watching this.

I own a Spector 5 string with EMG hz pups.Are those suitable?

8:45 Jazz Bass 7:00 StingRay-ish 5:06 Rick bridge

I have a spector that just wasn't doing it me. Since listening to this demo, I want this preamp

How cool is that, I have a Wal MK1 and a Spector NS4 ... it's like the two got married and had a kid.

Thats very cool

Theese are not good. I've owned 3 they can't handle hot pickups at all

The idea is brilliant. Also shows the versatility of the individual slug magnet system as opposed to humbuckers. Have a guess what's in my bass? We've come a long way baby. From the dynamic limitations imposed by recording bass to accommodate the vinyl medium. To now

I think it sounds good, very good note definition. But, I think Spectors are known for note definition on their own. Not sure if I owuld want to invest that much $$ if I already owned a Spector. Would be a fun project for a fender bass IMO

Thanks for the review David.. I must say I prefer the sound of the old way in passive. This is from someone who owns an ACG Uber bass with a DFM pre and a PJ bass with a EQ01 in it.

I'm so glad you uploaded this right now. On Friday going to see a bass builder who will build me a Wal sound like copy for just under £3k. The double nfp special is the preamp he uses and he will be using Rautia Wal buckers if he can get them, if not bass culture Wal buckers. I'm basing my build off Justin Chancellors birdseye maple blue burst MK2 he uses to perform the pot.

Very cool! Thanks for this. Appreciate your channel.

That Spector sounds AMAZING!!! And the pallet of tone choices is just crazy. Absolutely LOVE your playing. And LOVE the way you explain things. Wonderful and informative video.

This NFP (LusitHAnd) preamp sounds kinda AMAZING to me!! I have a SUKOP 6string with Bartolini humbuckers and 18volt circuit. Now I'm wondering how it would sound with this preamp. If you mentioned your name at the beginning of the video I've forgotten. Sorry, bro. This is my first time seeing YOU. But you're very thorough in your explaining the ins and outs of this NFP. And, you can play your ---- off!!!! LOL!!! I hope I get to see more of YOU reviewing basses and bass tech in the near future. Thanks.

This is like gold but to say Wal basses are mostly unknown in the bass community is not true. We all love the Wal, whish I still had mine.

And the 2 most important Wal Bass players: Percy Jones and Mick Karn...