Why the Spector CRUSHES Everything

[@tavelaine2914]

Surely as a companion piece to this you have to do a WARWICK video!! Definitely a story there.

[@JalenRawley]

Warwick basses definitely deserve their place in the sun. I'd love to see a "Why a Warwick crushes everything" video as well!

[@GustavoSaFortes]

I Agree !

[@douglasmoomjian7096]

I agree you should do a Warwick deep dive and also your question of what is the bass that crushes everything? It’s the Bass that can do it ALL!! That’s a hard one but just find one that comes comes close lol!

[@douglasmoomjian7096]

Maybe it’s your new F Bass Scott, with all those knobs and switches 😂

[@JamesKingBass]

Yep, the thumb bass has such a recognisable tone, a "why the thumb crushes everything" would be cool. So many people used them, Ryan martinie, Norwood Fisher, James Lomenzo, Prince, Mike Kroeger, Jack Bruce, Jon Stockman, Paul Gray, Pino Palladino and many others....enough artists to make a KZbin video about it 😂

[@recordtronic]

"This bass crushes everything" - Scott's Bass Lessons, about every bass. ;)

[@RitchieRosson]

LOL!

[@Blakeadam52]

youre so close to getting the point!!!

[@fourortwelvestrings]

That's the joke, son. The joke! /foghorn_leghorn

[@rome8180]

Everything crushes everything else. It's like a möbius strip or one of those MC Escher paintings.

[@chalan90]

And they're always right 😂

[@kevinnewsham7934]

Yamaha BB series crushes everything!!!

[@johndube1731]

Yamaha BB5000.

[@subbbass]

but only the 90ies ones especially the 5 strings..

[@DiogoBaeder]

Yesssss!!!! I was going to mention that line too, we need more coverage for the BB's!

[@yakmartin5429]

Yamaha BB 404 F(retless) here. That thing's out there. 💕

[@givrcanadianrocktributeban6965]

Yeah it does!😊🎉

[@MarkFowlerthefunkee1]

I have been a Spector guy since the early 2000’s, and you guys nailed it about the tone!

[@devinebass]

👍👍👍

[@keytronek]

Warwick Thumb had its day in the sun in the 90’s-00’s with Jack Bruce, Ryan Martinie, Curt Smith, Hansford Rowe and every other rock video had the bassist sporting a Thumb and guitarist with a PRS.

[@Nickthebassist01]

The Thumb sounds fabulous though tbf.

[@breadoge8071]

You just described Incubus)))

[@Shmalentine]

I had a Thumb and a Streamer back in the 00's. Until I switched to Brubaker (the best basses for my money!). But now I have found myself living in Asia with all my gear back in the States, and I ended up buying a used Streamer LX Jazzman 5 in Japan. It's fantastic! Deep, yet articulate, punchy, with just the right amount of high end sizzle, also, ergonomic and just looking cool (mine has a custom paint job as well). 🤘

[@thecolourrose9022]

Entwistle used a thumb and obviously the buzzard aswell

[@impulseproman]

Warwick Thumb Rock

[@LH-zv2zq]

The commentary between you two is excellent. Not just jokes, but good technical coverage of Specter sound and play.

[@devinebass]

Appreciate it!!

[@iumepock]

You forgot to mention the underappreciated Ian Hill of Judas Priest. He's using Spector since late 90s and his live tone is killer! All the foundation the guitars need to shine over

[@devinebass]

Very true, great shout there!!

[@lucianomateus351]

Sure, Ian are Very solid bassist

[@SwoffBass]

Every bass line of Living Colour’s Stained album is just monstrous. Some of Wimbish at his best!

[@yorkeoldfather3146]

I saw that tour and Doug used a combination of Spector and 2 Warwick's. Crushing bass tone for sure.

[@miguelneves4766]

The Spector sound is: Doug Wimbish

[@polorrioabaixo7293]

👏👏👏👏

[@callingchristiano]

... respect but too much notes and effects. Not the good guy for Living Colour !!

[@zeruchofficial]

@@callingchristiano hard disagree. LC got better with his entrance.

[@callingchristiano]

@@zeruchofficial for me ( and I love Tackhead for exemple ), LV needed a real bass player, fondation and it's why "Vivid" is so a top album. I saw LC live with Doug ( a long time ago ) and there was no groove...lots of effects on bass, too much effect, it was like a sort of second guitar or synth, it was like the band played without bass player ...

[@lucianomateus351]

I like Doug👍 And a good sound spector Guy too is Rex.

[@zeedy1011]

Spector actually crushes everything because no matter how you play it, fingers, pick or slap, it sounds amazingly sturdy and mean. I don't know any other bass that can do it. The slap sound on Higher Ground is just the perfect bass slap sound. There were isolated bass tracks from Chili Pepper's Uploft Mofo Party Plan. The bass tone was just unreal.

[@ricardorobbiano452]

Warwick Thumb NT is the only one that can play in the same league. Maybe a little more in the Jazz Bass territory. But it's another bass with its own personality in any style of music.

[@sebg2086]

Spector actually crushes everything because no matter how you play it, fingers, pick or slap, it sounds amazingly sturdy and mean......like a p-bass......a jazz bass......a stingray......yeah.....like any bass

[@zeedy1011]

@@sebg2086 lol you can't be serious. Jazz bass sounds sturdy and mean? P bass sounds amazing when slapped? 🤣 What an ignorant comment.

[@REXBROWNOFFICIAL]

You guy’s NAILED IT!!!

[@mikeb.7183]

The Spector sound is best described as a growl, the harder you push it the more it growls. Best examples of the Spector growl not mentioned Rachel Bolan on Slave to the Grind, Monkey Business Tracey Wallach from Icon's Night of the Crime, listen to the beginning of Whites of Their Eyes Kyle Kyle from Bang Tango, not sure if he used it on Psycho Cafe or not but it is all over the Dancin on Coals record, Cactus Juice would be the song. Watch Kyle play on a live video from Count's place in Vegas a couple years back, watch his right-hand switch from playing with a pick, to slap and finger style and back to a pick so fast you will argue with me that he even uses a pick at all.

[@roblanctot8235]

Had a bad case of GAS for years until I bought a Spector 5 string in 2007. I love that bass and it's been my go to ever since.

[@germarhoffmeister2752]

Still in deep love with my 1987 NS2 #1433 built for Twisted Sister.

[@devinebass]

🔥🔥🔥

[@jonnieclayton]

Do one on the Yamaha TRB basses guys. Pattitucci, Nathan East etc. Yamaha don’t get enough cred.

[@justinmills556]

BC Rich basses were the quiet achievers back in the day. Same as the Yamaha TRB’s and BB’s. great tone and absolute work horses.

[@BYLRPhil]

You guys need to do a video on JUST Rex Brown. Dudes a killer. Also Dusty Hill (never played a Spector but he’s awesome)

[@grooveholmes79]

i 2nd this idea!

[@lucianomateus351]

I love both sounds. Good ideia man

[@supersam1914]

Grew up with a NS1 in my house . It had a great sound .

[@lilpbass]

G&L crushes everything! Make the video!!

[@Wozzy]

MFD pickups are where it's at.

[@SteveWeltman]

I didn't even know what a G&L was when I bought mine... For the money, the bass I bought is amazing and sounds nearly as good to my ear as a MM Stingray

[@KristofferGildenlow]

Thank you for mentioning Eddie Jackson in this. His Spector bass sound is iconic and defining.

[@gmr2048]

I saw Queensryche play last week (Eddie and one guitar player are OG, the rest are new guys). Eddie was playing a MusicMan. Kinda hurt my soul a little bit. I bought my '89 NS-2A (in '89!) in part because of his sound. Edit: Looks like he plays a 5-string (4+1 tuners) Mike Lull now. Not a MM (looked like a MM from where I was sitting).

[@AKLowEnd]

I bought my Spector in 1999 at age 16 instead of a first car. Cars have come and gone in my life but I still play my ol'spector bass most days. That's us back in 2011 in my icon lol

[@Highrollinhunter]

I've went through so many basses since I was 16 now I'm 20 going onto 21 this year I bought my donner P bass last year and I still have it which I'm planning on modding it but I'm trying to get a new amp because my old one shit the bed like 2 years ago and I'm left playing through a guitar amp

[@AKLowEnd]

@@Highrollinhunter Took me a few basses to settle on what I was after. I had two import made Spector's when I was a young teen (under 16) That was what made me really have the wantsies, and save up for for a real one. Good luck on acquiring a bass amp!

[@philipisholding]

These guys have too much fun. Love it!

[@xysterss]

I have an 89 kramer spector ns2 - it's just an amazing bass!

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@gmr2048]

Nice! I have an '89 NS-2A. I didn't have NS2 money in '89 :)

[@GRONDBERG]

When I graduated up from my first cheap beginner bass I went straight for a Spector. It was 2002 and I got a brand new NS-CRFM5 (Czech Republic Flame Maple 5 String), which I had to special order because they were pretty rare in Australia. The music store actually ordered 3 of the same model in different colours and 5 months later when they arrived (which let me save up my pennies) I got a call from the shop and was able to come in after hours and they let me try out all three freshly set-up basses to pick my favourite. That amazing VIP treatment was quite befitting of the bass itself, which I still have today!

[@rws10923]

Doug Wimbish also had a signature Ibanez bass, and it was really, really nice. And great job namedropping Eddie Jackson-Queensryche is completely underrated these days, particularly for everything that isn't Mindcrime.

[@juanarocho973]

You are absolutely right! Spector basses have a distinctive sound/tone!! I have a pulse II 5 string and I love it!!!!! However I mostly use the neck pickup!!!!

[@andrewpappas9311]

Bass lines I always associate with Spector - Enter Sandman/Sad But True/The God That Failed - Metallica (Jason Newsted) (Main bass on The Black Album alongside an Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay and a Gibson Thunderbird) - Five Minutes Alone - Pantera (Rex Brown) - Fight Like A Brave - RHCP (Flea) - Synchronicity 2 - The Police (Sting) - Man In the Box/Rooster - Alice In Chains (Mike Starr) - Learning to Fly/Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd (Guy Pratt) (Highly recommend listening to the version on Delicate Sound of Thunder and P.U.L.S.E. live albums, his bass tone on those are fucking monstrous and it’s awesome)

[@jonthorne1306]

Absolute top quality content, profoundly interesting, brimming with raw enthusiasm and bass joy and just bloody great fun to watch. Keep on keeping on, much love from the wardrobe side of the bass fence x

[@trebm]

This video does not help my gear acquisition syndrome, Spectors are so beautiful

[@bassplayer2011ify]

I agree but in this case, I don't mind it. Spector and Warkick respectively are truly endgame basses. Could get an NS 2, a thumb, a double buck, etc and never have to buy another bass unless you are after another unique sound.

[@Babassecretchannel]

I did basstech for Wimbish back in the late 90’s. He gave me his orange Spector and taught me that alternate thumb-index slapping technique. That was huge for a young man of 20 who grew up listening to Living Colour, GM Flash… Cheers Doug ✌️✌️

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@sidez81]

Get The Funk Out by Extreme is like "The Speccy sound" for me. It just dances off the strings

[@mumblbeebee6546]

It always makes me wear a big smile when Ale’s bass in The Warning comes through everything without being obnoxious. Now I know. It’s Ned Spector something something… :)

[@sanbeto76]

I have a Warwick and Spector. They are different and both have pros and cons. Also, there is a good number of videos doing comparisons. For me, each brand shows the capacity and qualities between the construction and the hand of its luthiers. So, it all comes down to which one feels best for each occasion.

[@devinebass]

💯💯💯

[@Schizophrenie183]

Make a video about why the WARWICK DOLPHIN crushes everything next!

[@joninawhitecoat]

I'd be hard pressed to think of many songs it was played on. Some Cephalic Carnage and Meshuggah, maybe.

[@LCA1985]

You misspeled Warwick Thumb NT

[@FLefty18]

Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say

[@callingchristiano]

Warwack ?

[@Mes799]

@@joninawhitecoatSonny T used them for many songs with Prince and the NPG

[@entrigueall2661]

The bass that crushes everything is the G&L L2000, very versatile. And, I don’t know how many videos you’ve done on G&L 🤔

[@mindhead2005]

The big flaw with the L2000 apart from the weight is the pickup selection being a switch instead of a pan control To be able just to roll off the front pick-up a bit would make it damn near perfect

[@juanbcn83]

I have a recomendation about Spector sound in a jazz fusion mood. Listen Keith Jones playing his old Spector with Airto Moreira and Flora Purim in 1978 and another video playing Rthyms of hope with jean luck ponty, bass solo included. In jazz Spector works quite well

[@poltergeist3194]

Eddie Jackson of Queensryche has the best rock bass tone ever from a Spector bass.

[@REXBROWNOFFICIAL]

Guaranteed…

[@bimlenbamlen6289]

Somehow it makes me real happy to know that Rex Brown himself agrees with this statement😅

[@poltergeist3194]

@@REXBROWNOFFICIAL Rex, my man, no disrespect but I was listening to Eddie since elementary school and Pantera wasn’t even in my scope. But I will say that you and the rest of the crew in Pantera were a huge, huge influence on me. Thank you for that.

[@4unkb0y]

Look closely at Sting's Spector. There's a big-ass block of closed-cell foam jammed up under the bridge. It's still on that bass hanging on the wall in the rock & roll hall of fame. Sting said Spector gave him one & he tried it out for the Synchronicity tour but moved on after a year or so. Scott did a really cool video on damping (it's not quite muting...) with sponges & whatnot. After watching that I went to the hardware store & grabbed about 4 or 5 different squishy things, from a rubber doorstop to foam pipe insulation. For me, the natural sponge gave the best results.

[@radiozelaza]

Sting on Spector in 1983/84 Synchronicity tour (there's a DVD from it) - just perfect tone

[@4unkb0y]

Warwick is the clear followup video to this one. Thank you for the story on Spector's early days & Warwick royalty payments. I'm looking even more fondly at my '89 "Made in West Germany" Warwick Streamer 5 now...

[@MrJosten72]

Ok, Wal Crushes everything; Flea (BSSM), Geddy, Leigh Gorman of Bow Wow Wow (big influence on Flea and a monster, underrated player), Nick Beggs (Too Shy!), Sir Paul, Mick Karn, Percy Jones etc (yeah, I know you’ve done a Wal video but it’s not quite the same 😉).

[@miken.4693]

Leigh Gorman is so overlooked. Dude is awesome.

[@gmr2048]

You list all those Wal folks and omit Justin Chancellor (Tool)?! The horror! :)

[@iandavidfarquhar]

Bass Direct is an amazing shop, so many lovely basses man, and Mark will always look after you.

[@InFerrumVeritas]

I think you guys could have had some more modern music here too. The Ale from the Warning plays Spectors, and I think they contribute a ton to the trio sounding so “full” live

[@oscarsantos2608]

Warwick Thumb Bass, the first time I heard it live, I saved up and bought one. It's sound is just massive.

[@stevenrios339]

Sting’s Spector tone during the Synchronicity Tour was AMAZING, the bass with the chorus really gave it a nice tone it really was better than his Ibanez Fretless tone from 1979-80

[@douglas364]

I beg to differ

[@stevegosney]

yes - it inspired me to buy my own NS2 !

[@dubyadelta4057]

My first bass was a spector 5 string and its till my main axe. I got it used at a pawnshop in middle school, which my dad helped me buy as my christmas present( I am 23 now). Its an amazing instrument and is a ton of fun to play funk and jazz stuff on.

[@jamesgreato]

I'd be very interested to see a Lakland crushes everything video- especially with their early history of trying to blend jazz and stingray basses into one instrument.

[@nuberiffic]

I bought a Rebop 20 years ago and never looked back. Recently I bought an NS-5 Dimension. Amazing basses!

[@devinebass]

🔥🔥🔥

[@aceofbass131]

I’d want a Warwick video, but especially the Thumb.

[@xenomorph42]

I had the same hairstyle back in the 80's, and it got me so many women, my daughter still laughs at the photo, but that is how we rolled back in the day, great memories that take me back. Thanks for another great vid.

[@dangerpuffin]

Dan Briggs of btbam playing Viridian on a Spector is undeniable

[@IKIDIF]

Amen 🙏 Dan Briggs is an under appreciated basisst!

[@RC_Cubed]

​@@IKIDIFseverely under-rated

[@JSA501stNormandy]

I think my höfner crushes everything. I've played it on so many different genres and it just works all the time with 0 complaints from anyone I've worked with. It's more than just a Beatles bass and I think it's super underrated.

[@MrTarrasque]

I would love a Sandberg episode

[@RyanakaRhino18]

I'd love to see you do a video on Lakland! Been a pound owner of a 55-01 for nearly 11 years. That bass has me covered for anything! Got to know of that company after finding out the bass that Papa Roach's bassist uses!

[@scottgoldstein6074]

Graham Maby plays the same red Spector that the guy who plays on the Madonna tune. One of my all time favorite players who always plays to the song. He's so damn good.

[@GreedyLittleFokker]

For those who don't know (both of you HAHA) Graham Maby has been Joe Jackson's bassist since Look Sharp.

[@robertshaw546]

I’ve been using Spector basses since 1991 and in my opinion they sound amazing in any situation.

[@devinebass]

🔥🔥🔥

[@griffenwattsbass]

Do a video about Warwick basses! Also would love to see a deep dive on Aaron Salazar from the early days of Third Eye blind

[@JefferyIneptstein]

Warwick has had so many fantastic players

[@JaQba91]

@@JefferyIneptstein Fanatic also.

[@griffenwattsbass]

Proud owner of a Warwick Corvette 4 and I love it

[@GhoulUisce]

Jon Stockman - Karnivool Luke Gower - Cog To name but two.

[@griffenwattsbass]

Also P-Nut Aaron Willis from 311 is criminally underrated. The whole band is for that matter

[@GrandmaSiva]

24:04 I've been wanting to know that about Warwick since it happened. Thanks for the awesome video! I'm glad Spectre has their new thinner neck. That was a long time coming. Now there's no need for Luther reshaping of a brand new bass. Thank you Ned! Thank you EMG! And thanks for the bass lesson today guys!

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@Mr.Goldbar]

17:37 Wimbish also had a period with Ibanez, he had his own signature SRs from the late 90s until the mid 2000s :)

[@thewaldfe9763]

Yes, was about to write that. He never played it though. I was a Living Colour concerts while he was endorsing Ibanez, but only Spectors on stage.

[@FlerfDestroyer]

I have a 2012 Spector Legend... Absolutely beautiful instrument. Sounds amazing and feels like perfection. Spector CRUSHES everything

[@devinebass]

🔥🔥🔥

[@alannahroxannetorres4384]

Y'all should do a video on G&L!

[@tutubeos]

I’m glad you did this video. You nailed it. Crazy thing is that Spector basses are awesome for any kind of music. I’m using it even in pop music. Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd) used his Spector Bass, and it is his favorite bass to play. He use it also in Michael Jackson’s Earth Song. I love Spector basses because they cut through every mix, every genre.

[@FuManDrew217]

Overdue for some love to Aria Pro basses! ✌️

[@Blackwavewhitebeach]

Rio!

[@bassplayer2011ify]

Ah yes, the fabled super bass. Another option that will absolutely crush everything in its path. And unlike these series as a whole that isn't a joke. It is also the easiest way to obtain a bass that uses a filter instead of your standard tone cap without having to spend thousands on a Wal or Alembic or modding your current bass.

[@craigsi16]

I know this is probably unlikely, but an episode on the Warwick Thumb would be amazing! There's so many good examples, especially in rock and metal. Tesseract, Karnivool, Mudvayne, the list goes on!

[@plasticpeeps7322]

Pedulla MVP and buzz basses please! My fave boutique basses

[@1-eye-willy]

the active bass pick ups are the star of the show, they sound great all over the spectrum. highs, mids, lows, so much clarity. i had a jag bass with active pups in it and it sounded great but its not really my thing.

[@gregh.3361]

G&L L-2000 and/or L-2500 crushes everything in the mix.

[@琳李-y9q]

Yeah man. My L 5500 is a workhorse. Ths Boss of pedals. It weighs a tone but does everything a P bass can, and can't do

[@MarceloMallmannDias]

Everything. Starting with the input stages of the preamps. They are so strong that you need to dial the bass volume down 90% of the time to avoid clipping+.

[@Wozzy]

MFD pups are superior

[@DanDuke]

Spector makes a beautiful bass. I love The Warning's Alejandra Villarreal signature Spector 💙

[@j4stice746]

Eddie "one take" Jacksons playing on Della Brown is just sublime. I dont think he gets the credit he deserves.

[@jamesmichaelfrank]

That entire Empire album has one of the best bass sounds ever recorded IMO

[@j4stice746]

@@jamesmichaelfrank I agree. I think that album was their very best work. Most people would say Mindcrime im sure, but for me Empire is up there in my top ten of all time.

[@milesfrussell]

I always wanted one of these. When stuff like Warwicks were getting popular when I was in HS in the early 2000s this one of the few bases I wanted that wasn't passive. Played good and sounded great.

[@Anonymous-o6t6p]

I’d love to see why the thunderbird crushes i’ve heard so much about it but i’ve never seen it in action

[@hamishsummers8585]

Me too!

[@eranzilber1]

Lately got me a Euro 5 classic and IT CRUSHES EVERYTHING! It's not the most comfortable bass I own and the neck dive is significant, but it was worth for the MONSTEROUS SOUND. I got around that neck dive problem by installing light weight tuners and re-locating the upper strap button more to the south. i think the secret to Spector's sound is not in the PJ configuration, since mine is a JJ and it sounds pretty much the same, but rather the neck through design plus the sunken hi mass bridge that no one mention. this gives the bass tons of sustain and clarity. O, and mine is white like Sting"s so it's a show stopper when I pull it out. Beautiful bass.

[@brightonmischief]

"Wal crushes everything" and get some of those gorgeous fretless tones on Kate Bush's music. Loved this video boys; gonna seriously think about checking out a Spector now.

[@peterbodington5349]

Wal used on some big Dire Straits tracks too.

[@bassplayer2011ify]

Spector flew under my radar for a long time. Not saying I didn't notice them. But it was only a few years ago that started really digging into them. And as far as I am concerned if I could only have one bass for the rest of my life it would be a Spector.

[@CamiloPefaur]

Another awesome video guys!!! Though, I'd love you to explain the difference between the classic precision pickup placement vs the inverted one, like in the Spector

[@Janokins]

How about a "Dingwall crushes everything"?

[@devinebass]

Maybe!

[@admarhermans1]

Video on Yamaha’s various BB’s would be great! Thé 80’s studio sound, 90’s live sound, five strings, players, late 70’s early 80’s roots (Macca, Lee Sklar, Nathan East, Abe Laboriel Sr.), varieties, another (working!) PJ, etc!

[@sephiroth7818]

@2:50 Newsted has said he started using a pick because he was grinding the skin off of his fingers trying to play at Burton speed @19:03 great song for the Deadpool & Wolverine scene. Ryan had to beg Madonna to use it and he was nervous af asking her.

[@mcbain9999]

You should've also mention the new crop, like Ale from the Warning. Discovered that band by accident when researching Spector bass

[@ivoweienborn4442]

"Why the KEN SMITH crushes everything!"

[@richmosley2519]

Funny you mentioned TalkBass. Quite an engaging community for sure! I am looking forward to FINALLY, after several years, getting some build threads going again in Luthier's Corner. And as an aside, I think I will stick with standard belly/body carves as opposed to the full concave/convex thing.

[@reactionsaccount3955]

The future of Spector is in good hands with Alejandra Villarreal of The Warning. She became a Spector artist at the age of 15 and now has a signature model and her own finish called Ale's Inferno.

[@markjames8664]

She has created quite a variety of tones from the Spector over the last three albums, both with fingers and pick. On some tracks like Satisfied she’s basically creating the song’s core.

[@fourortwelvestrings]

Shout out to Thomas I. for making that happen by deciding Ale needed his Spector ... the rest is \m/ \m/

[@deenhubin3766]

I want to see you two dive into the U-Bass!

[@ITZTHEBEATLES4221]

I’m a fender guy but you’ve got me curious now…

[@mangemamarde]

i was too, now its fenders and spectors. the thing is they didnt talk about how verstile the spectors are. they are not only for rock and metal. you can play anything with great different tones. cons, they are heaavy and the neck is big compared to a jazz bass for example. mine's are a ns4 crfm and an old kramer era ns2c (this one got passive pick ups)

[@f2detaboada]

Kenneth Quiroz from Serial Asesino, Ni Voz Ni Voto and Chabelos, was a Spector artist and played a Euro4LX. He was, along with Charlie Parra (Kramer Artist), one of the few peruvian artists who had signature instrument deals with brands from the USA. The guy was a real hero for a lot of peruvian bassists, really great guy, everyone who knew him loved him and his tone. RIP

[@JohnBradydoesstuff]

Nothing like a Spector. People say Warwicks are close. And they’re nice. But nope. Nothing like a Spector. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@unduloid]

The Warwicks made in the 1990s are actually just as good, if not better. Then they became worse. Somehow.

[@michaelmarshall1713]

I own several Spector Basses along with G&L ,Fender and Gibson and Rickenbacker . Ned Steinberger was a genius he designed the curved body and Stuart then made it .

[@gsgahag6768]

Yamaha bb crushes everything

[@ArchieOnEarth]

I have a neck-through Kramer Forum with a Spector bridge and Spector active pickups (but with the P pickup turned around the Fender way) that is a tone monster. The pointy blade headstock keeps it off the stage but it still gets some studio love.

[@blindsidedka]

Also Rex didn't play in a drop tuning, they were all in C# Standard.

[@MainelyW212]

C# is his dropped tuning…. Rex tuned in D#+40¢ on CFH, and dropped one and a half steps further down for TGST.

[@ondrejkauzal8969]

@@MainelyW212 C# standard is not dropped tuning. Drop C# is.

[@WildWildWeasel]

​@@MainelyW212 I believe they used A=427.5hz iirc

[@athmaid]

​​@@MainelyW212isn't the consensus that "dropped tuning" means the lowest string is a fifth lower than the next, which the rest following the normal intervals?

[@REXBROWNOFFICIAL]

It’s in Standard C# 425, no Drop D, and that isolated track was comprised of:: One Clean Cab, one Dirty cab= Favoring the Dirt Cab.. It’s all in the mix boys & girls!! Thanx Fella’s, I’m flattered🔊🔊🔊!!

[@yohanncobarrubias1935]

I’ve never been a huge fan of the blended PJ sound but the reverse P seems to fix that for me. I may need to save up for a Spector! Have you guys tried Reverend basses? I don’t think I’ve seen them on the channel. I have their Mercalli 5 and it is a mainstay. It has a unique sound but yet classic and familiar. Keep up the awesome work, I love SBL!

[@thierry18]

Spectors are by far my favorite basses. Peavey cirrus and Fender P come close, but an NS2 will always be my dream instrument.

[@devinebass]

🧡🧡🧡

[@blindsidedka]

HELLO HELLO LOOK HERE EVERYONE I USE BIG LETTERS AND EXCLAMATION MARKS SO PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO NOTICE ME HELLO

[@waltertraina3566]

Valid, valid

[@kroova404]

Fair, fair

[@ProbablyOnLSD69]

Wow wow! 😮 did anyone else just notice this comment??? Idk what it is but I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS GUY HAS IT ALL FIGURED OUT!!! HE GOT THAT SECRET COMMINNT SAUZZZZE!!!

[@genegleckner2732]

Trump ?

[@nkjnr72]

No, not valid or fair - absolutely no exclamation marks to be seen!

[@alangrafton923]

The guys at Bass direct are awesome, amazing bass collection and accessories and lovely lovely people, had my first go on a Wal there, sadly I couldn't afford it but definitely worth the hype

[@jeanlefebvreGenX]

Excellent video guys! huge Spector fan.

[@jasonnorman8479]

Please do one on F Bass. As a proud Canadian and owner of several F Basses I think they really are the best of the best

[@rolldabonz1]

A Warwick Geddy Lee era video would be amazing! Thanks for the videos, really inspiring!

[@knappster1754]

Love my Spector bebop. I know it bolt on and soapbar, but it still makes that signature Spector sound.

[@pest_4109]

I've played a tonne of basses including boutique while shopping around in the past and MIA Spector was definitely my favourite... But I couldn't afford it even second hand. Tightest 5th string as well with the extra long scale if 5 is your thing

[@uboweeg]

Wimbish geek here and i think Doug is playing a Jazz bass on "The Birthday Party" which is from 1981, but that's ok 👌👌He did go through a Warwick phase as you say in the late 80's / early 90's (still playing his Spector though alongside the Warwicks) and I saw him play with Tackhead at that time with a Thumb and 6-string Streamer. I think he uses a Warwick fretless on Tackheads "Stealin" which you need to get on your channel; slide harmonics on that are amazing. He also used Spector and Warwicks early in his tenure with Living Colour on stage and there's footage on KZbin of him using a Streamer live with Bomb The Bass (bass on The Air That You Breath is amazing + his solo on Sandcastles).

[@jamesmccallum6770]

I love your knowledge. My fav YT channel.