Spector Performer is it worth buying?

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Spector Performer is it worth buying?

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Жыл бұрын

An unboxing and review of the Spector Performer bass guitar.

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@GooseCrack Жыл бұрын

Not enough reviews on this particular model, thanks for your work. A shame it arrived in such condition, as I've heard lots of good things about it

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@ericjohnson6105 Жыл бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Yes Indeed

@clintonschultz2750 Жыл бұрын

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.

@regormortis Жыл бұрын

Just bought one from sweetwater. Ill let ya know. Comes next wednesday.

@educationplaylists Жыл бұрын

@@regormortis let me know if its any good i was just about to buy one but then i saw this video...

@regormortis Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@charlescowan6121 Жыл бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Even though I had to put some work in to it, it is fun to play.

@nickweems4113 6 ай бұрын

I love mine but it has neck dive so it fights me when I stand up and play how to remedy this

@FrozenByFire 2 ай бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 2 ай бұрын

Yes, every one of those is different and unique.

@SiluCartoon Жыл бұрын

Great review! It seems unreal to have such problems with this instrument.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@SirArii Жыл бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

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.

@SirArii Жыл бұрын

@@noisetoys1210 Right on! I'm just glad mine didn't come in shambles, I don't have the tools to fix it haha.

@patrickpeterson2174 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Almost ordered this model. Think I will go to a store and get a better Spector!!!

@frankkiethebassplayer Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very honest and thorough review.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@marcusroute935 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review. This was a bass I was considering.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I am glad you found value in my experience. I hope you are able to find the perfect instrument for you.

@8Junio76 Жыл бұрын

Damn it, it looked so good in pictures that I was planning to get one.

@KurtKnock Жыл бұрын

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.

@gerioux 14 күн бұрын

The Jackson js2 has 24 frets active ceramic pickups and a bass boost for $199

@jamesmarkham7489 Жыл бұрын

Id always recommend a q4,q5, legend or really any other korean made spector. The used prices are similar to these new.

@stevewalters6403 Жыл бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your Spector experience.

@Mandarr360 3 ай бұрын

I bought one 2 yrs ago. It took about 6 months for fret sprout to pop up, badly. I assume it was humidity, but none of my other 5 basses suffered.

@badassbassist 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

it's probably because of the name....they should change the damn name

@jasondorsey7110 2 ай бұрын

@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

@BlommaBaumbart 11 ай бұрын

Now that is a thorough review. Very nice, and weirdly 2002.

@noisetoys1210 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@muleblues71 17 күн бұрын

picking up one used. Hopefully playable

@aeonvongraphomet7196 Жыл бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thank You.

@null_ptr666 2 ай бұрын

Based on this experience would anyone recommend a spector legend?

@fabiokuriyama Жыл бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thanks you.

@brians4778 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Do any issues like this happen on the higher priced Spector basses?

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

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.

@piotrrkoss Жыл бұрын

Great review, thank you.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@simonperez5902 Жыл бұрын

Do you think it's good to modify it? Or should I go for the legend standard and modifiy that one? great review!

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

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.

@simonperez5902 Жыл бұрын

@@noisetoys1210 color is not an issue, thx for the reply!

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

No prob. Let me know what you end up getting.

@blahanger4304 Жыл бұрын

I think your bass was inspected on monday morning ;)

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Probably so. Maybe even before coffee was made.

@garrydhintz8017 9 ай бұрын

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.

@RackwitzG 7 ай бұрын

It's very humid in Indonesia... I'd assume the wood dried and shrunk after or while arriving in America.

@noisetoys1210 7 ай бұрын

Very possible

@jeffjacobson59 Жыл бұрын

Low end Spectors suck! I learned the hard way years ago! You are better off with a cheap Yamaha

@Tessimistic420 Жыл бұрын

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?

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate it. Have your dad send me a few pics and I will see what I can do for it.

@Spector06111 3 ай бұрын

Should of just paid a bit more and got a Spector Pulse series 1 or 2 sort of the more affordable quality line of basses.

@noisetoys1210 3 ай бұрын

probably so.

@mecoate 3 ай бұрын

cual prefiere performer o leyend 4 ?

@noisetoys1210 3 ай бұрын

Me gusta mucho la parte superior curva de la leyenda, pero no venía en blanco.

@ileutur6863 Жыл бұрын

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

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

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.

@BlommaBaumbart 11 ай бұрын

That thing is twice as expensive as a Squire or a Harley Benton, which don't have that sort of issue by the way.

@gregorkacin 5 ай бұрын

you should get a bass ready to play for this price

@noisetoys1210 5 ай бұрын

Yes Indeed.

@kirkbolas4985 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up. BTW, your instrumental demo reminded me of a piece by TSO.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Thank You.

@martinread5382 11 ай бұрын

you have to send that level of finishing back, totally unacceptable

@noisetoys1210 11 ай бұрын

Almost did send it back.

@Hellion73 Жыл бұрын

LOTS of work for a brand new instrument out of the box 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😒

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Indeed it was, but despite the effort it is fun to play.

@tmmjppsn 8 ай бұрын

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

@noisetoys1210 8 ай бұрын

Funny thing was the fret edges did not protrude uniformly. Some were flush, some were sticking out a 1/16" or 3/32" and the edges were dyed.

@gregoryhodge9452 Жыл бұрын

But it sure is pretty!

@heavymetalhalloween 4 ай бұрын

Wow that sucks . always wanted to try one

@noisetoys1210 4 ай бұрын

Try one out in a store, I have played a few in local stores that were not that bad.

@JDeloggia Жыл бұрын

You should check The Tagima tw73 basses i would like to see what you think

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

I will have to do some research into that brand. I am definetly interested.

@MarcAndreLevesque 8 ай бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 8 ай бұрын

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.

@rustee_nyfe Жыл бұрын

I'm shocked. Why we have to do their job?

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

A very good question.

@dekion261 11 ай бұрын

where did you buy it from?

@noisetoys1210 11 ай бұрын

A very common online retailer.

@Jul-wt5kd 10 ай бұрын

Has it the typical curved Spector body?

@noisetoys1210 10 ай бұрын

This model has a flat body. The next model up has the curved body but did not come as a white 5 string.

@Jul-wt5kd 10 ай бұрын

@@noisetoys1210 thank you

@charlescowan6121 Жыл бұрын

I wanna come jam with you guys!

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

Well, Id be open to it some time.

@comparedtowhat2638 Жыл бұрын

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.

@noisetoys1210 Жыл бұрын

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.