Review Demo - Spector Legend 5-String Bass

Stuart Spector has been crafting high-end basses since the ’70s. He diversified his product line in the ’80s with an affordable Korean-made series, whose latest offering is the Legend5 Neck-Thru, a slick 5-string offering loaded with Aguilar electronics.

The Legend5 Neck-Thru’s boutique looks belie its $1,400 price tag. The maple body wings of our tester were topped with a bubinga veneer. Players who prefer natural looks will most likely dig the attractive figuring and satiny feel. (The Legend Neck-Thru is also offered in a faded blue-gloss finish over a figured-maple top.)

Between the wings is a 3-piece maple neck stiffened by graphite rods and topped with a rosewood fretboard. While Spector has historically relied on his own and EMG for electronics, he chose to equip the Legend5 Neck-Thru with DCB humbuckers and an OBP-2 preamp from Aguilar.

Playing the instrument immediately reveals the quality of Spector’s craftsmanship. Whether playing seated or strapped, the body balances almost perfectly. Players accustomed to a traditional 34"-scale length may find the 35"-scale odd at first, but the extra inch greatly benefits the 5th string’s response.

[tobbes_ruhrdyne]

Exactly the video I was looking for. Settings and changes/blending between DI and Room-Mic sound is awesome.
Thanks for the effort

[zabelzardok]

It's a shame that this particular bubinga model is no more available.

[pineapplefarmer]

You know a guy likes the bass when he refers to it as "she"

[nimrodescojedo]

Any chance spector offers a legend 5 lefty version of that bass model?

[Compendium_of_tom]

Not sure whether to get the Holoflash finish Spector 5 or to get an Ibanez btb33, what do you guys think?

[gab.lab.martins]

Bass players out there: at mid-level price, Spector or Warwick? Why? I'm looking for a 6-string for home-recording, eventual gig. I'm mainly a guitarist, but it's nice to have good basses, specially because most bassists I play with have VERY shitty instruments.

[jorgesanchez]

this on its like the streamer body on Warwick

[TeddyBasse]

one day the bass test was doing with real player of bass ! shit !