Steinberger Guitars Spirit XT-2 Standard Bass WH

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Electric Bass

  • Build: Headless
  • Body: Basswood
  • 3-Piece neck-thru-body: Maple
  • Fretboard: Satinwood
  • 24 Frets
  • Scale: 866 mm
  • Pickups: 2 Steinberger humbuckers
  • 2 Volume controls and 1 master tone control
  • Colour: White
  • Gig bag included
Available since October 2018
Item number 449982
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour White
Body Maple
Neck Maple
Fretboard Satinwood
Frets 24
Scale Longscale
Pickup System HH
Elektronic Passive
Incl. Case No
Incl. Gigbag Yes
Electric Bass Guitar 1
Top Non
Saddle Width 38,1 mm
Pickup Configuration HH
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Steinberger xt-2
Tzortzis 22.02.2019
just spent 3 hours playing this instrument non stop, right after getting it. Really fun , in a lot of ways unusual . But overall a great buy.
PROS
1)Great sound ,(for the price).
2) Great sustain ,
3)surprisingly even sound across the board
4)The look of this bass is amazing, if you like this kind o stuff, and the build is exceptionally descent (again ,for the price) .
CONS
1)It's weird playing it , quite different ergonomics from the standard
p-bass etc.. but i guess it made me play differently too so that was kind of cool and as time passes you get used to it.
2)The tuning screws (?) are a bit sketchy and not responding quite as good
2) The strings are awful . And difficult to find. I think that is the biggest flaw of this instrument. It only takes double ball end strings .
But as i know one can find single ball adapters, so i'm planning on doing that.
Overall ,i was completely satisfied with this purchase , as its sound ,vibe and uniqueness completely overshadow the cons.
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Fantastic value travel and 80's throwback sensation
marcus_j 30.04.2022
When you order this bass you must order the adaptor for normal strings and some decent, known brand strings. Because the Steinberger double ended strings are junk.

That said, I spent about an hour changing the strings to some Rotosounds, lowering the action at the bridge and setting the intonation and now it's very playable. There's a bit of fret sprout that will take another hour's work with a nail sanding board and then I'm set.

Note that the position of the instrument is weird when you have it strapped on. It's all displaced to the left because of the short body. You'll be stretching your left arm for quite a way to play the first few frets. I saw somebody on YT with a rather ugly but practical mod with a metal bracket to move the left strap lug away from the body. I can see why now.
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Une bonne basse de voyage
g35g 26.07.2019
Matériel acheté pour son faible poids / encombrement tout en conservant un diapason 34". De ce côté la c'est parfait.

La lutherie est en revanche assez moyenne. Le corps et le dos du manche ont un petit côté tôle ondulée par endroits même si l'ensemble reste très correct et la peinture / vernis sont appliquées proprement.
Le plus gênant sur l'exemplaire dont je dispose c'est la planéité du manche. Belle bosse entre les frettes 12 et 20, difficilement rattrapable avec le truss rod. J'ai quand même réussit a régler l'action raisonnablement basse. Mais il faut appuyer fort au delà de la 17e frette pour que ça sonne. J'ai aussi un surplus de matière sur le bord du manche coté corde de sol : le bord du manche depuis le talon vers la frette 0 n'est pas franchement une ligne droite. Défaut esthétique qui n'est pas problématique pour le jeu.

Côté frettes et mécaniques, aucun problème a signaler.
Contrairement a certains avis lus ci et la, je n'ai pas trouvé les cordes particulièrement mauvaises ou désagréables.

Côté son, les deux micros et la tonalité efficace rendent la basse bien polyvalente. Le niveau de sortie est pas mal et ça sonne plutôt très bien (pour le prix).

Enfin j'ai été plutôt agréablement surpris par le confort de jeu en dépit de la forme atypique et de la petitesse du corps.

Au final, une très bonne basse long scale a emmener un peu partout, même si je n'en ferais pas ma basse principale ..
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Steinberger Guitars Spirit XT-2 Standard Bass WH
Eban63 28.05.2020
Buena construcción, el mástil muy cómodo y el sonido plano y correcto.
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