Steinberger Guitars Spirit XT-25 Standard Bass BK

I can highly recommend this bass after having played this model and other Steinberger Spirits for years. What makes this 5 string model great is its tone and playability - then its ergonomic, ligth-weighted construction. All this in a 34" full-scaled ultra portable bass.

Check the Thomann sales records. These basses get sold out pretty quickly each year. The sales info speaks for itself.

The Steinberger Spirit is also very handy and holds its tuning. It comes with at fairly made gigbag that is good for storing it away after use or having it with you in the back of your car. A real heavy-padded bag or case is recommended for flights and other serious ways of transportation.

Soundwise it is quite versatile and also without noise from the electronic. It is is well sealed in its elctronic compartement and it is a treat to play with these problems often found on other basses in the same price range. I would highly recommend these Steinberger Spirits - especially the 5-string, since the larger body compared to the 4-string produces a fuller sound from the humbuckers.

I have used this bass live and in a studio and during rehearsal at home. This bass really invites you to grab it and play it, and - it really delivers a good rock tone that can be coloured by various mixes of the pickups and the tone control - and of course the meatiness of you hand. It is also great for those bassists who suffer from back problems from heavier basses and still want to be active and playing.

My only critical point is the strapping knob on the back of the neck joint. I really would have loved a more balanced solution where the Synapse solution would have done wonders to the Spirit model(s) for making the bass hang naturally. The original swirl system of the legendary L2 cannot be expected on the Spirit model.

The neck construction of the bass takes a while to get used to regarding the placement of the frets or the lenght of the neck reltively to the body itself. Other players have noted that the 12. fret is placed 3 - 4 frets away from the usual spot on other basses. Despite this - these physical adjustmentst will be familiar to you in a short while. Try to hold the bass in a more 45 degree angle to your body, and you should have good access to the entire fretboard.

Steinberger bassists are a special tribe in the bass territory who have the edge and nerve to stand out with a special bass that people either love or hate. It still is all about good tone, portability, having fun along the way and not breaking your back- all things considered in a lifetime perspecitve.

Denne bas er virkelig handy og let at arbejde med, når man dels er på farten og skal have en letvægts-, ergonomisk og pladsbesparende bas at spille med.

Konstruktionen er særdeles stærk og vel udført, lige fra krop, hals, , gribebræt og elektronik. Tuningsystemet

Lyd: Bassen har en lyd, der er rigtig god og velafrundet bastone uanset hvilken pickup man bruger mest - og så er der ingen støj fra det elektriske system - selv ikke med fuld skrue på tone og diskantkontrol. Ikke dårligt for en bas i dette prisleje.

Spilbarhed: Bassen kræver fysisk set lidt tilvænning, men er let at øve op, hvis man kan lide lyd, feeling på instrumentet. Man får en vis Steinberger-teknik, fordi bassen ligger anderledes ind mod kroppen end en almindelig el-bas og man kan ikke se ens egen fingersætning end nærmeste streng.

Tilbehør vs. Tilkøbt udstyr: Du kan få tilbehør til denne bas og den er også - i den situation - nem at reparere, f.eks. med at skifte elektroniske komponenenter som pot-metre eller andet. Et minus er, at jeg savner et unbraconøglesæt, der kan bruges til at justere halskrumning, action, strengehøjde samt intonation ved stolen. Det kræver 2 eller 3 unbraconøgler, det godt kunne være vedlagt.

Et minus er, at der ikke medfølger en string adapter, men som kan tilkøbes ved Thomann. Dette er et større minus, fordi det i længere tid også er svært at få double ball bas strenge generelt i dimensionerne .45 -105 eller 045 - .125/.130.

Samlet vurdering: Rigtig god bas til prisen - virkelig god lyd - alt virker, men jeg savner en string adapter som standard tilbehør, når double ball i standard bas dimensioner ikke er nemme at få fat i.

Et ønske ville være, at Steinberger overvejer en opgradering i forhold til 1) at få lavet en strap hook eller lignende som med Synapse modellen.
2) at man kunne få en bas med aktivt preamp-system, selv om jeg lever med en preamp pedal.

My only bass for messing around, and I have to say that it's just fine.
Your tonal possbilities may vary, but if you're in a DI situation or have an EQ/FX stack, you shouldn't have any issues.
Very comfortable, weighted just perfectly with no neck dive.
Mine was made in Korea but I've heard that some are chinese, which is probably of no concern.
Don't forget to get the string adapter for it.