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Help me identify a bass!

Geezer Brown

Geezer Brown

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Dec 6, 2012
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Santa Rosa, California
#1
I played the most breathtaking bass today
The tag on it says "Kramer Spector"
But it looks nothing like a Spector. It looks like a vintage Jackson/Charvel look to it (P bass body with bolt on pointy headstock neck on it)
And I gotta say, this neck was STUNNING! White body with maple neck and maple fretboard, matching white headstock. 80's EMG P/J's.
plays and sounded like a dream through a Mesa 400+ and 6x10
Best part was that it only cost 350!!!

Can anyone help me please?
 
#2
What did it say on the head stock? If it's a Kramer, then they just made a mistake. Back then, Kramer owned Spector for a while. But they were not the same instruments. There were still Kramers and Spectors, with very few similarities. Some Kramer basses came with Spector pickups, you you already killed that theory by stating the one you played had EMGs.

For what it's worth, my Kramer from back then had a really nice neck.
 
#4
two fingers said:
What did it say on the head stock? If it's a Kramer, then they just made a mistake. Back then, Kramer owned Spector for a while. But they were not the same instruments. There were still Kramers and Spectors, with very few similarities. Some Kramer basses came with Spector pickups, you you already killed that theory by stating the one you played had EMGs.

For what it's worth, my Kramer from back then had a really nice neck.
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Yes, it does say "Kramer" on the headstock. And in all honesty I cannot remember if it had EMG's or Jackson P/J's
 
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Pills Are Yummy said:
Yes, it does say "Kramer" on the headstock. And in all honesty I cannot remember if it had EMG's or Jackson P/J's
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Jackson pickups would be unlikely (unless done as a mod later). But, like I said, I had a Kramer bass with Spector pickups. It sounded great and the neck was fantastic. I am almost willing to bet that when you go back you will find Spector pickups.

Here's a link to a page about the Kramer Forum bass. Mine was a Forum III. And it had Spectors in it.

http://www.vintagekramer.com/forum.htm

The little yellow word on those pickups in that pic (of the Forum III) is "Spector".

By the way, what were the controls on the bass? Active? Passive? Volume, tone, switch?
 
#10
two fingers said:
Jackson pickups would be unlikely (unless done as a mod later). But, like I said, I had a Kramer bass with Spector pickups. It sounded great and the neck was fantastic. I am almost willing to bet that when you go back you will find Spector pickups.

Here's a link to a page about the Kramer Forum bass. Mine was a Forum III. And it had Spectors in it.

http://www.vintagekramer.com/forum.htm

The little yellow word on those pickups in that pic (of the Forum III) is "Spector".
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Something doesn't add up on the website. None of these basses were made with maple fretboards :eyebrow: the mystery deepens...
 
#17
Pills Are Yummy said:
3 knobs and a selector switch. If I remember correctly, Jackson/Charvel/Kramer used master volume/bridge volume/neck volume/ 3 way selector
I do believe it had the same or similar knobs to my 87 Charvel 3B
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Is there some connection between Jackson/Charvel and Kramer that I'm not aware of? They aren't/weren't the same company of I recall.
 

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