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SPECTOR® Club - Part 23

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#183
This is now mine:cool::bassist::hyper:

Introducing "Patty" :)
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Thank you Patrick!
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And Sam!!!!
 
#186
seventhframe said:
This is now mine:cool::bassist::hyper:

Introducing "Patty" :)
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JPSbassist photo.


Thank you Patrick!
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And Sam!!!!
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JPSBassist said:
I no longer have a Euro4LX-TW-35!

Special thanks to Lima for helping along with the sale! You're the best Sam!

And Special-Special thanks to Seventhframe! Congrats!

I also just closed the deal on my new Vintage Spector. Photos coming very soon!

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Exciting day for me, I helped 3 people get new Spectors today? Jeff, Seventh and JPS.

P.S

I didn't announce yet but I also have a new Spector being shipped tomorrow. This Project NS-2A that XtraLongScale was selling.
This will be converted to a fretless and don't have feel guilty since the frets are really worn on it. :bassist:
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P.S.
There was one more person who I was trying to talk into a Spector today but not sure if he will do it. I wont mention any names but he knows who he is. :D ;) :hiding:
 
#188
George Felise worked as the head of special finishes at Kramer. He's a genius artist and did many iconic guitar and bass custom paint jobs during Kramer's heyday. After Kramer, he'd continue to work with Stuart on such basses as Rex Brown's flamed signature bass.

George's younger brother Greg used to go to the Kramer/Spector workshop as a teenager and he got to know Stuart really well. For the last decade, besides being an endorsed Spector Artist, Greg Felise helps man the NAMM Booth for Spector. He's "family".

In 1996 Greg asked Stuart for a very special, one-of-a-kind B.O.B. bass. With an AAAA Tube Quilt top and crown inlays, it is the ONLY B.O.B. made with crown neck inlays. Mr. Jimmy Eppard did the inlays by hand as a favor for the young Mr. Felise.

Greg and his two brothers own several one-of-kind or very rare Spector bases. Some from Kramer, others from the SSD years. And after becoming good friends with all three brothers I've told them, "Don't you ever think about selling any of these without calling me". Greg talked with Stuart and wanted to get a new modern Spector and asked if Stuart would be offended if he sold his B.O.B. to me, which between his sick Kramer NS-2 and his NS-6XL, the first of the modern NS-6XL's made, the B.O.B. never gets played. And Stuart said he'd love for me to have that bass.

So! It's paid for and on it's way. It'll arrive the day before I head to NAMM where it WILL come with me for photos with myself and Stuart.

Unlike the NS bass which is a mix of Ned Steinberger and Stuart's design efforts, this bass is 100% Stuart. A completely original design and concept. Even with the deep pocket insert he designed for this particular model.

This bass is also considered by many of us who know Stuart to be the Pre-Coda - Coda bass. It was the first Spector since Brooklyn to move the design aesthetic back towards a traditional design.

This bass is an important historical footnote in the evolution of the company.

I'm very proud and honored to be the 2nd owner of this bass. I can tell you now I'll be playing this one a lot.

Oh... and about the funky truss rod cover. Greg is sending me the original SSD cover with the one in the photo below.

The one in the photo below is a one-of-a-kind experimental cover that glows in the dark. LOL.

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#192
LimaGuy said:
Exciting day for me, I helped 3 people get new Spectors today? Jeff, Seventh and JPS.
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Dude! That's enough for you to get some angel wings or a street in your home town named for you... do this too many more times and I'll recommend sainthood.

LimaGuy said:
I didn't announce yet but I also have a new Spector being shipped tomorrow. This Project NS-2A that XtraLongScale was selling.
This will be converted to a fretless and don't have feel guilty since the frets are really worn on it. :bassist:
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Very nice! You're going to LOVE this once it's converted. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my NS-2A fretless. No question.
 
#193
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JPS Bassist said:
George Felise worked as the head of special finishes at Kramer. He's a genius artist and did many iconic guitar and bass custom paint jobs during Kramer's heyday. After Kramer, he'd continue to work with Stuart on such basses as Rex Brown's flamed signature bass.

George's younger brother Greg used to go to the Kramer/Spector workshop as a teenager and he got to know Stuart really well. For the last decade, besides being an endorsed Spector Artist, Greg Felise helps man the NAMM Booth for Spector. He's "family".

In 1996 Greg asked Stuart for a very special, one-of-a-kind B.O.B. bass. With an AAAA Tube Quilt top and crown inlays, it is the ONLY B.O.B. made with crown neck inlays. Mr. Jimmy Eppard did the inlays by hand as a favor for the young Mr. Felise.

Greg and his two brothers own several one-of-kind or very rare Spector bases. Some from Kramer, others from the SSD years. And after becoming good friends with all three brothers I've told them, "Don't you ever think about selling any of these without calling me". Greg talked with Stuart and wanted to get a new modern Spector and asked if Stuart would be offended if he sold his B.O.B. to me, which between his sick Kramer NS-2 and his NS-6XL, the first of the modern NS-6XL's made, the B.O.B. never gets played. And Stuart said he'd love for me to have that bass.

So! It's paid for and on it's way. It'll arrive the day before I head to NAMM where it WILL come with me for photos with myself and Stuart.

Unlike the NS bass which is a mix of Ned Steinberger and Stuart's design efforts, this bass is 100% Stuart. A completely original design and concept. Even with the deep pocket insert he designed for this particular model.

This bass is also considered by many of us who know Stuart to be the Pre-Coda - Coda bass. It was the first Spector since Brooklyn to move the design aesthetic back towards a traditional design.

This bass is an important historical footnote in the evolution of the company.

I'm very proud and honored to be the 2nd owner of this bass. I can tell you now I'll be playing this one a lot.

Oh... and about the funky truss rod cover. Greg is sending me the original SSD cover with the one in the photo below.

The one in the photo below is a one-of-a-kind experimental cover that glows in the dark. LOL.

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Hey Patrick ,Any way you can ask if George and Greg will send you pictures of their one of a kind rare Spectors and post them on Spector Central or Talk bass pretty please:hyper: Killer BOB by the way!
 
#194
LimaGuy said:
I didn't announce yet but I also have a new Spector being shipped tomorrow. This Project NS-2A that XtraLongScale was selling.
This will be converted to a fretless and don't have feel guilty since the frets are really worn on it. :bassist:
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Can't wait to see it reborn. The funds from the sale are gonna go toward a Legend 5 (plus EMG 40P & J/BTS pre) as I need at least 3 identical sounding basses with different tunings for my main band (I'm in three bands - the other two are Fender affairs). My green Euro 5 is tuned Bb standard/drop Ab, the blueburst Euro 4 is tuned C standard and the incoming Legend will be B standard/drop A. That should cover most of my needs for that band for now. I'll probably look for a Legend 4 or NS2A for D standard tuning down the road but I can get away with drop tuning the E,A,D strings to D,G,C on the Euro 5 in the meantime.
 
#198
Clearwave said:
I wonder how the workmanship is on these things? I know they were the end of the line for Kramer. Did they rush them thru the door with a skeleton crew or what?
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Thats ok i would repaint it white...Just found out tuesday from the new guitarist he knows a guy that does a $800 paint job for him $350. He says he could hook me up if I want....just paint it!.....hehe :bassist:....but I'm off the buyers market...:(
 
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