Hello Spector peeps. I was hoping that you could help me. I'm trying to put a value to my Spector for insurance reasons and I'm not having any luck searching online. It is a 1985 NS-2JA 4 string bolt-on, gloss black. It has some wear but overall is in really good shape. I bought it new and still love the sound and playability even though it's not my main bass any more. Any idea what it might be worth on the open market? Thanks!
There were 276 made.
The original list price for the NS-2JA was $1380.00
If you were going to replace it with an equivalent bass in today's prices, you'd have to get an NS-4H2 with two J pups, a special order.
List price for this would be $3399.00 plus the cost of the USA 9v Spector Circuit (the circuit in your bass) Retail price of this circuit is $499.00 (I know there's a sale, but this if for insurance and there's no guarantee that the sale will still be on if the need to replace this guitar ever comes to pass).
I'd say the current replacement value for insurance purposes would be $3,800.00
Now, this is a totally different thing than what the true sales value of your bass is.
That is what the current market will hold. So basically it's worth what someone is willing to pay you for it.
Which in all fairness depending on condition should be between $1500 and $2000 due to the rare nature of it being an authentic Brooklyn Spector in above average condition. So long as everything is 100% original, all the hardware, the circuit, the finish, etc... The value drops as the condition lowers or the hardware has been replaced, etc...
There were three runs of this bass, BTW. The original 1983-1985 run, which is what this is.
The NS-2J Woodstock run from 2002-2009 and the Czech NS-2JA-R reissue run from 2007-2009.
The original Brooklyn models are pretty rare and should bring the $1500 - $2000 I mentioned. The 2002-2009 Woodstock models I've seen go from $1500-$2000 as well and the Czech Reissues are usually running around $800-$1100. I sold my white Czech Reissue for $1100.
