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SPECTOR® Club - Part 41

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graybass said:
I have a rare 1993 USA NS-4 that is actually a NS-2 PJ pickups the works. It was made the first year Stuart bought back the company but did not own the old logo yet, so it has the SSD Logo on the head stock and say NS-4 on the back instaed of NS-2. # 31 and hand signed by the man. But it is an original NS-2 all the way AAAA grade sculpted mable. Try to get a good pic later heading to my gig
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Yep. Stuart signed a new agreement with Ned Steinberger to produce the NS-Body (Ned owns the design) and because "NS-2" was a trademarked name, it was tied up in the assets of Kramer, which was tied up in bankruptcy court. As was the Registered Trademark, "Spector" which is why there were the SSD models... for Stuart Spector Design, LTD. The legal and official name of the company as we know it today. "Spector" is not a company, it's a brand name that is owned by Stuart Spector Design, LTD.

So actually you have an NS-2. It just wasn't called that for legal reasons.

Sweet! Can't wait to see photos! Some of the best sounding Spectors came from this period. One of PJ Rubal's "main" squeezes, in other words a bass he keeps out for recording/playing, is an early SSD NS-4 (NS-2).

And just FYI. To this day Stuart doesn't really consider the NS-2 and NS-4 to be different guitars. Thus this is why they share the same serial number sequence.
 
#625
Stoke Alert

Had my 2nd audition with an original band (The Shallows). Got the gig! Booyah.

They looking to gig out but more importantly get back in the studio. Can't wait to record these Spector's!

BTW - they all absolutely loved the bass tone (not a shocker). No more P basses in that band. More to come.
 
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husky123 said:
Stoke Alert

Had my 2nd audition with an original band (The Shallows). Got the gig! Booyah.

They looking to gig out but more importantly get back in the studio. Can't wait to record these Spector's!

BTW - they all absolutely loved the bass tone (not a shocker). No more P basses in that band. More to come.
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Cool Lee....they know a killer bassist when they see you huh?
 
#629
JPSBassist said:
Ah. The neck blanks for the Euro and the USA NT models are the same.

This is a neck blank.

But the way it's shaped and the placement of the fingerboard, plus the formula for fret spacing for the 35" is slightly different than the 34" models. And the shaping is done on location. Meaning Euro necks are shaped there, USA neck (obviously) shaped here.

Trust me, I've watched these basses being made in the USA Workshop and they're made by hand. Pin routers and custom-sanding/scraping tools for shaping and hand-set frets with a home-made fret-press that's of Stuart's own design (he had a local machine shop fabricate it for him).

So the difference in scale length isn't as easy as pressing a program code on a CNC or anything like that. It'd have to be designed, tested, calculated and then worked out. Which could take months of testing and development.

I want a USA 35" BEAD NS-4. But when I asked two years ago I was told that Stuart doesn't have the time (at the time) and the demand isn't high enough for it.

Just being honest about what I think the issue with not doing a 35" would be. And who knows? You may ask, PJ discuss it with Stuart, and Stuart say "OK". I don't really know. I just know what has been told to me in the past.

The best answer is always, "Ask PJ" LOL.
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Great info. I did not know that much about how the necks were made so that makes sense as to why one hasn't been done yet. I might just have to go with the BEAD setup anyway on 34" scale. Really want an NS-2 but I just can't do no low B.
 
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husky123 said:
Stoke Alert

Had my 2nd audition with an original band (The Shallows). Got the gig! Booyah.

They looking to gig out but more importantly get back in the studio. Can't wait to record these Spector's!

BTW - they all absolutely loved the bass tone (not a shocker). No more P basses in that band. More to come.
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Very cool, Lee! Congrats, can't wait to hear it!
 
#638
bunkaroo said:
You know right now I'd say yes just because I've been playing the Webster almost exclusively since I got it so I'm getting used to it. But that's more a result of our rehearsals for my prog metal band stepping up in anticipation of our CD release, and the faster stuff definitely goes easier on the Webster.

That said, I'm not sure I would use the NS-5XL for that band. I'm always working on a variety of other music styles at home and none of them are as chops intensive as the band I play in now, so the neck profile might be less of a concern. I'm not really sure of any drawback to getting the thinner neck though.
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I know that the neck on my Forte 5 is thinner than most 5r's, .82 at the 1st fret, .90 @12th fret. The thinnest 5r I've had.
 
#640
superdick2112 said:
Did someone say "Blue"?

Blue is the preferred color for "The Precious"...

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Cousins????... :bassist:
 
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