SPECTOR® Club - Part 69

[spector_boogie]

You'll need a USA Spector Dealer (I don't mean location ) in order to see a new NS-2.

Well you can still get pretty close w/ the Czech and Euro models! At least know enough if you want a USA or NS2 at all by checking those out, methinks.

 

[spector_boogie]

Holy crap, check out the finish on this RX-T bass!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spector-RX-...n-/221293940270?pt=Guitar&hash=item3386258e2e

 

[johnsonabq]

Well you can still get pretty close w/ the Czech and Euro models! At least know enough if you want a USA or NS2 at all by checking those out, methinks.

True enough.

I have a Euro4TW with DCs and an 18v and for all intents and purposes that thing is an NS-4.

 

[Holdsg]

Jeff brought this to mind:

 

[tomydacat]

Holy crap, check out the finish on this RX-T bass!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spector-RX-...n-/221293940270?pt=Guitar&hash=item3386258e2e

WOW just amazing right there

 

[johnsonabq]

Jeff brought this to mind:

 

[THE DANiMAL]

Hey guys, it's been a whole since I've been on here, but I made an offer on a black zebop, but it has a cracked neck, it's an easy fix, but I just don't know if I should do it. Thoughts?

Hopefully the attachment works....

 

[THE DANiMAL]

This is the other side of the neck

 

[superdick2112]

There were two prototypes, BTW... one in black cherry burst gloss - the standard ReBop finish... the other in a stealth, matte black like Mike Kroeger's basses.

I really pushed for the matte black color. In the end, it's honestly all up to PJ. And he wanted to offer a blue black matte finish.

I am a black guy personally. I mean The Blue Dream is amazing and my Water Cured Redwood is amazing. But The Black Pearl is still my favorite.

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Since I no longer own a Stingray, I think one of these could fill that void rather nicely...

 

[awilkie84]

This is the other side of the neck

Youch!

Personally, I never trust repairs of that nature. :S Fingerboard? Sure. Neck? Nada!

I'd hit him at like $3-400 and then buy a new neck from Hanser MG! ^_^

 

[spector_boogie]

Also, I changed my mind on the Euro build:

EuroLX Classic w/ 35" scale, black matte finish, black hardware, maple FB w/ black inlays, Bart P/J's but the Aguilar 2-band pre. Anyone have something like that here? I'd like to have the only one...

 

[MikeBass]

Hey guys, it's been a whole since I've been on here, but I made an offer on a black zebop, but it has a cracked neck, it's an easy fix, but I just don't know if I should do it. Thoughts?

Hopefully the attachment works....

If done properly, the repair will be stronger than it was prior to the break.
Meaning, if there would be another blow to the neck, the repaired joint would hold and wood around it would break.

Youch!

Personally, I never trust repairs of that nature. :S Fingerboard? Sure. Neck? Nada!

I'd hit him at like $3-400 and then buy a new neck from Hanser MG! ^_^

 

[THE DANiMAL]

Youch!

Personally, I never trust repairs of that nature. :S Fingerboard? Sure. Neck? Nada!

I'd hit him at like $3-400 and then buy a new neck from Hanser MG! ^_^

How much do necks run? I'm not opposed to that idea.

 

[johnsonabq]

Also, I changed my mind on the Euro build:

EuroLX Classic w/ 35" scale, black matte finish, black hardware, maple FB w/ black inlays, Bart P/J's but the Aguilar 2-band pre. Anyone have something like that here? I'd like to have the only one...

Not sure I see where the Barts are an option for the Euro4LX.

 

[spector_boogie]

Not sure I see where the Barts are an option for the Euro4LX.

It would have to be done at the shop via whomever I order it through I assume. I've always been a Barts guy so I've always wondered how they'd sound in a Spector. Todd's SSD NS-4 in the Classifieds has them in it.

 

[johnsonabq]

Youch!

Personally, I never trust repairs of that nature. :S Fingerboard? Sure. Neck? Nada!

I'd hit him at like $3-400 and then buy a new neck from Hanser MG! ^_^

My guitarist had this exact break in his Les Paul and it was fixed and better than ever now. Still, cracked necks are nasty business.

 

[THE DANiMAL]

So if I got it for under $500, good deal?

 

[johnsonabq]

It would have to be done at the shop via whomever I order it through I assume. I've always been a Barts guy so I've always wondered how they'd sound in a Spector. Todd's SSD NS-4 in the Classifieds has them in it.

Sure, after market shouldn't be an issue. You could sell the EMG's to help off-set the extra cost.

 

[awilkie84]

My guitarist had this exact break in his Les Paul and it was fixed and better than ever now. Still, cracked necks are nasty business.

If done properly, the repair will be stronger than it was prior to the break.
Meaning, if there would be another blow to the neck, the repaired joint would hold and wood around it would break.

They can be better, because you're adding bracing & potentially more bolts. I just don't like the idea of using something that already broke once. :S

How much do necks run? I'm not opposed to that idea.

Hanser MG quoted me at $400ish for a Maple w/ black blocks. The Rosewoods with MoP are cheaper.

 

[johnsonabq]

They can be better, because you're adding bracing & potentially more bolts. I just don't like the idea of using something that already broke once. :S

Understood. It's like buying a used car that's been in a wreck. Even if it's been perfectly restored, I don't think I'd buy it.