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SPECTOR® Club - Part 75

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superdick2112 said:
Best idea I've heard in a long time.
Put me down for one of each. :bassist:

Sooner or later, the one-man operation at HAZ-LABS is going to collapse due to his retirement or demise. Spector will have to find another outfit to build the US 9-volt circuit, and that would be the perfect time for them to throw their hat into the effects pedal ring.

But would they, even if they could?

Something tells me they purposely limit availability of the 9-volt circuit in order to bolster sales of new USA basses. After all, given the opportunity, how many of us would choose to install a 9-volt pre in our Euro or CRFM basses, rather than order a new (and rather pricey) USA build?
I don't think I'm the only one here who could cough up the money for a 9-volt way faster & easier than I could for another USA Spector bass....
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I absolutely agree. IMHO, an early Euro or CRFM with a US 9V or trim Tonepump, a proper setup, frets dressed, etc. will not just get you in the ballpark of a US made Spector, it will be its equal. YMMV.
 
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#163
Torn Bassist said:
I agree with you but want to also ask....Do you think that the parts that are in the circuit are getting out dated, I mean they have had to make some revisions over the years just to keep up with availability of components???
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The only thing on that board that is really in danger of obsolescence is the opamp. Pots, through hole passives and diodes aren't going anywhere anytime soon!
 
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superdick2112 said:
Best idea I've heard in a long time.

Put me down for one of each. :bassist:



Sooner or later, the one-man operation at HAZ-LABS is going to collapse due to his retirement or demise. Spector will have to find another outfit to build the US 9-volt circuit, and that would be the perfect time for them to throw their hat into the effects pedal ring.



But would they, even if they could?



Something tells me they purposely limit availability of the 9-volt circuit in order to bolster sales of new USA basses. After all, given the opportunity, how many of us would choose to install a 9-volt pre in our Euro or CRFM basses, rather than order a new (and rather pricey) USA build?

I don't think I'm the only one here who could cough up the money for a 9-volt way faster & easier than I could for another USA Spector bass....
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I personally have only played a couple US built Spectors while at a store. The sticker shock is a little to much for me. But I do agree with 95% of your statement that the 9v preamp is a way to control US sales. However, look at how many of the signature series basses use an EMG or Aguilar pre in them! I also see a growing market of US bolt ons, from the Coda to the NS4&NS2 in Bolt on. Plus, it seems as if you can get a ton of different pickup configurations and styles with the US vs Euro. And as always the wood selections are premium grade with the US model.

Now, let's transfer to the euro series. If they offered multiple pickups and configurations on those basses both neck through and bolt on, and the 9v circuit.............the US shop would be dead. I really see the US shop as a work of art product in its own right, let alone the craftsmanship that is labored over for perfection in a US build. But, like most of us, we are on a Euro budget. I still think of some of the great Euros some of the members here have. Spalty Wimbish stands out in my mind all the time. Along with a host of other beauties that have come out of the Czech shop.

We just need mighty mite or someone else to start making these 9v boards. Give me 7 months, and I could be a funding principal partner in an LLC to produce a close but not exact replica.
 
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Aragorn35016 said:
The only thing on that board that is really in danger of obsolescence is the opamp. Pots, through hole passives and diodes aren't going anywhere anytime soon!
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Yeah, I failed my shop soldering class. Some kids went on to make cigar box radios, I went into welding and automotive work. So I have no idea what you just said.

Tiny little parts + my fat sausage fingers + a low tolerance for tedious time consuming work = HULK SMASH, HULK SMASH IT GOOD
 
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WOLFTOWER5 said:
Yeah, I failed my shop soldering class. Some kids went on to make cigar box radios, I went into welding and automotive work. So I have no idea what you just said.

Tiny little parts + my fat sausage fingers + a low tolerance for tedious time consuming work = HULK SMASH, HULK SMASH IT GOOD
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Hehe this stuff isn't even the worst of it, I build under a microscope most of the time, 0402 SMD stuff is the world I live in!

Passives= caps and resistors

Active components= diodes, transistors, etc.
 
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#178
I ordered a bunch of components from HAZ a while back and taking with them I was able to get any part for that board except for the board itself. The parts were Penny's seemed that it is Spector that is holding back on making then available. He talked like they had everything they needed. As far as my take on the 9v vs TP, no comparison to me and if I had the TP s the only choice I would not be playing Spector's. That's why the Euro is going passive with the Geezer's.
Just not my tone.
 
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Kramer era. Still has original pups and circuitboard. Finish was originally white, but the guy I bought it from in 92 had sprayed in fluorescent red, yellow, and green, then painted designes with white model paint, THEN covered it with skateboard stickers. I hand sanded through 7 layers (white, primers, and a transparent red underneath those) and gave it a nice tung oil finish.
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