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SPECTOR® Club - Part 77

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johnsonabq said:
A new toy arrived today. Recommended by Husky123. Looking forward to trying it out with the band Friday night...

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SaWeet Jeff...let us know how it sounds in a band setting. :bassist:
 
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iceboxbass said:
Jeff, what photo software are you using that allows you to post pictures this large without over pixelating? I use drop Box but I don't like the postage sized photos that get posted. :scowl:
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I create the images in Photoshop and post them to Photobucket (free service up to 10gb storage). Photobucket will let you post what ever size you want and give you a direct link you can use with the "insert image" button on TB. TB may actually shrink the pic a bit but you can still click on it to bring it up by itself if that happens (like my Spector Hang graphic).

Profania_bass said:
Cherry stain matte. :)
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Good choice Kyle. I've considered that finish myself.
 
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Tracebassplayer said:
LATE 1990 MODEL NS-2A NECK SPECKS....

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Thanks a lot for taking the time to take these measurements Trace!

Interesting to see that the later era NS2a's appear to have the 'shaved neck' profile. I once owned a 'no serial number' (1987?) NS2a that had a much thicker neck back to front.

Anyone care to comment on how these numbers compare to a late era Kramer Spector NS-2?

-Duff2
 
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anton72 said:
Guys, is it possible that in Kramer era some NS-2 were produced in Japan? I've followed thius link and was quite confused, see http://www.sfcj.net/en/members/e_sfc_morphine.html
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Towards the end of the Kramer era they were building NS-2A models out of what ever they had. So you could find a 2A with mop crown inlays.
The link you posted says it had a Korean 9volt circuit which would be the Haz Copy preamp. Stands to reason you could get an NS-2 with the Haz copy not the USA Haz.
 
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duff2 said:
Thanks a lot for taking the time to take these measurements Trace!

Interesting to see that the later era NS2a's appear to have the 'shaved neck' profile. I once owned a 'no serial number' (1987?) NS2a that had a much thicker neck back to front.

Anyone care to comment on how these numbers compare to a late era Kramer Spector NS-2?

-Duff2
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You're welcome. I'll do one for my black 2A later. It's older. Not by much but a year or two.
Did we ever get a year when they started serializing the 2A ?
 
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Tracebassplayer said:
Towards the end of the Kramer era they were building NS-2A models out of what ever they had. So you could find a 2A with mop crown inlays.
The link you posted says it had a Korean 9volt circuit which would be the Haz Copy preamp. Stands to reason you could get an NS-2 with the Haz copy not the USA Haz.
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But the picture also shows normal USA bridge and says Country of Production - Japan (!). I know NS-2A were made in Korea, but not Japan...
 
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awilkie84 said:
I think the site's mistaken about its origins. That definitely looks like a USA NS-2, not an NS-2A
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It's listed as an NS-2.
It's says Kramer for the preamp.
But like I said... Kramer was trying to liquidate their stock by building as much as they could with what ever they had in stock before they went out of business. There are NS-2A models with NS-2 necks and what not built and sold to generate funds to pay bills.
You can read about it on the net or ask JP Stern, he can tell you more.
 
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Tracebassplayer said:
It's listed as an NS-2.
It's says Kramer for the preamp.
But like I said... Kramer was trying to liquidate their stock by building as much as they could with what ever they had in stock before they went out of business. There are NS-2A models with NS-2 necks and what not built and sold to generate funds to pay bills.
You can read about it on the net or ask JP Stern, he can tell you more.
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They had a little start up problem as well, my 1987 no serial number NS2A came with an American case....
 
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Tracebassplayer said:
It's listed as an NS-2.
It's says Kramer for the preamp.
But like I said... Kramer was trying to liquidate their stock by building as much as they could with what ever they had in stock before they went out of business. There are NS-2A models with NS-2 necks and what not built and sold to generate funds to pay bills.
You can read about it on the net or ask JP Stern, he can tell you more.
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Right, but none of them were built in Japan, were they?
 
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iceboxbass said:
Jeff, what photo software are you using that allows you to post pictures this large without over pixelating? I use drop Box but I don't like the postage sized photos that get posted. :scowl:
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johnsonabq said:
I create the images in Photoshop and post them to Photobucket (free service up to 10gb storage). Photobucket will let you post what ever size you want and give you a direct link you can use with the "insert image" button on TB. TB may actually shrink the pic a bit but you can still click on it to bring it up by itself if that happens (like my Spector Hang graphic).
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Michael, I'd like to add that you can just upload any picture from your camera, phone, tablet, etc to Photobucket and they do have some basic editing capabilities that you can use to manipulate your images.

If I remember you're doing this from an iPad right? That should work fine but I don't know the iOS so couldn't help much.
 
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