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Jeff that sure is one PURDY Spector
Yes it is. Gives me a chance to see what mine would've looked like if I had gone with black hardware and no inlays. To be honest, I like the chrome better, but that's me. ;) Though I think a single Spector SS logo on the 12th fret is cool.
Now that I see the two together, I think the black hardware works better with no inlays. ;)

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Yes it is. Gives me a chance to see what mine would've looked like if I had gone with black hardware and no inlays. To be honest, I like the chrome better, but that's me. ;) Though I think a single Spector SS logo on the 12th fret is cool.
Now that I see the two together, I think the black hardware works better with no inlays. ;)

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IMO black w/no inlays is really the only way to do black hardware *right* on a Spector. I don't mind the black hardware on Swamp, but it'd definitely look better sans inlays with that black hardware.

Might just have to do that when I eventually have the USA "Son of Swampy" built.
 
I'm all about the visual, its pure rock and roll! Or in his case Metal!!
Well, with the HyDrive cabs they're metal, wood and paper all in one cab. But, being I'm a HUGE Dave Ellefson fan, I know he runs two full 8x10 Hydrive stacks, each driven by an LH1000 with one back up rig. The pictures are obviously the video screens! It's amazing the sound he gets from the LH1000s and the 8x10s. I heard the only effect he uses is a chorus for certain songs, every thing else is just him, a pick, the bass and the amp... Nothing else. Then you look at Doug Whimbish, and you need a degree in sound engineering just to plug into his pedal board. It truly shows how every artist is unique.
 
Hey guys & gals! I've come to the realization that I need to down size in weight in my bass guitar, due to my permanent left shoulder injury & right shoulder going bad now also. This summer playing 3-7 gigs a week really was the wake up call on getting a lighter bass. Even 1-2 pounds would make a difference plus the ergonomics of the NS design. I want to give my family here the first opportunity in acquiring Big Blue Coda 5XL Deluxe Jazz Bass.

I'm interested in either a trade for a Brooklyn, Kramer, Woodstock NS 2 or NS 4
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, gently used of course. Or a straight out buy which I'd need $2800 club price for it. There are zero scratches or dents, only a few very tiny bubbles that appeared in the protective high gloss finish on top of the body, but you have to see them in the right light to notice.

I bought new custom ordered from the Spector shop in Woodstock, NY and received in Dec 2012.
Been my main player in the 3 church bands that I play in. Always the best of care taken. Comes with Spector HSC and Allen wrenches. Has the new Spector strings that came on it with less than 10 minutes of playtime on them. You know me, I'm a flats string player. Today I stripped her down, cleaned and polished. Been raining all day so tomorrow I'll take fresh pictures in the sunlight. But here's a couple more recent pictures. Drop me a PM if interested in trade or buy! I'll wait 2 days before posting on TB classifieds. Peace all! :)

I'm on my way for my Tue night gig setup & rehearsal, won't be home until 10pm. So don't panic if you don't hear back right away. I will respond when I get home in the order the PMs come in, I promise.
 

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Hey guys & gals! I've come to the realization that I need to down size in weight in my bass guitar, due to my permanent left shoulder injury & right shoulder going bad now also. This summer playing 3-7 gigs a week really was the wake up call on getting a lighter bass. Even 1-2 pounds would make a difference plus the ergonomics of the NS design. I want to give my family here the first opportunity in acquiring Big Blue Coda 5XL Deluxe Jazz Bass.

I'm interested in either a trade for a Brooklyn, Kramer, Woodstock NS 2 or NS 4View attachment 461325 , gently used of course. Or a straight out buy which I'd need $2800 club price for it. There are zero scratches or dents, only a few very tiny bubbles that appeared in the protective high gloss finish on top of the body, but you have to see them in the right light to notice.

I bought new custom ordered from the Spector shop in Woodstock, NY and received in Dec 2012.
Been my main player in the 3 church bands that I play in. Always the best of care taken. Comes with Spector HSC and Allen wrenches. Has the new Spector strings that came on it with less than 10 minutes of playtime on them. You know me, I'm a flats string player. Today I stripped her down, cleaned and polished. Been raining all day so tomorrow I'll take fresh pictures in the sunlight. But here's a couple more recent pictures. Drop me a PM if interested in trade or buy! I'll wait 2 days before posting on TB classifieds. Peace all! :)

I'm on my way for my Tue night gig setup & rehearsal, won't be home until 10pm. So don't panic if you don't hear back right away. I will respond when I get home in the order the PMs come in, I promise.


I'm so sad right now. It's like big blue is YOU. It almost seems as if it would never be the same without you ice. I know I speak for a ton of guys when I say I would buy her from you in a heart beat if I could. I REALLY HOPE SOMEONE IN THE CLUB GETS HER. That way she can stay in the family.

Out of curiosity, you thinking of maybe a Helium?
 
Hey guys & gals! I've come to the realization that I need to down size in weight in my bass guitar, due to my permanent left shoulder injury & right shoulder going bad now also. This summer playing 3-7 gigs a week really was the wake up call on getting a lighter bass. Even 1-2 pounds would make a difference plus the ergonomics of the NS design. I want to give my family here the first opportunity in acquiring Big Blue Coda 5XL Deluxe Jazz Bass.

I'm interested in either a trade for a Brooklyn, Kramer, Woodstock NS 2 or NS 4View attachment 461325 , gently used of course. Or a straight out buy which I'd need $2800 club price for it. There are zero scratches or dents, only a few very tiny bubbles that appeared in the protective high gloss finish on top of the body, but you have to see them in the right light to notice.

I bought new custom ordered from the Spector shop in Woodstock, NY and received in Dec 2012.
Been my main player in the 3 church bands that I play in. Always the best of care taken. Comes with Spector HSC and Allen wrenches. Has the new Spector strings that came on it with less than 10 minutes of playtime on them. You know me, I'm a flats string player. Today I stripped her down, cleaned and polished. Been raining all day so tomorrow I'll take fresh pictures in the sunlight. But here's a couple more recent pictures. Drop me a PM if interested in trade or buy! I'll wait 2 days before posting on TB classifieds. Peace all! :)

I'm on my way for my Tue night gig setup & rehearsal, won't be home until 10pm. So don't panic if you don't hear back right away. I will respond when I get home in the order the PMs come in, I promise.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO not Big Blue! This bass is so you, have you tried a wider strap, back straps, sitting at a few gigs, light weight tuners?
 
Hey guys & gals! I've come to the realization that I need to down size in weight in my bass guitar, due to my permanent left shoulder injury & right shoulder going bad now also. This summer playing 3-7 gigs a week really was the wake up call on getting a lighter bass. Even 1-2 pounds would make a difference plus the ergonomics of the NS design. I want to give my family here the first opportunity in acquiring Big Blue Coda 5XL Deluxe Jazz Bass.

I'm interested in either a trade for a Brooklyn, Kramer, Woodstock NS 2 or NS 4View attachment 461325 , gently used of course. Or a straight out buy which I'd need $2800 club price for it. There are zero scratches or dents, only a few very tiny bubbles that appeared in the protective high gloss finish on top of the body, but you have to see them in the right light to notice.

I bought new custom ordered from the Spector shop in Woodstock, NY and received in Dec 2012.
Been my main player in the 3 church bands that I play in. Always the best of care taken. Comes with Spector HSC and Allen wrenches. Has the new Spector strings that came on it with less than 10 minutes of playtime on them. You know me, I'm a flats string player. Today I stripped her down, cleaned and polished. Been raining all day so tomorrow I'll take fresh pictures in the sunlight. But here's a couple more recent pictures. Drop me a PM if interested in trade or buy! I'll wait 2 days before posting on TB classifieds. Peace all! :)

I'm on my way for my Tue night gig setup & rehearsal, won't be home until 10pm. So don't panic if you don't hear back right away. I will respond when I get home in the order the PMs come in, I promise.
Are you going to opt for a Helium NS-5? :)
 
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Hey guys & gals! I've come to the realization that I need to down size in weight in my bass guitar, due to my permanent left shoulder injury & right shoulder going bad now also. This summer playing 3-7 gigs a week really was the wake up call on getting a lighter bass. Even 1-2 pounds would make a difference plus the ergonomics of the NS design. I want to give my family here the first opportunity in acquiring Big Blue Coda 5XL Deluxe Jazz Bass.

I'm interested in either a trade for a Brooklyn, Kramer, Woodstock NS 2 or NS 4View attachment 461325 , gently used of course. Or a straight out buy which I'd need $2800 club price for it. There are zero scratches or dents, only a few very tiny bubbles that appeared in the protective high gloss finish on top of the body, but you have to see them in the right light to notice.

I bought new custom ordered from the Spector shop in Woodstock, NY and received in Dec 2012.
Been my main player in the 3 church bands that I play in. Always the best of care taken. Comes with Spector HSC and Allen wrenches. Has the new Spector strings that came on it with less than 10 minutes of playtime on them. You know me, I'm a flats string player. Today I stripped her down, cleaned and polished. Been raining all day so tomorrow I'll take fresh pictures in the sunlight. But here's a couple more recent pictures. Drop me a PM if interested in trade or buy! I'll wait 2 days before posting on TB classifieds. Peace all! :)

I'm on my way for my Tue night gig setup & rehearsal, won't be home until 10pm. So don't panic if you don't hear back right away. I will respond when I get home in the order the PMs come in, I promise.
Hope it stays in the club!
 
Here is an ebony board for you with black hardware, this is a first for me!
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With all the craziness of getting ready for the Spector Hang I forgot to post a photo of the new NS-2 High Gloss Helium we received. I know a lot of the guys got to try it out. This bass RAWKS!!!
This bass sounded great at the Hang and the top has a very cool pattern....
 

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Call that Matthew kid, he's needing a new bass this week. :smug:
I was trying to find a way to pick up the Bolan Rebel bass but couldn't pry it out of his hands, I think he might have felt the same way about the NS4 I got because he said something like 'Are you sure that your wanting that fretless bass' which made me scared....I ran towards Todd and said I'm taking the fretless! lol
 
I got a deal in the works for the Spector Legend bass, it will be staying in the club and possibly getting some upgrades. I'll let its new owner post once he gets it and I sure do hope he enjoys the fretless experience as much as I have been. I learned on a lined Squier that I had for a year as I wasn't sure I could play fretless but soon started bringing and playing it at some Torn shows, then last April I moved into the Legend so I haven't had it for very long and originally thought it would be the only fretless I would need....until....the Spector Hang revealed the NS4, after getting to see the bass and playing it I noticed Angie looking at me with as much excitement as I was feeling yet I was still feeling very insecure with my abilities, she said 'You know that bass will be coming home with you so you might as well tell Todd' I decided I needed time to think about how to make the unlined neck work for me (might be a bad thing us Engineers do, we over think!) and we even brought out the tape measure to help my thoughts and plans. The next day Eric told me after we met that the NS4 would be mine, I was still trying to figure it out but he noticed something in the sound room and we both got a chance to listen to Jeff play it while he was drooling over the NS2 bass that wound up becoming the Queen. Saturday rolls around and I kept looking at it on the wall during the Spector Hang event and listening to it while the other guys played it and that's when I told PJ that I was thinking about taking the NS4 home with me, we got with Todd and told him....that's my story and I'm sticking to it! lol

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OK folks, I need some advice / opinions from you USA Spector owners. I'm looking at ordering either a Forte 4 with a HAZ preamp or a USA NS2 or NS4H2 bolt on with the HAZ and either EMG P/J or DC pickups depending on if I go with a 4H2 or not.
I know I want EMG pickups, a 4 string and a HAZ preamp, but I'm unsure if I want the Forte or the NS bolt on. I know lots of you have owned or own both, so what say you? The last USA Spector I owned was a buckeye burl NS 5H2 that had a very big chunky neck that I couldn't get comfortable with. It had an OBP 3 that I liked OK, but didn't love it.

FYI - I'm ordering new, it's a present to myself for an upcoming milestone, so used is not an option for me.
 
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