SPECTOR® Owners Club

[Mediocrity Man]

I don't know if any of you guys remember my "Devastated" thread a while back. I bought this Rebop a while back from Sam Ash Music and it arrived with a huge chunk of wood broken away from just in front of the neck pickup. I returned it for a full refund but apparently they relisted it with this shabby repair job. Would you buy this?
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[Torn Bassist]

My guess it Todd stocks them at Guitar House as well. I haven't tried out the set we got at the Hang, as I'd just changed both my standard tuned Spectors right before. As soon as some of those strings die a bit, I'm going to give them a try.

I'm in the same situation and still have my set of the new revision Spector 603 strings and a set of DR Lo-Riders in my bag, everything else is new on the basses.

 

[e.rich]

I don't know if any of you guys remember my "Devastated" thread a while back. I bought this Rebop a while back from Sam Ash Music and it arrived with a huge chunk of wood broken away from just in front of the neck pickup. I returned it for a full refund but apparently they relisted it with this shabby repair job. Would you buy this?
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No, especially not at that price.

 

[ynot12]

I remember reading about the different eras of the US Spectors somewhere and can't remember where it was. Is there an online source available today that tells the history, or did that go away with the new site and/or Patrick shutting down the other one?

 

[johnsonabq]

Good! You figure out what options you want....
Take your time.
I'm starting a fund to save up to buy Deep Purple...

You just keep thinking Trace... That's what you're good at.

I remember reading about the different eras of the US Spectors somewhere and can't remember where it was. Is there an online source available today that tells the history, or did that go away with the new site and/or Patrick shutting down the other one?

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[5string_phunk]

here is an action shot of the 5MM at an impromptu set Sat night. I am really growing to love this bass, and with a few tweaks it's going to be off the charts!

 

[Basstovsky]

Have you ever tried the Steve Harris Rotosound flats? Those supposedly have very high tension but they are thicker than normal so that might turn some off.

I've used these and honestly they felt equal to or less than the regular Rotosound flats that cost less than the Rotosound Steve Harris set. In my recollection the bottom 2 strings are the same gauge, the G and D are both larger than the standard set by .05, might be Steve uses the thicker girth to round out the G and D because of the Fender's placement of the G and D poles on the P-bass pickup? No clue.

I used the Steve Harris strings once, then went back to the standard Rotosound strings.

I find the Roto's have a bit more upper mid grunt, GHS Precision flats have a warmer bottom and a hair more sustain than the Roto's, and Fender flats are kinda even across the board when it comes to flatwound tone. I used D'addario Chromes once, and found them ok at first, but they feel really scooped when they break in, they retain more treble than other flats i've played but they lose mids, and I find mids are a must-have in bass tone and I can't live without them.

I currently have Roto's (their standard set of flats) on my NS20005, and Fender Flats (50-105, one of the new sets with green silks) on a non-Spector, single-pickup passive bass. I really liked the GHS flats too, smoothest nicest feeling strings I've played, but to me they go a bit "thud" after a while. In defense of the GHS, the Roto's do eventually wear out of that tasty high mid grunt as well, but I find they pair with humbuckers a little nicer.

 

[nervous]

I don't know if any of you guys remember my "Devastated" thread a while back. I bought this Rebop a while back from Sam Ash Music and it arrived with a huge chunk of wood broken away from just in front of the neck pickup. I returned it for a full refund but apparently they relisted it with this shabby repair job. Would you buy this?
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Holy Moley. They should be ashamed at that price...

 

[bassboy01]

Hey Todd, just out of curiosity (and speaking of wood options), is it possible to order a Forte with an ebony board rather than rosewood? Or do you have to order an Ns-2 spec'd like a Forte?

Spoke to PJ about the ebony option on the Forte today. He said that they could do it but it would be an additional $399 list upcharge. Which to you would mean about $280. Hope that helps!

 

[Basstovsky]

That's not that bad for something as awesome as an ebony-board Forte!

 

[Fleetwood Crack]

Just picked up my back up a 2005 Performer.

 

[johnsonabq]

Spoke to PJ about the ebony option on the Forte today. He said that they could do it but it would be an additional $399 list upcharge. Which to you would mean about $280. Hope that helps!

I stand corrected.

 

[Torn Bassist]

Spoke to PJ about the ebony option on the Forte today. He said that they could do it but it would be an additional $399 list upcharge. Which to you would mean about $280. Hope that helps!

Very cool PJ is allowing options on the Forte model!

 

[e.rich]

Spoke to PJ about the ebony option on the Forte today. He said that they could do it but it would be an additional $399 list upcharge. Which to you would mean about $280. Hope that helps!

Thanks Todd. I love it when a plan comes together. Let the plotting and scheming begin!

 

[johnsonabq]

Very cool PJ is allowing options on the Forte model!

Careful Carey, I wouldn't call it options (plural). I wanted a single spector logo at the 12th fret on my Forte and PJ said they couldn't do it. But hey, we'll take what we can get right?

 

[johnsonabq]

Thanks Todd. I love it when a plan comes together. Let the plotting and scheming begin!

A Forte with an ebony board? Now that's "None More Black".

 

[e.rich]

Hey, I'll take a clean ebony board if one's available. What's that old saying, you can have any color you want in your Model T, as long as it's black.

 

[Rod Harder]

A Forte with an ebony board? Now that's "None More Black".

What kind of tonal differences do you find the ebony board on your ultraviolet brings Jeff?

 

[ynot12]

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Thanks Jeff, but what I was thinking of was a written history that I remember reading. Not just old ads. Perhaps it was something Patrick just wrote as a post(s) over the years.

In particular, I'm hoping to find the story and timing of the Kramer acquisition and the details on US production, Stuarts involvement, that kind of stuff.

 

[Torn Bassist]

Careful Carey, I wouldn't call it options (plural). I wanted a single spector logo at the 12th fret on my Forte and PJ said they couldn't do it. But hey, we'll take what we can get right?

That would have been cool!