Spector Club - Part 13

[GHOST AT]

No No... not me! Mine's gloss black.
I was just saying ..someone else got a great deal.
It was at 1000.00 till about 15 seconds to go then BAM! 1025.00 and then the clock ran out!

I posted this at 2am my time. I was hoping you acquired the Ian Euro. It always makes me warm inside when people especially Tbers, when they are able to purchase the instrument of their dreams.

 

[iceboxbass]

My just arrived SPECTOR Performer pics!

 

[iceboxbass]

Here's a couple more pics of my newly arrived Performer;

 

[LimaGuy]

Here's a couple more pics of my newly arrived Performer;

Congrats.
Looking good. Love the Red.

 

[iceboxbass]

^Thank you Sam! I'm going to flip it now...if anyone's interested PM me. Make you a great deal!

 

[chrisloe]

Here's a couple more pics of my newly arrived Performer;

Awesome, very cool, like a Ferrari Red! Congrats!

 

[Christian Waiau]

My just arrived SPECTOR Performer pics!

awesome!

I should have one dropped off at my place tomorrow to demo. Love the red too BTW.

 

[iceboxbass]

^Thanks chris! You know when I play it, it still brings that SPECTOR smile to my face! Real nice action!

 

[bobunit]

Here's a couple more pics of my newly arrived Performer;

Love that color!

 

[worshiprocker]

how does it sound?

 

[peledog]

Anyone have an NS-2A schematic in PDF format? Pretty please?

Bueller?

 

[Tracebassplayer]

Bueller?

A proprietary schematic is most likely not available unless you go via SPECTOR.

 

[JPSBassist]

Bueller?

I've never seen one. And the issue is that the Korean-Made Kramer Haz copy was changed some during the run of 7000 guitars. Add the Japanese copies (which are more like the original NJ made Haz) and I think it's just no one has ever had enough of a sample of them across the run to make a valid diagram.

I looked for months when I was restoring my NS-2A and never found one.

Please let me know if you do find one and it's correct.

 

[JPSBassist]

Power was restored today, everything is fine, no damage, leaks, flooding... etc...

Just a note, it'll be Tuesday before shipping starts again. So if anyone is waiting for anything, sorry! But the workshop staff tells me shipping is going to be delayed at least 7 days at this point in time.

 

[grendle]

Bueller?

You would need to contact HAZ labs in Washington NJ for that. Spector doesn't build them. I don't believe Haz built the ones in the NS2a's either. I believe they were a licensed copy of the circuit.

 

[JPSBassist]

You would need to contact HAZ labs in Washington NJ for that. Spector doesn't build them. I don't believe Haz built the ones in the NS2a's either. I believe they were a licensed copy of the circuit.

Correct. And I'm about to post an updated schematic for the USA 9v Circuit (made for SPECTOR by HazLabs) on the Official SPECTOR site.

The 9v Kramer branded circuit in the NS-2A was made in Korea and some were made in Japan. They were also designed to work with passive, not active pups.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE that you CANNOT power active EMG pups through the NS-2A circuit. It can't give them enough juice. You have to bypass the board and power the pups from the battery itself. Then wire them into the circuit.

 

[loend68]

Correct. And I'm about to post an updated schematic for the USA 9v Circuit (made for SPECTOR by HazLabs) on the Official SPECTOR site.

The 9v Kramer branded circuit in the NS-2A was made in Korea and some were made in Japan. They were also designed to work with passive, not active pups.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE that you CANNOT power active EMG pups through the NS-2A circuit. It can't give them enough juice. You have to bypass the board and power the pups from the battery itself. Then wire them into the circuit.

Yup, I've got 3 Spectors done that way with the Korean copies. Sounds great!!

 

[worshiprocker]

First off I want to give a shout out to LimaGuy who sold me some (highly discounted) strings so I could experiment. They are helping alot with my low E. It is more pronounced now, but it does seem a little muddy. Here are the two options i am looking at and will probably do both eventually...

#1 Get a pair of EMG 35HZ pups (I currently have the EMG/SSD pups which I have read are voiced to boost the mids, and they definitely do) I've read the HZ are not much different but do boost the low end a bit.


#2 Get a preamp... My options here are a Tonepump Jr., EMG BTS system, Aguilar preamp (not sure which one)


What do you guys thing would be a good first step?

And I'm GASin for another Spector bad too..... maybe a NS-2A wish I could jump on this ..... Spector Bass NS-2A Red 1989/ 1990 Great Bass! Korea | eBay

 

[PhatBasstard]

I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE that you CANNOT power active EMG pups through the NS-2A circuit. It can't give them enough juice. You have to bypass the board and power the pups from the battery itself. Then wire them into the circuit.

Sort of. It's not as complicated as this^^^sounds.
You wire up the the hot and the braid ground the same as the passives you are replacing. Then take the red wires (non-existent on the passives) to the battery for power as shown on typical EMG schematics for wiring up their actives.

As we've covered before, the newly added active pups might get a little bright at max tone settings due to the higher valued pots in the Spector Haz copy (not sure about what's in the MM114 type copies), but definately usable.
I did it myself to this one years ago. Turned it into a JJ fretless:

 

[Thundar]

And I'm GASin for another Spector bad too..... maybe a NS-2A wish I could jump on this ..... Spector Bass NS-2A Red 1989/ 1990 Great Bass! Korea | eBay

Thats a Samick Spector NS-2A....I just got one this week off Ebay just exactly like it! Pretty cool bass, the neck on mine was thinner than my Kramers, and it was lighter, and it has a nice grain under the red.