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Spector Club - Part 14

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JPSBassist said:
OK. Waiting to hear back but I've been told that the USA Forte Bridge is premium brass (same as the gold bridge) with a gloss black baked enamel paint job. I'm trying to get a confirmation from the shop. The source I spoke to says they're 90% sure.

If any Forte 4 owners want to take their bridge off they'd be able to confirm the material quickly. The USA gold bridge weighs 1.5lbs. I weighted the new one and old one off my NS-4 a couple of weeks ago. It's heavy as all get-out.

An aluminum bridge wouldn't weight near as much. So if someone wants to take their strings off and carefully unscrew the three anchor screws that'd give us the answer too.
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AH! Anxiously awaiting to hear! :hyper:
Thank you sir.
 
#342
I can't believe no one has snatched this up, yet......
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Maybe I'll have to add some cash to it and trade it for a nice white NS-2A ....;)
 
#344
PhatBasstard said:
I've never seen an actual NS2A with USA hardware unless it was an aftermarket upgrade by the owner.

The "NS2A's" with actual USA bodies/necks will have an insert in the bridge area that can only be seen if the bridge is removed or the paint is stripped. They were already routed for the larger USA bridge and had to have a wood insert placed around the smaller NS2A bridge.
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Yup, I am the one that made this discovery...posted pics of it.
 
#345
PaulMacCnj said:
A friend of mine plays a NS-2A from the Kramer era. The neck/body is Korean but it has USA parts; EMG active pups, Hazlab pre-amp and a Spector USA bridge. He bought it many years ago from someone that said it was made at the Neptune, NJ plant from a NS-2A neck/body that was just sitting around and the USA parts were put on it to sell it as a complete bass. Today, I see another NS-2A with USA parts on eBay. Does anyone know the history of Kramer doing this? Were these customized basses or was this done as a clean up activity as the Neptune plant was shutting down?
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Link?
 
#346
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Oh yeah, might as well bump the thread with my bass. This one too had the bridge filler in it, I had it removed, refinished the bass, and had US hardware, Hazlab pre, and EMG's put in it. I have way too much money in this bass, but love it.
 
#348
Tim Cole said:
Oh yeah, might as well bump the thread with my bass. This one too had the bridge filler in it, I had it removed, refinished the bass, and had US hardware, Hazlab pre, and EMG's put in it. I have way too much money in this bass, but love it.
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That's beautiful!
 
#350
Tim Cole said:
Oh yeah, might as well bump the thread with my bass. This one too had the bridge filler in it, I had it removed, refinished the bass, and had US hardware, Hazlab pre, and EMG's put in it. I have way too much money in this bass, but love it.
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Damn, that's a nice bass. This almost makes me positive that my next Spector is gonna be white with gold hardware!
 
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Tim Cole said:
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Oh yeah, might as well bump the thread with my bass. This one too had the bridge filler in it, I had it removed, refinished the bass, and had US hardware, Hazlab pre, and EMG's put in it. I have way too much money in this bass, but love it.
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Sick looking!!!! This was an NS-2A?
I soooooooooo want a white with gold hardware Spector!!!!!
 
#352
PhatBasstard said:
Someone alert Todd Cook!
RARE 1995 SPECTOR BASS JASON NEWSTED | eBay
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He already knows... PJ, Carlton Armstrong and I were looking at this yesterday. It's a little pricy but if any old SPECTOR is going to bring that sort of money, this would be the one.

Besides the SB-2 bass from Brooklyn, which is so rare PJ has actually never seen one, this is the rarest SPECTOR Model.

I hope Todd buys it. He's always wanted one.
 
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peledog said:
Wait, you're telling me this used to be an NS-2A? Maybe I missed something...:help:
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Yeah, you did... :eek:
Some of the last NS-2A models were actually made with USA bodies meant to be NS-2 models. Kramer was trying to use up their stock before they died. So they installed NS-2A parts on NS-2 bodies and still called them 2A's.
 
#355
JPSBassist said:
He already knows... PJ, Carlton Armstrong and I were looking at this yesterday. It's a little pricy but if any old SPECTOR is going to bring that sort of money, this would be the one.

Besides the SB-2 bass from Brooklyn, which is so rare PJ has actually never seen one, this is the rarest SPECTOR Model.

I hope Todd buys it. He's always wanted one.
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He says not unless the seller gets a little more realistic on his asking price.
 
#356
Tim Cole said:
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Where are your strap buttons?

They seemed to have gotten a little sloppy on the inlays with these. Every time I see one of these (or one of the "special" inlayed NS2A's) some of the inlays are off center (Low to high here. Closer towards the headstock than centered. Especially the 9th fret).

None of my USA or Czech Spectors (nor any others I recall seeing) seem to have this issue, so I'm assuming it has something to do with their unusual build situations at the time. Perhaps "factory 2nds' (because of the inlays) that eventually wound up as NS2A's, special or otherwise. :hmm:
Curious.
 
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PhatBasstard said:
He says not unless the seller gets a little more realistic on his asking price.
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Carlton and I figure that the guitar won't sell this first time around. That the price is too high. And that'll open the door for any serious buyers to make an offer.

It's too rare to not sell.

The wild-card variable are the Japanese collectors. There may be one of those that will pay this sort of money, in which case it'll be purchased and then gone. And that will be that.

Either way, someone is going to get a very, very rare SPECTOR with neck LED lights... sweet. :bassist:
 
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