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Spector Club - Part 14

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Man, that's nice! My guess is it's an early Euro (there's no walnut layer in the middle of the body). The bridge is a duller gold than the LX, and I'm thinking, maybe 2002? But, could be late NSCR4, 2000? Oval inlays...hmmm. Not sure when Spector started stamping the back of the headstock with the 'Czech Republic' verbiage.

If you can find the serial number, might be in control cavity and it starts with 'NB', I'm leaning towards an early Euro if you find the 'NB'.

That would look great with my Amber Rebop. :d
 
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peledog said:
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Man, that's nice! My guess is it's an early Euro (there's no walnut layer in the middle of the body). The bridge is a duller gold than the LX, and I'm thinking, maybe 2002? But, could be late NSCR4, 2000? Oval inlays...hmmm. Not sure when Spector started stamping the back of the headstock with the 'Czech Republic' verbiage.

If you can find the serial number, might be in control cavity and it starts with 'NB', I'm leaning towards an early Euro if you find the 'NB'.

That would look great with my Amber Rebop. :d
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None of the Euros ever had the serial in the cavity as many of the NSCR's did. Back of headstock only. The satin bridge was common back then also.

Not sure how far back into the SSD era Czechs it goes, but I've never seen a Czech Spector that doesn't have that "Made in The Czech Republic...." on the back of the headstock.
 
#384
JPSBassist said:
Sorry guys. I had my facts wrong.

The USA Bridges are solid brass. Both the black and gold. You can special order a silver USA SPECTOR bridge but this isn't on the site yet. The silver bridge is also solid brass.

So there you go. All USA 4-string bridges should weigh in at 1.5lbs
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SWEET!!!!!!! :hyper: back to being psyched! :D
 
#385
The recent post of the beautiful CRFM4 just reminded me of something I keep forgetting to post.

My 2001 Euro 4 (NB0091) seems to have a SS logo that is thinner and is placed differently than any other CRFM4 or Euro model I ever seen?

They all seem to look slightly different but mine seems much different.
Any ideas? Anyone have a Euro with the same SS logo as mine?


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#386
LimaGuy said:
The recent post of the beautiful CRFM4 just reminded me of something I keep forgetting to post.

My 2001 Euro 4 (NB0091) seems to have a SS logo that is thinner and is placed differently than any other CRFM4 or Euro model I ever seen?

They all seem to look slightly different but mine seems much different.
Any ideas? Anyone have a Euro with the same SS logo as mine?
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I'm sure jps can check with pj , but any chance the headstock veneers are made in sheet form and the inlays are inset into that sheet and then cut into squares , fixed onto the bass and trimmed down ???? Then they could be slightly off .... ... I would imagine the thickness of the logo could be at times when they changed tools , inlay makers , or factories ... I like the thinner inlay much better . It's a cleaner look .
 
#393
I just bought a Spector a few days ago. It is a NS-2A.
The seller said it was made in 1986, in Czechoslovakia. Could that be true? I can't find anything on the Spector website about that... It is a neck-though with Spector PUs in highgloss white (or more cream white now because of the aging I guess:))
I really love the bass so it's a winner for me anyway. I'm just curious of its background.
 
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LimaGuy said:
The recent post of the beautiful CRFM4 just reminded me of something I keep forgetting to post.

My 2001 Euro 4 (NB0091) seems to have a SS logo that is thinner and is placed differently than any other CRFM4 or Euro model I ever seen?

They all seem to look slightly different but mine seems much different.
Any ideas? Anyone have a Euro with the same SS logo as mine?
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I'd say it may vary from craftsman to craftsman that made the logo and installed it onto the headstock, since they're handcrafted.
 
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Overdrive777 said:
I just bought a Spector a few days ago. It is a NS-2A.
The seller said it was made in 1986, in Czechoslovakia. Could that be true? I can't find anything on the Spector website about that... It is a neck-though with Spector PUs in highgloss white (or more cream white now because of the aging I guess:))
I really love the bass so it's a winner for me anyway. I'm just curious of its background.
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NS-2A's were predominantly made in Korea. Congrats!
 
#398
Overdrive777 said:
That's my thought too. And the Korean model was made 87-90 right?
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That is correct. Does it have a ser# on the control cavity?
Or on the headstock?
The earliest models didnt have a ser# at all.
Most of them had a ser# on the control cavity that started with NS.
The very late models had a ser# on the headstock and were made at a different factory in Korea.

Post a photo so we can see and confirm :)
 
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peledog said:
So, I got my NS-2A back from the bass hospital - and I took it to rehearsal. Man, the preamp is pretty weak compared to the TonePump. And, the tech wired the P volume to the J pickup and the J volume to the P pickup. :eyebrow: W Tee Eff?
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What preamp is in there? The stock Haz-clone?
 
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