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Spector Club - Part 17

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anton72 said:
Dream bass!!!
Patrick,
BTW is fretless PJ from your fleet that you mentioned before a Euro or American one (I think it's the black one in the corner shown at one of the pics posted by you earlier)?
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Thank you! It is indeed a dream bass.

It is the black one in the corner and it's neither. It's a Korean-made 1988 NS-2A. :-)

I got it off Ebay a few years ago (Paid $450 for it) and the frets were done-in on it. So instead of a re-fret job I had it defretted... put EMG active pups in it and installed a TonePump.

I have around $1000 invested in it so obviously more money than the market would support if I wanted to sell it (which I don't... it's an amazing bass).

I've got a USA bridge to go on it and I'm thinking about putting the USA circuit in it.

It's one of the basses I'll never part with.

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During the Defret and restoration... I also had the body totally rebuffed and polished.
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Before Defretting / Pup Change / Tone Circuit Change

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#946
JPSBassist said:
OK. All I'll say is that with the Dunlop Formula 65 you can get some killer shine on your SPECTOR...

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That's a killer shine! Is that what I should use on the matte finish Forte?

JPSBassist said:
Yes it can. Mike's is water-cured redwood NS-5XL with all passive pups and tone.

But an active EMG-P can but placed the NS-5XL with either an active or passive tone circuit if you'd like.

First bass on the right:

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That's a gorgeous bass!!!

JPSBassist said:
Yeah unfortunately I have no idea where that bass is. I've never seen it. I inherited a bunch of photos from the previous SPECTOR webmaster when I took over the site and that one was in there.
As was the NS-2J WCR and the NS-4P... So I know they can exist but it's pretty rare that one gets ordered.

I agree with you, btw. If you look at the NS-1, the vintage models you'll see that's where Stuart placed the single pup (or the humbucker in the case of the original NS-1 prototype).

Mike's bass does look to have the p-pup in the standard position (neck) that it would if it had the J at the bridge. But with Mike there's no telling. He has very strong ideas about what he likes to hear and why and he's experimented a lot with his sound through the years.

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Standard NS-1 - under the six-sided plastic cover hides a DeMarzio P pickup.


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This is an NS-1 that some moron (sorry!) routed a J into so they could try and pass it off as
one of the first NS-2 models. But the NS-2 has never had that six-sided route for the P pup
and the p and j pups are too close together. Someone took a part of history and destroyed it.
Disgusting.
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I love the looks of the old ones!!!

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:eek:

anton72 said:
Thanks, these pictures tell a lot! That's been a long way from Korean fretted to USA custom fretless. I'm impressed, so far the fretless Spectors are so rare...and I'm hunting one)
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A Euro 5 fretless on GC for $600+ right now!
 
#952
WoB bass said:
Haha it sucks having GAS without having the money to indulge, I would probably OD. Although since I'm not even out of highschool yet it's understandable that I don't have a ton of money
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Don't worry about that too much. As long as you have at least one good ax that you can consistently gig with and rely on, no problems. :cool: In college I could only afford to keep one bass at a time, so if I wanted to try something else I'd have to trade or sell/buy, etc. to get something different.
And really even now I don't keep that many basses in the stable. You'll konw when you find "your" bass, as it's the one you always pick up first and want to play. That's how Brownie is w/ me. I could probably buy 3-6 new Spectors and she would still be what I play live 90% of the time. I just got the Euro as a backup and recording option. :bassist:
 
#953
rockstarbassist said:
Don't worry about that too much. As long as you have at least one good ax that you can consistently gig with and rely on, no problems. :cool: In college I could only afford to keep one bass at a time, so if I wanted to try something else I'd have to trade or sell/buy, etc. to get something different.
And really even now I don't keep that many basses in the stable. You'll konw when you find "your" bass, as it's the one you always pick up first and want to play. That's how Brownie is w/ me. I could probably buy 3-6 new Spectors and she would still be what I play live 90% of the time. I just got the Euro as a backup and recording option. :bassist:
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Very true.
 
#957
rockstarbassist said:
Don't worry about that too much. As long as you have at least one good ax that you can consistently gig with and rely on, no problems. :cool: In college I could only afford to keep one bass at a time, so if I wanted to try something else I'd have to trade or sell/buy, etc. to get something different.
And really even now I don't keep that many basses in the stable. You'll konw when you find "your" bass, as it's the one you always pick up first and want to play. That's how Brownie is w/ me. I could probably buy 3-6 new Spectors and she would still be what I play live 90% of the time. I just got the Euro as a backup and recording option. :bassist:
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Rockstarbassist...you only have 2 SPECTOR basses?!?!:eyebrow::confused:
That's the place I want to be at eventually...hoping my new Forte will be the one...but I still have images of the NS-1 with a P dancing thru my head!!:help: That's one special thing that I really love about SPECTOR, unlimited configurations and woods!!!:hyper::bassist:
 
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Clearwave said:
How does one go about rebuffing and polishing a bass? My NS2a has a few scuffs and scratches.
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You'll need to take it to a finish specialist who has a high-speed buffer. They'll first apply a compound that will remove the garbage out of the finish and then they put another compound on it to polish it out. Then they'll wax it.

The high speed buffers these guys use are crazy, spinning at tens of thousands of RPMs. They have to hold onto the bass really tight or it'll get sent sailing across the shop. No joke.
 
#959
JPSBassist said:
You'll need to take it to a finish specialist who has a high-speed buffer. They'll first apply a compound that will remove the garbage out of the finish and then they put another compound on it to polish it out. Then they'll wax it.

The high speed buffers these guys use are crazy, spinning at tens of thousands of RPMs. They have to hold onto the bass really tight or it'll get sent sailing across the shop. No joke.
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Hmm. I may be interested in doing the same thing. I found this NS2A body for sale here in the classifieds ( http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/fs-spector-ns-2a-nt-korean-no-electronics-822842/ ), from the looks of it, it's not in bad condition. Maybe a nice buffing would really make it shine, though. What do you guys think (of both the deal and getting the bass buffed if I were to buy it)? Is it worth it?
 
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CarlosRoberto5 said:
Hmm. I may be interested in doing the same thing. I found this NS2A body for sale here in the classifieds ( http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/fs-spector-ns-2a-nt-korean-no-electronics-822842/ ), from the looks of it, it's not in bad condition. Maybe a nice buffing would really make it shine, though. What do you guys think (of both the deal and getting the bass buffed if I were to buy it)? Is it worth it?
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I was just wondering who bought that. Would look great refinished in buttercup yellow :D but he only offered USA shipping, as so many do :(
 
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