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Spector Club - Part 7

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#704
grunge666 said:
IOn my original post - do you think changing the screw positions would cause any problems?
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Probably not as long as the new screw holes are not too close to the edge of the headstock wood. If you do this, drill slightly smaller than the screw itself guide holes, (being carefull not to drill completely through the headstock). You don't want to split the headstock by letting the screws self bore.
 
#705
PhatBasstard said:
Probably not as long as the new screw holes are not too close to the edge of the headstock wood. If you do this, drill slightly smaller than the screw itself guide holes, (being carefull not to drill completely through the headstock). You don't want to split the headstock by letting the screws self bore.
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Thank again for your help my friend.
Much appreciated :)
 
#706
davec629 said:
Spector virgin no more.:bassist:
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Thats one nice way to pop your cherry. :D


On another hand:
Rebop owners:
If you ever handle lemon oil around your bass, stay CLEAR of the bridge. I accidently spilt a drop of oil over my Rebops bridge today and the finish at this spot came peeling off! NOT a nice thing to happen.


Oh, and I'm so looking forward to my USA Bolton fiver... :bassist:
 
#708
Murphys Law said:
Thats one nice way to pop your cherry. :D

On another hand:
Rebop owners:
If you ever handle lemon oil around your bass, stay CLEAR of the bridge. I accidently spilt a drop of oil over my Rebops bridge today and the finish at this spot came peeling off! NOT a nice thing to happen.

Oh, and I'm so looking forward to my USA Bolton fiver... :bassist:
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As your name says...it happened.
I use Old English on my Rebop natural finish.
 
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#712
Murphys Law said:
Thats one nice way to pop your cherry. :D


On another hand:
Rebop owners:
If you ever handle lemon oil around your bass, stay CLEAR of the bridge. I accidently spilt a drop of oil over my Rebops bridge today and the finish at this spot came peeling off! NOT a nice thing to happen.


Oh, and I'm so looking forward to my USA Bolton fiver... :bassist:
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When you getting it? :bassist:
 
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#716
NS2A said:
Looks like a NS2C also is on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1980s-spector-b...r-/150544313445?pt=Guitar&hash=item230d23ec65

And its gone.... :( I nver got used to 5's, but still...

I found this quote funny in his description "NEW ONES DO NOT COMPARE FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP"

That is so far from the truth.
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True. PJ and I often say we are in "the Golden Age" of SPECTOR. The instruments coming out of Woodstock now are the best in the company's history.

People will sometimes say silly, uneducated things when they are trying to sell stuff on Ebay. I just ignore them.
 
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rockstarbassist said:
They weren't technically even made by Spector at that point, so... :o
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Well... this is/isn't true. Sure, Kramer was it's own company and Spector had nothing to do with its financial collapse... but at the same time SPECTOR was being run internally by Stuart (as a consultant). Mainly he made sure the guitars and basses which carried his name were being made correctly (Kramer's Korean Factory was the first time SPECTORs had been made outside of the shop where Stuart worked).

It's notable that the Korean factory opened by Kramer is the SAME factory owned by SPECTOR now. So honestly, very little has changed in regards to manufacturing over the years.
And Staurt was involved in every USA model that left the Kramer NJ Factory. Actually you wouldn't have been able to call it a factory. Kramer guitars were assembled there from parts which were made/imported from all over the world.

The ONLY truly "MADE IN USA" instrument Kramer ever produced WAS the SPECTOR bass.

It's a complex story. But to be accurate, yes, USA SPECTORs have always been made by Stuart and his assistants. Kramer included.

I've personally found many of the Kramer models to be excellent instruments... an improvement over the older Brooklyn models. But each generation of the company's development sees a refinement and improvement.

Think about it. You do something over and over and over... in time you become masterful at it. The past 10 years has seen some of the finest examples of flawless craftsmanship known to man come out of the Woodstock (Saugerties) Workshop.

I know. I've seen them... as have many of you.
 
#720
iceboxbass said:
Too bad it's a bolt-on...Great buy now price though. :)
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Well, if it was a neck-thru NS-2A then I would say that is a pretty good price, but the NS-2C's dont usually fetch near that much....and its only "too bad its a bolt-on" if youre lookin a neck thru....I love the bolt-on's ;),,,actually...the more I think about it the more I want to buy that one and have it repainted :bassist:
 
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