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Spector Club Pt. 4 (Insert Clever Title Here)

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#823
fretless_guy said:
Back in the club!
I just scored a wicked deal on a genuine Made in the USA gloss black Spector NS2 (built 30.29.1989 during the Kramer years). Somebody was asleep at the wheel when they priced this one!

I just have to wait for a month before it's in my hands.

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:eek: OMFG :eek: Dream deal.
 
#824
Ya, GC has been a little off the past while. I saw a used Rebop 4DLX (Zebra top) there for $499 earlier in the week. It was gone before I could get any more information on it.

When I saw this one this morning (the square corners on the bridge told me it probably wasn't a Euro as advertised) I jumped on it. When I was speaking with the salesman, you could almost her the alarm bells going off in his voice. When I asked if there was writing on the back of the headstock he paused and had to ask someone else in the store if it really said made in the USA (as if he couldn't believe his eyes). When I asked about the serial number the first words out of his mouth were ... "Wow, that's a really low number". I was really hoping it was pre-Kramer, but I think it's still a pretty good deal :)
 
#825
Um, yeah- considering you can't buy a EURO (not even the NS4/5CRFM models!) for close to that, I say you did ok bub! :p

My '85 in that exact config was... oh, 4.3x that much! :D

How is the neck on that? I've heard the Kramer era made them a little smaller and more like a Jazz, which is what the Wimbish Sigs are like. Not that there's tons of pre-Kramers floating around to compare to, anyway... ;)
 
#826
rockstarbassist said:
How is the neck on that? I've heard the Kramer era made them a little smaller and more like a Jazz, which is what the Wimbish Sigs are like. Not that there's tons of pre-Kramers floating around to compare to, anyway... ;)
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I don't have it in my hands yet, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be thinner than what I am used to. The Euro NS4 (with dots) I used to own had a pretty beefy neck. My old Kramer NS2A was a little thinner, but the thinnest I've had was a Euro 4CRFM (with crown inlays). Phatbasstard has that one now. It had an unusually thin neck profile for a Spector. I hope this one is similar.
 
#827
fretless_guy said:
I don't have it in my hands yet, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be thinner than what I am used to. The Euro NS4 (with dots) I used to own had a pretty beefy neck. My old Kramer NS2A was a little thinner, but the thinnest I've had was a Euro 4CRFM (with crown inlays). Phatbasstard has that one now. It had an unusually thin neck profile for a Spector. I hope this one is similar.
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From what I've heard, I think you'll be happy then. that's honestly the reason I haven't even looked at the Wimbish sigs. My '85 is small enough as is!
 
#831
fretless_guy said:
Ya, GC has been a little off the past while. I saw a used Rebop 4DLX (Zebra top) there for $499 earlier in the week. It was gone before I could get any more information on it.

When I saw this one this morning (the square corners on the bridge told me it probably wasn't a Euro as advertised) I jumped on it. When I was speaking with the salesman, you could almost her the alarm bells going off in his voice. When I asked if there was writing on the back of the headstock he paused and had to ask someone else in the store if it really said made in the USA (as if he couldn't believe his eyes). When I asked about the serial number the first words out of his mouth were ... "Wow, that's a really low number". I was really hoping it was pre-Kramer, but I think it's still a pretty good deal :)
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Hope you don't get this call from Guitar Center later today:
"April Fools".
 
#833
Got my SSD era NS4CRFM today. So far I really like it. The neck is not as chunky as the newer Spector NS4CRFM's and all Maple Euro's that I've played, which is a great thing. Also, it balances better than any of the others I have played and sits right on my gut with the concave back. AWESOME.

I am thinking of changing the knobs to some gold satin ones instead of the EMG black ones, as well as getting some MOP looking crown decals to put on, but I'm not sure.

It's overcast out today, so no pics of my own, but a few pages back I posted some from the FS ad.

Best,
Justin
 
#839
Question: When did Spector change the headstock logo from the jumbled letters to the neatly-spaced, stacked SSD? It looks like the old Kramer and U.S. Spector NS basses have the jumbled-letter logo, and when they started making the Czech Republic models, the new logo appeared. Is this correct?
 
#840
My Czech-made 2009 NS-2-JA-R has what you describe as the jumbled letter logo. The SSD logo is the late Steven Spector Design trademark used from 1991-1998.

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