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Spector Club Pt. 4 (Insert Clever Title Here)

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I *think* this picture was taken at the Guitar Center in East Brunswick, NJ. I've seen and played that bass. It just needs a little cleanup, a new set of strings and a setup.

grifff said:
Has anyone ever seen a spector like this? I was browsing Guitar Center's used website and came across this. It sure doesn't look like the typical body shape that Spector uses. The listing says VINT 1977 SPECTOR SB1 USA HANDMADE.

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#965
Interesting. I had the exact experience. My first Spector was a 2002 (bought in 2005 as a leftover) Q4 Pro made in Korea. A nice bass, but it left me GASing for something better. It didn't have THAT Spector tone, the hardware was cheap (tuners, bridge) and I'm not a fan of Basswood for instruments. Then I bought a 2006 Euro5 LX and that did it for me. I sold the Q4 soon afterwards. Four years later and the Euro5 LX is still my favorite bass. Sometimes the GAS feeling sets in and I'll go audition different basses in the local stores. I walk out feeling like, "I really like my Spector!" Then again, I also really like my 2006 Fender MIA P-bass. It thumps, the Spector doesn't.

rovito said:
I had a NS2004 that played much better than the Euro I have now. It was a great bass all around.
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#968
Just put in an order for my NS5H2-FM.

Spector NS5H2 USA 5 String, Black & Green, Flame Maple Top WIDE

Emerald Green over Black Enhanced Grain.

Mahogany Body, WIDE Bolt on Maple Neck with 24 Fret Pau Ferro Fingerboard and Mother of Pearl Inlays, EMG Dual Humbucker/Single Coil Mode Pick-Ups , Aguilar OBP 3, Case
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Oh. Yeah.

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Thundar said:
Tim...that white Spector is pure B@lls, brother!
The flamed one is kinds nice too...;)
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Whitey has been a bit of an ongoing project - it was originally destined as an NS2 (inlays, routed for the larger US bridge), but was loaded with import parts at the factory and blown out as a 2a at the ending demise of Kramer. I spent a ton of time and money getting it back to the full US specs, and when the final touch was done....the tech screwed up the volume pot on the haz....it kills the signal if turned up somewhere around about 70%. Makes me sick....I need to get it fixed.

The natural one I just got today, and is also a Kramer era, all original with the haz as well. Wow the necks sure were a ton nicer on these back in the late 80's than the SSD era going forward......

I also have a german spector copy I didn't put in the pic...."jazzman". Interesting pickup combination, but sounds nothing like a musicman or jazz like I hoped it could do.
 
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Tim Cole said:
The natural one I just got today, and is also a Kramer era, all original with the haz as well. Wow the necks sure were a ton nicer on these back in the late 80's than the SSD era going forward......
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That's great news! I should have my hands around my Black 1989 NS2 in a week or so.

Tim Cole said:
I also have a german spector copy I didn't put in the pic...."jazzman". Interesting pickup combination, but sounds nothing like a musicman or jazz like I hoped it could do.
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You know the TB rules ... if you don't post a pic it doesn't exist. :hiding:
 
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Tim Cole said:
Whitey has been a bit of an ongoing project - it was originally destined as an NS2 (inlays, routed for the larger US bridge), but was loaded with import parts at the factory and blown out as a 2a at the ending demise of Kramer.
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Does that have a serial number then? So the bridge was the import, but had a larger routing? So there was a gap?

Odd, but with Kramer, I guess not so much. :smug:
 
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NS2A said:
Does that have a serial number then? So the bridge was the import, but had a larger routing? So there was a gap?

Odd, but with Kramer, I guess not so much. :smug:
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Yeah? I've talked with PJ about the differences between the Neptune NS-2s and the NS-2A and he says the string spacing on the USA bridge is different enough that "E" and "G" strings will sit too close to the edge of the neck and are too easy to "bump" off the neck while playing.

So if you now have a USA bridge and the body was originally routed for it... the string spacing should be correct.

Was the spacing too tight with the Korean bridge?

Kramer did some crazy stuff towards the end!!!
 
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