Spector Reverse PJ

[Dr. Cheese]

I never get tired of that tone.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

That violet 5 is lovely !!! How much ?

 

[Dr. Cheese]

That violet 5 is lovely !!! How much ?

It’s probably between $2,199-$3,299 if it is a Euro. If it is USA, it is somewhere between $6,500-$8,000.

 

[ToddB1963]

I never get tired of that tone.

Same here. Great sounding basses.

 

[Thundar]

Once again....Nothing growls like a Spector, Baby!

 

[Lo-E]

I don’t have a lot of “one that got away” stories but in 1993 I walked into Rogue Music in NYC, just browsing, and saw a very worn Spector NS-2 hanging on the wall. I had played the then-current production Spectors in music stores and I wasn’t all that impressed but this one was a very early, Brooklyn-made Spector with a low, hand-stamped serial number. I played it for a few minutes and thought “Ooooh! NOW I get it!” It was a fantastic instrument, even in its very beaten up state.

The asking price was $1,200 which, in 1993 dollars, seemed like a king’s ransom to me at the time. I shoulda coughed it up!

The consolation is that I also saw a fretless ‘88 Stingray for 600 clams. That one I DID buy later that week and I still have it to this day. I still stop into Rogue Music frequently. You never know, right?

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I don’t have a lot of “one that got away” stories but in 1993 I walked into Rogue Music in NYC, just browsing, and saw a very worn Spector NS-2 hanging on the wall. I had played the then-current production Spectors in music stores and I wasn’t all that impressed but this one was a very early, Brooklyn-made Spector with a low, hand-stamped serial number. I played it for a few minutes and thought “Ooooh! NOW I get it!” It was a fantastic instrument, even in its very beaten up state.

The asking price was $1,200 which, in 1993 dollars, seemed like a king’s ransom to me at the time. I shoulda coughed it up!

The consolation is that I also saw a fretless ‘88 Stingray for 600 clams. That one I DID buy later that week and I still have it to this day. I still stop into Rogue Music frequently. You never know, right?

A fretless Stingray is one heck of a consolation prize!

 

[direktor]

I wasn’t all that impressed but this one was a very early, Brooklyn-made Spector with a low, hand-stamped serial number. I played it for a few minutes and thought “Ooooh! NOW I get it!”

You just described the sickness of my last 3 years.

RIP my checking acct.

 

[luckydawgg169]

Yeah, these do sound awesome and definitely on my list for a purchase within the next 5 years

 

[80jazz]

To my ears, a Spector PJ is one of the few PJs that are intriguing.

Anyone ever played a double P Spector by chance?

 

[herrspektor]

That violet 5 is lovely !!! How much ?

It’s one of the newer Euro CSTs. I think the 5s are $3199 or $3299 MSRP.

 

[Up the dose]

The CST has the beautiful abalone inlays on the dark ebony board, gorgeous burl top with EMG electronics, Darkglass preamp and under 9 pounds. What more do you want?

 

[J Wilson]

You can't control it, you can only hope to contain it.

 

[Lenny JG]

Cant wait for someone to rip this pre amp out and list it so i can put it in a bass... lol.

I never even thought about reversing the p pickup config lol. Prob sounds really good for certain styles.

 

[Element Zero]

Sigh. If only that tone could be found in a Stingray/P Bass body 5 string with 17.5 or 16.5 mm string spacing. A guy can dream.

 

[Saetia]

To my ears, a Spector PJ is one of the few PJs that are intriguing.

Anyone ever played a double P Spector by chance?

I haven’t but one sold last year that had me sweating hard. I’m not far off of having half saved toward a US Spector and it will have double reverse P’s. Like a jazz but more.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Sigh. If only that tone could be found in a Stingray/P Bass body 5 string with 17.5 or 16.5 mm string spacing. A guy can dream.

Build it!!

 

[Thundar]

Sigh. If only that tone could be found in a Stingray/P Bass body 5 string with 17.5 or 16.5 mm string spacing. A guy can dream.

Your biggest challenge there is finding a neck-thru instrument that fits those body styles. but neck-thru, maple, Reverse EMG PJ's are the "standard" that all Spectors are judged by, IMO. There are plenty of bolt-on Specs (ReBops, etc) that deviated from this recipe and still sound amazing, and of course Spector has also moved away from solid maple bodies...still, there is some "magic" there.
I always say I can smell a Spector a mile away....Years ago I was at a music festival with tons of local bands, and from the opposite end of the grounds, I could hear a glorious Spector tone cutting through every other band playing at that moment. I made my way through the crowds to get to this bands stage and there it was....an IBANEZ!! Being played thru a slammin' Trace Elliot stack. It was a very nice Ibby, appeared to be an early 90's neck-thru, and it had rev PJ EMG's in it.

 

[Bass Viking]

Nice! My Euro RST has humbuckers but I do have a Sandberg with a reverse P (and a bridge humbucker). My favourite sound on both basses is the two pickups centered.

 

[ElectricBass72]

Spector Euro Classic 4 is the next bass to add to my collection. Unfortunately, the price tag is at $3K on Sweetwater. It's gonna be a while.

I owned a Spector NS-2 P/J in the early 90's during the grunge years. It was perfect for that kind of music and the bands I played in at the time.