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The Kramer Club

#543
Regarding the ebay model, it looks to me like a defret. I don't think I've seen any fretless models from the 86-89 models. Kramer Spectors were available as fretless, but haven't seen any fretless Kramers from this era. Given that it was most likely a defret, I'm on the fence if the painjob is original as well.
 
#544
thanks spade, I had a momentary lapse of brainpower. ( Kids call it a brain fart ) :)

my YO Striker :)
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#546
spade2you said:
Regarding the ebay model, it looks to me like a defret. I don't think I've seen any fretless models from the 86-89 models. Kramer Spectors were available as fretless, but haven't seen any fretless Kramers from this era. Given that it was most likely a defret, I'm on the fence if the painjob is original as well.
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It definitely is a de-fret. Kramer didn't offer any forum bass as fretless. Spectors, sure.... but those were also THE nicest thing Kramer ever made. :smug:

That ugly Paint job is aftermarket. If it was done by a factory painter, I.E. Kline or someone, he would have signed it near the neck cavity.
 
#547
KramerBassFan said:
It definitely is a de-fret. Kramer didn't offer any forum bass as fretless. Spectors, sure.... but those were also THE nicest thing Kramer ever made. :smug:

That ugly Paint job is aftermarket. If it was done by a factory painter, I.E. Kline or someone, he would have signed it near the neck cavity.
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Actually, the Forum I wasn't too different from a Spector other than a few less frets and a plastic nut and a lack of figured wood, but otherwise very similar to the solid color NS-2 models.
 
#548
spade2you said:
Actually, the Forum I wasn't too different from a Spector other than a few less frets and a plastic nut and a lack of figured wood, but otherwise very similar to the solid color NS-2 models.
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That, and Forums were made by ESP, while All the American Spectors were entirely hand made in Neptune, NJ.

I wonder how much my Forum Four with EMG's sounds like a Nice Spector? I don't know, i've played a few of the cheaper stuff with dual humbuckers, but never a nice NS-2.
 
#555
spade2you said:
The Forum I is almost exactly like an NS-2, although 99.99999% of that is in the EMG P/J pickups.
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So i've got two Kind Of Spectors then. :hyper:

amimbari said:
hey BEN, your F4 is ugly and sounds like dirt, sell it to me to spare you any more embarassment ok?
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OK, sure, here, lemme sell you it for less than what i paid on it.... help me get it out of my house :D

ya right...
 

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