Spector 2+2 headstock

[Jack]

Is this common? Or is it as unusual as I think? 

[AndyTravis]

Performer? Budget model?

 

strung like a wrongun like…

[Newfoundfreedom]

"Refurbished".

"Recently replaced strings"

 

If the rest of the refurb is as good as the string replacement it's worth about a fiver. 

[Jack]

Oh good. I was wondering if I'd somehow been playing bass for over 20 years and not noticed people doing this on the regular.

[prowla]

It's a wind-up!

[Kowad]

You don’t mean like this?

 

[Dan Dare]

I suspect the reason for mounting the strings that way was so that he could turn all the tuners in the same direction to raise/lower the pitch. Looks weird, though and is likely to increase wear rate of the nut on the D and G strings, especially if he's using rounds.

[Kowad]

1 hour ago, Dan Dare said:

I suspect the reason for mounting the strings that way was so that he could turn all the tuners in the same direction to raise/lower the pitch. Looks weird, though and is likely to increase wear rate of the nut on the D and G strings, especially if he's using rounds.

It’s the actual batshit string winding and not the headstock then 😂

[Jack]

It's the strings yeah!

Edited July 1, 2024 by Jack

[Jack]

8 hours ago, Kowad said:

You don’t mean like this?

 

That's the proper way, right? That's the way my two Spectors are done. That's the way I've done any 2+2.

[Newfoundfreedom]

10 minutes ago, Jack said:

That's the proper way, right? That's the way my two Spectors are done. That's the way I've done any 2+2.

 

Yes. That's how it should be done. 

[Kowad]

Ok right.
 

I was thinking “what I thought 2+2 headstocks were fairly common on Spector basses in fact don’t I have one upstairs?” 😂