cetera Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Over the last month I've got VERY lucky in acquiring a couple of superb older Spector basses....! These are the highly regarded Korean-made Spector NS2A's from the Kramer-era (mid-late 80') and are maple thru-neck with active Spector pickups. I've upgraded the black one with gold bridge/tuners.... and the previous owner had already upgraded the pickups/electronics to EMGs. I paid just £250 for this one! It has some light scratches on the front and a few deeper ones on the back but nothing too serious...... In retrospect I probably shouldn't have photographed a black bass against a dark purple throw.... but you get the idea.... I also bought this lovely white one off of eBay from the US for $450 BuyItNow (£225) which only increased to a total of £310 including shipping/duty.... I will upgrade the pickups/electronics on this to full EMGs but that's all it needs.... Quote
warwickhunt Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Nice 'Bargains'! I'd love to try an older Spector as I have to profess that the new USA Spector that I tried recently left me entirely unimpressed! The whole bass had a feel to it of not quite being finished off. Quote
7string Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Definately one of the 'modern' classic basses. I've played a couple of NS2's and they're just fantastic. Congrats on 2 great catches!! Quote
cetera Posted September 21, 2007 Author Posted September 21, 2007 [quote name='7string' post='63604' date='Sep 21 2007, 01:56 PM']Definately one of the 'modern' classic basses. I've played a couple of NS2's and they're just fantastic. Congrats on 2 great catches!![/quote] Thank you Sir! They're right up there with the current Euro models... Btw, can I interest you in another Jackson Kip Winger bass.... (it'd help me pay off my Credit Card!) Quote
Basszilla Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Loving both of those. The black one is particularly nice. Quote
warwickhunt Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Dear me who can possibly say with any kind of straight face that there aren't differences between Streamers and NS2s? Quote
paul, the Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 I want [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K-9SZ3vwpEw"]this[/url] guy's tone. Lovely basses though, I hope to try a Spector some day. Quote
7string Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 [quote name='cetera' post='63611' date='Sep 21 2007, 02:04 PM']Thank you Sir! They're right up there with the current Euro models... Btw, can I interest you in another Jackson Kip Winger bass.... (it'd help me pay off my Credit Card!) [/quote] Yeah, I'd seen it in the 'for sale' section. Real nice bass and Kip's still going strong as well. A quick trawl through YouTube and there's a few clips with him and the Jackson bass... Unfortunately, no funds at the mo. I have one of my basses at Mr.Shuker's at the moment and he'll want some payment when I come back from holiday Quote
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