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Press Release from January 8, 2009
Spector Bass
Spector Bass Press Release
 
Hello Everyone,
The email is to let all our friends have a preview of the exciting new instruments that we are debuting next week at the NAMM show in Ahaheim California.
 

Doug Wimbish Signature Model from Spector
Doug Wimbish
Spector has just debuted the Doug Wimbish Signature Model Euro Series Bass. The model
renews a relationship between Doug and Spector that stretches back over 20 years of recording
and touring. Doug has toured and recorded with numerous artists including Living Color, Mick Jagger, Carly Simon, Keb Mo, Tackhead
Measurements for the neck were taken directly from Doug's late 1980's USA NS-2 bass.
This neck was originally custom made to a narrower (1.5") nut width for Doug and the body was carved out of highly figured quilted maple.
Highlights of the instrument include:
  • Graphite reinforced 3 ply USA Rock Maple neck
  • 24 fret Rosewood fingerboard with Mother of Pearl Spector inlays
  • Gold plated hardware, Spector locking bridge, Schaller tuners and straplocks.
  • Body wings laminated of Alder with a 4A Quilted Maple top
  • EMG active P & J pickups
  • Spector Tone Pump TM  active EQ circuit
  • High gloss amber finish
  • Limited Lifetime Warranty to the original owner

This model is also available as a hand crafted USA instrument.

USA MSRP:$3699

Contact Info:
ph:800 821 1446
fax: 845 246 0833
email: custserv@spectorbass.com


 
Ian Hill model bass from Spector


Spector is now offering a signature bass from Ian Hill of Judas Priest.
This Euro Series bass was developed with measurements taken directly from Ian's mid
1980's USA NS-2 bass. This somewhat thinner neck is graphite reinforced 3 ply Rock Maple
with a 24 fret rosewood fretboard and Mother of Pearl inlays.  34" scale length.
Gold Plated Hardware includes the Spector locking bridge and Schaller tuners and straplocks.
The fully carved body is made up of alder with a soft maple top finished in solid high gloss black.
Electronics include active EMG P & J pickups and the Spector TonePumpTM  EQ circuit.
The original owner is protected with a Limited Lifetime Warranty
USA MSRP: $2699

Contact Info:
ph:800 821 1446
fax: 845 246 0833
email: custserv@spectorbass.com

Spector debuts short scale USA bass.



Spector Basses is now offering for the first time a short scale USA bolt on neck bass.
Known familiarly as "Shorty" the bass utilizes a 30 3/8" scale length 22 fret neck.
The neck features a pau ferro fretboard on a 3 ply graphite reinforced hard maple neck.
The original versions of this bass were built for Garry Tallent who has been using them for
years on tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
The body is the original Spector ergonomically carved shape with a light weight mahogany core.
It is available with a wide range of figured maple and exotic wood tops and stain colors.
All hardware is black plated and the electronics consist of EMG pickups and an Aguilar OBP-3 active tone circuit.

USA MSRP including hardshell case: $3249

Contact Info:
ph:800 821 1446
fax: 845 246 0833
email: custserv@spectorbass.com
  Spector Offers New Models Using EMG MM pickups



Spector announces a new option of EMG MM4 and MM5 active pickups on both
USA neck thru and bolt on neck models. These wide aperture pickups sense a longer
area of the string and deliver a very wide range of fundamental and overtone signals.
These pickups will primarily be place in the bridge position of the Spector basses and
matched with a DC pickup in the neck position.
The upcharge for this option is $200 on any of the standard model Spector handmade USA
instruments.

Contact Info:
ph:800 821 1446
fax: 845 246 0833
email: <mailto:custserv@spectorbass.com>custserv@spectorbass.com
   
 

 

 

USA Spector NS-230 30th Annivesary Bass

Here is the press release for the 30th Anniversary Spector Bass. Click on photo
below for information.


Spector World Updates May 3, 2007

I found this video online of Stuart at the Winter NAMM show introducing the new 
Spector ARC6 Pro. The ARC6 Pro is a 6-string electric guitar with Tesla pickups,
tremolo and this one features a holoflash finish. The ARC^ Pro is the import version
of the new ARC series guitars from Spector. Click on image to view video.

 

Spector World Updates Sept. 3, 2006
Lots of new things on the website. In the My Collection section of the site I have
updated all the appropriate periods with new pictures from my collection. I have
also updated the Catalog & Ad section with some new ads. 
 
I have also posted a banner advertising that I am wanting a Spector Jason Newsted
JN-4 and JN-5 for my collection. If you happen to run across one of these please
feel free to contact me
 
I am still posting free ads in the Spector Locator section for anyone selling a new or
used Spector. Please send me the following: detailed photos, a good description,
asking price and anything else pertinent to the bass and I will get it posted.
Click here to e-mail me.

 

New for Winter NAMM 2005
Spector Debuts New ARC6  Electric Guitars
 

Stuart Spector Design has debuted the new ARC6 electric guitars at Winter NAMM 2005.   These are handcrafted USA made instruments featuring the finest woods and components. The 22 fret, 25" scale length set necks are available in either mahogany or solid Honduran rosewood.
The carved mahogany bodies have hidden chambers for enhanced tone and lighter weight and are capped with select figured maple tops.   The choices of pickups are Harmonic Design humbuckers & Z90 models, and EMG active humbucking pickups. Chrome plated hardware is standard including, Gotoh mini tuners, and
Pigtail light weight bridge tailpiece. MSRP  $2699  &  $2999  w/ solid rosewood neck.

 

New for Summer NAMM in Nashville



The NS-5XL - body wings made of buckeye burl over black walnut 
Light Weight, Great Sound, Less Filling! What a beautiful Bass!

 

New Spector Guitars for 2003 Winter NAMM 


Two USA Spector  guitars were debut at the 2003 Winter NAMM show
in California. The bodies are slightly modified from the originals and instead
of being neck-thru's these guitars will have a bolt-on neck. They are being
produced in both a hardtail model and one with a tremolo. For more info
check out http://www.spectorguitars.com .

 

New Spector Models



NS-2J4CR (four string)  list price  $1299.00

NS-2J5CR (five string)  list price  $1399.00
plus case, of course!

**Notice**
This bass has now been re-named the ReBop.  Available in 4 & 5 String models,
just a new and easier to remember name.

These are bolt-on basses, made in the Spector Czech Rebuplic factory.
 *Two USA made EMG-HZ passive humbucker pickups
*Aguilar OBP-1 18v circuit factory installed !!!!
*European alder body wood
*Dot markers on fingerboard
*black hardware. black Spector bridge made of aluminium for added "snap".
*available in all the Europe Series colors.

Delivery for the first shipment will be around Jan 1st.

 

New Spector "Revenge" Poster

These posters are now and stock directly from Spector.

To place and order for the "Revenge" poster just
click on the link and fill out the form and send 
along a check for $5 to:

Stuart Spector Design Ltd. • 1450 Rt. 212 • Saugerties, NY 12477




 



Close-up of inlay

Spector Builds 32,000 Year Old Bass for
Charity

Stuart Spector Designs has just
completed a bass, the NS-30K BC that will
utilize what is believed to be the oldest wood ever used in the construction of a musical instrument. Obtained by Spector from logs discovered buried 40 feet deep in a sand quarry in Georgia, USA, the wood is perfectly preserved, due to the sterile nature of the sand and the natural decay resistance of the cypress wood itself. Using carbon 14 testing techniques, samples of the wood were examined by Beta Analytics, in Miami, to check for radioactive decay in the small amount of carbon that is present in all living organisms.

Astonishingly, results revealed the timber is 31,970 years old, plus or minus 570 years from
the time the tree was originally felled, while the tree itself may have been as much as 1,000
years old at the time a storm blew it down. At present, Spector plans to produce just one
instrument from this wood, a 4 string bass in the classic Spector NS curved body style. 

Ornamentation on the NS-30K BC will be a 12th fret marker made from fossil mastodon
ivory, fashioned in the shape of a mastodon (extinct elephant-like creature), cut, inlaid, and
hand engraved by master inlay artist, Larry Robinson. 

The completed instrument can be seen at the Spector booth, during the forthcoming NAMM
show, held between July 20th-22nd at the Nashville Convention Center. Estimated selling
price of the bass is expected to be $20,000, with the full profit from the sale going to the
World Wildlife Fund.




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