Spector Bass History

Over the years, we at Spector have been very pleased to have some of the greatest players in the world choose our instruments. Here's a gallery of some of the folks we're honored to have play our basses. Check out this article from Bass Player Magazine about the history of Spector Basses! Click here to see the FIRST NS Bass along with a letter from Ned Steinberger! Check out our first ever Poster!



Spector instruments serial number history 1975 - 1978 instruments were numbered with engraving on the lower side of the bridge. The numbers would be a combination of batch quantity, number of the instrument within the batch and the date.
Serial numbers stamped on back of the peghead:
DATES	SERIAL NUMBERS
1979 - Dec.1980	#201 - #466
1981	#467 - #505
1982	#506- #616
1983	#617 - #709	bolt-on basses (NS-2J models) #015B - #129B
1984	#710 - 816	bolt-on basses (NS-2J models) #130B - #186B	NSX bolt-on basses #001X -#023X
1985	#817 - #1007	bolt-on basses (NS-2J models) #187B - #276B	NSX bolt-on basses # 024X - 107X
1986	#1008 - 1305
1987	#1305 - 1621	NS-6 six string guitars #001 - #094	NS-5 five string bass #V0002
1988	#1622 -#1974	NS-6 six string guitars #095 - #0142	NS-5 five string bass #V0003 - #V0022
1989	#1975 - #2517	NS-6 six string guitars #0143 - #0150	NS-5 five string bass #V0023 - #V0040
1990	#2518 - #2710		NS-5 five string bass #V0041 - #V0079


From 86- 90 various Korean made models were produced and distributed by Kramer. There were mostly NS-2A basses that were neck through body construction, with black hardware, dot marker fretboards, and Spector pickups (designed by EMG). All of the serial numbers on these were stamped on the back of the electronics control cover and started with the prefix NS i.e. (NS2368) There were about 6000 of these produced and lesser numbers of two other models, NS-2B (neck thru construction but uncurved body) and NS-2C (bolt-on flat body) Instruments were constructed from 1976 - 1985 at two locations in Brooklyn NY. #444 12th St. and then #230 Third St. In January of 1986 all of the Spector machinery was moved to the Kramer plant in Neptune NJ where construction of instruments continued until Kramer went into bankruptcy in late 1990.


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