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The full line of Brooklyn
NS-Bass™
Models are
displayed in this 1980
product sheet.
CLICK FOR LARGER VIEW
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"KING TUT" |
In August of 1978 comedian Steve Martin had a hit
song on the airwaves thanks to an over-the-top
performance on the hit TV show Saturday Night Live.
Besides being one of the greatest comedic minds
in the past 30 years, Steve is an accomplished and
talented musician.
We have no idea how
he came to pose for the dust jacket of the single
45rpm record for "King Tut" with one of only 50 of
the G-1 electric guitar models that
SPECTOR® produced
between 1975 and 1979, but we are tickled by his
choice. |
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MODELS THROUGH THE YEARS
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Spector
Guitars
1976-1985
Instruments produced under the Spector
Guitars name in Brooklyn, New York
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DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
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SB-1™ |
- Original
SPECTOR® Bass Model
- Neck-thru
- Flat body
- One pickup: Humbucker or "P"
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1975-1979 |
Approximately 100 |
$1999.00 |
SB-1™ With early control cover.
3-piece Neck-Thru Design with
DiMarzio Pickup
SB-1 with updated controls. 4-piece
Neck-Thru Design DiMarzio Pickup.
Finished in March 1977.
SB-1™ Unlined Fretless.
SPECTOR® Pickup design, One Piece
Neck-Thru Body Design.
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DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
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SB-2™ |
A two pickup version of the
SB-1™
model |
1975-1979 |
Less than 20 |
$1999.00 |
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DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
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G-1™ |
Original
SPECTOR® Electric Guitar Model; design based on the SB-1™
platform. |
1975-1979 |
Less than 50 |
$1999.00 |
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| MODEL |
DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
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NS-1™ |
- Original NS-Bass™ Design
- Neck-thru
- Curved-body design
- One pickup, Humbucker or "P"
- Dot Neck Inlays
- Badass™ Bridge
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1977-1980 |
Approximately 300 |
$1999.00 |
Prototype NS-1™ Number 1, made by
Ned Steinberger.
NS-1™ Serial Number #1103177 from
the first batch of NS-1's complete
in Oct. 1977
The Back Side of NS-1™ (Serial Number #1103177)
This NS-1™ was modified into a
NS-2™. The
SPECTOR® Pickup was
removed and replaced
with a "P",
leaving a gap in the body from the
original routing. "J" pickup
added to bridge.
Many owners did
this sort of NS-1™ to NS-2™
modification, but this is still an
NS-1™ Model.
© Photos
Courtesy PJ Rubal |
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MODEL |
DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
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NS-6™ |
- Electric guitar based on the
NS-Curved Body Shape™
- Neck-thru
- Curved body design
- Dual Humbuckers
- Dot Neck Inlays
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1977-1985 |
Less than 50 |
$1999.00 |
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DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
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NS-2™ |
- The Legendary NS-2™
- Two Pickup P/J version of
NS-1™ Curved Body Bass™
- Early Models with dot neck, later models with
SPECTOR® Scallop MOP Inlay.
- Badass™ Bridge - Later
Models will have USA Brass
SPECTOR®
Locking Bridge
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1979-1985 |
Approximately 900 |
$1999.00 |
NS-2™ Serial Number #429, made in
1979. A Dot Neck NS-2™. DiMarzio® P/J Pickups. Leo Quan®
Bridge
NS-2™ Serial Number #401, made in
1979. Early MOP neck inlays. DiMarzio® P/J Pickups. Leo Quan®
Bridge
NS-2™ Serial Number #603, made in
1982. EMG® P/J Pickups. Leo Quan®
Bridge and rare Ebony
Fingerboard. This was PJ
Rubal's main performance bass during
his professional career!
NS-2™ Serial Number #888, made in
1985, one of the last Brooklyn
SPECTORS®
SPECTOR® USA
Locking Bridge™, this was the
final incarnation of what has
remained the "NS-2™" from the
late Brooklyn Era through to the
Woodstock Era
NS-2™ models
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DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
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NS-5™ |
- 5-String NS-Bass® Design
- Neck inlays by Vinny Fodera
- Walnut Wings
- Maple Neck-Thru Body Design
- Early 9v
SPECTOR® USA® Tone
Control
- DiMarzio Pickups®
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1979-1980 |
2 |
N/A |
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DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
| NS-2JA™ |
- A bolt-on NS-Bass™ Design
- Featuring the
SPECTOR® DEEP POCKET NECK DESIGN™
- J/J pickup design.
- Early models Dot Neck
inlays, a few late models with
Spector® MOP Neck Inlays.
- Badass™ Bridge
- Dunlop® Strap Locks
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1983-1985 |
276 |
$1380.00 |
NS-2JA™ models typically had Pearl
Dot neck inlays, Bolt-On neck and
EMG J/J pickups.
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A few NS-2JA™ models towards the end
of their production
run were made
with MOP neck inlays.
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DETAILS |
YEARS
PRODUCED |
TOTAL
PRODUCTION |
ORIGINAL
LIST |
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NS-X™ |
- Ned Steinberger Inspired.
- Dual humbuckers
- Bolt-on Neck
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1984-1985 |
107 |
$1100.00 |
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