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SPECTOR® USA MK5™
This is one of the final MK5 Prototype
basses developed specifically for Mike Kroeger of the
band NICKELBACK.
It features a gloss
black body, black hardware and a customized neck with the
SPECTOR® Double-S®
logo at the 12th fret and a custom "M" at the 3rd fret.
It has a unique electronics signature for a
USA SERIES
BASS™ in that the pickups are passive EMG HZ™ models.
To
learn more about the USA SERIES MK5™ model click here. |
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PJ Rubal holds the NEW
USA Forte-X at Winter NAMM
2010.
The Forte line of basses has proven to be very popular with
artists and players from every musical background.
PJ
constantly works with
SPECTOR®
Artists to see what new opportunities can be had to improve
SPECTOR's
offerings and meet Artists' needs. |
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SPECTOR THROUGH THE YEARS:
1998 - Present (The Woodstock Years)
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"Focus and
Forward Momentum... the best is yet to
come." |
With
the
SPECTOR®
Trademark safely back in his
possession, Stuart wasted no time
focusing on the model that has in
itself become synonymous with the
SPECTOR® name;
the
NS-Bass™.
The mid-2000's saw another
large shift in popular music trends.
Although there were still many
mega-acts doing large stadium tours,
many successful bands opted for
smaller venues to provide a better
audience experience.
A
new generation of musicians moved to
the forefront of the music scene and
they rejected what they felt to be a
"formulaic conformity trap"
concerning the way the industry had
been run in the past. These
bands grew huge followings and they
didn't care if the critics liked
their music, they only cared if
their fans did. It was the
quality of their sound that was most
important to them; and
SPECTOR® would
become a favorite of many of these
"rebels with purpose". |
SPECTOR®
NS-4™ 30K-BC
When
a pre-historic cypress log was found
perfectly preserved deep in a
Georgia sand quarry, Stuart knew what
had to be done with it. This
is believed to be the oldest wood
ever used in the construction of a
musical instrument.
Carbon
radio dating placed the wood at
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 that time.
Ornamentation on the
NS-4™ 30K BC was a single 12th fret
marker made from fossil mastodon
ivory, fashioned in the shape of a
mastodon, cut, inlaid, and hand
engraved by master inlay artist,
Larry Robinson.
© Photo
Courtesy of Todd Cooke |
Musicians like
Robbie Merrill of Godsmack embraced
SPECTOR®
because of the unique mixture of
high-end components,
attention-detailed
construction and
the unique tonal quality that has
come to be known as
"The
SPECTOR®
Sound".
In this undated
photo Robbie engages the audience
wearing one of his many
EUROPE SERIES Euro4LX™
"Lefty" models. |
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A new
generation of serious young
musicians have found
SPECTOR®
to be an ideal solutions provider
for their sonic needs.
Mike
Kroeger, founding member and bassist
for the incredibly successful band
NICKELBACK,
approached us regarding specific
customizations that would affect the
tone of his basses. This
collaboration has resulted in the
SPECTOR MK-5 Bass™, and
a new evolution of the
SPECTOR®
Sound. |
With
PJ Rubal helping him handle sales
and artist relations, Stuart was
able to focus on further refinements
to the
NS-Bass™.
New touches were added like abalone inlays,
intonation screws for quick
intonation adjustments on the famous
SPECTOR®
Locking Bridge, and new
bolt-on
versions of the
NS-Bass™
evolved from designs he experimented with
in the early 1980's.
With sales of the Czech Republic
made
EUROPE SERIES BASSES™
taking off and sales of the
Korean-made
PROFESSIONAL SERIES BASSES™
increasing steadily, demand for the
USA
SERIES BASSES™
continued to outpace expectations.
PJ kept hearing from many artists
and players that they wanted a
USA
SERIES™ model but
because these basses are hand-made
to order, their premium price was
beyond their comfort level. PJ
brainstormed with Stuart and the
FORTE LINE of USA SERIES BASSES™
was born. Stripped down, no frills
but with the same construction detail
and tonal quality
as the fully-loaded
USA MODELS™, the Forte
brought
SPECTOR's® flagship
USA
SERIES BASSES™
within the price range of the
non-professional player. |
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"We
continue to diligently work on
improving our existing models while
developing other ways we can apply
our unique take on instrument design
to create exciting opportunities for
our players to expand upon their
sound.
Ultimately our
goal is to provide you, the player,
a memorable experience every time
you pick one of our instruments up.
We are all players ourselves here at SPECTOR®, so we know how special a compliment it is when you choose to play one of our instruments.
It is respect for that fact and our desire to help you be the best player you can be that keeps us excited about every new development at our different manufacturing locations. From something as simple as adding a new color for availability to the design and roll-out of a completely new model line; believe us when we tell you that IT IS ALL FOR YOU.
So go and grab your SPECTOR® bass or guitar and have fun playing. And if you haven't gotten one of our instruments yet, look around this site and when you are ready to try one of our instruments out, visit our
DEALER LOCATOR for the SPECTOR® Dealer closest to you.
There's no pressure or rush. We honestly believe that once you hold one of our basses or guitars, it'll sell itself." |
"This bass represents everything that inspired me to take up the art of instrument making and I'm proud to be able to offer it to you."
~Stuart Spector
34 years after creating the first SPECTOR® Bass, Stuart Spector is proud to introduce the
CODA™ line of hand-made
USA SERIES™ Basses.
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With SPECTOR® on solid ground the future is open to
any number of new and exciting developments such as
the ARC6™and
RX™ lines of SPECTOR® Electric Guitars.
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The RX-GT™ Electric Guitar by Stuart Spector Design
Inspired by our popular REX Bass™, this guitar is purely performance driven.
The same things that make our basses so special are all present in our
SPECTOR ELECTRIC GUITAR™ LINES. |
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Sources: Written by JP
Stern from content compiled from conversations with Stuart Spector and PJ Rubal. |
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