The Spector Headstock Streamer Thread

Goran said:
... that was really the way how they
were fitting electronics in to the basses at that time. I just
can't believe that 'coz there are many ways to fit that electronic
board in electronic compartment ...
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ha ha ha!
the piece of wood? ... legendary, 'the sound of wood!

:( i lose my little piece of 'wenge' wood out of my pocket.
 
... take care with the positioning of your battery. ... you are going to burn the 'diode' and other parts if you confound 'plus' and 'minus'!
 
and here the currently highest serial known
#316












thanks Voborn for sharing
 
cool

thanks for posting

However, I believe the Statement about the serial to be wrong! :-)

This is most likely one of the very last Streamers with a Spector Headstock.
To me it looks as somebody used a leftover paddle headstock neck to build this bass in 1986.

Reason:

The contour of the neck at the body is like on newer models from 86 with the Warwick Headstock
+ the Hardware is already Warwick by Schaller (but it was introduced after January 86). In fact this is the only Spector Headstock Warwick
I have ever seen with this hardware:-)

The serial would have been >320

One other thing noticeable is that this bass does not have the licensed by spector on the truss rod cover and the
electronics compartment which makes it very rare because normally all models above 200 something have this.
In addtion the wood that was removed to have room for the electronics was not simply chiseled away
like for streamers up to #300 it is exactly like on a 86 model.
This instrument here seems to be a transition or 'use leftover neck' model and is very unique and even rarer than the rest here:-)

just my 2 cents
 
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do we have #275 already in here?
 
schlobodan said:
perfect - I think at that time they tried to have an exact weight so when the piece of wood was heavier
the body got slimmer:-)
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I changed my mind about this statement:

New Thesis: When building streamers on the basis of NS2 HP wanted to have some changes in the design (no exact copy)
one of the changes was the thin and more contoured bodies. As soon as the licensed by spector had to be printed
the bodies got NS2 like (thicker).
 
schlobodan said:
Streamer #103

Particularities

- very thin body profile
- no center position on Knobs
- no black venneer on Headstock
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some more pics before it leaves for a new home:-)
 

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Hi Guys,
I stumbled around this thread yesterday, and was wondering in which year my Streamer was made.
So, I asked the guy who builded it. Mr. Wilfer said that it is from 1983, he can´t really say which month
´cause it´s got no serial.
Just have a look, not really mint, but a wonderful player.
 
Robinson, That is truly an amazing piece of history! Thanks for sharing, and enjoy your very early Streamer! Welcome to the forum!
 
Sell it to me! i have always wanted a bass older than me, and being born in 83 its not gunna be easy with a wick!
 
Hi Robinson, that's a beautiful bass. I like the aged, darkened cherry wood.
 
These basses where mad during 84 - 85
Your bass has already the licensed by spector
On truss rod cover etc so it should be an 85er
There is no way to tell it exactly as these basses had neither month nor year
In their serial the serials go fromm 001 to about 345
have fun
 
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Hi Folks,

thanks for all the nice posts, sorry I am on tour, so there´s not much time.

@schlobodan: I also was thinking, after some research, that my bass is from ´85, as you mentioned it´s got the "licensed by Spector" trussrod cover. I don´t know why H.P. Wilfer said it´s from ´83, that´s just the information I got.
Maybe the black hardware is an indicator? Or was it just a variation of the more common golden hardware?

Would be cool if you could write me your opinion.

cheers
 
Aside from anything else your bass has a JAN not the earliest solid brass nut so that assists with dating (assuming it is not replaced).
 
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