Eldon Tyrell

BTW, NBE in CZ also made the Grendel for MTD.

This shop in Germany has one in stock. EUR 1690 - £1412. It says "showroom model with slight traces of use". Well, it must have spent a very long time in that showroom as MTD stopped making the Grendel a long time ago. More than 20 years ago, in 2002, I think. Not sure you could still call that "New Old Stock", maybe more "Vintage New Old Stock" 😉 https://www.station-musicshop.de/epages/64398533.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/64398533/Products/3253

Speaking of Peavey, the new Peavey Cirrus will also be made by NBE.

So pretty much every bass on this planet then 😉

But the Euros are made by NBE in the Czech Republic, in this place in Hořovice to be precise:

I just checked my emails and yes, I also dealt with him. Super helpful guy!

Back to the topic of this thread - Spector advice, combined with our chat about cool Spector basses sold only in Japan. Avoid the resellers on Ebay or Reverb. Go to digimart.net. Search there for the bass you are interested in and then go directly to the store that is selling it. Much cheaper than going via the resellers. I got my Ras Layer via Ishibashi and it went all smoothly. Other good shops/chains: Ikebe and Kurosawa. There will be many more but these are the ones I have interacted with.

Yes, it has a serious fault- it can cause people who play it to spontaneously combust. Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It's just not really widely reported. 😉

I once also owned this beauty. Again, Japan only run (signature bass for Layer, bassist in the Japanses band RAS (Raise a Suilen)). Only sold it because of the chunky neck.

Why is Japan always getting these cool special runs? Look at this beauty. That's how the CST is supposed to look like (just compare that with the amateurish bursts and washed out burls that we get to buy here, see page 3 in this thread for some examples in case you missed them):

This one looks nice too. Unfortunately, the neck profile probably won't work for me (too chunky) 😔 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/187088472745?itmmeta=01JQJ0013SX5Y4V1GDAFZVYVBX&hash=item2b8f578aa9:g:gI0AAeSwVPdn5e5S

Sorry, Paul, could not resist 😉

Maybe you should meet the Rickenbacker people and tell them "These aren't the Kipenbacker special orders you are looking for" 😉

Isn't the purple signature bass for Frank Bello? A Kip Winger signature bass, like his specially made Spector-Rickenbacker crossover one would be awesome 🤩 I know, I know, very unlikely to ever happen, but one can dream, no?

No prob, glad that you still find time to reply here, cool stuff, but just to have a better understanding, are we talking days, or weeks, or months or years?

Well, I guess the lack of response means "not any time soon" 😞

Yep, that's the one. Original sales ad: https://reverb.com/item/69710136-spector-usa-ns-2-4-string-bass-1-5-blue-purple-colorshift-finish-emg-pjx-9v-haz-8-78lbs-ns2-1527 The same bass as a Euro (but with 1.64'' nut width instead of 1.5'' and with the thin neck specs (so shallow and not chunky), like the Ian Hill model, would be great!

Man, this DOES look killer 🤩 Someone over at TB is currently selling a NS-2 in this finish, looks like the exact same bass (NS2 #1527, from fretnation). I agree, this would be a cool special Euro run. As soon as you go for highly figured tops (quilted or flame maple or burl), like in the other photo you showed, chances are you may end up with something that does not look anything that great (like the current CST ones). Luck of the draw.

You may only need 10, like this Spector Euro 4 Limited Hyper Red, currently on sale in Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary by various retailers ("Limited Run of 10 Worldwide"): I love the colour scheme, but would have gone with an ebony fingerboard, a gloss finish, EMG pickups and the new legacy preamp. The neck is also too thick for my taste - Depth at 1st fret: 23,37 mm. 20,X mm would have been better.

@cetera is your man as he made the special edition Spector Euro 4X happen, back in 2022 as far as I remember. Finishes were black gloss, white gloss, tobacco burst and ultra violet, all sold via BD.

Ok, the burst looks a bit better, I'll give you that, but they all look somehow washed out, with the burl only showing in limited areas. Where can I get one that looks like this one (from the Spector website)?:

Not your fault. You are a retailer, not the manufacturer!

One more: and please, please tell them to ask NBE to hire someone who can do proper bursts for the CST. I am looking at the one in natural violet you are having in stock at the moment and, man, this is one bad take on a burst finish. Sorry. Looks like some apprentices must have been tasked with the spray paint job or, even worse, the candidates from the UK show Apprentice were sent to CZ to make basses for one day. Would not surprise me 😉

I am sure you can do have light weight basses without neck dive. Several manufactures offer these. Sandberg is coming to my mind, for example.