Spector
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- This article refers to the Spector Company. See Arlen Specter for the U.S. Senator. See also Spector, Spektor, Specter.
Spector is a company that makes bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship. Over the next few years, the design and manufacturing process was refined and in 1977, with the help of furniture designer Ned Steinberger, the company developed its most popular design, the NS.
With the success of the NS, the company grew rapidly and was eventually sold to Kramer Musical Instruments. Kramer produced bass guitars for five years under the Spector name until they were forced to file bankruptcy. After Kramer's failure, Stuart Spector was still building instruments under the name "Stewart Spector Design" and was actively fighting in court to regain the Spector trademark, which he finally won in 1998.
Currently, Spector produces their finest instruments in their Woodstock, New York shop, with less-expensive versions of the classic Spector instruments produced in Korea, China, the United States, and the Czech Republic.
The correct spelling of Stuart's company after the Kramer bankruptcy was Stuart Spector Designs(SSD).
[edit] Artists who use Spector basses
- Mike Kroeger (Nickelback)
- Robbie Merrill (Godsmack)
- Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree)
- Tiki McKoi (Errata)
- Corey Lowery (Dark New Day)
- Michael Todd (Ex-Coheed and Cambria)
- Leigh Foxx (Blondie, Deborah Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, etc.)
- Rex Brown (Pantera)
- Sting
- Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
- Gene Simmons (KISS)
- Morty Black (TNT)
- Arif Mirabdolbaghi (Protest The Hero)
- Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)
- Mike Starr (ex-Alice in Chains)
- Flea (musician) (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Nick Seymour (Crowded House)
- Graham Maby (Joe Jackson, Natalie Merchant, They Might Be Giants)
