Spector bass guitars are now available for purchase in Ukraine. LadkorGuitars are official dealers!

I have wanted to be a dealer for this wonderful bass brand for a very long time, however I did not have the clients nor the connections with manufacturers that I have now. This became possible since the last NAMM 2020 show. Now these wonderful bass guitars can be bought from us!!!

After several meetings, introducing Spector to what we sell and how successfully we do it - we were granted an official dealership in Ukraine. However, we were only able to buy basses and launch the project now due to a number of reasons known to everyone.

The company Spector Guitars, Inc. was founded in Brooklyn in 1976 by Stuart Spector and Alan Charney. Initially, they were both members of a Brooklyn woodworking cooperative that occupied part of a shop in an old factory building on 12th Street in the Park Slope neighborhood. Stuart was originally trained in wood machining by Billy Thomas, his friend and founder of the cooperative. The first Spector guitar was made entirely by hand in Stuart's apartment in 1974. The business started in 1976 by selling guitars to the Gracin Music store on 48th Street in Manhattan. The initial product line included G-1 electric guitars and SB-1 basses, designed by Stuart himself. Among the other members of the cooperative was Ned Steinberger, who had recently finished furniture design studies at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. He became interested in Spector's work and suggested designing a new instrument. The result was the NS bass guitar with an elegant, ergonomic rounded design and a neck-through construction. The first Spector NS-1 bass was handcrafted in March 1977. The next model, the NS-2 with two pickups, was released in 1979. It was on this Spector NS-2 model that Metallica's "Black Album" and Sting's albums were recorded, and it was also played by bassists of bands like Pantera, Alice in Chains, and many others. 

  

By 1977, Spector's production had expanded enough that he rented an entire floor in the cooperative's building. The first full-time employee was Vinnie Fodera, who later started his own line of Fodera bass guitars. The company made its first attempt at mass production after signing a guitar neck supply contract with DiMarzio. This led to the development of equipment for neck sanding and fret installation. In 1982, Harold Kaffner joined the company and became the sales manager for Spector in domestic and international markets. This led to a significant increase in the number of both American and foreign dealers and distributors. In 1983, a white Spector NS-2 bass was sold to Sting by Dan Martin (owner of the St. Charles Guitar Exchange) at the beginning of the Synchronicity concert tour; Sting used the instrument until the end of the world tour. Years later, this bass was donated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

At the end of 1985, the Spector brand was bought by Kramer Guitars of Neptune, New Jersey, and all equipment and production were moved to the new Kramer facility. Stuart and Alan remained as supervisors and consultants; production was significantly expanded, reaching about 100 instruments per month at its peak. During this period, the production of the NS-2A model began in Korea, which allowed sales of the instruments to reach the mass market due to the low price. By 1990, Kramer had gone bankrupt and the production of Spector guitars was discontinued.

After a two-year hiatus, Stuart Spector founded a new company Stuart Spector Designs Ltd, in the suburbs of Woodstock, New York. First, he introduced the SD bass, which was shown at the NAMM Show in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Spector acquired a business partner, PJ Rubal, with whom they continued to expand the range of models and sell guitars to various artists. A trip to Czechoslovakia in 1987 eventually led to a long-term relationship with a factory that later became known as NBE Corp. It became the location for European production of Spector bass guitars, which were sold worldwide. By 1998, Spector was finally able to buy back the rights to the Spector trademark and resume production of the bass guitars in their original form. Spector Euro is still the most sought-after and best-selling series and they are made in the Czech Republic. 

American bass guitars are still produced near Woodstock, New York. In 2006, CNC machining technology was introduced, after which the number of models and features was expanded. New additions even included ARC6 and Kenmare electric guitars, as well as the CTB bass guitar. 

Today, the entire range of Spector basses is presented on the official website - https://www.spectorbass.com/

Made in USA - always Custom Shop - you choose the model (Forte, NS Bolt-On or NS Neck thru, Coda) and available options yourself from a list (you can choose wood, electronics, etc.) - prices vary by +- 5 to 8 k $ 

Euro - basses made in Europe, Czech Republic. The most popular to this day! Here you choose a standard model from a list and a color from those available; you cannot change specifications. 4 and 5 string Classic, 4 and 5 string LT, 4, 5, 6 string LX and 4 and 5 string Bolt are presented. There are also limited editions and Artist signatures - Euro 4 Ian Hill, Doug Wimbish, Alex Webster, Rachel Bolan...

Legend - a more budget-friendly line, which is made in Asia with a wide range of models, including signatures - https://www.spectorbass.com/series/legend-series/

We already have Spector basses in stock. You can buy them at Ladkorguitars - https://www.ladkorguitars.com/bas-gitary/spector/id2f1v87/?lp=0&hp=100000

Delivery throughout Ukraine (Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Lviv, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, Vinnytsia, Lutsk, Uzhhorod, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kropyvnytskyi, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi ...) to Russia, Belarus and other CIS countries.