there are 2 levels of spectors. Most notable difference is the price range lol. send me the item number and I'll look at it.

190487758057

22 hrs left on auction

(eebay)

This post was edited by Eep on Jan 12 2011 11:02pm

there are plenty more than 2 levels of spectors.

to the original poster:

you can always get big name bass brands' lower echelon names for under 500. (i.e warwick rockbass, musicman SMX or whatever it's called.) I would advise highly against it, though. you pay for the novelty, not the quality.

low end spectors are still great basses, and they look super cool. it's what i would recommend to you. if there is no serial number on the back of the headstock, that is VERY fishy.

Yeah the auction ended and I ended up dodging it. It seemed too fishy to me. Sure, he bought it from MUSICIANSFRIEND and had a receipt, but that website itself is a big shit hole

he claims there was a sticker on the back of the headstock, and that he 'tore it off'

But *EVERY* single other spector I looked at had a big ass black STAMP, not sticker, on the back, saying SSD licensed product.


I am definitely looking at schecters again, though it's tough to figure out which one I want. I only really tried the elite and studio versions of the stiletto at GC and they both played amazing....just the price tags were 600+, lol.

I tried the diamond-P bass and it sounded like shit, but maybe it was just the way theirs was set up

I really liked the feel of the sterlings, but again, it is that lower echelon of another big brand like my squier is.

get a second hand standard precision or jazz bass. they're cheap!

I never hear good things about the made in mexico ones