SPECTOR
NS Ethos 4SFB
Kev Sanders takes a close look at Spector’s smart new NS Ethos
SPECTOR
www.spectorbass.com $1799.99
Since the Eighties, Spector have moved much of their production to outside of the US, either to the Czech Republic where their Euro-branded basses are made, or to one of several factories in Asia, where their new NS Dimension and Ethos ranges are manufactured—in Korea, to be precise. Several of New York’s bass-making elite have followed a similar business model—so what’s the outcome in the case of the venerable Spector brand?
Build Quality
The good news is that after some quality time with this new Ethos, I can report that the standards of build and finish from Spector’s Asian division seem to be as good as ever. This new Ethos is available as a four- or five-string, and in two finishes: Firstly, ‘interstellar gloss’ which is an interesting blue, red and purple fade, and the one we have here, a ‘super faded black gloss’ which is neither black nor particularly faded, but rather a fairly uniform mid-tobacco brown.