Production
Please see the Westone 1988 UK Catalogue for pictures of all Series II models.
All models appear only in the 1988 UK catalogue, so while some may have been made by Matsumoku, the majority of Spectrum Series II guitars and basses–any made after January 1987–were made in Korea.
Matsumoku to Jan 1987
General
The 1988 UK catalogue that these models appear in does not mention body wood for the 1012 and 2111 models, they may be laminates.
All other models are simply described as having ‘solid wood’ bodies.
Models that originally had the Bendmaster Deluxe trem were later (88/89?) fitted with the TRS-101 made by Takeuchi of Japan.
SP1012ST
Specs
- neck: hard rock Maple
- fingerboard: Rosewood
- 25.5 inch scale
- 22 frets
- pickups: Ferrite single coil (Neck) and humbucker (Bridge)
- master volume and tone controls
- 2-way mini switch (Neck pickup) and 3-way mini switch (Bridge pickup)
- standard trem system
New! July 2020: This beautiful white model courtesy Forum member exFender
SP1012
Specs
- Same as the SP1012ST but with a Bendmaster deluxe trem
New! July 2020 Pictures retrieved from an online sales site, courtesy of Forum Member exFender
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SP2111ST
Specs
- neck: hard rock Maple
- fingerboard: Rosewood
- 25.5 inch scale
- 22 frets
- 3 ferrite single coil pickups
- master volume, two tone controls
- 5-way pickup selector
- Strat-style scratchplate
- standard trem system
SP2111
Specs
- As the SP2111ST but with a Bendmaster Deluxe trem
- very similar to the Challenger
SP3112
Specs
- body: “solid wood”
- neck: hard rock Maple
- fingerboard: Rosewood
- 25.5 inch scale
- 22 frets
- 2 single coil Alnico pickups (Neck and mid), one Alnico humbucker (Bridge)
- master volume and one tone control
- two 2-way and one 3-way mini switches for the pickups
- Bendmaster Deluxe trem
New Pix! May 2020: Courtesy Forum member exFender:
(Click to enlarge image)
SP4112
Specs
- as for the SP3112, but with large triangular position markers
- this model had 24 frets and a bevelled heel by July 1988
SP5112
Specs
- neck: hard rock Maple
- fingerboard: Rosewood
- 25.5 inch scale
- 22 frets
- body: “solid wood”
- two single coil Alnico pickups (Neck and mid), one Alnico humbucker (Bridge)
- master volume, master tone, and mid/range control
- two 2-way and one 3-way mini switches for the pickups
- Bendmaster Deluxe trem
- this model had 24 frets and a bevelled heel by July 1988
Thanks to Dex for these pictures –
SP6112
Specs
- as for the SP5112, but with a flame Maple top according to the 1988 UK catalogue
-according to a 1989 review it is actually a Maple faced piece of 3 ply - this model had 24 frets and a beveled heel by July 1988
Thanks to Jimmy Moffat for the pictures of the red one,and to Robert Sheppard for the pictures of the blue one:
