Author Topic: Decal Spoiler 82S2216 (Read 159 times)

artswork99 · « **on:** September 24, 2008, 03:05:55 PM »

Here's a nice looking Spoiler on eBay from the decal generation.

basstard · « **Reply #1 on:** September 24, 2008, 03:10:35 PM »

Sweet bass, an early specimen. Haven't seen any of those before.

lbpesq · « **Reply #2 on:** September 24, 2008, 04:07:23 PM »

Active and passive modes?

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Bill, tgo

mike1762 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 24, 2008, 08:30:56 PM »

Is that really Koa?

FC Bass · « **Reply #4 on:** September 24, 2008, 09:04:55 PM »

Wood looks a lot like my '83 Koa Spoiler, so I guess it is.
I think all early Spoilers had a solid Koa body...

basstard · « **Reply #5 on:** September 25, 2008, 02:06:48 AM »

Yes, and the earliest ones had decals instead of bronze logos.

bsee · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2008, 03:05:49 AM »

The pics look a bit unnaturally light to me. I had an '82 solid koa and it looked more orange than this. The ebony looks sort of light brown, too, so I think the balance on the photos might be a bit off.

dannobasso · « **Reply #7 on:** September 25, 2008, 06:30:20 AM »

My 83 (now black) was solid koa. I was under the impression that the first runs were that way. The Kaman ad featured the solid koa type. In 86 I was able to get the different top and Alembic chose a purpleheart body for the quilt maple top. Of course with Alembics there are exceptions and one offs.

basstard · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2008, 06:45:29 AM »

As far as I know, the earliest ones were solid koa.

FC Bass · « **Reply #9 on:** September 25, 2008, 09:55:17 AM »

I've had two '83 Spoilers (still have one of them) one Yellowish and one brownish (Both solid Koa, see pics)

@ Danno: Please tell me you did not paint that beautiful Koa Black?! That's heresy! (finally got to use the angry smiley ) Edit: There are some '83 Spoilers in the showcase section with a top, I guess somewhere in the second half of '83 the Koa wasn't standard on the spoilers anymore... (Message edited by fc_spoiler on September 25, 2008)

dannobasso · « **Reply #10 on:** September 25, 2008, 11:25:28 AM »

Yup~Alembic did it.