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Spector Expands Icon Series with New NS Icon Neck-Through Basses

September 15

Spector Basses announces launch of the NS Icon Neck-Through series, the latest evolution of the Icon platform designed to bring the brand’s most celebrated construction method to a wider audience. Following the successfu

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