After Kramer's bankruptcy they continued to hold the script Spector name along with other trademark assets in bankruptcy court. Stuart started his new company, Stuart Spector Design, and the instruments were labeled "SSD" until we purchased back the original Spector name trademarks.
​My basses are presented below in order of completion. I am the original owner of these basses. The production serial number #002 basses were handcrafted for me.
Special Note
Below is a small sampling from my personal collection. Please check back often as I will be adding more instruments, never before seen photos, stories, & memorabilia on a regular basis!
The NAMM trade show January 1991 : Stuart, me, Alan Charney
SD-5p Prototype #001
​Solid Quilted Maple Body Wings
​1991
My SD-5p Prototype #001 is the only SD-5 Prototype bass produced & is the bass that launched the SSD Company. Stuart designed this bass to be a modern (1990s) bass with new (at that time) EMG 40 size soapbar pickups & to compliment these, our new SSD/HAZ 18v active tone controls with custom piezo pickups in the bridge. Note the unique features of this bass including the peghead shape, pre-SSD peghead logo, 'Proto 1' plus month/year '10/91' written in the truss rod slot, signature only on the back of the peghead, & the small half moon fret markers. The string spacing is slightly tighter than the production 5st.
The NAMM trade show January 1992 : Alan Charney, me, Stuart.
SSD Company press release announcement from Spring 1992
SD-5p #002
​Solid Quilted Maple Body Wings
​1992
My SSD era SD-5p #002 features a 34" scale, EMG 45DC pickups & our new at that time Spector/HAZ 18v active tone controls plus our optional piezo system, and a natural oil & wax finish.

I used this bass in 1992 & 1993 for various recording sessions & shows. Then I switched to my new NS-5 #002 starting in 1993 for my 5st needs.
This bass was featured at the NAMM Summer trade show in Atlantic City New Jersey in June 1992, the SSD company NAMM show debut.
Rare photo alert!
​This is the only known photo of Stuart at the small facility prior to the start of the Woodstock workshop!
​Approx six SD-5p basses were being produced each month during this time. I took this photo on a rainy evening in the  summer of 1992 just before we headed out for Chinese food. Starting that autumn, SSD began production at the workshop's Woodstock location which would be used to produce instruments for decades.
Sheet explaining the five knob setup for 18v active tone controls for EMG pickups & piezo system.
The earliest SSD basses featured the new 18v circuit & included the piezo system. Around the time that the piezo system became an option, the basses were signed with the added "P" to the model name to denote the added piezo option.
NS-4 #002
Solid Highly Quilted Maple Body Wings
​1992
My SSD era NS-4 #002 features highly quilted maple body wings, EMG P/J pickups & our Spector/HAZ 9v active tone controls, and a natural oil & wax finish.
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I used this bass live 1993 thru approx 1996 for various shows & recordings, eventually switching back to my Brooklyn era NS-2 #603 in part to help preserve the condition of this natural oil & wax bass.
The NAMM trade show January 1993. The re-launch of the NS body shape!
NS-5p #002
Solid Figured Maple Body Wings
​1993
My SSD era NS-5p #002 features a 34" scale, EMG 40DC pickups & our new at that time Spector/HAZ 18v active tone controls plus our piezo system, and a natural oil & wax finish.

This bass served as my 5st workhorse for live & studio sessions from 1993 until our 35" scale NS-5XL started in 1998.
Brochure circa 1993, featuring NS-4 & SD-5p
NS-6p #002
Solid Quilted Maple Body Wings
1994
My SSD era NS-6p #002 features a 34" scale, EMG 45DC pickups & our new at that time Spector/HAZ 18v active tone controls plus our optional piezo system, and a natural oil & wax finish. 
To date I have never used this bass live or in the studio however I did take it to the Yestival 2017 tour to share backstage with my friends Billy Sherwood (YES) & Simon Fitzpatrick (Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy). The photos of the three of us were taken by Dylan Howe (Steve Howe's son who was playing drums on some YES songs on this tour). You can tell from my hair that it was a rainy day at an outdoor venue!
SD-4p #002
Solid Quilted Maple Body Wings
​1994
My SSD era SD-4p #002 features EMG 35P4 & 35J pickups & our new at that time Spector/HAZ 18v active tone controls plus our optional piezo system, and a natural oil & wax finish. I used this bass live a couple of times, it is basically in brand new condition.
Over the decades I took photos of our workshop on a regular basis. This is one of my workshop photos from July 1994.
SSD Catalog circa 1994
My photo from August 1995 : in process NS-2 and NS-4
NS-420 #002
​20th Anniversary "Trout" Bass
Solid Highly Quilted Maple Body Wings
​1995
In 1996, to celebrate the Spector company's twentieth anniversary, we offered the NS-420. Renowned instrument inlay expert Larry Robinson designed & created the special inlays which were various species of trout swimming up the fretboard.

My NS-420 #002 features highly quilted solid maple body wings and a natural oil & wax finish. We displayed my bass at the Summer 1996 NAMM trade show.

​To date I have never used this bass live or in the studio.
At the 1996 Summer NAMM trade show with Stuart & my NS-420 #002
BOB4 Proto #001 & BOB5 Proto #001
​1996
These are the first two BOB basses, BOB4 Prototype #1 & BOB5 Prototype #1, completed early Jan 1996 & displayed at the NAMM trade show later that month. BOB stands for Bolt On Bass.

The 4st is trans red matte with an ash body, the 5st is trans blue stain matte with a figured maple top over ash back.
Additionally my BOB4 Prototype #001 was used in our 20th Anniversary ad (see below). To date I have not used either of these basses live or in the studio.
The BOB Prototype #001 basses, set-up day, January 1996 NAMM trade show
Two string boxes from the 1990s near the beginning of my DR String artist endorsement.
I visited my friends at DR Strings in New Jersey many times over the decades, from the start of their company at their first small string winding facility in the early 1990s.
20th Anniversary Artwork and Ad
20th Anniversary Artwork and Ad in Bass Player Magazine
Both of the USA made basses at the party are from my collection : the 'Birthday Bass' is my personal NS-420 #002 'Trout' Anniversary bass & my personal BOB4 Prototype #001 is a party attendee.
Stuart & I with the poster sized version of the 20th Anniversary artwork at the Jan 1997 NAMM trade show
Current version of this poster sized artwork, framed and hanging on my wall
SD-6p #002
Solid Quilted Maple Body Wings
​1996
My SSD era SD-6p #002 features a 34" scale, EMG 45DC pickups & our new at that time Spector/HAZ 18v active tone controls plus our optional piezo system, and a natural oil & wax finish.

Only two SD-6 basses were built during the SSD era :  #002 for me, #003 for a customer.
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To date I have never used this bass live or in the studio.
May 1996 : SD-6p #002 in process at the workshop. Note the box at the top of the photo, labeled "strings for PJs SD-6"which contained the strings that I provided.
My photo of Stuart holding SD-6p #002's neck. Stuart's note at the top of the neck says "SD-6 for PJ".
JN-4, JN-5
1994 - 1995
This was the Signature bass for Jason Newsted of Metallica. Featuring a modified SD body shape, black oil finish, piezo option, & fiber optic side dot markers. These were available via special order in 1994 & 1995.
From my personal collection, above is the original artwork for an ad featuring Jason with one of his JN-4 basses live at Woodstock 94.