Info on Squier Jazz please

the low one · #1 05-17-2013, 05:04 AM

I recently picked up a Squier jazz bass, made in Korea. I think it's from the late 80's or early 90's so I thought I'd give it a go and I didn't pay that much for it. It plays well after a few tweaks and I'm just wondering about it's history.

It has an E4 serial number and from what I've discovered all the E4 basses from that era were US made. Did they ship USA parts to Korea for assembly is the same way they did to Japan for the very early Squiers?

**DeanT** · #2 05-17-2013, 08:22 AM

If it's an E4 Korean Squier it was mostly likely made in 1984. The Korean Squiers generally had serial numbers all over the place for a while, so its sometimes hard to date them.

the low one · #3 05-17-2013, 12:22 PM

1984? I didn't think Squier went to Korea until later in the 80's.

**TheAnalogKid** · #4 05-17-2013, 08:34 PM

It could be 1994??

from Wikipedia:

S/E: The S and E serial number prefix Korean Squiers are from the late 1980s/early 1990s. S = Samick, E = Young Chang, E letter serial numbers were used on Young Chang's Fenix brand guitars.[5] The first number following the serial number prefix is the year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squier#Korean_Squiers