Squier Silver series Japanese P-bass

I just picked this one up. It's a Squire Silver Series P-bass. It's made in Japan. Here's some pics, and I've got a few questions.




Now for the questions

1) Anyone know the body wood? I'm assuming it's Poplar or Basswood, as it's quite light and has the opaque sunburst

2) What kind of pickups did these things shipped with?

3) Are the serial #'s for MIJ Squire's the same as MIJ Fenders. If so (based on the Fender website), this is a 92 or 93 model. That seems like a likely date based on other "Silver" series instruments I've seen online, but I wasn't able to find a Squire MIJ dating table.

4) What kind of value do these things have? I like it, but if it's not significantly better sounding and playing than my own P-bass, then it might be on the block soon.

Last Observations.
It's not even setup yet and I already like it. It's in great shape, and appears to have very little playing time. I was testing the truss rod, and it appeared to be close to bottoming out, so I tossed two thin washers on there, and the neck straitened out nicely. It sounds good through my VB2, but I haven't given it significant playing time yet. I'll finish the setup and take it to practice on Wednesday to see how it stacks up.

Oops, it looks like I double posted the body pic and forgot the headstock pic.

Corrected.

As you can see from the pic, the Serial# is M001833

Thanks for the info Kenjikun, I put a bit of extra foam under the pickups to raise them up and I saw the copper base. once it's raised up, it's a really good sounding pickup.

BH2,
Neat story about your bass. After hearing it setup and adjusted I decided to keep the bass, and just put a new guard on mine also, a black one.

The condition is strange. Its super clean, with no surface scratching, but it has 2 impact marks. Maybe it was left on a wall for 15 years and fell off once or twice?

Here she is with the new PG. Not a great pic, but really good looking in person.

Got a set of Fender Original Pure nickel's on her now. Yummy!

FL Knifemaker said:

Those are great P bass strings IMHO. Very warm yet punchy.

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Definitely. I have nickel strings on almost all my 4 strings!

trunkshope6 said:

those are good basses from what ive heard, im always looking for deals on a japanese squier,i say u can easily sell it for 400-450 range,its as good as any japanese fender and they go around that price,the whole vintageness can be promoted to sell it for more though ha

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Thats kind of the range I was thinking of based on what I've been seeing. In another 8-9 years I'll be able to claim it as vintage!