Recent content by iamnotabassist

not to beat a dead horse, but I just found this posted in another thread (also midnight blue). So mine doesn't have this "Made in Mexico" label under the Fender logo.

Dinner and flowers not necessary, she's got a date with sandpaper later this evening!

I know, but iPhone keeps "correcting" it for me and I'm too lazy to "re-fix" it. :D BTW, based on my serial on the neck, assuming it's original to the bass, any way to determine the date of the bass? The Fender guide seems to indicate MIM should have 5 digits - MN#-XXXXX. But mine has...

Is there anywhere else I can check to see if the body is Mexican? I don't care if it's not 100% original, just don't want it to be a Squire because I didn't buy a Squire... Mostly concerned about the electronics. (haven't even plugged it in yet though) Was there ever a purple offered at any...

I bought a Fender Jazz bass off Ebay, I'm trying to determine if this thing is a piecemeal of parts of somewhat of the "real deal" The guy did a homemade vintage "used" look to it. It's not all together awful, but he didn't bother taking any of the hardware off of it and used a really rough...

I bought a fretless P Bass and it was black nylon strings on it with purple threaded ends. Does anyone know what strings they are? I want to buy another set.