Fender Squier series legit?

[Cedarburger]

Can anyone tell me if this is legit?

 

[Free Bassing]

If if you mean is it a real Fender bass then yes it is an Actual fender. These came out a few years before the squire brand even existed. Fender owned a guitar accessory company called squire and we're trying to use the name and so they called this Mexican bass line The squire series

some of them go for pretty good money

 

[Cedarburger]

I wasn't sure becasue serial # lookup says it is a strat.

 

[Free Bassing]

Fender "Squier Series" Standard Precision Bass 1992 - 1996 | Reverb
Here's a link to a real one, the decals on the headstock or pretty accurate I just wish you had more pictures

 

[Cedarburger]

More photos. It has the "strat" style tophat knobs that I have read about.

 

[gln1955]

I wasn't sure becasue serial # lookup says it is a strat.

It wouldn't be the first time their database was wrong or they used the same number on two different instruments.

 

[C Stone]

It looks legit from here…I have looked up those serials in the past and nothing came up. Are the tuners same as MIM?

 

[JC BASS 91]

I wasn't sure becasue serial # lookup says it is a strat.

Yeah, the lookup tool isn't exactly something that can be trusted. I have a 2006 American Standard Precision that the lookup tool says doesn't exist at all.

 

[ItsmeSantiago]

I've come across a couple of these over the years. Looks pretty legit to me.

 

[Killing Floor]

I wasn't sure becasue serial # lookup says it is a strat.

My 73 P bass SN looks up 2 different guitars and my old Tele SN looks up to a different guitar too. Their record keeping was terrible. But if you email their customer service they can validate.

 

[SteveCS]

If if you mean is it a real Fender bass then yes it is an Actual fender. These came out a few years before the squire brand even existed. Fender owned a guitar accessory company called squire and we're trying to use the name and so they called this Mexican bass line The squire series

some of them go for pretty good money

Genuine? Yes. But not a precursor to the Squier brand. Fender were exporting Squier instruments from Japan in the early '80s. I had a 1982 JV series Precision back then - they were fantastic instruments. I wish I still had it as the JV series have become highly desirable and collectible.

 

[Cedarburger]

Thanks everyone. Ate these models any good? What would a good price be?

 

[-Asdfgh-]

If if you mean is it a real Fender bass then yes it is an Actual fender. These came out a few years before the squire brand even existed. Fender owned a guitar accessory company called squire and we're trying to use the name and so they called this Mexican bass line The squire series

some of them go for pretty good money

No, it came out decades after the Squier brand existed. It might be fun to have this to partner with a Squier with the Fender in tiny font.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Genuine? Yes. But not a precursor to the Squier brand. Fender were exporting Squier instruments from Japan in the early '80s. I had a 1982 JV series Precision back then - they were fantastic instruments. I wish I still had it as the JV series have become highly desirable and collectible.

I had a Squier JV on semi-permanent loan and a 1984 MIJ Fender and the Squier was better! Back then you could barely give a JV away.

 

[ComesATime]

If if you mean is it a real Fender bass then yes it is an Actual fender. These came out a few years before the squire brand even existed. Fender owned a guitar accessory company called squire and we're trying to use the name and so they called this Mexican bass line The squire series

some of them go for pretty good money

Agreed about it being a real Fender, but Squier instruments were aroud before this.

I have a 1994 Fender Squier Series Jazz bass. It plays great, but the only weird little quirk is that both J pickups are the same size.

I've heard different things over the years about the Squier series. I've heard some folks say they were surplus American parts shipped to and assembled in Mexico. Not sure the truth in that, but it's a nice-playing bass.

 

[PennyroyalWe]

Thanks everyone. Ate these models any good? What would a good price be?

I had one, a red Squier series p bass, and it was just ok. I’d place it about on par with the Affinity series of today. I wouldn’t pay over $250, and even that is paying an extra $50 just for the Fender name on the headstock IMO.

 

[E2942]

Fender owned a guitar accessory company called squire and we're trying to use the name

That was not the name & why were you trying to use it?

 

[Axtman]

 

[pie_man_25]

My Squier series is the best bass I own, and that's stacked up against an American Deluxe Jazz V.

They're not really worth all that much money, but honestly mine is a fantastic instrument, owned it for going on sixteen years.

They did, absolutely, cheap out on hardware, so maybe I just got the magic one. But yeah, it's an actual Fender - made in the mexico plant, with mexican made neck and body and east asian hardware and electronics. Some had tuners branded as "licensed by Schaller." I will also say that the J basses have two neck-width pickups, as I ran into that when I got a pair of Dimarzio Model J pickups.

Fender is a long-running brand with a lot of instruments of varying quality, the only way to tell if this bass is the best one for you is to give it a shot.

 

[SteveCS]

I had a Squier JV on semi-permanent loan and a 1984 MIJ Fender and the Squier was better! Back then you could barely give a JV away.

I can believe it. The fit and finish was top class and it truly delivered the feel of a genuine late '50s instrument with the deep smooth contouring of the body and 'slightly overcooked' sculpting of the back of the headstock and neck profile. These days an '82 JV Squier will probably cost as much as a used EBMM SR4!