Knobs?

[BakerJ]

I bought a Fender J bass used, and I noticed it had the strat-like numbered knobs instead of the plain(er) knobs they're currently using on J's. The first owner said he bought it in '05 and that it was all stock. This may seem a bit trivial, but I was wondering if there was a specific time period in which they used these knobs instead?

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[NightTripper]

Hm, I've never seen that, but I'm sure more knowledgeable people will chime in soon to tell you for sure. In any case you can always replace them if you don't like how they look.

 

[SamanthaCay]

Yep those used to come stock on mim fender basses.

 

[Jim Carr]

A student of mine had one. It is a Squier, if I am not mistaken.

 

[klejst]

The numbered knobs were pretty standard on Fender MIM basses, especially on the 90's and early 2000's models. My Precision from 1998 had them, they were white. I believe the MIM Precision's these days have barrel knobs on them now, however I think the Jazzes still those style knobs either with numbers or a little dot/line on them.

 

[MIJ-VI]

For a while back in '93 or so I had a J with knobs like that.

 

[tonym]

SamanthaCay is right. They used to be standard on the MIM Jazz basses. Not sure about any others they might have been on. They looks just like the ones on my 1999 MIM Jazz.

 

[Jeff K]

Yeah, here's a MIM Jazz that my son got for his wife. It was originally black with a white p/g. He refinished it and put a new p/g on it for her. The numbered knobs were original as far as I know.

 

[darkstorm]

I liked those knobs for them better then the more common ones. More like black speed knobs like used on les pauls.

 

[msb]

The tone is in the knobs ...