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NBD— vintage Squier content
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Thanks for all of the replies- this thing’s garnered a lot more attention than i thought it would!
According to the serial, this thing was built in the Cort factory in ‘93, which means it’s most likely made of wood.
I’ll know for sure once I pop the neck.
Can’t wait to start working on this thing.
According to the serial, this thing was built in the Cort factory in ‘93, which means it’s most likely made of wood.
I’ll know for sure once I pop the neck.
Can’t wait to start working on this thing.
Nice find. These are generally well regarded as Squiers go, and are said to have excellent necks.
I quite like the color.
I think you've got a fun one there.
I quite like the color.
I think you've got a fun one there.
Wow, that's beautiful. Especially like the color aesthetic with that light fingerboard. That's not Rosewood is it? BTW, two words. Lindy Fralin. I have his 51P on my Squier VM50's and it sounds very nice indeed.
As far as know, it is indeed rosewood. Not sure what other woods they were using for fretboards at the time but I’ll look into it.
And a big +1 to the Fralin suggestion— his shop is here in Richmond VA and one cool thing (since you brought him up) is that one of his associates came into my work at the local Richmond Guitar Center and gave this bass a test drive before I ended up snagging it! I’ve always been a fan of his pickups.
Lindy is a great guy and runs a great company. He'll speak to customers directly and really work with you to build what you're looking for. Had them make me a set of PUs for a fat-strat parts build. They custom wound em for me and they sounded awesome.
A buddy of mine had some Fralins installed in his mid 90’s MIM Standard Precision and it absolutely roars. I’m probably going to go the same route.
I'm a fan, awesome pickup. It's a precision sound but with a depth, for lack of a better term.
Nice. Need to look into the inherent differences between the overwound & standard offerings but I’m thinking that the standard will be pretty right on. Most of my other basses are pretty gnarly so I’m planning on keeping this one more “tame” but top notch is certainly my endgame!
Not raining on anyone's NBD. Hey, I just picked up a Vintage 1993 Ford Festiva...
You seem to be hung up on the idea of an instrument that is 26 years old being considered not vintage, and that is fine. I started playing the electric bass in 1993 so I guess I could say “I feel ya.”
I work at Guitar Center and any instrument made during or prior to 1994 (anything 25 years old or more) that is brought in for sale or trade is deferred to our proprietary on-call Used Vintage Department for value & pricing.
Sorry if my terminology offends.
I get weirded out hearing Nirvana on the local classic rock stations myself. What a time to be alive!
Same here! And as of yesterday, I'm parent to a teenager
Nice! I’ve got one more year to go before the kid’s a teen.. time flies!Same here! And as of yesterday, I'm parent to a teenager
Meant to reply to this earlier— I’m going to post a comparison photo of the body thickness with my ‘97 MIM Black Label Precision sometime tomorrow. It certainly does look more thin in the photo I posted but that may just be the Squier’s slightly different (and maybe sharper) body contouring.
This one’s definitely lighter than my MIM.
Hi cataract 
Yep! CN3XX XXX => C = Cor- Tek (Cort factory) N = Nineties 3 = 93
greetings
Wise
Yep! CN3XX XXX => C = Cor- Tek (Cort factory) N = Nineties 3 = 93
greetings
Wise
Wisebass! Thanks for all of your knowledge on this. It’s been a great help!Hi cataract
Yep! CN3XX XXX => C = Cor- Tek (Cort factory) N = Nineties 3 = 93
greetings
Wise
Pretty keen on the 3 ®‘s on the headstock! They don’t make ‘em like this anymore, for sure.
Ya know, you've got a point! When Clapton did Layla, that 57 Strat was 13 years old. So, with that in mind, to the OP...HAPPY NBD!!!
