Purple Squier, stock finish??

[Funky_Be]

So my first bass was a Squier VM Jazz and I loved it. I've always wanted to pick up a five string version as a backup and this one recently popped up on my local marketplace.

The seller says he bought it new from a shop with the purple finish... I can't find a speck of info about this colour and all my Googling has come up with nothing.

Anyone know if this was a rare special run or something? Anything I should be concerned with?

Much appreciated.
MB

 

[jd56hawk]

I have a vague recollection of seeing a purple one before.
I'd buy it regardless, though.

 

[Funky_Be]

I have a vague recollection of seeing a purple one before.
I'd buy it regardless, though.

This is the closest I can find to the same finish. Squier Classic Vibe Jazz Master, it was a special run for Chicago Music Exchange. There's a good amount of info about those, nothing about the VM Jazz.

You would buy even without having any info about the finish? I really dig the colour... half of me thinks it's really cool that there's no info/pics of a similar instrument (one of a kind maybe) and the other half thinks it's kinda fishy. No idea what the scam/trick would be though, looks like it's in great shape.

 

[CallMeAl]

I know they did a purple metallic on the Squier Standard P bass special, but never seen it on a Jazz. Cool bass!

 

[Lee Kirkham]

If that is the original body, then it's been refinished. That is not an original color for that model.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

I don't recall a stock purple finish on that model; it's likely either a refin, or a non-Squier body.

Either way, at a decent price, I'd snap it up if you like it. If it's a refin, it looks like a great job. The pickups look stock, the hardware doesn't look wrong. Those basses had nice necks, imo. The finish stands out in a good way.

 

[ejaggers]

That bass looks Bad-Ass, stock or not.....057912

 

[JimmyThunder]

buy it
who cares who sprayed it, it looks great
it's not like a well-repainted squier body has a lower resale value than a stock squier body

 

[tpaul]

buy it
who cares who sprayed it, it looks great
it's not like a well-repainted squier body has a lower resale value than a stock squier body

This. And nobody is going to make any money trying to fake a Squier. If you like it, buy it.

 

[KeithPas]

I think I recall a MIM jazz that color. Could be a made in Mexico body with the vintage modified neck but that is speculation

 

[MultiScaleMale]

If I were in Canada, it would have been mine.

 

[steelbed45]

I know they did a purple metallic on the Squier Standard P bass special, but never seen it on a Jazz. Cool bass!

I owned one of those when they came out. The color was called galactic purple. Maybe it's the pics, but the OP bass doesn't quite look like that to me.

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Purple for Win. I could care less if its a refin.

 

[Pings Bass]

looks good, I'd rock it, who cares if it's original

 

[Fender_Bender]

One thing I have learned after going through music stores for 20 years is that there are Squiers out there in colours that didn’t show up in catalogs. I distinctly remember a lower end Squier jazz bass in that colour in a Long & McQuade store in Vancouver in 1999. Purple is my favourite colour, so I remember it.

 

[Inky13]

More purple than what I had, but this was a stock color on an Affinity. I wouldn’t stress about that at all. Very cool look.

 

[TrustRod]

It's called Midnight Blue

It often looks purple, or probably more accurately an indigo or violet.

Here's a good shot to show the range of color it can appear as

 

[wvbass]

This. And nobody is going to make any money trying to fake a Squier. If you like it, buy it.

I'm not a fan of counterfeit basses in general, but I have to admit it might be kinda cool to say the bass I was playing is a Squier knock-off. I think that story would have to end with "I know, right?"

In this case, though, I bet that is a real Squier with a factory color.

 

[jd56hawk]

You would buy even without having any info about the finish? I really dig the colour... half of me thinks it's really cool that there's no info/pics of a similar instrument (one of a kind maybe) and the other half thinks it's kinda fishy. No idea what the scam/trick would be though, looks like it's in great shape.
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Sure, why not?
Original or refinish, it's what, a $350 bass?
It's not like a refinish is going to screw up thd future resale value if I ever decide to sell it. We're not talking about a vintage Fender here.

 

[PennyroyalWe]

Reminds me of the GFS bodies. Not saying it is, I’d have no way to tell, but they’ve made pretty nice looking metallic finished bodies. And for how inexpensive they are, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone put it on a Squier to “upgrade”.