Purple Squier, stock finish??

[C Stone]

Purple metalic, galactic purple, 'Midnight run' purple, Burgandy mist, midnight blue...plenty of purplish Fender/Squier basses.

 

[micguy]

It’s not one of the first 100 Fenders ever made. It’s a Squier. If it looks good, go for it.

 

[Killing Floor]

Anything I should be concerned with?

Why would you be concerned with a badassier than normal finish? That's awesome.

 

[JIO]

Also used on early '90s P-Plus Deluxe and J Plus.

 

[Glen Mac33]

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

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Hi, first time poster. Here’s a pic of a squire affinity I owned, but traded away when I bought a fender jazz standard of the same colour a couple of weeks later. It looks more blue from this light, but would look purplish when I moved it a certain way under the light. Midnight blue was the name of the colour that I found when doing research. I’m assuming it’s the original colour, the cream pickguard however, I believe was not.

 

[Glen Mac33]

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Hi, first time poster. Here’s a pic of a squire affinity I owned, but traded away when I bought a fender jazz standard of the same colour a couple of weeks later. It looks more blue from this light, but would look purplish when I moved it a certain way under the light. Midnight blue was the name of the colour that I found when doing research. I’m assuming it’s the original colour, the cream pickguard however, I believe was not.

Auto spell changed the proper squier spelling to the dreaded squire...sorry about that.

 

[wraub]

I seem to remember this color as well, but, regardless, this one looks great imo.

If the price was right, and it played okay, I'd get it, no doubt... if it weren't for that maple neck. Or, maybe even with, it's a pretty cool color.

 

[mikewalker]

I believe the technical term is "Eye Candy"

 

[murph7489]

Its a beauty...love the color..those pickup aren't stock though..I don't think unless fender put seymour duncans in basses...

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

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

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Dope. I likes me some purple

 

[InstantEctobass]

I love that purple. But I hate these 1st Gen Vintage Modified Jazz Basses... the necks are unfinished and I've seen most of them are warped or spaghettis. Not for me

 

[C Stone]

Its a beauty...love the color..those pickup aren't stock though..I don't think unless fender put seymour duncans in basses...

Agree, it's a great color and yes Duncan pick-ups were stock on many until 2013, I had a red burst J with them.

 

[Rob1957]

If I played well I would go for it even if it was not the original finish.
I think it looks very striking with the black pick guard and maple fingerboard

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Its a beauty...love the color..those pickup aren't stock though..I don't think unless fender put seymour duncans in basses...

They aren't quite proper SDs, they're "Duncan Designed". I had them in a PJ VM Jag - pretty good pickups. Never felt the need to change them.

 

[Lee Kirkham]

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.

Actually, Galactic Purple was not a metallic color and it was a lighter hue. There was a Metallic Purple available as well, but it was darker than the jazz bass shown above. You can see examples of both colors here.

 

[JIO]

Fender also offered Midnight Wine - similarly, it looked different depending on light.

 

[BurningSkies]

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

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I have an original Midnight Blue American Standard Jazz from 1992/3...this isn't the same color. The MB is definitely more blue and this definitely has enough red to be purple.

 

[steelbed45]

Actually, Galactic Purple was not a metallic color and it was a lighter hue. There was a Metallic Purple available as well, but it was darker than the jazz bass shown above. You can see examples of both colors here.

I only meant that I owned a Squier P-Bass Special that was in Galactic Purple. I realize there's passion about this topic so I don't want to trip anyone's wires.

 

[Griev]

Here's my purple standard. Not sure about VM's!

 

[Funky_Be]

Thanks for the replies everyone!

After further digging around it looks like it's a stock 2011 Squier VM Jazz Bass FSR (Fender Special Run). The purple finish was sold at select shops as an exclusive model.

I'll let y'all know if I pick it up.

Appreciate you,
MB