My son also has one of these Fender P Bass Squier series from Korea - sweet slim neck on these. Body I believe is plywood but plays great.
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Show us your Korean Squiers
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Great news!! Do you think that the fingerboard is rosewood or can it be Pau Ferro? These are awesome Squier, never heard of them before
Rosewood, mine has a poplar body. I know that some of the P basses from that era were laminated/plywood, i don't think the jazz basses ever were.
An interesting caveat about this
MIK Epiphone basses that start with a 'U' came from the 'Un Sung' factory
MIK Dean basses that start with 'US' came from the 'Un Sung' factory
MIK Dean basses that start with 'E' came from the 'World' factory
Any chance the MIK Squires that also start with an 'E' mean that the came from the 'World' factory in Korea as well?
I am guessing the MIK Squires that start with 'S' came from the 'Samick' factory in Korea?
MIK Epiphone basses that start with a 'U' came from the 'Un Sung' factory
MIK Dean basses that start with 'US' came from the 'Un Sung' factory
MIK Dean basses that start with 'E' came from the 'World' factory
Any chance the MIK Squires that also start with an 'E' mean that the came from the 'World' factory in Korea as well?
I am guessing the MIK Squires that start with 'S' came from the 'Samick' factory in Korea?
So guys, here's what I'm getting in a few days, I'm excited. The body has been damaged but I planned a refinish for a coloured body. Do you see something important I could be missing? Thanks a lot for your time 
That's odd, mine doesn't have the external grounding strip, and mine was a Samick produced bass.
The strip has been added. The bridge pickup looks a long way back, although it may just be the angle of the photo. I thought they were 60s spacing, but I may well be wrong on that.
Anyway, nice looking bass!
Anyway, nice looking bass!
The strip has been added. The bridge pickup looks a long way back, although it may just be the angle of the photo. I thought they were 60s spacing, but I may well be wrong on that.
Anyway, nice looking bass!
The pickups have been replaced with Fender Original 62 pickups. The bass has a 70s pickup spacing.
My '87 Squier Bullet Bass MIK garage sale find for $35. The pickups were shot so I replaced them with Fender '62 Originals. Have played it out a few times with good success. There is a bit of neck dive likely due to the shorter top horn, but it's not unbearable. Great find for a little over $100 in it.
What a find!! It looks neat!! But is it Fender spec'd? The body shape looks different, really beautiful
The top horn is shorter than a normal Precision. Aside from that, it's really similar to my other P basses. The neck is the best part! It's c-shaped and very comfortable.
Enjoy it, bro!! On Tuesday, I'll grab my Jazz MIK...
Anybody knows how the pickup routings are made? Thanks!!
I have the bass in my hands... The neck is dead. Truss rod was never adjusted. Fingerboard never cleaned. It's all wraped and I maxed out the truss with no luck. It's not having a curve or a flat line. It's wavy. I guess the neck can be thrown away...
I have the bass in my hands... The neck is dead. Truss rod was never adjusted. Fingerboard never cleaned. It's all wraped and I maxed out the truss with no luck. It's not having a curve or a flat line. It's wavy. I guess the neck can be thrown away...
I'm so mad at myself for buying without seing first. A lesson learnt the hard way... Sure it has a 70s PU spacing Jazz Bass body that I could sand now and refinish and a pair of Original 62 Jazz Pickups... but I'm feeling down cause I really wanted that bass to be 'rosewood backup' of my Geddy Lee; too bad!
Edit: body is a "4-pieces" plywood type and I try to remove a chunk of the black paint and a layer of the plywood came with it... that bass is a piece of junk!!!
Only the 62 pickups are worth something... Which I have paid 250 for.
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Sadly for me, there's nothing really good
I'll try to sand the body, fix the missing chunk, repaint and finish it... attach a good neck I have in my hands (a 2013 Affinity P neck with good linearity and hardware, I was impressed)... will call that a day. The Chinese Squier really were the best (can't pronounce myself for the Japanese ones)
Indeed.... I am about to send it over for setup next week so it will be done altogetherThat's a beauty. Surely it deserves a clean though?
Just picked a jazz at a pawn shop. Needs quite a bit of work, and will show everyone once I make some progress.
But I want to get a new pickguard instead of the super white one that was one it. Not sure what kind to order
as I have a few jazz pickguards laying around and none of the wholes lined up. I am guessing a Fender Japan pickguard may work. Anybody has any leads?
But I want to get a new pickguard instead of the super white one that was one it. Not sure what kind to order
as I have a few jazz pickguards laying around and none of the wholes lined up. I am guessing a Fender Japan pickguard may work. Anybody has any leads?
