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Squier II Precision authenticity? Please help me settle debate with seller.

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[QUOTE="friskinator, post: 27740549, member: 90994]
I found this one on FB Marketplace - he's apparently liquidating the contents of a studio he owns, and the bass is just one of many items. Maybe he'll find some poor sucker to overpay for it.[/QUOTE]

My bet is also on a premature cessation of verification in the name of attempting a higher asking price.

The bad part here is that all he needs is one sucker to fork over the money.
 
#22
friskinator said:
Oh definitely. I was hoping he’d say “ok, I see now - how about this price?” But he just dug in harder. He didn’t know he was dealing with someone who spends a lot of time on TB and knows stuff!
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It can be hard to move on!

Just as a courtesy a while back, I messaged someone to let them know the bass in their ad was strung backwards. It could hurt their sale and maybe they were a newb that never got into playing or maintenance.
In the pics every string going up the left side of the tuner. Strings coming through the nut at a weird angle.

They tried to tell me I was wrong... I should have let it go, but I instead just sent them a collage of 10 different fender headstocks with the strings on the correct way. No response after that :roflmao:
 
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Obese Chess said:
Buried lede here is apparently there were Squiers made in India briefly? Did anyone else not know that?
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In two different periods. The first era of Indian production was the 1988 to 1990 instruments mentioned here. Fender supposedly dropped Indian production because of poor quality control.(Fender also marketed Indian made Strat and P bass copies in some markets with the Sunn Mustang name around the same time.) The second period of Indian Squier production began in 2007-2008 with the debut of the Vintage Modified line. These apparently lasted until 2013 when Fender moved production to Indonesia.
 
#24
It is made in India. I had one just like it with the same stickers. AFAIK the India ones were the only ones that have the "made in" info on a sticker, which was often removed or fell off.

Mine played well and sounded good, neck was like a baseball bat, and it weighed two tons.
 
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Not sure I’d pay double $300 for a Squier P bass even if it was made in the US. The neck joint looks horrible, and the natural relic all over the body would be cool on a 60’s or 70’s bass but on a Squier? Nope. Quick search shows them for @ $350, all adverts admitting they are MIK.
 
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While there may have been sone US made Squiers, they wouldn't have been Squier IIs. What would be the point? The Squier II was made to sell for less than the MIM Squier models. I played a few and they were noticeably not built to the standard set by the MIJ models, much like the early Chinese Affinitys.

Supposedly the US made Squiers (only Strats?) were to fill in the gap between end of the Japanese contract and the opening of the Mexican production line. I do remember a story about a fire in the Mexican plant that interrupted Squier production there, so some Mexican parts were brought to the USA and the instruments ended up with some US parts.
 
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Definitely the India-manufactured one. I've bought/sold at least 4 of these.
The white models were kind of a pearl finish, just like this one.
They weighed more than any other P bass I've had my hands on (heaviest one I had was 12lbs-oomph).
The string tree on that model is original.
The back radius cut, up by the neck heel is real small, almost square.
The pickups came with white covers.
Truss rod adjustment at heel and I believe it utilizes a hex wrench.
Lastly the headstock shape was just a little bit wonky....kinda "smashed". hard to tell in this pic, though.
 
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tpaul said:
It is made in India. I had one just like it with the same stickers. AFAIK the India ones were the only ones that have the "made in" info on a sticker, which was often removed or fell off.
Mine played well and sounded good, neck was like a baseball bat, and it weighed two tons.
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One of mine had no "Made In" designation....probably a sticker, like you mentioned, which was removed. The other 3 had "Made In India" right under the Squier name......2 of them had been scratched out, lol.
 
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brianrost said:
Supposedly the US made Squiers (only Strats?) were to fill in the gap between end of the Japanese contract and the opening of the Mexican production line. I do remember a story about a fire in the Mexican plant that interrupted Squier production there, so some Mexican parts were brought to the USA and the instruments ended up with some US parts.
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I've run into two American made Squier Strats over the years. My brother owned one for a while, and I ran across another one maybe 15 years later. My brother's had a satin neck finish, while the other one had a more traditional Fender gloss finish on it. So I assume they were made out of whatever parts Fender had handy at the time.
 
#35
boylebass said:
Nothing to add here ‘cept i’ve got one of those 80’s Korean plywood Squier II’s and it kills. $70 in an illinois pawn shop in about 2005, she rides in a $20 gig bag. It’s one of my main basses.
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I've had two of these. The Korean Squier II's were made at the Samick factory and are an incredible value. No pick guard, so they have a cavity in the back, and only maple fingerboards. I got a red one for $100 and a white one for $125. Got rid of them a few years ago when I was down-sizing. I played a lot of pit orchestra gigs with those things. Once again, excellent value. I recommend getting one if you can find them
 
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friskinator said:
A local seller has an Indian-made Squier II Precision for sale. The serial is a sticker on the back of the butt end of the neck with a serial beginning in N01. Seems pretty obvious what it is, but he's asking a ridiculous amount and saying it's an "American made" Squier, and he "knows what he has."

I call BS on this, but just to be sure, Squiers have never been made in the USA, correct?

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it's made in India.. I have quite a few Korean p basses.. and one or two Indian.. this guy is a goob.. $300.00 tops
 

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