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Post subject: Does my 1996 MIJ p-bass have USA or Japanese pickups?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 11:50 am
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I have two MIJ Fender Precision 50th Anniversary 1996 P-basses, one (Blue Bass) has a V+6 digit serial, and the other has a U+6 digit (Red Bass). I was swapping a Quarter Pounder pickup from one bass to the other and I also removed the necks to take a peek. Photos are attached. I know the blue bass is a 62 reissue and the red bass is a 57. What I want to try to find out about is the original pickups that these basses came with, as they look quite different on the reverse. One (red) has a one piece magnet and the other (blue) has the individual pole pieces showing through to the rear. I’m wondering if one pup is Japanese and one American? If so, which is which?

I even found a 1996 Fender Japan brochure here - Fender Japan Electric Guitars Catalog 1996 but it hasn’t helped. I'm pretty sure both bodies are Basswood so I was expecting both pickups to be Japanese but as they’re not identical I’m not so sure now.

If anyone can shed some light I’d be grateful.
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