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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:22 pm
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The headstock says Fender Precision Bass. I got this bass back in the early 90's as a gift. At the time I thought it was from the early 80's. The serial # on the neck plate is SQ35444. I looked it up and it says that is the Japanese P Bass from 83 - 84. But it has three knobs as opposed to the two I see. If it helps, it has a Badass Bass II bridge. Could it be a Squire with Fender stickers? A Fender Special P Bass? If you can figure it out, do you have any idea of the value (I'm presuming not much). Thanks!

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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:59 pm
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It looks like a '70s neck attached to a Japanese body heavily modified with an aftermarket bridge, and added J/pup.


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There are some odd things abiout that headstock. First, no Precision ever had that little contour body decal. And in the TV logog era, the word Fender was in black with gold edging. So it's not a USA neck.

The pickup layout is P-bass Special / Hot Rod Precision, ie with an added J pickup. Either a mod or original fit.

It's possible it's an all-Japanese bass, or a knock-off. But if it's a nice player, who cares?
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:05 pm
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Telebass wrote:
There are some odd things abiout that headstock. First, no Precision ever had that little contour body decal. And in the TV logog era, the word Fender was in black with gold edging. So it's not a USA neck.

The pickup layout is P-bass Special / Hot Rod Precision, ie with an added J pickup. Either a mod or original fit.

It's possible it's an all-Japanese bass, or a knock-off. But if it's a nice player, who cares?
:D


The J pickup is aftermarket. It's way too close to the bridge to be stock.


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