Oversoul

The biggest changes will be effects wise, I think dubstep opened a new trend for bass sound. We'll probably see more developments into digital, high quality stomps, and the continued rise in quality of lower budget instruments. I can see the asian market booming on middle to high priced instruments as well. some woods will be banned/extinct/replaced by sinthetic alternatives. Hey you never know, 10 years ago I used to wonder when a major brand would release a 7 string bass. Ibanez did that a few months back!

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1375790033' post='2165572'] My Squier P is an '89 IIRC. It plays and sounds as nice as most Ps I've tried. [/quote] Does the serial start with S9? If so it should be built by Samick. The bass does look good and looks almost identical to jap Squiers, altough I'm not sure on the neck finish. 170 euros is a good price, should drop it a bit.

S what's the word on those? I see a lot of good talk, and recently played a japanese Silver Series Squier. All can say is wow, they REALLY don't make them like they used to. But, what about this mode in particular? An S9 (1989 samick produced) Korean Squier P? http://melres.olx.pt/vendo-baixo-fender-squier-precision-bass-iid-440268373 Is the build quality considered inferior on these?

I'm guessing that bass is pretty beaten up? Still, a good outsourced luthier could save you some, I guess.

It's not two tone, the pictures up on that website are kind of mixed up...the page is rather poor, gladly, the basses are not. USA could "steal" some cool ideas from them, I'd like to see more Geddy Lee quality Fenders for under 1000€

I have one of those really close by with a friend. Time to give it a try I guess.

[url="http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/ajb_le.html"]http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/ajb_le.html[/url] Just wow.

Woa, ain't the SQ basses like, the dinossaurs of all Squier existence?

[url="http://valongo-valongo.olx.pt/baixo-iid-438215777"]http://valongo-valongo.olx.pt/baixo-iid-438215777[/url] Foggy picture doesn't show the details on the headstock...could this be an old japanese squier?

I have not tried one of these, but I'm dead curious....for less than half a price you get an ASH body...versus the "soft maple" used in Vintage Modifieds. I would dare to say that these might come face to face with the Squiers...and those Wilkinson pickups...I've seen people here say that they're OK for the money too. My opinion is biased over the fact that I've caught some really BAD Squiers lately. From poor wood matching, to stains beneath the finish (VM fretless), and scratchy pots. (all this in new in store instruments) I've even picked up a 70's model (the maple fingerboard one) that had the weirdest rough feel on the neck surface...sounded weak and needed some serious tweaking too. Give it a shot, it's still less of a steal.