stef030 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I have at home a squier jazz made in korea that I bought about twenty something years ago, fella said to me today that they fetch good money these days, in comparison to todays ones I always thought that a squier was a squier so is this fella right or am I any help would be greatly recieved, oh its white with a white scratchplate,rosewood neck cheers stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Dont make em like they used to. Applies to most things. Standards tend to slip rather than get better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Undead Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 [quote name='lettsguitars' post='1311027' date='Jul 21 2011, 12:03 AM']Dont make em like they used to. Applies to most things. Standards tend to slip rather than get better.[/quote] This. I can't help with value though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) Sold my 96 last year for £140 - big regrets, as good as a Mex jazz, they don't go for much more than that but are snapped up pretty quick. one went on here for £120 recently. Edited July 21, 2011 by brummie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 They are considered "good" ones but don't seem to suffer from the inflated prices that the Japanese ones get priced at on eBay. I think I've seen a Korean go for £260 at the most, I'd keep it. If you've had it 20 years it must be doing something right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 If I had a bass 20yrs it would break my heart to sell it for just a couple hundred quid. I'd keep it and carry on enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stef030 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 thanks for the replies, nah the old girl wont be going anywhere, I bought back then because I wanted to stop using my 69 jazz at gigs,in fear of something happening to it, and it felt you know nice,lol and just grew on me and played really well,and finances at the time would not allow me another old one, and yet in complete contrast,I have a mim precision which I dislike witha vengance,just sits there unused and dare I say it unloved,what fickle peeps we are, cheers stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I had one of the original JV serial number Squiers but sold it (well, traded it in at the Bass Centre) a few years ago. The guy in the workshop, (Chris) told me that it was the neck thats the valuable part, apparently they were made in the same factory as the real Fender necks. For what its worth i got £300 trade in, and this was for a bass that cost me £199 but had all the hardware changed to gold Schaller (well, it was the 80's) and a different pup in it. I think the next version is the SQ serial number, not sure what they are worth. My view is that while the basses have definitely gone up in value, from their initial price, they arent worth stupid money like some people have been asking for. The competition in this price area is huge and you can get better basses for less money now. Then again, if some one wants one they will pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I just paid £75 for a Korean Squier Precision from EBay which i think is an 86 model. Its pretty beat up and ugly. I love it. Gets as much use as my other basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 See the other thread, worth about £150ish. I've had a few and also rate the necks very highly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 [quote name='lettsguitars' post='1311027' date='Jul 21 2011, 12:03 AM']Dont make em like they used to. Applies to most things. Standards tend to slip rather than get better.[/quote] I'm really not sure I entirely agree with this. You've only got to consider some of the absolutely dire 70's examples that are out there to realise that Fender's QC was all over the shop by the end of the decade. It remains the lowest point in Fender's production. As for the Korean Squiers, it's worth bearing in mind that the Japanese Silver Series Squiers were introduced precisely because of a perceived drop in quality of the Korean models. It didn't help matters that Yamaha advertised their Pacifica 112s by showing a picture of a stripped plywood Squier. Having said that, there were three factories involved in the Korean production between the late eighties and mid nineties, of which the later Cort models are often said to be the best. But the myth that age=quality persists, and with the oldest Korean models approaching vintage status it's no surprise that the prices are starting to climb. Nothing beats trying the instrument first to determine whether it's any good, something that applies to a US Fender as much a Korean one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' post='1362055' date='Sep 4 2011, 07:07 PM']I just paid £75 for a Korean Squier Precision from EBay which i think is an 86 model. Its pretty beat up and ugly. I love it. Gets as much use as my other basses.[/quote] Korean production didn't start until 1987. What's the serial number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 [quote name='dave_bass5' post='1311197' date='Jul 21 2011, 08:36 AM']I had one of the original JV serial number Squiers but ... traded it in at the Bass Centre ... The guy in the workshop, (Chris) told me that it was the neck thats the valuable part, apparently they were made in the same factory as the real Fender necks.[/quote] There are different versions of the story, but it's widely understood that FujiGen sourced an order of necks based on vintage Fender specifications from Atlansia, which already had experience of replicating Fender necks as it had been supplying Tokai (for Tokai's Fender clones: the clones which originally panicked Fender into striking a deal with Yamano/Kanda Shokai, and creating Fender Japan). Among Japanese musical instrument manufacturers Atlansia are one of the most highly rated producers of necks, so it's no surprise that those instruments fitted with an Atlansia neck are highly prized. It's also rumoured that, after CBS sold the Fender brand to the then management, but not the manufacturing facilities, the new management sourced an order of necks from Atlansia for instruments to be branded "Made in USA". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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