Fender Jazz Bass 1980's Rare Korean Manufacture

[eubassix]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266816749186

 

?... any body know anything about or have experience of this/these? Can't recall a evein seeing one before. Serial is E1058145 but can't find anything specific to this or any general info on MIK models

[Reggaebass]

Looks interesting, I see the grounding strip on the bridge like my AV62, they are mentioned here , 

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-branded-korean-e-series-jazz-bass.1016736/

Edited May 19, 2024 by Reggaebass

[rwillett]

I dont know anything about this bass but i have an 89 Korean Telecaster guitar which is superbly made. If the bass is made to the same standard, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it if I was in the market for one. 

 

As I understand it, the Korean factories  inthe mid to late 80s made some great stuff. Quality started dropping off early 90s

[lemmywinks]

They had some made in the Cortek factory under the Lite Ash series, the E serial number would indicate a Samick (I think) who made some Squiers.

[GBH]

My late father had a fender badged telecaster made in Korea of a similar vintage, was closer to a squire rather than a Japan made fender. 

[Bassassin]

On 19/05/2024 at 13:04, lemmywinks said:

They had some made in the Cortek factory under the Lite Ash series, the E serial number would indicate a Samick (I think) who made some Squiers.

 

I think this is a Young-Chang bass, iirc they took over the Squier contract from Fujigen when manufacture started moving to Korea. Didn't know there were MIK Fenders from this era, though.

 

Young-Chang lost the Squier contract when they started selling the same instruments under their own Fenix brand - which also have E-prefix serials but don't appear to date in line with the Squiers, or indeed Fenders.

 

Apropos of nowt, this has Gotoh GB1 tuners, as used on many '80s MIJ Squiers & Fenders.

[lemmywinks]

13 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

 

I think this is a Young-Chang bass, iirc they took over the Squier contract from Fujigen when manufacture started moving to Korea. Didn't know there were MIK Fenders from this era, though.

 

Young-Chang lost the Squier contract when they started selling the same instruments under their own Fenix brand - which also have E-prefix serials but don't appear to date in line with the Squiers, or indeed Fenders.

 

Apropos of nowt, this has Gotoh GB1 tuners, as used on many '80s MIJ Squiers & Fenders.

 

So would an E serial be Young Chang and an S serial always be Samick then?

 

 

[Bassassin]

On 22/05/2024 at 12:45, lemmywinks said:

 

So would an E serial be Young Chang and an S serial always be Samick then?

 

 

 

On MIK instruments I think so - I had an E serial MIK Squier Bullet which turned out to be YC, and AFAIK Samick use the S serial prefix on everything, regardless of brand.

[Robert Manning]

I used to have one of these sold mine over 13 years ago i think- same finish with a tort guard seen it pop up on ebay since.. bass direct had another which sold for 450 few months ago. 

 

was a decent build quality but rather heavy. ultra thin neck if i remember rightly 

 

Could never find any info on these they are quite a mystery...