eubassix Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) 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 by Reggaebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwillett Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBH Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Manning Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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