Need help verifying if electronics are original on my 1982 MIJ JB62 reissue

[rhokuza]

1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

@rhokuza, your bass wasn't made the same day, only the neck was, so you can't compare the two basses as they may be different models. 😉

Oh this completely passed my mind as a possibility! Sorry still rather new and unfamiliar to all this research and verification 

[Beedster]

8 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

Well the 1982 fender japan catalogue has at least three spec levels of jazz bass which would have been at different price points. 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

@rhokuza, your bass wasn't made the same day, only the neck was, so you can't compare the two basses as they may be different models. 😉

Here are the answers to your main question 👍

[rhokuza]

Gone ahead and translated the page, looks like the 3 models were the standard, 62 reissue, and the stacked knob version. I texted my buddy who has an 82 JV pbass reissue and here’s a look at his electronics as well. Mine appears to be the middle model being the reissue but maybe I am still missing some specific info on each model

[Hellzero]

The pots on the P-Bass of your mate are American CTS, but the codes to date them are under the solders...

 

Only the very first examples of the JV series had American pots, but they were branded Fender and not Squier.

[LukeFRC]

47 minutes ago, rhokuza said:

Gone ahead and translated the page, looks like the 3 models were the standard, 62 reissue, and the stacked knob version. I texted my buddy who has an 82 JV pbass reissue and here’s a look at his electronics as well. Mine appears to be the middle model being the reissue but maybe I am still missing some specific info on each model

From the catalogue there are two models, and the wiring I would expect you have the standard model. The '62 has the stacked knobs

[rhokuza]

1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

The pots on the P-Bass of your mate are American CTS, but the codes to date them are under the solders...

 

Only the very first examples of the JV series had American pots, but they were branded Fender and not Squier.

Interesting. I think it was mentioned that mine were japanese not american, so maybe that might have to do with the inconsistency with the electronics. I’ll try to see if I can find some more examples of 1982’s with japanese pots/pickups and see if we can compare. If you find anything please feel free to post and let me know

[rhokuza]

https://reverb.com/en-fi/item/56402857-1982-fender-jv-jb62-115-jazz-bass-1982-nitro-finish-mij-japan
found this old listing. Not the same model, Has very similar wiring, slightly different wiring color, but other than that it looks pretty close.

Edited January 25 by rhokuza

[Hellzero]

This one has American CTS pots from 1982, which seems quite logical as it's a stacked knobs, so now you've seen the 3 variants.

[rhokuza]

3 hours ago, Hellzero said:

This one has American CTS pots from 1982, which seems quite logical as it's a stacked knobs, so now you've seen the 3 variants.

Very cool we were able to find so many different models from the same year. So it seems american pickups typically have the cloth wiring, and japanese pickups such as mine tended to have the plastic (at least we think mine are japanese). Of course there’s always the chance that they used what parts they had on hand regardless on what pickups? Still not totally sure.

[Hellzero]

The pickups were provided directly from Fender USA, so they had cloth wires.

 

It was also the Dan Smith era, so all was way more rigorous than under CBS or even Leo Fender supervision.

[rhokuza]

8 hours ago, Hellzero said:

The pickups were provided directly from Fender USA, so they had cloth wires.

 

It was also the Dan Smith era, so all was way more rigorous than under CBS or even Leo Fender supervision.

Any way how mine were Identified as USA or JPN? Trying to learn a thing or two for myself too as to what you guys were looking out for when ID’ing this sort of thing 

[Hellzero]

Yours are Japanese for at least two reasons:

 

First, they have plastic wires, not cloth wires.

 

Second, they have coloured plastic tape around the coil, not a bare coil.

[rhokuza]

2 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Yours are Japanese for at least two reasons:

 

First, they have plastic wires, not cloth wires.

 

Second, they have coloured plastic tape around the coil, not a bare coil.

I’m not 100% sure if the tape was always there. Was that a normal thing? I thought it was just to hold it together 

[Hellzero]

Yes, it was.

 

Furthermore here is the third reason: Your pickups have black bottom (the plate receiving the magnets) when the American ones have grey bottom with a stamped 6 digits code ending with 82.

 

Check this original 1982 American JV pickup Jazz Bass pickup (with plastic wires that may have been changed at some time):

 

 

[rhokuza]

3 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Yes, it was.

 

Furthermore here is the third reason: Your pickups have black bottom (the plate receiving the magnets) when the American ones have grey bottom with a stamped 6 digits code ending with 82.

 

Check this original 1982 American JV pickup Jazz Bass pickup (with plastic wires that may have been changed at some time):

 

 

Interesting! I see what you mean now. Here’s a few more better photos of mine as well. As far as I can tell from the pots and the pickups soldering. It looks untampered with from what I can see too.