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I think JV's are great. I've had three, and I've got two left... a 62 P (pic above) and a 57 P. I sold another 57 P which was mint but was heavy and had a not-so-nice neck. The one I SHOULD have bought was a Jazz with the big-Fender-small-Squier headstock for £450. That was a cracking bass. For what I paid for mine (around £200 apiece, years ago) they're one of the best bargains on the planet. At 'sensible' prices, say below £600, I think they're still well worth considering on an individual basis. At silly collector's money, I'd pass. I don't think any are actually fetching that except maybe the first-run logo series of spring 1982 like the Jazz mentioned above. I know a guy who works at a high-ticket vintage shop: he asks all the money for anything he personally sells, and he just got rid a JV 57 Strat for £600. Bear in mind that a fair few can benefit from a pickup upgrade. Only the JV Squier Strats had US-made pickups: all the others had standard Japanese ones. Both my P's aren't great on the bottom string unless you jack one end of the pickup right up. But they're light (8.2 and 8.6lbs) and the necks are fantastic.

Hello all, I'm a slightly superannuated Somerset-born but London-dwelling bass/guitar/mandolin/lap steel/pedal steel-playing semi-pro-ish 1982 Squier JV Precision-owning amp-challenged ne'er-do-well with far too many instruments and it's nice to be here.

Merton - Just attacked the Trace to locate possible high-pass filter. Can't even get the blimming rear plate off. This thing IS fooked. I may look at it again when I'm feeling mentally stronger... But... Casapete's Option C - get a replacement cab - is looking increasingly sensible, wise, judicious, etc. Thanks for the advice...

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Those of a nervous disposition or with expensive tastes, please look away now… Having been asked to dep for a lovely local soul/rock/country 7-piece band, and having sold my bass rig several years ago, and not knowing how long this gig will last, and being poor, I need to make this pair - just hauled out a friend's storage - work! It's a Peavey Century, 100w each side at 4 ohms, which actually functions okay, and a mystery 2x10 Trace cab that seems to be the leftover top from an AH500 stack, although the label is blank… First worry: it's a 4 ohm head and presumably an 8 ohm cab, as most Traces were. So that's an issue. I think the speakers are buggered. The fart out over half volume. I've tried turning the cab 180 degrees: no improvement. So… Could this intended high-pass cab actually function, to a reasonably acceptable degree, as a standalone cab? If so, is it worth buying two new drivers and reconfiguring this cab to 4 ohms? If so, what speakers would be appropriate? As this gig may only be a few months, I need to keep the cost, ahem… down. Thanks for any help or advice… much appreciated.