LukeFRC

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-TRB-4-Electric-Bass-Guitar-with-Yamaha-Hard-Case-/200756300488?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2ebe020ac8#ht_635wt_1219 that on's nice too, which ones have the carving on the lower horn? is that earlier ones or later?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bieskA5R7hY look at that, reminds me of mogwai but sounds ace

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1336863637' post='1652181'] Isn't that an early Squier-series model?? [/quote] no, it's a Squier by Fender era one. The Squier Series ones didn't have....... ok I'll shut up you know what, I'm off to church to play bass, ill play this one, and to avoid argument I won't tell anyone what I'm playing....

that is a good price

You know it does start me thinking how long I will hold onto mine for.

tis okay

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1336829925' post='1651659'] The original pic you posted looks lovely. [/quote] it was nice. Bit polite, and very high string tension for some reason. Also photography courses at uni helped

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1336825514' post='1651595'] Same model and colour scheme - lovely tobacco sunburst but definitely not yours! I've had mine from new. They're a great bass as you'll know. Nice flat fingerboard. Not much tonal variation, even from the actives but what it does, it does well. visog [/quote] so they made two. Yeah, I had it and couldn't help feeling that in a small band it would be quite nice. warm and a bit polite I found it. My guess is if you stuck the same pickups on a graphite bass they would give it a bit of warmth, on a wood bass it gets very warm and gentle.

also if it's all down to the brand on the headstock.... like you say.... isn't Fender also now a brand. So really squiers aren't fenders. they are just guitars that carry two brands both owned by FMIC. Is a squier a FMIC instrument. yes. Is it a Fender. No, because FMIC use that brand elsewhere in the range. DOes it use the fender brand to lend itself credibility? yes.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1336819585' post='1651471'] No,what I'm saying is that if it says Squier on the headstock it's a Squier - unless it was from the short lived first run of export Squiers. [/quote] which are still squiers. they just say fender bigger.

[quote name='mushers' timestamp='1336815353' post='1651379'] i have to ask why does that bass on ebay have a strap button on the bak of the headstock ? was that the norm [/quote] yeah, Leo Fender thought people might want to wear them like acoustic guitars so something

it's all a ploy to make money.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1336781468' post='1651169'] I know and it looks like it has a 4ply. As does my 1984 JV62RI My point is JVs were supposed to be authentic reissues. How were they ever made with 3ply plates? That is such an obvious error. [/quote] the screws will be metric sizes too. Maybe the copies they were making before they made JV had 3 ply and they had a stock to use? The 21frets site points out a difference in the make up of the WBW start plates too. I think maybe yes they aimed for a vintage replica- but they were also making kinda budget basses, I think some of the early stats had a different fingerboard radius as they used up pre squier necks- an even more obvious error! My point- they are good instruments- and people want them because of the rarity I think more than them being perfect replicas. Could you buy more of a playable bass secondhand with £1200, aye possibly.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1336779494' post='1651135'] The pickup you need is sitting in my '58 project Relic ('57 JV), currently in the FS thread. You can buy it, switch the pups, get your JV back up to full value, then sell on the '58. Everyone's a winner!! [/quote] I had actually thought of that, but that would only be worth me doing if I wanted to sell on my one, otherwise its just a set of pickups in a drawer somewhere in my room. Not really the priority of a collector but I only accidentally ended up with this bass as a player rather than as a collector. (plus it costs a fair bit more than my JV did!)