Bassassin

J.

Yep - that's the one I thought it was. J.

[quote name='MythSte' post='617793' date='Oct 5 2009, 06:52 PM']Someone persuade him to give this to me![/quote] No bother - I'm easily persuaded. With money! J.

Ladies, gentlemen & sapient treefrogs: A Squier Precision, made in Japan at Fujigen Gakki between 1985 & 1986, as denoted by the A-prefix serial number. A-serials were fourth in sequence after the original JVs and ran concurrently with most of the preceding E-numbered instruments. This one's black, with a b/w/b scratchplate and a rosewood board, which makes it all look very, well, black. And therefore rock as f*ck. This may have influenced my purchasing decision a little - did I mention that it's black? It's in very good condition for its age, great straight neck with narrow frets, negligible fretwear, trussrod works fine, a few bumps & minor dents front & back on the body, which should be clearly visible in the pics. Hardware is in great condition, with just a tiny amount of bubbling on the bridge baseplate, no rust or burring at all on the screws. Anyway, it'll be pictures you'll want: Cosmetically it's very nice - to be honest the pics, taken in bright natural light, seem to highlight the imperfections somewhat. A previous owner has presumably either used a metal pick, or maybe had a hook for a hand, resulting in the marking on the scratchplate & pup covers. Just a bit of minor buckle rash round t'back: The only real damage is this: Looks like it's been dropped or come off a strap. Just lacquer chips - the wood isn't dented. I flowed a bit of superglue around the edges to help dissuade it from further flaking. Aside from that, the only other issue it has is a slightly sticky E-string tuner. A bit of a mystery, it's not, and hasn't been bent, I took it apart to clean/lube it and worked it round for a while, which freed it up a bit, but to be honest when tuned & under string tension, it's barely noticeable. It's entirely original, aside from a couple of "modifications" I made - if you can call them that! A shim in the neck pocket, purely to allow me to raise the saddles a bit - I play with a pick sometimes & Fender saddle height adjusters have an endearing way of ripping chunks out of the side of your palm! I also found the pickup height to be very low (my shim didn't help) so I added a couple of extra foam pads to raise it up a bit. Much louder now! I quite regretted selling my SQ Squier & got this as a sort of replacement - and I actually like it much better. It's a wonderfully light bass compared to most of my JapCrap, plays really well & I'd say sounds a tad more aggressive than the SQ. It still doesn't sound "right" for my band - and I'll have to accept the fact that P's don't. The fact I also have 3 separate P projects on the go (expect to see at least 2 of them here really soon!) means I can't keep this. You don't see a great many 80s MIJ Squiers, and most are JV, SQ & E serials so I'm really unsure about price for this - however I'm going to break with the current BC fashion of expecting people to guess, and boot my metaphorical price-ball into a park named [b]£275[/b]. I'm willing to wrap it up & post it anywhere in the whole wide world. Edit - I should add that I'd prefer not to use PayPal if at all possible - this is simple, unreasoning prejudice on my part. A cheque or used notes in a greasy brown envelope would be best, and unfortunately I'm not looking for a trade, I desperately need cash towards a new car. Over to you. Jon.

[quote name='mr pablo' post='617182' date='Oct 5 2009, 10:51 AM']I got this a few months back with the intention of refinishing the body and giving it a general make over, but a change of circumstances is forcing me to sell it on. pics will be put up after i get home from work, condition wise the body has a few dinks as expected of a 29 year old bass although when i took of the gastly blue finish that was on before i got a lot of them out, i stained the wody black and have put 2 coats of tung oil on as i was planning an oil finish. The neck is also in realy good nick the frets are in pretty good nick and although stiff the truss rod works fine. Soundwise it's a big beefy pbass sound not much else i can say about that. Price wise looking for about £100 posted or i'll sell it of in its relative bits.[/quote] Interested in this, especially if it's the earlier model with the 4-pole pickup. I'm just over the bridge from you so you wouldn't have to post. Expect a PM when you get pics up. Jon.

Have a bump on me. If that was black/aluminium you'd be minus an arm! Jon.