Sibob Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Just looking at a JV Precision for a mate The serial number is seemingly (according to the owner) JV + 3 digits Has anyone heard of this? I've only ever seen JV+5 as the standard! Cheers Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basshead56 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hmm. Always thought the JV was 5 digits. Isn´t the SQ series 3 digit? Unless the seller is refusing to give the last two digits (lots of people tend to do that to stop people cloning serial numbers online for chinese knock-offs)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Possibly! To be fair, I'm still awaiting a picture of the neck plate! I've looked at some early JV serials and they are, for example: JV00330 So it could be that the owner is just omitting the first two zero's for whatever reason! Will report back! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Yeah I understand JV's had 5 figure numbers, never heard of a 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 don't quote me, but i think a jv serial starting jv00... would be one of the ones that said fender, rather than squier.... Probably best if you could give us a link to look at it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62P-Bass Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Here's a pic of mine. Definitely 5 numbers! Andrew P.S. Sibob- will pass it on to Trokey. [attachment=39782:e1e1_1.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Cheers Andy Me and Dave have been investigating it all day! We've sussed it though, it's JV + 5 digits proven by a photo, no idea why she only quoted 3 of the numbers to start with. I did see that one starting JV00xxx was quite early, as it happens, this one is JV4xxxx, placing it Mar-May '83. But yeah, we're going to see it (and hopefully purchase it) on Wednesday, I'll force him to post pics when and if he has it! Cheers all Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 [quote name='Sibob' post='706867' date='Jan 9 2010, 06:37 PM']Cheers Andy Me and Dave have been investigating it all day! We've sussed it though, it's JV + 5 digits proven by a photo, no idea why she only quoted 3 of the numbers to start with. I did see that one starting JV00xxx was quite early, as it happens, this one is JV4xxxx, placing it Mar-May '83. But yeah, we're going to see it (and hopefully purchase it) on Wednesday, I'll force him to post pics when and if he has it! Cheers all Si[/quote] How did you manage to date it so precisely? Is there a good source for dating info on the web? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Yes mate, check out the 21frets.com website! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfie Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I don't suppose anyone knows any dating information about Squier SQs. For example, roughly which serial numbers are 1983 and which are 1984. Also this JV has been on various classifieds for a while [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/82/52680382.html"]http://www.gumtree.com/london/82/52680382.html[/url]. Its price has been steadily decreasing, is it kosher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 [quote name='Alfie' post='724330' date='Jan 25 2010, 05:48 PM']I don't suppose anyone knows any dating information about Squier SQs. For example, roughly which serial numbers are 1983 and which are 1984. Also this JV has been on various classifieds for a while [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/82/52680382.html"]http://www.gumtree.com/london/82/52680382.html[/url]. Its price has been steadily decreasing, is it kosher?[/quote] See preceding post - all the information in the known universe re: JV basses & guitars is on 21frets.com. And £400 really isn't a lot for a JV these days, if that one's on the level. If it was local to me my inner Gyppo would be onto that for scurrilous profiteering. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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