$50 FB Marketplace basket case

[63 Bass]

I cannot help you ID that thing at all. But I can tell you it looks pretty bad ass. Did you buy it?

Its a Squier Jaguar bass VM bass active, I have one and everything you have is identical to mine( except the decal)

 

[Kenneth Mountain]

Great thread ! Nice shop ! ! Excellent work ! show us the strat ! !

 

[speelyei]

Great thread ! Nice shop ! ! Excellent work ! show us the strat ! !

Which Strat? I only have one, a red sparkle Squier, with a crazy speaker in it.

 

[Kenneth Mountain]

Which Strat? I only have one, a red sparkle Squier, with a crazy speaker in it.

I misread - you did the finish on the neck of the red strat

 

[speelyei]

Still need to set the action, intonate, and waiting on the pickguard to be delivered.
Not 100% sure I’ve got the wiring done correctly, but noise came out and sounded like a bass!

anyone else feel a secret sense of relief when you get all that wiring soldered and buttoned up, and the thing actually works?

 

[Kenneth Mountain]

kind of a shame to put a PG on her ? She looks nice the way she is !

 

[Bluzy]

Looks really good! Well done. What color PG did you buy?

 

[speelyei]

Looks really good! Well done. What color PG did you buy?

I went with parchment or cream, something like that. I hope it looks good. If it doesn’t, I can use it for a pattern and make another.

 

[speelyei]

 

[mofojar]

Someday I’m getting a Squier Bass. My Crate bass is fine but I just want the Squier. Just having the Squier logo will make me play it better somehow.

 

[mofojar]

Sorry I had to show off the old Squier logo after reading Fadetoz's comment. Your bass turned out incredible! What a journey but it looks amazing. Great job!

 

[Radiotech]

Beauteous!

very nice!

 

[Robb]

Great project !

 

[speelyei]

Thanks all! It was a lot of fun. Now... to keep it, or not? At least for a while.

 

[SoundDesign]

That is one fantastic restoration. I love it and I hate PJs. LOL

 

[mkgearhead]

 

[Kenneth Mountain]

Can't wait till your next project !

 

[speelyei]

Well, the story ends.
Bought it for $50, spent another $50 on the pickguard, and $12 for a neckplate and screws, and $6 for stain. I put a new set of strings on, I think they were $25, and sold it this morning for $200.
That instrument sold new for $200, so I think I did as good as I could possibly do on the sale.
I learned several things on this project, got to try some things I had been curious about, and rehabbed a good instrument and turned it back out into the wild.
Can’t ask for more.

 

[squierTony]

The buyer got an excellent one of a kind bass. Such a killer bass and story to boot.

 

[SubSailer671]

View attachment 190983 Well, the story ends.
Bought it for $50, spent another $50 on the pickguard, and $12 for a neckplate and screws, and $6 for stain. I put a new set of strings on, I think they were $25, and sold it this morning for $200.
That instrument sold new for $200, so I think I did as good as I could possibly do on the sale.
I learned several things on this project, got to try some things I had been curious about, and rehabbed a good instrument and turned it back out into the wild.
Can’t ask for more.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us. I enjoyed following the restoration. Excellent work!