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This is a Pre Owned ,
SQUIER BY FENDER HM-V BASS GUITAR
FINISHED IN CLASSIC BLACK
BUILT IN 1989, PROBABLY IN THE SAMICK PLANT IN SOUTH KOREA AS THEY WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN SQUIER PRODUCTION IN '89
Serial Number on the front of the headstock in the easily recognisable Squier HM font. Fender in the usual font and Made in Korea and E serial number under the logo.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY RARE KOREAN BUILT SQUIER BASS. HM STANDS FOR HEAVY METAL WHICH IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS IN OUR OPINION AS THIS GUITAR IS CAPABLE OF SO MUCH MORE THAN IN YOUR FACE METAL.THE FIRST THING THAT HITS YOU HAS TO BE THE ANGLED HEADSTOCK WHICH IMMEDIATELY SAYS TO YOU HM SERIES. THE BODY IS SIMILAR IN SHAPE AND DESIGN TO A SUPER STRAT IN THAT THERE IS NO SCRATCH PLATE AND THE THE PICKUPS ARE FITTED STRAIGHT INTO THE BODY AND NOT THROUGH A PLATE.
FENDER MADE HM SERIES GUITARS, TELES, STRATS AND BASSES IN JAPAN INITIALLY THERE WAS A USA SERIES BUT THESE ARE REALLY REALLY RARE.
THESE SQUIER HM'S ARE VERY SIMILAR IN LOOKS TO THE JAPANESE GUITARS. THE E PREFIXED SERIAL NUMBER ON A KOREAN GUITAR POINTS TO 1989 PRODUCTION. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE HM'S WHERE ONLY PRODUCED BETEEN 1989 AND 1990 (POSSIBLY '91 TOO) BUT THAT COULD BE SPECULATION AS THERE IS NOT MUCH WRITTEN ABOUT THEM ONLINE.
THIS IS THE RAREST OF ALL THE KOREAN HM'S THE HM-V 5 STRING BASS OR THATS WHAT IT STARTED OUT AS. THIS ONE WAS CONVERTED WAY BACK WITH AN ORIGINAL FOUR STRING BRIDGE AND NUT AND THE 5TH STRING IS NO LONGER THERE. I HAVE READ ON OCCASION THAT THIS 5TH STRING WAS QUITE A MUDDY SOUNDING STRING THAT DIDN'T SUIT THE PICKUP CONFIGURATION AT ALL AND ADDED NOTHING IN PARTICULAR TO THE TONAL QUALITIES OF THE BASS. I AM SURE THIS IS WHY THE MOD WAS DONE. THE ORIGINAL SMALL KOREAN POTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR CGE MEXICAN POTS, WE THINK THAT THEY ARE 500K OHMS. THESE POTS WERE AVAILABE IN THE 80'S AND 90'S AND WERE VERY VERY SIMILAR TO CTS POTS OF THE TIME. THE WIRING HAS BEEN DONE WITH MUCH THICKER SCREENED CABLE.
THE PICKUPS WHICH ARE A JAZZ STYLE IN THE BRIDGE AND A PRECISION STYLE IN THE NECK POSITIONS LOOK INITIALLY LIKE EMG ACTIVE PUPS BUT THEY ARE NOT THEY ARE PASSIVE. THIS IS WHERE THIS GUITAR GETS INTERESTING. MORE THAN A FULLON METAL TONE IF YOU PLAY ON THE J PUP WITH THE P PUP TURNED DOWN YOU GET A GREAT PUNCHY SNAPPY FUNKY TONE FABULOUS FOR POP,FUNK AND R&B. WITH THE J TURNED DOWN AND THE P TURN UP YOU HAVE A MUCH MORE WOODY MELLOW TONE WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO BLUES AND JAZZ. THEN YOU HAVE MANY MORE TONAL VARIATIONS AS YOU MIX THE VOLUME LEVEL BETWEEN J AND P PUPS AND VICE VERSA.
THIS BASS HAS 34" SCALE LENGTH,22 FRET, ROSEWOOD FRETBOARD. THE NECK IS BOLT ON WITH THE TOP EDGE CURVED AND AN OFFSET TOP SCREW LIKE THE JAPANESE AND USA FENDERS. ALSO IN COMMON WITH IS COUSINS IT HAS A FLATTER 'D' SHAPED PROFILE MAPLE NECK AS OPPOSED TO A 'C' SHAPED JAZZ OR PRECISION BASS NECK. THE FRETBOARD IS ALSO FLAT GIVENG THIS BASS A REALLY COMFORTABLE SLIGHTLY FASTER PLAY ACTION.
SO YOU REALLY HAVE THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS HERE.. MANY DIFFERENT TONAL QUALITIES FROM A JAZZ AND A PRECISION PICKUP ON THE SAME GUITAR.
THE ABILITY TO SWAP TO A 5 STRING BASS IF YOU SHOULD SO WISH....
...AND A REAL HEAD TURNER OF A BASS THAT PLAYS AS WELL AS IT LOOKS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SMALL INDENTS ON THIS BASS HIGHLIGHTED BY THESE PICS SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE GUITAR BEFORE YOU CLICK BUY IT NOW PLEASE, AFTER ALL IT IS 31 YEARS OLD!!
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