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Above:  Chris Price has kindly sent in these pictures of his rare 1st series JV Precision Bass JV07700, which he bought two years ago for the incredible price of £250.00!!! (amazing!) He has another JV P Bass on the way, which I hope to be able to show you on this page soon.  Chris says (in his own words) "I've played many basses over the years including American P-Basses of various vintages, and I honestly think that the JV's were the best ones that Fender made anywhere. Not bad for an instrument that was originally released as a budget alternative!"  The bridge on this guitar is a standard issue Fender replacement item, which is of a style that Chris prefers to the vintage unit, but he still has the original one tucked away safe and sound. 

Above:  The nicely rounded body edges so typical of the JV's (and true to the originals) is illustrated in these photo's of a '57 vintage Stratocaster JV31909, sent in by it's proud owner, Mile Ivanic from Serbia.

Above:  Trond Lysenstøen has sent in these pictures of his export and domestic JV (and other) collection, which includes a really early domestic Fender JV '57 vintage Stratocaster, serial number JV00230. 

The three photo's above are of a beautiful fiesta red '57 vintage export JV Stratocaster, JV74303, kindly sent in by it's owner Tim Pershing;  This guitar is in stunning condition!

The three photo's above are of a very early '57 vintage Precision Bass, JV02470, owned by Laurent Pochet from Belgium (see more details of this guitar on the JV Precision Bass page).

Above:  Martin Byrne kindly sent in this photo of his '62 vintage JV Precision Bass (one of three that he owns!).

Above:  These two lovely JV Telecasters are owned by Steven Veldhuizen (pictured left: JV22029, and on the right is JV06820).

The six photo's above are of a beautiful '62 Vintage JV Precision Bass JV15517, owned by Vidar Tyriberget from Norway.

The four Photo's above, are of a 1st series Squier JV Telecaster JV05193 owned by Mitch Keen from Swindon in the UK. These early models have the serial number stamped onto the neckplate, but most (not all) later Squier brand telecasters have the number stamped in the period correct (1952) position on the bridge plate.

This particular guitar is lucky to be alive after having spent some 15 years stood in a kitchen right next to a cooker! (15 YEARS SAT NEXT TO A COOKER!!!).  Mitch tells me that it took him 3 days to get it looking clean, as it was covered in thick grease and grime! (and other unmentionables!) " you'd never seen anything like it" he says, and he got the guitar for free because of the state of it.  The neck was badly warped, but I am relieved to report that it has now straightened out fine.

After a little fret dressing and TLC, it now plays like butter and has been returned to it's former glory.

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