'86, 1st year of the '57 reissue I think. It's very incorrect, with modern tuners, Tune-o-Matic bridge and separate tailpiece, and wrong shape guard (humped like the guard on an SG-style Jr). Later models were more correct. But that's the way it was made and I'm not messing with it. It's actually the only guitar or bass I bought brand new.
Looks cool! I noticed the TOM bridge, and that's what had me wondering...
I got ahold of a Jr. last year and was really blown away by the range of sound that you can coax out of it by working those knobs. Never thought I'd like a single pickup guitar this much.
Mine is a '05 Hamer, which they had as a catalog model for a while. It's made out of korina, and is super light weight and resonant. Really sings! This has the stock Wilkinson bridge and the original overwound Duncan pickup was replaced by the previous owner with a Lollar P90. I put a set of TonePros Kluson plate tuners on it in place of the original Rotomatics.
Here's a pic of that one... (the shredder in front there was only visiting)
I like it so much I have a second on the way. This one is one of a handful made in mahogany closer to vintage spec (stock Gotoh plate tuners w/a thinner 50s spec headstock). These led to the production model. If this one holds up, I might sell the korina since I really wanted one in tv yellow from the get go.
Anyway, back to basses