Squier Owners Club (Part 3)

[wallawallabob]

The serial number is IC040419628, Indonesia made. So far, I haven't been able to find any info regarding age, relied on the previous owners memory.... I don't think the volume/pot knobs are original, but they work!

[Theo413]

I love my '89 MIK Squier P-bass. All stock except for the knobs and straplocks. Great era for Squiers IMO.

She's the vintage white one...

[jperala]

2012 VM Jazz Bass fretless, Indonesia Cort factory.

[jellejanssen]

Squier Vintage Modded J-Bass with Original Fender Bridge Covers

[Cney]

2012 Squier VM 70 Maple body/Maple neck, black block inlay's

• New upgraded electronics in (500k CTS pots, Sprague Orange drop capacitor , better grounding, shielded with copper tape).

• Babickz full contact bridge.

to do:

• Seymour Duncan SJB-1 neck+bridge PU. got them second hand for 100 doll hairs.

Here you see my girlfriend playing it...
two hot blondes lezzing it out :P

[96tbird]

I don't see a bass.


You better hope your girl either has a great sense of humor or doesn't read you post!

[ericdanger13]

I love my squier vintage modified squier! Can i join?

[96tbird]

Originally Posted by ericdanger13

I love my squier vintage modified squier! Can i join?

You need to post a picture of your blonde, er, em, I mean bass.

[ericdanger13]

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attach...9&d=1351645297 thats my fenderp bass with my squier jazz.

[Rip Topaz]

Originally Posted by Cney

2012 Squier VM 70 Maple body/Maple neck, black block inlay's

New upgraded electronics in (500k CTS pots, Sprague Orange drop capacitor , better grounding, shielded with copper tape).
Babickz full contact bridge.

to do:
Seymour Duncan SJB-1 neck+bridge PU. got them second hand for 100 doll hairs.

Here you see my girlfriend playing it...
two hot blondes lezzing it out :P

Ok I'll say it. Dude that is sexy as hell. Keep em both.

Man, I WISH I could get my woman to pose with my bass!!

[Cney]

Thanks guys :P

I am keeping them both for now.

I forgot to mention that i put in a push/pull pot as a serial/parallel switch.

[Flux Jetson]

Originally Posted by Cney

Thanks guys :P

I am keeping them both for now.

I forgot to mention that i put in a push/pull pot as a serial/parallel switch.

How about some gutshot pics of the mods, I'm sure many of us would like to see how some of that was done!



I'd be especially interested in seeing the parallel/series wiring in that thing. And Orange Drops caps make for great pics just all by themselves!

C'mon dood ... GUTS GUTS GUTS GUTS!!!

Your girl is a cutey ... "Eline"? Chicks with basses ... nothing like it!

[Flux Jetson]

Originally Posted by ericdanger13

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attach...9&d=1351645297 thats my fenderp bass with my squier jazz.

Dig the "mini-'peg" amp rig ... great practice setup!

I'm still diggin my VM 70 J ... the one with the 2-channel mods ... in fact it still has the same strings on it that it came with when I bought it back in like August.

2 channel modification on a J (many pictures).

It's probably got 200+ hours on them by now, and I have already recorded 13 tracks on soundcloud with it too. Wonderful basses. Same exact model as most people seem to be buying --- the maple body/maple neck/block inlays model. And don't let anyone tell you those inlays are "fake" either!

NBD: VM-Jazz natural - the inlays are REAL (uber-closeup shots).

You can clearly see the edge of the block inlay, and even the glue used to hold it in ....







At this point I think I'd like to send the neck off to NTL Guitars (Jay Kolanda) and have him do a bang-up fret leveling job on it. Or, I may spring for a nice select Warmoth replacement neck (natural padouk neck/maple fretboard with black blocks) but with stainless frets then have Jay at NTL Guitars in Nashville do a shmokin' fret leveling on that neck. This bass is way worth putting a few bucks into. Especially with all the mods I've done to the body and wiring. I love the sound of this "soft maple" (whatever that is) body. But I think it's time to direct money at the neck now. Lighter tuners and some really pro fretwork would do it a lot of justice.

So there's my fourth month post-honeymoon review of my own VM-70-J. I play it at least one hour every single day, most times twice that much. Tiz a keeper indeed!

[CDHawkins]

Can I join?

Squier Walnut Satin Finish?

[billgoodwin]

the '77 will be gone soon...so one last pic with my main work-horse the natural VMJ.

[Flux Jetson]

I like the Strat-lookin' knobs on the black one, that bass is a looker.

[AldoTheApache]

VM Jazz with a lot of mods incoming..Area J pups, 2-band Seymour Duncan EQ,Hipshot Bridge..And one pic in action on a magnificent EBS 350
Number ?

[Cney]

Originally Posted by Flux Jetson

How about some gutshot pics of the mods, I'm sure many of us would like to see how some of that was done!



I'd be especially interested in seeing the parallel/series wiring in that thing. And Orange Drops caps make for great pics just all by themselves!

C'mon dood ... GUTS GUTS GUTS GUTS!!!

Your girl is a cutey ... "Eline"? Chicks with basses ... nothing like it!

Eline is a hotty yes...
i gave her a Sax last year. that looks hot aswell :P

I am gonna gut my bass this afternoon.

I have to rewire a couple of things because i wasn't happy with some of the wire. i didn't have an extra white one so i used a yellow one :P.
Im a bit anal about that kinda stuff.

do a coppertape job in the bridge PU cavity.
i was short on time the last time.

i had to use an alpha push pull volume pot for the parallel/series switch.
Not happy with that. so i am probably gonna go for the regular CTS pot and a seperate toggle switch.
advantage is that i can not switch it off by accident when slapping the high strings.

I used star grounding like they guy form www.guitarnuts.com.
Its far better then grounding your pots together because of ground loops. check it out.
you can even add an extra capacitor as an electrical shock security in case of a broken tube amp.
you can find it all at that site.

i am gonna take a lot of high-res photo's for you guys and try to explain a couple of things regarding the grounding and such.

i even have an idea to put an extra switch with 2 orange drops of different value instead of the 1. so i can switch them. but that is just an idea.
the difference in sound would be small. maybe too small.
what's your guys take on that?

[Warwick Qc418]

Question for owner of vintage modified jazz bass '70. Are the pick the same length or is the neck pick up smaller?

Thanks

[Cney]

Originally Posted by Warwick Qc418

Question for owner of vintage modified jazz bass '70. Are the pick the same length or is the neck pick up smaller?

Thanks

they are both the same size.