Tricked Out Squier Club Part 3

[Yesplz]

Originally Posted by Arial Bender

Saw this in a pawn shop for $89.00, neck very bowed, tone pot frozen. I was really lookin for a Pbass body rear routed for a custom build, so I bought it. I got it home and checked the trussrod, OK it then bottomed out so added a washer, Replaced pickups With active EMGs (evil bay), new EMG pots, routed for battery box, made a maple thumbrest.Of course when it was apart I cleaned everything thoroughly, waxed body, & shielded cavities. Color is that pearl white with nice yellowing and crackling in paint from age. Not what I started out to do but I like it and there will always be another project.

Beautiful

[Diesel Kilgore]

I think it might be time for me to join the club. I just dont know if mine will qualify. I haven't done anything too drastic.

Dragonfire P & J pickups.
Bridge cover.
Fretboard inlay stickers.

[BillyB_from_LZ]

Originally Posted by Diesel Kilgore

I think it might be time for me to join the club. I just dont know if mine will qualify. I haven't done anything too drastic.

Dragonfire P & J pickups.
Bridge cover.
Fretboard inlay stickers.

Very cool and, as far as I know, suitably tricked out!

[Diesel Kilgore]

Thanks BillyB. I have reached the zenith of mods on the Jag. I just wanted some classy retro touches and a nice set of pickups. So now I am on a string quest...for something other thean flats.

[jweber76]

What do you think of the dragon fire pickups? Much different from the dunc designs that came with the bass?

[TJBass]

A few pics of my Affinity P.


HB7 Detuner, Custom headstock logo, New Alpha 250k pots, Switchcraft jack, Multi-Cap tone switch with 1 Orange Drop .047, 1 Paper/oil .01, and 1 ceramic disk .0047 capacitors, and strat style volume and tone knobs.






Just order some carbon fiber wrap to cover the white pickguard.

[Diesel Kilgore]

Jweber, I dont believe the Jag SS pups are the Duncan designed pups. I think those are only on the Black Jag Special.

The DFs are a definite step above the stockers. I originally just wanted to replace the J pup but since they come in a P/J set I did both. The J rocks and comes thru when blended with the P. The P is a bit hotter then the stock pup and isnt as "hollow". Fuller and louder. Here is my review of them from the pickup forum.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/pulled-trigger-p-j-set-dragonfire-pickups-947425/#post13784145

[BillyB_from_LZ]

Originally Posted by TJBass

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Just order some carbon fiber wrap to cover the white pickguard.

Please post photos when you're done.

[TJBass]

Originally Posted by TJBass

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BTW, the tree the P is leaning against is walnut, which is coming down this spring!!!!! mwahhahaahaaha

[fjadams]

Tricked out Jaguar SS.

[AllenLee]

I've pretty much sealed the deal on a Squier Affinity-P. I think it's an '03. One of the tuners is loose/shaky and the pickguard is smashed where the jack is. It's also plastered with a bunch of lame stickers, and has strings that feel like they have never been changed.

Anyways, I'm going to fix it up and this thread has been inspirational, to say the least. There are some really nice Squiers out there!

[jweber76]

These are my favorite type of squiers! Beat up, broken and abused. These can typically be had for a song and you don't have to feel bad chopping up a perfectly good stocker to make an awesome hot rod!

[AllenLee]

Originally Posted by fjadams

Tricked out Jaguar SS.
Attachment 317074

Pimp! Those PUs look interesting. My VM Jag (non SS - Duncan-Designed PUs) is my main bass.

[WhoSeyes]

Originally Posted by Figjam

Here is my new fretless creation!

squier PJ body (walnut satin)
vintage modified fretless neck (i applied amber nitro)
dimarzio model PJ pickups (covers swapped out to creme and white aftermarket)

I have a gold bridge that I will be putting on.

LOVE IT. I also have a standard special PJ squier (walnut satin).

Did the VM fretless neck sit up perfectly without any tweaking? Just unscrew the standard neck and screw-in the VM neck?

And what about the dimarzio pickups? Do you like them? Have you also replaced the stock pots of the bass?

Finally, what strings are you using?

[fjadams]

Originally Posted by AllenLee

Pimp! Those PUs look interesting. My VM Jag (non SS - Duncan-Designed PUs) is my main bass.

Thanks. They are Lace Alumitones. They sound even better than the demos I heard before I bought them. Big, deep, crystal clear lows off the "P" and the "J" brings in all the mids and highs one would want. Also have each of them connected to its own StellarTone ToneStyler giving me more tonal variation than any other bass I own.

[Figjam]

Originally Posted by WhoSeyes

LOVE IT. I also have a standard special PJ squier (walnut satin).

Did the VM fretless neck sit up perfectly without any tweaking? Just unscrew the standard neck and screw-in the VM neck?

And what about the dimarzio pickups? Do you like them? Have you also replaced the stock pots of the bass?

Finally, what strings are you using?

The neck was direct swap. The tone pots are stock. I have had mixed success with stock squier pots. These ones work okay; I notice that the volume doesnt swell smoothly on; it goes from nothing to a significant volume rather than a smooth increase from nothingness. Only matters for doing volume swells. Not even sure if pots would change this. I cant imagine what else would affect this.

I love the dimarzios. I use them on 3 basses. A P with an Model P, a PJ with the Model PJ set, and a PJ with what appears to be a model P and an ultra J. All sound great.

[WhoSeyes]

Originally Posted by Figjam

The neck was direct swap. The tone pots are stock. I have had mixed success with stock squier pots. These ones work okay; I notice that the volume doesnt swell smoothly on; it goes from nothing to a significant volume rather than a smooth increase from nothingness. Only matters for doing volume swells. Not even sure if pots would change this. I cant imagine what else would affect this.

I love the dimarzios. I use them on 3 basses. A P with an Model P, a PJ with the Model PJ set, and a PJ with what appears to be a model P and an ultra J. All sound great.

Thanks for the info!

[TJBass]

Originally Posted by BillyB_from_LZ

Please post photos when you're done.

As requested:


3M DI-Noc Carbon Fiber wrap on a stock Squier Affinity P pickguard. Got a few rough spots but I have enough wrap left over that I can redo it.

[RadioRob]

Originally Posted by TJBass

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Where did you get this decal?

[Billy K]

I let one of our bass players at church play my Tricked out VM and I swear to God he freaken drooled on it.I stood there isn dis belief drooled on my bass.I guess I did a god job.Hipshot tuners Babicz, bridge, fret level,custom pickguard and matching tone/volume plate.He freaken drooled on it.I need to sanitize now.