Recent content by Justin_Payne

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    Squier 40th Anniversary Vintage and Gold Editions

    I've had a few Squier and a couple MIMs. Have you seen how much the MIMS are going for now? 850 new. The Squier CV pick-ups sound just as good, but, the necks are not quite as good as MIMs. So, here's what I did; I bought a maple board jazz neck and a pau ferro P neck from sweetwater for $250...
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    Short Scale Journey Didn't Last Long

    I recently bought a Squier Jag short scale to play with flats. I'm not into tension. I wanted to tune in EADG with flats and that was my solution. What a fantastic instrument and amazing value. I played it exclusively for about a week. Then, I got back on my SR506 and kept bumping into frets. I...
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    If you could only play one bass brand forever

    I know there are a lot of haters on Ibanez. But, I totally agree with you. My first bass was a purple Roadstar 2. As I got better, I moved to a Fender P. Sure, it was great, but it had little tonal variation. No problem in a punk or rock band. But, I moved on to program metal. I started playing...
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    Artists everyone likes that you don't understand

    I have a ton of answers to this question. In fact, I'd say that I absolutely despise 95% of popular music in all genres and 70% of music in my favorite genres. I'm just a multi-instrumentalist snob. But, for the sake of this argument , I'm going with this; BECk BECK BECK Everytime I hear that...
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    Artists everyone likes that you don't understand

    Score with the Fishbone reference @