About to buy a Squier Affinity V

[NickInMesa]

Yes, a SQUIER. Seller is selling it for $100. Reviews are all positive about them. I used to own a Squier Affinity Stratocaster and was amazed at how good it was.

For $100 you can't go wrong and if I don't like it, I can sell it for $100... Or use it as a fun modification platform.



Ok, what's your opinion on these basses, guys?

 

[Randall]

My Squire affinity p bass with warmoth padouk/ebony neck is awesome. I love it.

 

[Gord_oh]

id do it and im not big on 5ers....

 

[NickInMesa]

My Squire affinity p bass with warmoth padouk/ebony neck is awesome. I love it.

I was thinking about a Warmoth or USA Custom neck down the road.

 

[Randall]

The original neck was fine to play on but Warmoth had a sale on around xmas time and I could not resist modding it. Makes it mine now.

And no I did not put a Fender decal on it That would be lame.

 

[bassist4dalord]

DO IT! I had one for a year (sold it because I'm a Precision man now) but it is indeed a really nice bass. I kept mine stock; even the stock strings until they went dead. Really nice bass, especially for that moolah!

 

[J. Crawford]

$100? Heck yeah!

 

[thisSNsucks]

I had one of those strung E-C. Killer bass, great quality. For $100 its a steal.

DO IT!

 

[MNAirHead]

For $100 I'd do it.. then sell it when done.... had one .. hated it.. paid/sold it for $125

These are not worthy of mods or upgrades...

Bass gear is so cheap right now, it makes more sense to buy a better bass than mod a lesser.

For $100 it's an OK stopping ground

T.

 

[DRafalske]

I have one too and love it. For $100, I say Do it!

 

[LEntless]

For $100, I'd do it. I own one....my first bass. It doesn't compare to MIM Fenders, or MM's...but it works fine. The B isn't the greatest though, just so you know.

 

[addylewis]

Get it man - its pretty damn good for a 5'er...even if it turns out not so great you could always use it for a seldom used 5-string fretless or something...

 

[Moe Monsarrat]

I bought one to tour France with and have never regretted it. The only thing I changed was the bridge (to a Hipshot) & the strings (to flats). Mine sounds & plays great. No, it's not as nice as my $3000 Elrick, but I don't worry about leaving it in my hotel room or even in the van.

 

[Woofer]

I got one a couple months ago just so I'd have a 5. Sounds pretty close to my MIM and I haven't found any flaws to it anywhere, all stock hardware/pups/etc are just fine. Considering I paid twice what you're getting it for I'd say it's a steal.

 

[NickInMesa]

My Squire affinity p bass with warmoth padouk/ebony neck is awesome. I love it.

What Warmoth neck fits, by the way? It seems they only sell 22 or 24-fret Jazz V neck.

Thanks!

 

[Randall]

I put a jazz neck on it. Any P or J neck Warmoth makes will fit.

P.S this was on my 4 string Squire Affinity p bass not a fiver.

 

[XsorrowfoxX]

I'd rather an SX

 

[NickInMesa]

So I have the bass and it's exactly what you can expect for $200... Except I paid $100.

The pickups are crap, that's for sure. They sound very muddy. The is absolutely NO top end to them. Full on the bridge pickup, pull the string: barely any twang. The bridge is some sort of cheap allow. The nut is cheap plastic. That's the negatives.

The positives: the neck is very nice, no kink, no ramp. Fretboard is a bit scalloped on the low F, but that's about it. The action is ok as is. The strings are the original Fender strings, as I bought it from the first owner, who barely used the bass. They sound fine to me. The machine are Gotoh compact types, but with a few blemishes. I suspect that after inspection the crappy parts are shipped to Squier, the pretty ones go to better brands.

I say that if I find some pickups cheap, I will buy them and install them. Otherwise this bass is not worth investing into.

I am using this bass to see if I could like a 34" scale 5er, especially a Fender Jazz V before buying/building one.

Bought $100, sold $100 when I am done.