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Almost bought a Fender...

#41
jd56hawk said:
Wouldn't play a Player if I found one on my front porch.
As a matter of fact, I think they should go back to calling them Standard, or Substandard....Fender SS has a nice ring to it.
By the way, that's not Fender bashing, merely Player bashing...sorry, they're just uninspiring.
Other than that, you might want to wait for one of the new 40th Anniversary Squiers.
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Damn those are nice. First I'm hearing about this new run...this is one of the sexier strats I've seen
Squier 40th Anniversary Stratocaster, Gold Edition, Lake Placid Blue | GearTree | Reverb
 
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#42
Except for this being your personal story, I don’t see what it adds to the decades long conversation about how basses are no longer having to go through any sort of rigorous setup or inspection before they hit the sales floor or are shipped around the world. It’s literally just turn ‘em and burn ‘em from so many manufacturers these days. Anyway…. If you’re buying a mass production bass, expect to have to turn some screws and bust out the files. Simple as that.
 
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#43
Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati said:
It’s beyond you because, as explained by another fellow tber, reliced CS basses should simulate an old vintage bass, fitted with old celluloid guards that have the property of shrinking with time due to the loss of transformation of the camphor component .. this generally causes cracking at the upper horn tip of the guards (where a screw opposes to the shrinkage effect) and their detaching from the control plate .. hence what they do at the CS shop.
Non-reliced instrument’s (NOS) are not characterised by this feature .. TalkBass is incredible !
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I never saw/have never seen that explanation! That's actually really cool, thank you. At least that makes sense for the vintage style and relic models.

It still happens on modern Fenders though! When I emailed them about it they basically just said, "meh, it happens, we drill them in by hand." This includes the MIA lines. Just wild to me.

That being said, I love Fender. I hope I don't come across otherwise.
 
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#44
I ordered that bass back in October and it had paint flaws so I returned it.

Kept looking and found one with an even better top and it plays amazing.

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#45
tubatodd said:
See! You and others out there have raved about these. I was so excited to get one. I was waiting patiently for 2 days before I could get to GC Friday night. I guess it just wasn't meant to be for me. I'm glad yours is awesome!
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It’s the way of these things, I’ve played some dogs that cost $2000 and some gems that were $100 and the absolute reverse of that too. I just got lucky and the one that was on sale happened to be very good! You’ll find yours, especially with the self control you displayed!
 
#46
I love the way these look. For $649 I would fully expect it to need a full setup. The MIMs typically have cheap tuners. If after a setup with properly stretched strings with at least 3 windings on the tuner post, if it still had issues with the tuners I'd replace those. The bridge isn't the greatest, but once it's set up and intonated, there shouldn't be any problem with it. And again, for $649 I wouldn't have a problem swapping out the pickups.
 
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#47
MIM basses come with more or less the same hardware as the better Squier’s do (or did…Vintage Modified basses had the same tuners as MIM, but now I believe the new CV’s have crappier tuners). The MIM tuners can be swapped out with Hipshot HB-7’s.
However, the wood selection on MIM’s is better than Squier. Swap the hardware out (and pickups if you like) on that $649 bass and you have a $900 bass that’s pretty darn good and looks great.
But obviously the better deal is the MIA where you wouldn’t need to swap out anything…but you won’t have that finish…
 
#51
OP here again. I have 15+ basses, among them a pair of jazz basses. I don’t need another bass, nor did I need to spend money that day. I certainly could have made that Fender work and probably enjoyed it….after a setup, steel wool and bridge and tuner hardware replacements. It was by no means a terrible instrument. On the other hand it, didn’t scream “take my money” (reg $899) either.
 
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#54
tubatodd said:
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I will REALLY try and make this post as authentic and original as possible and not "stop me if you've heard this one before..."

Interestingly enough, when the sales person went to the back I saw hanging on the wall a limited edition light blue Squier P Bass with a vintage-tint gloss neck and matching blue headstock ($529). It felt and played like quality. It was fantastic. I had to fight the urge to buy yet another P bass. I may regret it.

So we walked out of GC without a Fender or any new bass. The GAS and the shopping continues.
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Interestingly enough, I made that same observation and posted it here somewhere in recent months. That light blue Squier felt nicer to play than the couple of MIM bases I played during that same GC visit and it was definitely a bass worth owning. Maybe you should consider a return visit?
 
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