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And it is MINE!

Buslady7803

Buslady7803

Dec 15, 2009
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Up the street from Fender...
#1
Got the Squier today (and look I spelled it right)
It's gonna need a little help, the volume dials are loose but it works. The strings me thinks gonna be replaced (what do you guys suggest for it? IF they need replacing, what does this thing have?) and WOW...it is a thumper. What a difference in sound than my Ibby. I love it.

I'll take it to get "Arnie-ized" as me and my bro call it, Arnie (my teacher) can fix it right up.

So here's the proof:

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#4
rollerberg2000 said:
Not sure what sound you're after, but my TI flats sound very sweet on my '66 Precision fretless. All thump and warm, like a cow taking a dump in a quiet pasture.
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Maybe it's the tuners cos the E is tricky to tune, the other 3 are fine. Or it's just me. I love the sound don't get me wrong...if my teacher says they're fine they stay. BUt if he feels they should be replaced, then I wanna know what it has...I know next to nothing about all the different strings.
 
#5
Buslady7803 said:
Maybe it's the tuners cos the E is tricky to tune, the other 3 are fine. Or it's just me. I love the sound don't get me wrong...if my teacher says they're fine they stay. BUt if he feels they should be replaced, then I wanna know what it has...I know next to nothing about all the different strings.
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Glad to hear you're taking lessons and are serious about following direction, I hope he or she is a good teacher.

What you will find as you develop as a player, is you will start to feel at home on a certain combination of strings (flats, roundwound, groundwound, taped, etc) gage, (heavy, medium, light, super light) and set up (high, medium, low). Alot of it depends on your "style" as you develop, if you started out pretty hamfisted like me with no direction you're gonna want heavy strings, medium to high action and rounds. IMO, styles and tastes change, which only justifies having more than one bass so you can have different setups for different styles.

Have fun, soak up all you can from your instructor, and start playing with other people ASAP.
 
#7
Buslady7803 said:
Maybe it's the tuners cos the E is tricky to tune, the other 3 are fine. Or it's just me. I love the sound don't get me wrong...if my teacher says they're fine they stay. BUt if he feels they should be replaced, then I wanna know what it has...I know next to nothing about all the different strings.
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Congrats!!!!!!!

When you take the strings off, give the tuners some lubrication and spin them around a few times. That should help provide some smoothness and better feel when you're adjusting them.

Strings are such a personal preferance thing. I'd spend some time reading in the strings area and see what others are using and why. I'm not into flats but I do have a set of LaBellas on one of my P basses and I MUCH prefer their tone over the TI flats. On my other P's I just love the good old Fender Nickel roundwounds. The have a warm tone and great feel.
 
#9
rollerberg2000 said:
Not sure what sound you're after, but my TI flats sound very sweet on my '66 Precision fretless. All thump and warm, like a cow taking a dump in a quiet pasture.
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LOL. I usually say gooey, smooth, and sweet like a carmel melting in your mouth. TIs are great, though.

OP, congratulations on your new bass. The thing with strings is that you can always put the old ones back on, so feel free to experiment. Let your teacher guide you an set up and maintenance. Looks like you've got a good, basic workhorse. I bet you'll "bond" to this bass just fine!
 
#11
Congrats! That's definately the next bass I put in my sig. from what I can see, value/playability factor is huge! Whats the concensus on pup mod's on the Squiers...pretty much necessity, or just per individual taste?
 
#12
The pups are fine, this things been sitting in its case for a few years, it seems fine to me.
probably personal pref changin em, i might..even just to learn how to do it. I know i wanna change the set on my Ibby to something better.

One thing that I think I want to adjust, the action is high..im used it lower like on my Ibby. when i switched back, the Ibby felt more like home...
 
#13
Congrats on a nice-looking, classic P-bass.

If you like the thump it has now, my vote is to keep the current strings on it. I often leave strings on basses for 10 years or longer. As long as I can tune them, I'm happy.

If you want to make a change, I always recommend Labella Deep Talkin' flats in light to medium gauge. Their heavy strings are much too thick for me. Elderly Instruments and Imperial Guitars have the best prices I know on Labellas.

Oh - and HIGH MARKS for spelling Squier correctly! Yew rawk!
 
#14
Congrats, Buslady- there's nothing like NBD. :)
I like light Rotosounds on my Precision, which has become my main player over several much pricier axes- P's are just so classic.

On the cow analogy- I wonder if cows ever say 'Yo, Bossie- did you hear that? That sounded like a finely-plucked flatwound-strung P-Bass through a warmed-up fliptop in a greasy Detroit club on a Friday night in 1965.' :rolleyes:
 

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