Anything ACTUALLY wrong with Squier necks?

Wow, any neck PLEKed would be amazing fret-wise, and with a new nut that would be an amazing neck. With PLEK, I would not be surprised if that neck turned out better than a Warmoth. Have you looked into PLEK though? There are only like 3 machines or so in the world, so it might get expensive

 

I'm in the process of rebuilding a squire, making fairly significant changes to it as well. After doing a fair bit of setting up with the original neck it is a LOT more playable than before so I don't believe I need to replace the neck.

As SpamBot said, if you get the bass Plek'd it should make it WAY better. From what I know of the process, as long as the neck isn't inherently terrible Plek should be able to improve it to an amazing degree.

 

I have a Korean '89 maple P neck that compares very favorably with many other P's I've played.

 

Do they even do PLEKs for basses? I've only heard of them on '08 LPs and Framus guitars.

 

The finish could always be better... I've had a few with small small bubbles and some very thin spots that wore off in a few months.

 

Lots of people have Plek systems.

Warwick, Lakland, G+L, CF Martin, they've been around for a while...

 

yes, someone mentioned of a boutique bass builder now PLEKing all of the new basses around here, maybe they will chime in

 

Really? I remember a Frumus review in Guitar World that said it was the only one in the world, but then again that was about a year ago...

 

I've just put a barely used 50th Fender Anniversary Squier Strat neck on my Frankenstrat. It's really terrific - no fretware allows me an insanely low & tension-free action.

Nothing wrong with Squier necks.

 

For the price of a plek (200, IIRC), you could buy a warmoth and a fret dressing, that's what I'd do. YMMV, but my warmoth came out of the box with great fretwork and didn't need any fret dressing.

As for the quality issues with squire, it would depend on the neck. A MIJ squire would be a great neck. The new chinese squire's are good, but relatively untested as far long term reliablility. Having ownd a Vietnamese squire, and currently a bass with a warmoth neck I can say without doubt that I wouldn't put any cash into a Vietnamese squire neck.

No, there's nothing wrong with a squire neck persay, but even with a plek, it wouldn't be as well made, as a warmoth neck.

 

Whats PLEK?

 

IIRC, a PLEK fret-treatment runs about $150. That's a lot of money to spend unless you actually need it.

 

http://www.plek.com/en_US/home/

 

I have four Squiers, all their necks are pretty tasty without any treatment/PLEK/dressing.
I wouldn't worry about it, if you like the feel of the neck.

 

i have one squire neck and imo its really not a quality neck. Its like night and day compared to my exellent warmoth necks.

 

Usualy bad advice to build something nice with a neck that might move around; don't ask me how I know

 

I have an Indonesian Squier P-Bass, and it's a fantastic neck. That said, I'd save a bit and get a really nice used neck.

 

Yes Lakland has one... I've seen it with mine own eyes!!!!