I am much too shallow to be seen with the wrong headstock decal.
(Thank heavens you can buy sandpaper and the RIGHT decals on the 'bay!)
(Thank heavens you can buy sandpaper and the RIGHT decals on the 'bay!)
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are you to good to play a squier?
- Thread starter LCW
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I got sick of people looking down and judging my squier so i repainted the head stock black and did a little pin stripe design.
How do you like the P-rails? Been wanting to get some.
I recently added a Squier Jazz Bazz VM to my set up and I've gigged it a few times. I must admit I did worry about what my peers would think (at gigs) to the point that I would sound check my Stingray to death as well as have it visible on stage during a gig! stupid, insecure and bordering on vain I know, but I had a quick five minute chat with myself (the truth hurts) and I'm of the opinion that it's not the name of the headstock but how I sound and play that matters!
someone did somthing simalar with me
the guy showed up with a £1000+ bass and when i pulled out my £80 pawn shop squier jazz his exact words were "wow and i thought you were going to be a sereous player"
so i pulled a inprov bass solo outta my ass and that shut him up
so then he asked why dont i play somthing like a warwick
well thats simple
cos i like my pawn shop basses
the guy showed up with a £1000+ bass and when i pulled out my £80 pawn shop squier jazz his exact words were "wow and i thought you were going to be a sereous player"
so i pulled a inprov bass solo outta my ass and that shut him up
so then he asked why dont i play somthing like a warwick
well thats simple
cos i like my pawn shop basses
Yeah it's a great solo... but the bass sounds like turd. So tell me again why I'd want to play one?
I'm a "professional working stiff" and have many a time brought nothing but a Squier to countless gigs. Sure, some of them sound like cardboard but I've received some glowing compliments from musicians and non-musicians alike. The bass is just the tool, your hands and fingers have all the heart and soul. Just my 2 cents.....
+1
When I was younger, I used to belong to an amateur sports car racing club based at the Sebring track in central Florida. I raced a stock 1987 Porshe 911 that cost me $25,000. I also raced my brother's $80,000 1993 Porshe 930 Turbo which was 30% faster than my 911. No matter how many times I raced the Turbo I could not get a better time than with my 911. I was just a mediocre driver so putting me in a faster car did nothing to improve my performance.
I find it to be the same with my $150 Bronco versus my $450 Schecter Diamond Elite.
at this point i consider foderas to be junky next to my bass. i wont touch anything other than instruments made by the one-man operation i've grown to love.
i'm a professional musician. i'm depended on to know material, play it well, ext ext, and part of those responcibilities includes having a good tone. does that make me, or anyone else "too good" for a squire? absolutley not. nobody is "too good" for any instrument.
for some reason younger musicians have a hangup about squire being junk. even if they were, what does that matter?
i'm a professional musician. i'm depended on to know material, play it well, ext ext, and part of those responcibilities includes having a good tone. does that make me, or anyone else "too good" for a squire? absolutley not. nobody is "too good" for any instrument.
for some reason younger musicians have a hangup about squire being junk. even if they were, what does that matter?
I own a EBMM StingRay and a Warwick Streamer Stage 1 and yet I`m gasing hard for a Classic Vibe Jazz!
I also recently acquired a Sterling Ray34 and have been playing that around a bit for gigs. Recently I had a guy come up to me before a gig and say "Nice Ray". I said thanks, but corrected him and told him that it was actually one of the new Indonesian models. He looked at it for a second and with a snort said, "Oh, when are you going to get a REAL Ray?" I politely told him I already had one but prefered the Ray34.
Anyways, I played our first set and the guy came up to me on our break and told me he was astonished by how great it sounded and how well it gave off the MM vibe. I then (kinda snidely) said, "I know. I wouldn`t leave my Ray at home and play something else unless it played just as good or better. It`s not the name that matters, but the player."
He apologized for being condescending
I also recently acquired a Sterling Ray34 and have been playing that around a bit for gigs. Recently I had a guy come up to me before a gig and say "Nice Ray". I said thanks, but corrected him and told him that it was actually one of the new Indonesian models. He looked at it for a second and with a snort said, "Oh, when are you going to get a REAL Ray?" I politely told him I already had one but prefered the Ray34.
Anyways, I played our first set and the guy came up to me on our break and told me he was astonished by how great it sounded and how well it gave off the MM vibe. I then (kinda snidely) said, "I know. I wouldn`t leave my Ray at home and play something else unless it played just as good or better. It`s not the name that matters, but the player."
He apologized for being condescending
Yep , I've heard nothing but good things on them good mod-platform at a budget price.
The other day, I picked up a Squier Deluxe Active Jazz 5 string. The set up - right out of the box - was OK. I tweaked "a bit". Then I practiced for about 4 hours.
I'm very impressed with this new addition and would recommend it to anyone.
I'm very impressed with this new addition and would recommend it to anyone.
The question should be is a Squier too good for me to play...
Seriously though, who looks at the headstock? I see a band I am more interested in how does the band sound. And as a bass player, I also want to hear how the bassist sounds, how he sits in the mix and can he groove. That is how I "judge" a bassist.
But I think John Q Public could give a flying flip what you/I/we play. Gear snobs and self absorbed guitardists are a different story.
If a person can fit the criteria I listed above, who cars what's on the headstock?
Seriously though, who looks at the headstock? I see a band I am more interested in how does the band sound. And as a bass player, I also want to hear how the bassist sounds, how he sits in the mix and can he groove. That is how I "judge" a bassist.
But I think John Q Public could give a flying flip what you/I/we play. Gear snobs and self absorbed guitardists are a different story.
If a person can fit the criteria I listed above, who cars what's on the headstock?
The question should be is a Squier too good for me to play...
Seriously though, who looks at the headstock? I see a band I am more interested in how does the band sound. And as a bass player, I also want to hear how the bassist sounds, how he sits in the mix and can he groove. That is how I "judge" a bassist.
But I think John Q Public could give a flying flip what you/I/we play. Gear snobs and self absorbed guitardists are a different story.
If a person can fit the criteria I listed above, who cars what's on the headstock?
I agree with all of this, but I must confess...
I look at the headstocks and the amps and...
I absolutely love it when they are playing a "cheap" bass, be it Squier, SX or whatever. Don't know for sure what that says about me, but I think it reaffirms my belief that awesomeness originates in your hands, head, and heart...and not a manufacturing plant.
Late start in here. Am I too good, no. I just don't care for P basses and J basses in general. I don't like the feel or look. So I am most certainly am too good to play one, I chose not to. I must confess, there is something to them that keeps them so popular.
I like the fact that I do have them as a choice..
I like the fact that I do have them as a choice..
I don't think joe public cares what bass your playing, half of them just see it as a 'guitar' but I've found that musicians from other bands I gigged with can be very judgemental. I caught a bassist and his guitarist having a whisper and a snigger to themselves when I opened my gig bag a took out my Squier Jazz Bass VM. They soon shut up after a quick slap.... improv solo and then hearing us play our soundcheck song! (Same gig I pimped my stingray to make me feel better!?!) Said bassist had nothing but lovely things to say when I cornered him backstage a short while afterwards!
There is something to be said for a player who can make a "cheap" instrument sound great. Taking out a $300 bass and leaving people shocked and awed is far more fun than showing up with a $5000 boutique bass and playing nothing but root notes.
If you sound good playing a $5000 bass, then the bass sounded great. If you sound good playing a $200 Squire, then YOU sounded great.
If you sound good playing a $5000 bass, then the bass sounded great. If you sound good playing a $200 Squire, then YOU sounded great.
