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are you to good to play a squier?

#41
LCW said:
Well i left my fender p bass at home on a recent gig and played my squier jazz. Alot of people talked to me after since it was at my school . One guy said great tone and nice playing. Than he looked at my bass in the most disgusted face "wow a squier nothing personal but i am way beyond playing one of those" I asked ok what do you play than he replied " a wine red MIM jazz with an upgraded pearl guard" hahaha i tried not to laugh my a$$ off. I mean come on i was playing a Classic Vibe squier probably better than his MIM but whatever, that was the biggest gear snobbery i have ever ran into.
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No I am not.

I love inexpensive gear and some of my fondest memories are playing a Squier MB4 at an outdoor gig where we absolutely brought down the place.

You can sometimes tell who the other musicians in the audience are, checking out headstocks and sometimes being the critic, and yes I heard them comment on the Squier when we were setting up.

Well, in just a song or two we had every lady there dancing and carrying on right up front -and of course that brought the those guys up front as well. I guess the Squier was good enough after all. ;)

During the last few songs we invited a young kid up to jam w/ us that actually went home to get his guitar and came back as he had never played on stage with a band before. It was an inexpensive Johnson and he kept "apologizing" for it. I said I'm rollin' with a Squier, just stop worrying about it and do your thing!

I hate gear snobbery, especially if it keeps some kid from doing the best he or she can with with what they've got.

nothumb said:
i dunno man, i hear those upgraded pearloid pickguards make all the difference. you should probably think about getting one.
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Best comment so far! :D
 
#45
In a bit of a tangent, I do have a killer '82 Fullerton, as well as an '08 Jazz and the aforementioned Squier P Special and a brand new SX Jazz. I love them all, and would gladly play a gig with any of them. I'm seriously impressed by the SX, though.
 
#51
Of all the guitars and basses I've owned since I was a kid, only one has made it throughout all the years; a 1983 Squier Stratocaster. Get used to the gear snobs. No matter what you own, somebody will find a way to knock it down. My 2000 StingRay and SVT-CL have been victimized by snob-bombs on one or two occasions, for not being the "real deal". My '78 P-Bass took a hit for not being pre-CBS... Somebody's always got a smarta$$ed comment to make, sometimes from ignorance. Sometimes stemmed from jealousy.
 
#54
Barring a complete piece of trash instrument that won't even stay in tune or is not functional in some other way, a good player will still sound good on whatever instrument. A Squier wouldn't be my first choice, but I think I'd still sound like myself on one. I would venture that Geddy Lee or John Entwistle would both still sound like themselves on a Squier P.

The best instrument is the one that works best for the player.
 
#55
seamus bass said:
send me a squire and lets find out
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There's you squire! How does it feel?
 
#58
To make a long story short, I had the opportunity to see Regi Wooten play a gig in Nashville (yes Victors oldest brother, and first bass teacher) Regi shows up about 10 minutes before showtime... Knowing I had seen him play a beat up white Strat on a youtube clip a long time ago... I figured he had probably upgraded... NOPE

He had the same Strat... not only was it beaten to a pulp, but it was a SQUIER... And for you Peavey lovers out there, he was plugging it into a PEAVEY RENOWN 212 (circa 1989-90)

So the next time a Warwick wielding punk, or a Tobias Growler Groper flips you some lip about your Squier... Tell him the guy who taught his favorite bassist to play, still uses a Squier...
 
#59
i've never owned a Squire bass.. i've played a bunch, but never bought one.. i did have a Hondo P Bass and a Hondo Explorer Bass.. and i wasn't above playing out with the PBass.. in fact, the headstock was broken off of it at the 1st fret, and i glued it back on with a tube of gel superglue, refretted the 1st fret.. it was funny, because a large chunk of fretboard was missing under the G string behind the first fret.. i just left it that way.. i played it until i lucked out on a 78 PBass.. and i still went back to the Hondo..

i'm really tempted to get the Active Jazz 5.. there's just something about that model.. i've played more than a few of them, and they all have appealed to me..

play what feels good.. Squires are a really good product.. although, i do like the SXs.. ;)
 
#60
To make a long story short, I had the opportunity to see Regi Wooten play a gig in Nashville (yes Victor's oldest brother, and first bass teacher) Regi shows up about 10 minutes before showtime... Knowing I had seen him play a beat up white Strat on a youtube clip a long time ago... I figured he had probably upgraded... NOPE

He had the same Strat... not only was it beaten to a pulp, but it was a SQUIER... And for you Peavey lovers out there, he was plugging it into a PEAVEY RENOWN 212 (circa 1989-90)

So the next time a Warwick wielding punk, or a Tobias Growler Groper flips you some lip about your Squier... Tell him the guy who taught his favorite bassist to play, still uses a Squier...
 

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