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are you to good to play a squier?

#121
ashtray9 said:
Well set-up is key. I find myself in a dilemma in that the more technical, faster, and lyrical my playing becomes (on a good bass), the harder it becomes for me to sit-in on a lot of the basses out there. I guess this only really matters for jazz and fusion, though.
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Well I guess all of us are fussy to a certain extent. Like I don't like to play basses with too high or too low action. And I did have to give my SX's a fret dressing before I could use them regularly. But the bass you play really only matters to you (and sometimes the people paying you). And if you can get off playing a cheapo, then have fun. I love them. I have 9 basses, and the total cost was less than two Sadowskys. They're not all cheapos, but most are.
 
#122
LCW said:
oh my post is back.

well i think its funny i have played for 6 years everyday its not like i am a noob and i think my skill level allows me to be comfortable with whatever i play.

i actually got tired of the squier sold it for what i paid and got a used sx jazz for 80$ its just as good
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I love it! :D

Maybe with the economy in the tank and all that's going on, we should start some kind of thread about "How little money can you spend on a bass and still sound gig-worthy?". I don't mean that as an offense to those with high-$$ basses, just a fun way to lighten up the topic and have some fun exploring the bargain-basement section of our local outlets (music stores, pawn shops, CL, TB, etc.). I know that a lot of players who post regularly here don't discourage others from buying less expensive instruments just because they're less expensive, and probably already do what I'm suggesting. Maybe we can make it stylish - that would certainly fly in the face of the "too-gooders"! Or maybe there's already such a thread and I just haven't run across it yet? btw, my only bass right now is a Squier CV Jazz. :bassist:
 
#123
The Squier CV 60s Jazz is an awesome bass. I bought one used in the classifieds and it has been all I've been playing since it arrived on Monday. The action is nice and low; much lower than my MIM 70s Jazz. It is so easy to play and I love the look of the vintage tint on the neck. I have to play it every time I look at it.

This bass is killer! I feel no need to do any mods to it at all. In fact, I'm worried that if I do anything it'll upset whatever is making it play so well. The only things I'd like to do are add a series/parallel switch and replace the neck with one that has rosewood with blocks and binding. I doubt I'll ever get to do that because I adore the vintage tint on the neck. A Warmoth neck matching my preference would cost a bit over $500. I don't really care to lose the Squier logo. :hmm: And I don't trust myself to install the hardware on it or do any drilling. I wish it were cheaper to just have blocks and binding done on the existing neck. At this point, I'd settle for some of those pearl overlays. I can't find any, unfortunately.

The Squier CV Jazz continues to impress me. I hope to do the series/parallel switch in the next few days; I am confident that it'll only help to enforce my content with this bass. I am convinced that Squier has crafted a winner. I really do feel like I'm playing an instrument that is worth twice as much as what it is listed at.
 
#124
I own basses that cost 20+ times what my Squier Jazz V cost ($227 USD). Nevertheless, when I tour Europe the Squier is what I take. I have modded it with a Hipshot bridge & Dogal flatwounds but other than that, it's stock. Sounds killer, plays easy & if someone steals it, I can replace it. When I was in high school I played a Teisco bass that was barely playable. I would have thought I'd died & gone to heaven if I could have had my Squier back then. Never mind the guy at school. Kids say ignorant things all the time.
 
#129
I am used to play boutique basses (fodera, ken smith f bass...) and great usa fenders.
I can play too (jazz funk anything that comes to mind).
But I'm not a bass snob.
when a bass sounds good, i sounds good and it makes me want to play with it.
be it a squier, no problem for me.
A friend of mine used a squier pbass, the tone was killer.
I learn that he sold that bass, I was because I would have bought it if I knew.

It not about the instrument , it's about the player.
 
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#130
The Stiletto Elite on the left was my first bass. I loved the thing to death... until I got that Squier in the middle at a pawn shop.
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To be fair, the Stiletto is superior in a lot of ways, it's quieter, it has much richer harmonics, and it's so comfortable to play. The Squier is noisy, it's clunky in my hands, and it has terrible neck dive, but it pumps out classic Fender tone and it's almost all I play now, probably gonna put the stiletto up for sale.
I used to be a little ashamed of the Squier, I even thought about sanding the name off the headstock. But then I thought better of it, just let them laugh at it, when they hear it through the bass Big Muff it'll make their heads blow up like in Scanners.
 
#131
I tried to play the mid 90's Squier P-Bass of another bassplayer in our rehearsal room when my MIJ Fender had a defective contact. But it's setup was so horrible that I lend me a screwdriver from one of our guitarists and fixed my bass (I was a little sloppy when I built in the DiMarzios, that was the reason for failure). But if a Squier plays well and Sounds good, I certainly would play it. Our singer plays a Squier Strat, sounds great and seems quite reliable.

Gruesse, Pablo
 
#134
I am a pro bass player, and own a Squier VM Precision (along with some basses that are 10 times more expensive than this one), and I love it. I want to have a Squier Deluxe Jazz Bass V in Olympic White as well.
 
#136
The recent Squier Classic Vibe and Vintage Modified series are serious business, and gear snobs usually show their ignorance along with their arrogance. I've learned to avoid or ignore those types. One of my students has a Vintage Modified Jazz, maple body, awesome slap and pop tones, solid as a rock, VERY nice bass.
 
#139
JimmyM said:
I'll go you one better...I have shown up to play gigs in arenas with Bowzer using an SX. Yeah, the more expensive basses are a little better feeling, and they have a few more creature comforts and better made parts (sometimes, not always), but what matters is how you play, not what you play. Yeah, an Alleva Coppolo or Sadowsky sounds and feels amazing, but if you can't get the job done with a well set up Squier, a Sadowsky won't help.
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Very true. Ive tried a sadowsky metro and the setup couldnt make me play better than how i do on my squier. Just wanna say that good setup can make you play better.
 
#140
It's not that I'm too good for them, it's just I never played on I liked. They always felt kinda cheap to me, like rushed, and bad electronics.
However, I was swayed when I played a CV 60's Jazz. I love White Jazz basses, and it fit the bill perfectly. I like the finished neck (similar to my 62 RI P-bass) and vintage tint. If only they made one with matching head stock and binding (and maybe block inlays). But really, it blew the MIM fender I played right before it away. Good tone, good fit, all around awesome. I might pick one up to have as a backup/beater.
 

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