are you to good to play a squier?

[darkstorm]

Lets see, he thought it sounded great and allowed for great playing, untill he saw the headstock name? Then he suddenly realized his sense of tone was horrible and that had deceived himself about the instruments playability. Bozo. Lol.

 

[Tommygunn]

MMMmmmm, I love the smell of fresh zombie threads.

2nd today

 

[overdrivethree]

i put new nickel rounds on my Squier II Precision a couple weeks ago. did a little neck adjustment. i take it to practice and a recording session...BOOM. every Precision sound i wanted was at my fingertips, between the pickup, volume and tone knobs.

i got the growl, i got the mellow thump, and everything in between. and that's a beat-up slab body Squier II from around 1989, with a plain black poly finish.

there's absolutely no shame for me in playing a Squier (or any other good budget bass). the tone is there. if i had to start all over tomorrow, i'd be making a beeline for a Squier CV, either the 50's or 60's ones.

 

[Jimmy Bones]

If you watch my videos in my new(old) band, A Kingdom Lost, you can see my looks of disgust at being forced to play a MIM Fender P because the studio owner refused to let me play through any of my Schecters.

The next video, I at least was able to trick him ata glance and play on my SX. Nothing worse than being forced to play an unfamiliar bass that isn't yours or get told you couldn't play at all.

 

[Kevmove]

I remember getting a job interview through a recruiter. He told me "the client is very picky, so make sure you wear a blue suit, white shirt, red tie and wingtip shoes." I had just purchased a really nice suit, which wasn't blue, but it looked good on me, so I wore it to the interview. I didn't get the job.

 

[wshines1892]

My pride and joy is a 92 Korean MIK Squier p bass, the thing roars. The bass I take to all my jazz gigs and festivals we play is an 80 dollar Rogue I bought used. It's not about brand, it's about tone for me.

 

[bohemond]

My MIM Jazz Delux just sits around collecting dust. The only Jazz I play is my Squier Classic Vibe now. Better tone, better feel/ The only upgrades are the tuners and straplocks added.

 

[Bygde]

I'd play a good Squier anytime. If it feels good and sounds like you want to, and have decent or good build quality, it don't see why it can't say "Squier" on the headstock. Been GASing the 70's-style jazz for a while now.

 

[ahbassman]

There is a punk band that every member plays a squier....

the band name escapes me though.

 

[chadhargis]

I was at GC recently and there was a guy noodling around on some of the basses. This guy could PLAY. I mean, Victor Wooten type good. He grabbed a Modulus 6 string and did things with it that were amazing. Made the thing sing.

Then it put it back on the hanger and said, "That's too rich for me. Now this here is a great little bass" and he picked up a 5 string Squire Jazz. Holy GOD! He slapped and popped that thing like it was a $10,000 boutique bass. A crowd started to form, and he kept playing.

I noticed as he hung it back on the wall that it was a $300 bass. He had no special set up, was playing through an Ampeg 15" combo amp, and it sounded awesome.

Just goes to show you, it's the Indian, not the arrow.

I've seen the same thing with my other hobby, motorcycling. A guy will show up to a ride with the latest and greatest sport bike. Race replica gear. All tricked out with engine work, suspension work, custom exhaust, etc. When the ride starts, he's typically either the first one in the ditch, or the guy I'm waiting on at the end of the road because after the first two turns, I never saw him again even though I was riding a bike with 50% of the power and 50% more weight.

 

[Kromwarp]

i dunno man, i hear those upgraded pearloid pickguards make all the difference. you should probably think about getting one.

LMAO, I hear the black pearloid ones increase sustain and performance even more

 

[Mr. Mig]

Don't let the snobs get to you. Just keep doing what your doing.

 

[FL Knifemaker]

I NEVER play these two

 

[ahbassman]

I'd play one if i could find one i liked.... nothing yet...

 

[FL Knifemaker]

I'd play one if i could find one i liked.... nothing yet...

Keep an eye out for the early, MIJ ones

 

[Kevmove]

I was in this band that had no money, not even to travel to gigs. Then some dude comes up to us and offers to fund a mini tour, on the condition that we play the instruments and wear the clothes he would provide us. We were all excited, except for the bass player. He said something about not selling out or compromising his values, he had too much integrity and pride to become a shill for corporate America. Last I heard he was still collecting unemployment. The rest of us really enjoyed that tour and got some great gear to boot.

 

[low2groove]

The issue isn't if I'm too good or not to play a squier, the issue is do I want to.

Even though I play some of my students squiers the answer is NO I don't want to play one on a regular basis.

I bring my great basses to gigs and would never leave them at home, that's what I bought them for, playing music at home or on stage.

I heard a few respond that they only bring cheap basses to gigs. If you're that worried about bringing great gear to a show you should get gigs in better neighborhoods or maybe yes! Buy a whole fleet of squiers, LOL

 

[mntl]

I own a 1982 Squier JV and a 1985 E-Series MIJ J. Both basses are amazing, both have that tone, especially the E-Series which has that punch and attack, i call him my Stingray Jazzbass, cause she nearly sounds like one, totally modern sounding and an absolute rocktone monster. And its not the lack of real Fenders which make me play those 2 babes. I own also 1972 P, 1973 J and a 1975 P. I will never be to good playing an instrument, which has everything got to make me smile when i touch the strings..

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

The strange thing about the Squier brand is that some models are pretty nice and some are absolute garbage.... So when a guy posts a "I want to do (this or that) to my Squier", I usually assume they have one the entry level models (I guess they call them the "Affinity" models. A name I don't quite get...) -- So I then advise them to save their money to get a decent bass.

Me, I'll play anything that's handy. Would I *own* a squier? No - not because they are bad... But because the one thing I can choose is what country my instrument is made in, and I like my Fenders to made in the US. Call my funny that way.

 

[tehuti]

That Squier Jazz with the block inlays looks pretty nice to me. My bass teacher uses one for our lessons, and he's a gigging pro. So no, I certainly am not too good for one.