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Classic Vibe 50's P ?

#22
Congrats! I own one too and love it, wasn't too keen on the stock pickup so I replaced it with a Seymour Duncan SCPB2. 20181012_101820.jpg
 
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Congrats!! These are fantastic basses!!
Much love for the CV's here. I have two precisions, 60's and 70's. A long sought after fiesta red is waiting for me in CA, and a silver Jazz bass 60's on its way to my place. Both bought here on TB
In the pic below, the Jazz is gone. Just swapped the necks between the two precisions.
In the past, I had many thoughts getting one like yours. Maybe some day...
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raphaeld said:
Congrats!! These are fantastic basses!!
Much love for the CV's here. I have two precisions, 60's and 70's. A long sought after fiesta red is waiting for me in CA, and a silver Jazz bass 60's on its way to my place. Both bought here on TB
In the pic below, the Jazz is gone. Just swapped the necks between the two precisions.
In the past, I had many thoughts getting one like yours. Maybe some day...
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I really like that pick guard on the middle bass! Where'd you get it?
 
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king_biscuit said:
I've had one for 10 years -- the lake placid blue version -- and it's totally adequate dead stock. The hardware works fine, and the alnico pickup sounds really good. I wouldn't change anything.
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I had a Lake Placid Blue one too. The thing was built like a tank and sounded fantastic. I did a side by side comparison with a Sting signature model that cost more than $500 more. I'm sure the hardware and the electronics on the Sting were a few steps up, but not $500 worth. They weighed the same, the fretwork on both was comparable, the sound was indistinguishable from one to the other. The only differences were in the color and the Sting had the name "Sting" in an inlay on the neck. I don't know why anyone would spend the additional cash for the Fender when, in my opinion, the Squier was that close in quality.
 
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Nice bass!

I love mine, though I don't play it nearly enough. It's butterscotch, and with a pine (!) body, but it's still relatively heavy at 9.7 lbs. The neck is nice, though pretty fat and definitely fills the palm. I've never liked the thick and sticky orange-tinted poly they use on the CV series, so it's likely in line for a quick Scotch Brite sanding (along with my VM fretless P!)

For mods, I was originally going to replace the bridge with a two-saddle one, but decided to put pickup and bridge covers on instead. I replaced the pickup with a Seymour Duncan SCPB-1, though it's hard to say how much of an improvement there was. Initial impressions of the stock pickup were underwhelming but brief. I didn't really try to improve it and I changed the strings to Sadowsky black label flats at the same time.

I actually have a rewound pickup from a '68 Tele bass that I've been meaning to swap in, but I haven't gotten around to feeling the need. As it is, it has a warm, woody tone that works with fingers and a pick...
 
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Mike Sorr said:
I had a Lake Placid Blue one too. The thing was built like a tank and sounded fantastic. I did a side by side comparison with a Sting signature model that cost more than $500 more. I'm sure the hardware and the electronics on the Sting were a few steps up, but not $500 worth. They weighed the same, the fretwork on both was comparable, the sound was indistinguishable from one to the other. The only differences were in the color and the Sting had the name "Sting" in an inlay on the neck. I don't know why anyone would spend the additional cash for the Fender when, in my opinion, the Squier was that close in quality.
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I have a Sting Precision too, and I agree with your evaluation. The original CVs (hopefully the new ones too) where an unbelievable value.
 
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#34
I played an American P-- a MIM P -- A Squire P -- at Sam Ash 2 days ago--- all through the same Hartke amp--same settings---
TBTH -- I dont "see" the 299-1500.00 difference-- I KNOW -- ones made in CHina for .05 cents a day labor--pot metal parts -- etc(I can swap those out for a LOT LESS than 1200.00)
and YES the American did feel more substantial-- would PROBABLY hold up to the riggers of touring and PRO work better--yes--(but didnt FEEL that much better than the 700 MIM) and honestly not MUCH better than this CV Squire 50's P -- it FEELS solid-- it SOUNDS solid---
I get the differences in Mfct. ---- but the HUGE range in $$$ -- seems a little off when the TONE coming from the amp between the three-- was not 1200.00 better
 
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BamaBird said:
I mean-- if I can SCORE an AMERICAN P for a "DEAL" -- Im ON IT!!!! but -- for a Home hobbyist bassist--these Cv's and MIms and stuff are sure good enough to get the job done for many years
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Yup.

I’m certain the MIA vs MIM quality differential doesn’t justify the MIA markup. This is the only CV I’ve owned, but the craftsmanship is just as good as any Fender I’ve got.
 
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