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Decked out Squier?

#62
precisionrules said:
Foud a food package deal from a guy on Cl

He doesnt know what kinda bass it is. Its a squier for sure but dont know the model

Squier doesnt make affinities or vm's this color. Help me out

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That's a color they used to make the MIJ's and early MIK's in IIRC. I'd say it would be worth an email to see if he'll shoot you a pic of the headstock.
 
#68
SurferJoe46 said:
Certain aspects, yes - others no way!

The Orange drop is a fake and it makes absolutely NO difference in tone...


I COULD hear the difference when I swapped out the stock green Mylar "chicklet" cap with the Sprague 225P .047 Orange Drop.

I also have no practical use or need for Ultra Lites...

The body was so light on my VM P-bass that with the stock tuners I had serious neck dive that NO strap in the world would have fixed. That's why I swapped out the tuners.


The Fenderesque bridge is a subject of sore responses also. NO - I've never ever thought of changing a Fender style bridge out for some other foolscap device.

I swapped the piece-of-crap stock bridge with the Gotoh 201 to help fix the balance of the bass with a little more weight on the back end but DID also notice a slight improvement in tone with the new bridge.



As he wanted it, I then put the Fender Samarium Cobalts on it that he bought and they just sucked all the good outta the bass for real.

I need to say that the stock Duncan Design pickups were excellent but after playing it for a few months, I decided I wanted something more out of the pickup.The DiMarzio Willpower Middle pickup I installed really bumped up the bottom and the mids of the bass. Not the highs as that Middle version doesn't have much in the highs like the Willpower Neck version does. All in all, I am very happy with the bass now as it sounds awesome, plays really well, and is very well balanced. Can't ask for anything more from any bass. Even if it was from Mars...​
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#70
I didn't want to start another thread about Squier modifications so I'll ask on this one hoping for a response......:)

A few posts back on this thread there was mention of installing Ultra-Lite Hipshot tuners to help with neck weight/balance.
My VM Squier Jag. is very neck heavy, as in, if I let go of the neck to, say, fiddle with my amp, the head stock will drop like a rock, often slamming into something or another ( music stand, bar stool, workbench, anything within reach) Yes, I am that clumsy. :(

Will switching to Hipshot Ulta-Light tuners , or something simialr, make a big difference? I mean, for a $100+ for 4 tuners I don't want to do this if it does completely "fix" this.
Is there anything else I can do to level this bass out, besides putting lead tape on the body, that is.
 
#71
repoman said:
I didn't want to start another thread about Squier modifications so I'll ask on this one hoping for a response......:)

A few posts back on this thread there was mention of installing Ultra-Lite Hipshot tuners to help with neck weight/balance.
My VM Squier Jag. is very neck heavy, as in, if I let go of the neck to, say, fiddle with my amp, the head stock will drop like a rock, often slamming into something or another ( music stand, bar stool, workbench, anything within reach) Yes, I am that clumsy. :(

Will switching to Hipshot Ulta-Light tuners , or something simialr, make a big difference? I mean, for a $100+ for 4 tuners I don't want to do this if it does completely "fix" this.
Is there anything else I can do to level this bass out, besides putting lead tape on the body, that is.
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The Ultra Lites will help, but if the neck dive is THAT severe, I would have a tendency to think that they won't fix it completely.
A better strap that won't slip as much could help but again, probably not fix the problem completely. You could also try a heavier bridge along with the Ultra Lites and a longer strap button on the front end but with the tuners and bridge now yer into some way EXTRA coin. But if you really like the bass well enough, I say think about it seriously. You could try the bridge, the strap and the strap button....that won't be that much compared to the Ultra Lites. Either a Baddass, which is the heaviest, or the Gotoh 201 would help and the Dunlop Original Strap Lock is the one I'd recommend. That's all I got. Hope that helped.
 
#72
as dok mentioned, the simple fix for a bass that is already too heavy, rather than an even heavier bridge to offset the neck dive, would be to fabricate an 'extension' on the upper bout strap button to bring it out an inch or two more (experiment until you get the balance you are after)... sounds silly, but you should be able to search and see some very creative ways that this has been accomplished in some of the past threads ... cost would involve a longer screw and whatever you use for an extension piece ... one of the ideas that I liked best, was to use a 1/4" drive long socket (dont remember what size) placed between the strap button and the body ... it looked like it belonged there ... JMHO
 
#73
A friend of mine went the Squier route and it was a MASSIVE WIN. He grabbed a Squier VM Jazz 5, dropped in a Sadowsky preamp, a Badass II, strung it up with DR Fat Beams, had the frets dressed and the whole shebang given a setup. Altogether he's spent about $700 and it is EASILY one of the best basses I've ever played. I would happily own that Squier right next to my Brubaker and Tom Clement. I'm not joking when I say that it destroys basses literally six times its price (IMO, of course). The only thing stopping me from doing the exact same thing is the fact that it has 60s pickups spacing, not 70s. If Squier drops a 70s spaced 5 string jazz, you won't be able to even see how fast the money leaves my bank account...
 

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