Fender Squire Pro Tone 5 string

[aluminumbassguy]

I have recently purchased a Squire Pro Tone 5 string. It has that maroon see thru finish with gold hardware. I believe it is about 10 years old. Somebody installed some Bart's in it. I believe these to be dual-coil. They were a pretty close replacement. So I picked this up for $400 and decided to have a Bart preamp from another bass i had installed into this one. I absolutey love this neck and the bart pick ups sound fantastic for cutting thru the mids. The problem that I have know is that the B string is a little weak. I am assuming that is an inherit design flaw with this particular instrument. But, I have found the spacing that I really like and the electronics are great. So, do I have any options out there. Buy a new bass with a wide neck and mediocre p/u's and pre and install mine? Or, buy a new body and neck and use the parts that I have to build one? I am sure this has happened to alot of guys. Anybody?

 

[jordan_frerichs]

try putt a string tree/retainer on the b at the head. Also, a string-through bridge might help. before you start putting holes in it, just try a bigger string gauge, first. Bigger strings hold better tension, other than that, to major factors are the string break angle at the nut/bridge (solutions string tree and string-through), and scale length (which would be the hardest thing to change). Like I said, first, try a bigger string gauge, because it is an easy possible fix that doesn't involve putting holes in the instrument without knowing how effective it will be.

 

[Pickebass]

I picked up the same bass Friday! Great bass for the money. Someone made a few changes that made it great. Installed a Bada$$ V, string retainers and Gotoh tuners. Plays great.

How do the barts fit?? Are they direct dropins??

 

[Ol'Bass'ead]

Try a set of Clearsound strings, I was pleasantly surprised.....

 

[aluminumbassguy]

Hey Jordan, I am already using a 130 B string. D'addario nickel xl's. I will try putting some tension on the B above the nut . And Pickebass the barts are very close. I have no idea how different they are from the original. I mean they are not a perfect fit. But this is a player bass, When I got it the guy had it set up V-V-T-T. I told the shop to rip the bart pre out of my other bass and make it a passive set up and put the pre in the this one . I really like the tone.

 

[blackandwhite]

Here's mine, I just posted it to the Squier owners club:

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[kencasino]

if anyone is interested, I just spotted this one on the bay:

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