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GAS for a Squire!?!?
- Thread starter Spinal Tapper
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I have nothing to contribute to this thread, except for the fact that w/the title's misspelling of 'Squier' plus all the ?s & !s it looks like it says 'GAS for a squirrel'? I find this mildly amusing. 
what are the necks like on the squiers? I played a MIM precision the other day and the neck was like horrible.. it seemed rough and the wood seemed like popsicle wood or something.. also, the output on the pickups was quite low and tinny..
this is the MIM i am talking about.. just curious if the squier's are any different.
this is the MIM i am talking about.. just curious if the squier's are any different.
I have nothing to contribute to this thread, except for the fact that w/the title's misspelling of 'Squier' plus all the ?s & !s it looks like it says 'GAS for a squirrel'? I find this mildly amusing.
+1
squirrels are good eating!
(and in a related note, when i'm tired in the morning, and reading from the book of Proverbs, every time i see the word quarrel i think it says squirrel. so often i'm forced to "digest" verses such as: "He who loves a squirrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction." Proverbs 17:19)
That is a fretless...
My band played a show near Detroit, MI. We had some time to kill so I stopped by the Guitar Center in Dearborn, MI and the Squire Vintage Modified P-bass caught my eye. I picked it up and jammed for a few minutes. Honestly, this thing played amazing. The Duncan pickups sounded beastly and the action was really low and clean. All this with a $250 price tag. Sadly, I didn't get it, but now my GAS pains are worse than ever...
BTW, I'm a pretty high-end guy as far as gear goes, wouldn't really consider a Squire before Saturday (maybe a vintage one) - I would love the real 70's P bass this is modeled after, but for ~$250, this bass seems like a steal. Anyone have one? Anyone love/hate it?
I don't have this one. I have a Squier '89 bass (not sure on the year) and I really don't enjoy it's sound. Might be because overall I prefer the jazzier sound that my Squier just completely lacks. Now I've ripped the frets out as an experiment, but I still don't play it too often. Once I get a decent amp, I'll pull the thing out and try it again, because right now it just makes my speakers crack for some reason...stupid...
EDIT: In my digression, I forgot to ask...what do you mean by GAS?
I saw that bass at GC and played it. I was like you at that time, with some GAS pains. But in the end, I got a Squier Affinity Jazz, for some stupid reasons that are just a waste of time even posting. 
You could get a sunburst Squier Delux Active V and defret it, woud be pretty close, same phelonic board, same finish, just the active system, which could be replaced with a passive one.
I also have seen the active V with a jazz plate added.
Basswood has NO grain pattern to speak of an it would not be very good looking with any transparent or even translucent finish. )-(
Did I hear you right? You actually found a bass in a GC that had low action? Are you sure you wern't in the twilight zone?
Sadly, it happens sometimes. Just the other day I was talking to one of my buddies and explaining how usually stuff in GC (esp. basses) tend to have really high action. I proceed to look around the bass are only to find basses iwth surprisingly decent action. That was so wierd.
OH YEAH! Can't wait for that to show up in the shops. That one goes home that day!
I absolutely love Squier's Vintage Modified Series! I have the VMF
, and it is everything I wanted in a fretless for cheap. I am currently GASing for the 70's Jazz, which after playing I can say is a spunky bass with an awesome look. It played nearly as well as my uncle's '66 Jazz. I don't know what caused Squier to make this excellent bass series, but I hope to God it doesn't end anytime soon. I like being able to get awesome basses on my college budget! 
Btw, the P-Bass is pretty sweet as well, and this is coming from a loyal supporter of the Jazz
, and it is everything I wanted in a fretless for cheap. I am currently GASing for the 70's Jazz, which after playing I can say is a spunky bass with an awesome look. It played nearly as well as my uncle's '66 Jazz. I don't know what caused Squier to make this excellent bass series, but I hope to God it doesn't end anytime soon. I like being able to get awesome basses on my college budget! Btw, the P-Bass is pretty sweet as well, and this is coming from a loyal supporter of the Jazz
