How's Your Squier Holding up?

[MRDOOM]

I have a VM Precision and in the two years that I've had it, I've had a pot go bad and have to be replaced and experienced a significant neck bend. While annoying, they are only minor fixes to an otherwise great bass.

 

[bassyness]

I have been playing my squier vintage modified jazz for about a year. Nothings wrong with it. Everything works and is sturdy. Its a nice, fine playing bass. But some of the stock parts like the bridge, Duncan-designed pickups, and of course the strings-are best to be replaced to enchance the tone and good sound, but then again-you would have to do that with a Fender anyway. My squier has been doing me well.

 

[Alucard817]

I have a 2002 20th Anniversary Affinity P bass and strat. the P bass has a rediculously low action and sounds pretty damn good. the only problem is a crack in the finish that you can only feel not see.
My strat on the other hand has one major qualm, the pick ups are rather weak sounding with high gain. other then that. it too has low action, a real strat feel and sound.

 

[funkingroovin]

I also have a 96 Squier P,but mine's Chinese. It has been dropped,knocked over,stepped on,spilled on,thrown around in a gig bag,used as a wedge to keep other gear from moving during travel,even doubled as a prop rod for the truck hood...like a Timex,still tickin'. It originally belonged to a buddy,and I used to borrow it to gig with when I first started playing. As he put it.."play it like you stole it,you can't possibly treat it worse than me!!" MOST of the abuse mentioned above was from him(I have dropped it,and been spilled on while playing it) and through it all,it only ever suffered a few(dozen) paint chips! Hell,I watched him put the headstock thru a ceiling during a "rock-god" move,and it only knocked the G out of tune..the tuner's still straight!

A couple years back,I traded him for a Ibby I had refinished,and the only things I've done since added a bridge cover,stripped the 9365 stickers off it,and shot the pots with cleaner.Still rockin it,loud-n-proud,after 14yrs of uhh..love I'm pretty sure one of us will be buried with that thing!!

 

[Luckie]

My main player is an old Affinity I got in '03.
Not one catastrophic failure yet!

 

[s_mcsleazy]

both my squiers are still intact

ok so my tele guitar has cosmetic wear but that honistly dont bother me

squiers are built to last

my friend attacked his with a hammer last week and it still works

 

[bassdog]

"Yes, the 2K basses sit on the stand while I go to work with a $300 instrument."

I'm shocked. Those basses should be in their cases.

Bob

 

[Absentia]

Bought my VM Jazz in 2006, I;ve beat the living hell out of this thing and there are no signs of it slowing down.

 

[Hot Rats]

'84 and '85 Squiers still going strong. The only reason I ever replaced something was by choice, not because it broke.

 

[Fender4Me]

If nothing else, these seem like a good choice if you want a bass to practice with. Keep it on the wall or on a stand for easy access. I might have to take closer look the next time I am trolling some pawn shops.

 

[Batmensch]

With my two relatively "young" Squiers, it's comforting to know that, according to the majority here, that with reasonable care, they could last me a good long while.

 

[MRuss]

I have a 2003 squier jazz, no problems, at one point the tone pot grounded it self out, making it play as if the tone nob was all the way down, two of the prongs were touching, i'm inclined to believe i did it, because im not sure how the prongs can bend on their own

I changed the pickups and bridge, and everything else is holding up fine, the neck is really beefy, so the the neck isn't too effected by climate changes, and it stays in tune well. I once drove from Chicago to Los Angeles in a van so full, that the passenger had to sit with the bass in it's gig bag between their legs. With numerous shuffling and temperature/humidity changes, the bass was still in tune when i got to LA

 

[Yakob]

Just picked up a 1989 Squier Jazz Bass. Korean E-series. Super nice. Looks like new.

 

[Shawn Luckman]

My 1989 MIK S9 precision bass is still doing well 21 years on. I have owned it twice since 1998,and it still amazes me how nice it sounds and feels.

 

[LearStevens]

'01 Affinity-P is doin' fine. Doesn't sound as deep as my 70's Fender though.

 

[Batmensch]

My 1989 MIK S9 precision bass is still doing well 21 years on. I have owned it twice since 1998,and it still amazes me how nice it sounds and feels.

So you're saying you had it once, sold it ( for whatever reason), had the opprtunity to buy it back and took it, presumably because you regretted selling it in the first place?
Nice.
I wish I had that same opportunity with the '78 Fender P-bass I had, (had to sell it pay bills, dammit!) with what I know now about setups and bass maintenance/repair and all that, I could turn what was a great vintage bass that I loved into a real killer instrument.

 

[OPBASSMAN1994]

Squier VM Jazz (Natural one with the black block maple neck) (2007 make year I think). I've played it every Sunday morning at Church, every available Sunday afternoon with my Prog-Christian band at practices (that's not counting gigs), every Tuesday night at Youth Band Practice and every Wednesday night at Youth at my Church. every spare hour I'm not on the internet alone at home, I'm also playing it. Soon to add School Marching band to that list next year. It's not once given out on me. Fantastic sounding, fantastic built, extremely versatile. I wouldn't trade a MIA Deluxe "Real" Fender for it. The only thing better that I've played is a Rickenbacker.

 

[bassbully]

My 83 SQ is one of the best built and playing P basses I have owned. As good as any MIA. I have a beaten and battered mid 90's P special that was fine before the mods and still going strong. I would gig those basses anywhere, anytime with no worries at all.

 

[Bassdirty]

For a while now I've used a Squier Deluxe as my main bass.

Me too.

Or has the unpretentious girl got the goods to keep on going just fine?

So far so good.

Sounds better/plays better/feels better/Balances better... than my MIM P .take that however you please.


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[WINGS012345]

How are the stock pickups in the squiers?