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I love Squire, but...

#21
so...a Squier CV or VM line of P basses is as good or maybe even better playing and sounding than a MIA Fender...or just better then a MIM Fender? Both?

i've got a Squier CV 60's P bass with TI flats that just kills...looking for another P bass for rounds...should i get another CV 60's and string it with rounds? or get something else? a real Fender MIA/MIM...or is the CV/VM line soooooo good that i don't need to justify spending more for a good playing/recording all around solid bass?

and...which Squier CV/VM could be maybe compared to playability and tone wise to a fender Geddy Jazz Bass?

mostly looking for another P Bass though, for rounds...need some rock growl and grunt...
 
#22
I want a CV 60s P so badly! That bass is gorgeous and lightweight. I love the finish, the tint on the neck, and the HM bridge. It sounds terrific. Not as good as an MIA, certainly, but better IMO than most MIMs you'll find. It's one of the best MIC instruments I've played.

For rounds, the CV 60s Jazz would be a nice choice. Or, if you want an active preamp, how about the MIM Active P?
 
#25
selowitch said:
Interesting. Why would you prefer the VM Mustang with the strat-shaped pickup over the short-scale Jaguar?
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The discontinued Vista Musicmaster and still available Affinity Bronco have the strat pickup...
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...the New VM Mustang has the mini split-P.
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I still really wanna try the Squier Jag, but i'm waiting for the Mustang to become available to do a more side-by-side compairison.



Also, My point to this thread was more; Squier is a great company, and really has been making some incredible-for-their-price basses for a couple decades. It's just interesting to me that NOW, with the VM and CV lines, people are starting to bevome more vocal of their Squier support. So, i'm just wondering if the CV and VM stuff is THAT much of an improvement over former Squier lines?
 
#32
raul said:
so...a Squier CV or VM line of P basses is as good or maybe even better playing and sounding than a MIA Fender...or just better then a MIM Fender? Both?

i've got a Squier CV 60's P bass with TI flats that just kills...looking for another P bass for rounds...should i get another CV 60's and string it with rounds? or get something else? a real Fender MIA/MIM...or is the CV/VM line soooooo good that i don't need to justify spending more for a good playing/recording all around solid bass?

and...which Squier CV/VM could be maybe compared to playability and tone wise to a fender Geddy Jazz Bass?

mostly looking for another P Bass though, for rounds...need some rock growl and grunt...
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Try the Jaguar, then; the black, "standard" or "inaugural" model, for lack of better wording. It has the nice block inlays of the Geddy (on a supafast neck, I might add), an offset-waist body, and a P-J pickup configuration with '60 Jazz 2-stacked-knob controls. Mine has an economy hi-mass bridge thrown on, and absolutely killed at a 80's-90's hair-metal gig, last month.
 
#34
Din Of Win said:
So, i'm just wondering if the CV and VM stuff is THAT much of an improvement over former Squier lines?
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Yes. The "standard" squiers that occupied the last 15 or so years were really not that great. They weren't terrible, but they weren't great. The quality, fit, and finish were all seriously lacking and a step well below the MIMs.

Combine that with the fact that a lot of people play second hand examples that have been abused/poorly set up, or were owned by beginners and not experienced/able to set up their own.

Also, it has to be a change among the 'population' of places like TB. People love to have things to bash. People loved to bash Peavey, even though they made some good stuff. Same with Squier, people loved to bash squier as a student/beginner guitar maker. It just took a little improvement on squier's end, and the comments of a few good people to say "you know, these are pretty great for the money," to change up the paradigm, or something...

ramble over :o
 
#35
selowitch said:
Yep, there are definitely some fairly junky Squiers out there, but also some real gems and some merely-okay ones, too. If you pick the right model and get a good one out of the batch, you can get extremely good value for the money.
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this pretty much says it all, though I'd hasten to add that you can find really great to decent to cruddy instruments made by anyone, at least in mass-production.
 
#36
plankspanker13 said:
Try the Jaguar, then; the black, "standard" or "inaugural" model, for lack of better wording. It has the nice block inlays of the Geddy (on a supafast neck, I might add), an offset-waist body, and a P-J pickup configuration with '60 Jazz 2-stacked-knob controls. Mine has an economy hi-mass bridge thrown on, and absolutely killed at a 80's-90's hair-metal gig, last month.
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This is the model i just got. Amazing tone and killer punch!
 
#37
I was only looking for a hard case but found this gem on ebay in the UK, it now lives in France. Needed a set-up but plays very well. I love the thin jazz style neck and impressed by the quality and sound of this bass. Can't find much info about them other than they were built between 96-98 and think they have better wiring & pots.
 

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#38
I dig Squier basses, I have some MIJ & MIK examples that play great. It seems wierd that the only pic in this thread so far is of guitars. I'm kind of hoping somebody will post some "Vista Series" bass pics here soon.

Edit: bluebase posted some Pro Tone bass pics, I'll take that! Cool!
 

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