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Matt Freeman Squier Sig!!!!!

#106
nocontrols said:
I love Bruce Foxton! He's one of my all-time favorites.

But if I believed in copying a player's gear just because I liked them, I'd own a Ric by now.
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Actually a hell of a lot of The Jam stuff was done on a P bass, especially live.
Its not so much copying him, after all, he wasn't the first to use a Black/maple P bass, and my first P bass (a JV Squier) was black and maple, its just that I can relate more to Bruce Foxton than i can to someone who i'd never heard of before this week, and to be honest dont really like his music.:hiding:
 
#108
A-Step-Towards said:
Well then thats pretty cool.

That makes this one of the only available squier P's with a maple fretboard, besides the wentzs and this is way cooler looking with no stupid bat inlays.

This will be one of the top of the line squiers and it having a maple board fills a gap in the squier line, I dont see this bass as pointless. There is a major lacking of maple fretboarded squiers.

It also fills some voids I have heard from CV owners alot dont like the fiesta and sonic P's and were wanting a maple fretboard option.

I am stoked on it, are they available yet?
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#109
See this is what i dont get.
when i first googled Matt Freeman nearly all the images that came up showed him playing a Jazz bass. I know he loves his 70's P but is he really known for playing that bass? Even he admits to not taking it out any more.
And im sure he doesnt have one in Black and one in White.
Its not even been customised so as far as i can tell so its a bog standard 70's P.

Then you have someone like Roger Waters or JJ Burnell who are known for using a Black/maple bass, and are probably more well known (maybe that just an age thing with me). i know Fender have the Roger Waters P bass so i can understand why Squier cant release one.

So IMO its not like buying a special bass that your hero uses, based on his customisations, its just buying a P bass on the cheap with some guy who doesn't actually use this type of bass any more's sig on the headstock.

Im still going to get one though and im knocking Squier, not Matt.
 
#110
The last time I saw Rancid live was in 2009, and Matt used a Sunburst P with a maple board for the full set. I only own their first 3 albums (all jazz bass to my ear), so I'm not sure if he started recording with a P later or what, but I know he's used them live for a while.

I'm not a huge fan, but if it plays decent, it's just a pickup-swap away from being a good cheapie for road gigs. I'll probably get one.
 
#114
trunkshope6 said:
YES THIS WILL BE CV QUALITY!!!!
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Not to dampen your enthusiasm, but where did you get this info? The Squier website has this listed in the Artist Series, not the Classic Vibe line. I'm not saying that it won't be a nice bass, but I'm not sure that a gloss neck finish and a different bridge make it "CV QUALITY!!!!"

Or does it?

I guess we'll see when it hits the shelves.
 
#115
Its specs are IDENTICAL to the 60's CV P bass, it's a CV 60's P with a maple board and his name on the headstock, thats all. Thats also why it has a tugbar that matt would not have included.

BTW Devils Brigade is AWESOME! I saw them 2 months ago and while all 3 band members were sick they rocked their asses off, did a few rancid songs and a killer cover of police truck (all with matt on stand up). Matt is the MAN!
 
#118
Livewire said:
What's the big deal about the "vintage frets"?
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They are smaller than the usual Medium Jumbo frets.

Some people love them, others hate them but i expect most dont care about one way or the other.
I personally love them, although i haven't had too many basses with them on.
Lakland, to name but on, use them (at least on the Basses ive had) although i think they use Banjo wire, and i find it helps make the neck a bit faster as i dont need to apply as much pressure to get a clean note.
 

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