NBD 2” nut Squier Precision Bass 5-string made in Indonesia

[sourcehill]

Picked up my 3rd 5 string Standard Series p-bass with passive, noiseless jazz pickups. I have huge hands and these being some of the only 2” nut widths in the Squier / Fender lines, these are truly an oddity and don’t get enough love. They sound amazing (when setup correctly), the necks are more stable than any Fender American neck I’ve owned. These basses are truly amazing, especially for the money. A mini high mass bridge too.

The neck is so massive and barely flexes that an .130 low B feels tighter than the same .130 on my 35” Lakland. Anyone got a sunburst one they want to sell me!?

 

[nonohmic]

I think you've got all of them now.

 

[sourcehill]

I think you've got all of them now.

I’m pretty sure there’s also a sunburst one but they’re fairly hard to come by. WANT.

 

[Grapevine921]

That's so cool! I didn't know about these. Do you know of any other 5 strings that have nuts that wide or are these unicorns?

 

[HelpImaRock]

That looks like the same string spacing as my Squier Jazz V

 

[Water buffalo]

I've owned a few of them over the years. They are really well built and if you like wide spacing, you'll love these basses.

I swapped the pickups on one them (note that the pickups are not the standard neck/bridge size as a normal Jazz bass), but the original pickups sounded better.

I'never payed over $200 for one.

So underated.

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

First heard one here!
They do sound great!

 

[thisSNsucks]

I had a green one as my first bass. Loved that wide neck!

 

[who]

That's so cool! I didn't know about these. Do you know of any other 5 strings that have nuts that wide or are these unicorns?

The only other one I know of is another Squier; the Deluxe Jazz Bass Active V from the late 2000s.

Squier Deluxe Jazz Bass Active V 5-String Electric Bass Guitar Olympic White | Musician's Friend

 

[joeLowB]

Just PMed you, @sourcehill .

 

[Larryfales]

Picked up my 3rd 5 string Standard Series p-bass with passive, noiseless jazz pickups. I have huge hands and these being some of the only 2” nut widths in the Squier / Fender lines, these are truly an oddity and don’t get enough love. They sound amazing (when setup correctly), the necks are more stable than any Fender American neck I’ve owned. These basses are truly amazing, especially for the money. A mini high mass bridge too.

The neck is so massive and barely flexes that an .130 low B feels tighter than the same .130 on my 35” Lakland. Anyone got a sunburst one they want to sell me!?

Picked up my 3rd 5 string Standard Series p-bass with passive, noiseless jazz pickups. I have huge hands and these being some of the only 2” nut widths in the Squier / Fender lines, these are truly an oddity and don’t get enough love. They sound amazing (when setup correctly), the necks are more stable than any Fender American neck I’ve owned. These basses are truly amazing, especially for the money. A mini high mass bridge too.

The neck is so massive and barely flexes that an .130 low B feels tighter than the same .130 on my 35” Lakland. Anyone got a sunburst one they want to sell me!?

I have one in white. I'm wondering, do yours have the Precision logo on them? The majority of the ones I have seen do, however mine simply says Special 5 in small print. Any clue as to why Squier did this?

 

[bassist4dalord]

I had one of these for a few years. Felt pretty good but I didn’t like the pickups; they had low output on the E-G and very low output on the B. I toyed with buying some soapbar-sized pickups but never got around to it.

 

[sourcehill]

I have one in white. I'm wondering, do yours have the Precision logo on them? The majority of the ones I have seen do, however mine simply says Special 5 in small print. Any clue as to why Squier did this?View attachment 7368646

Yours must be an early one with the input jack on the pickguard. Two of mine are on the side, one on the front. The front, like yours, is from 2000. The three I have all say PRECISION BASS Standard Series.

Using my digital calipers, all of the width at the nut averages 2.046”.

2” UNICORNS UNITE!

 

[sourcehill]

I had one of these for a few years. Felt pretty good but I didn’t like the pickups; they had low output on the E-G and very low output on the B. I toyed with buying some soapbar-sized pickups but never got around to it.

I like my low B at 8/64” at the 12th fret. Once I raised the other string proportionately and set the pickup height, I’m getting super consistent output from the two I have set up so far. I’m sure the quality control was all over the place with these.

 

[Sauron_]

Pickups position look very Smith-esque...

 

[dfp]

I always wondered why this bass existed, 5 string J pickups in a P body…. I would be tempted to put an actual P pickup in at least one, maybe a reverse P in another… maybe convert one to fretless…

 

[sourcehill]

Yeah, I’d love a true pbass with a 2”’nut. I will say these jazz pickups are super round and don’t have the usual jazz sound.

 

[sourcehill]

New strings (had 20 year old strings on it), new tuners, new knobs, cleaned fretboard, confirmed grounding, set relief, set action, set pickup height, intonated. Sounds really, really nice. Super happy with this one.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

To the OP, if you love the Squier you owe it to yourself to seek out a DeArmond Pilot Pro 5 string. 35" scale, super wide flat neck, 19" string spacing and active 3 band eq. The body is copy of the late great Guild Pilot bass. I have a 4 string model with a 1.5" neck width! There are a bunch of 5 strings on Reverb right now.

 

[fttfbass]

Years ago I modded one of these into a PJ5. Unfortunately the huge stubborn neck is stronger than the truss rod on mine. I heated and clamped the neck into a back bow and added a spacer to the truss rod to get more adjustment out of it. But eventually the neck reverted back to how it was when I bought it and the truss rod is maxed out again with the spacer.