After only playing jazz basses, I finally broke down and bought a p bass. I found this one for a steal and couldn't pass it up. Let me know what you think.
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NBD! First Precision
- Thread starter Kallen
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After only playing jazz basses, I finally broke down and bought a p bass. I found this one for a steal and couldn't pass it up. Let me know what you think.
I thought about it, but if I did that I'd have to match all the hardware ya know?Looks killer!
Needs a black pickguard though.
well, i like it! but i'm easy --- i get a kick out of everyone's NBD.
i'd be curious about what you think!
congrats on your new instrument!
It's different. Since coming from thin jazz necks and a way different sound its interesting. I find myself just playing and not worrying about preamp settings and what pickup I'm on. That's just first impressions though. Although I will say gloss necks aren't my thing but its tolerable
I like every NBD I see, even when somebody gets a bass that got away from mewell, i like it! but i'm easy --- i get a kick out of everyone's NBD.
i'd be curious about what you think!
congrats on your new instrument!
@Kallen Something tells me you’re going to like it …
You don't have yours anymore?
What changes did you make to it and what would you recommend?
It needed some TLC but its a very nice instrument. Probably one of the best bang for your buck out there right now.
This is how bad the GAS hit me. Not having a pbass, I had been looking around and saw they made a 5 string and found and bought this about 15 minutes later.
Neither mine, but some sensible use of the "green scourer side" of sponges did wonders for my necks in a matter of minutes, if you feel like doing it.
Sometimes the best NBDs are those when you didn't even have any idea about having a new instrument the previous day.
Awesome I'll give that a try. My main jazz has a super fast satin neck and hopefully this will help.
It will, just do it gently, wisely and applying a light and even pressure on all the surface. There are many posts or guides around regarding this.
Oh, I've still got mine, and it's not going anywhere. I just tried to get a white one (craigslist guy flaked and sold it to somebody else after we agreed to a sale) ... and a candy apple red one (got outbid in the last second on eBay) ... before I finally decided I could live with sunburst.
I thought about refinishing it, but when I swapped the tortoiseshell guard for black, I decided not only that I liked the burst, but that it was now "my thing." I've even got a Fender four-string to match now.
As you can see, I also swapped out the stock bridge for a Hipshot Kicka$s (the stock Fender bridge works on four-strings, but I found string changes exceedingly difficult on this five-string), and the stock pickup for a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound (the stock one might have been a lemon, way too bright with very little low end). I've since swapped out the pickup again for an M&V Atlas, but might go back to this one (they're both really good to my ear), who knows, haha ... and now I'm getting new guards made for both in black/dayglo orange/black, haha some more.
A lot of people are really happy with theirs stock. I think the white guard looks good on candy apple red and the white, but tort has never been my thing. I would recommend changing out that bridge unless you're one of those people who leaves strings on for years.
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Whoever owned this before actually put a little string extender for the B string so the tension is better than without it I imagine, but I most likely will replace it. Did the holes line up for you?
Yes; Hipshot makes a version specifically for the Squiers, so make sure you get that one if you go that route for a bridge.
A lot of players seem to like that stealth string retainer on their Fender five-strings. I haven't really looked into it for myself, as my low string mostly behaves as it should (that was true even with the stock bridge, other than when changing strings).
Yes; Hipshot makes a version specifically for the Squiers, so make sure you get that one if you go that route for a bridge.
A lot of players seem to like that stealth string retainer on their Fender five-strings. I haven't really looked into it for myself, as my low string mostly behaves as it should (that was true even with the stock bridge, other than when changing strings).
