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NBD: Squier Classic Vibe 50s Single-Coil
- Thread starter Rolling Thunder
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I knocked around adding the bridg and pickup covers but decided to leave it. I like palm muting right where that cover goes.
On this bass I use these
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There isn’t a TB club for these that I know of, but those who have ‘em seem to dig ‘em, myself included. I put flats on my first-generation LPB and changed the pickguard just to make it “mine”, otherwise it’s stock:
There isn’t a TB club for these that I know of, but those who have ‘em seem to dig ‘em, myself included. I put flats on my first-generation LPB and changed the pickguard just to make it “mine”, otherwise it’s stock:
Congratulations on the beautiful bass!
I have the identical bass in the same color (got last year for my birthday). I love it!! That color really grew on me. The very modern, gritty sound was a big surprise to me too. I think of this as my Chris Squire sounds bass, and it is stellar for punk.
Weirdly, I have another 50s SCP, identical except in two-tone sunburst, which I also love, but , which does sound the way I expected, very bassy thumpy 50s style. The difference persists even when I swap strings on the two basses. Must be the sunburst.
And the necks on these basses! I don't know what it is about this particular model, but I'd put them over the vintera even, and like 90% of the way to custom shop, in feel and sound.
I'm half tempted to keep rounds on this. I expected this to be a Jamerson-esque deep thud machine but it is proving itself to be very gritty and growly. I'm tempted to lean into this.
Edit: I love the neck feel as well and the "aged" finish has a nice caramel tint.
Agreed. Every now and again Squier says "hold my beer" and makes something that rolls with the big boys. This is one and another that I own is their Paranormal Jazzmaster XII in Fiesta Red. Very spicy.
Congrats on the new bass! This is one of my favorite in-production basses right now. The Squier Classic Vibe line is just so good.
I love how comfy the neck’s been on the ones I’ve played, and the clank it gets with everything wide open is just perfect.
Lovely finish too! I’d probably get the same.
I love how comfy the neck’s been on the ones I’ve played, and the clank it gets with everything wide open is just perfect.
Lovely finish too! I’d probably get the same.
I took the rounds off mine almost immediately just because I don’t like the feel of rounds, so I don’t remember what it sounded like with them.
With Fender 9250 flats, it could growl like crazy but still thump with the tone rolled off. I recently switched to Labella LTFs for the lower tension and love the thump… but honestly, kinda miss the ability to get nastiness on demand. Might have to go back to the 9250s.
With Fender 9250 flats, it could growl like crazy but still thump with the tone rolled off. I recently switched to Labella LTFs for the lower tension and love the thump… but honestly, kinda miss the ability to get nastiness on demand. Might have to go back to the 9250s.
I ordered a set of these. Going to keep an open mind. Thanks for the recommendation.On this bass I use these
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Give Ernie Ball Cobalt flats a try. Will definitely give you more nastiness than the 9250s.
You’ll love em. Funny, once these settle in they have the same tone for a while. I usually change rounds ever 3 months, yet I’ve had a set of these on one of my Jazz basses for 8 months now. They still have a lot of zing.
Congratulations, that is a gorgeous bass and to be perfectly honest, it looks as good as my '54 Reissue II P.
These SCPBs are a revelation. I purchased mine 6-months ago after having played the split coil for many years (amongst a roster of other basses) and while it does have a few quirks (namely 60-cycle hum from the single coil), I'm so taken with the tone I actually prefer to the split coil. IMO it is a purer, deeper bass tone with more growl in the low end - even with flats. I put a hunk of foam in the bridge on mine and switch out between straight fingerstyle and palm-muting in a small jazz ensemble playing standards, latin and bebop. The tone is perfect. Palm muting gives me a beautiful warm, thumpy tone and if I want to drive things along a bit more, I just ease into fingerstyle and the bass responds beautifully. I love it.
These SCPBs are a revelation. I purchased mine 6-months ago after having played the split coil for many years (amongst a roster of other basses) and while it does have a few quirks (namely 60-cycle hum from the single coil), I'm so taken with the tone I actually prefer to the split coil. IMO it is a purer, deeper bass tone with more growl in the low end - even with flats. I put a hunk of foam in the bridge on mine and switch out between straight fingerstyle and palm-muting in a small jazz ensemble playing standards, latin and bebop. The tone is perfect. Palm muting gives me a beautiful warm, thumpy tone and if I want to drive things along a bit more, I just ease into fingerstyle and the bass responds beautifully. I love it.
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It is a purer and more even tone because you don’t have the two usual pickup halves interacting with each other and boosting and minimizing different frequencies.
