My first bass was this MIK Jazz.. Bought it in '92, I'm guessing it was made in '91. Fantastic sounding bass, I had a few friends borrow it back in the day because it just sounded better than what they were using. I pulled it apart long many years ago and painted it blue and silver. That's when I found out it had a plywood body.. totally blows me away that this thing sounded so good with a laminate body. A few months ago, I tried to strip the paint off and re spray it, but all that came off was the rattle can blue that I had on it. After a quick sand, it came out looking like this, looked cool to me so I cleared it and put it back together. The electronics haven't worked in 15 years or so, so i recently bought this loaded control plate of ebay for ten bucks. Didn't know what to expect, but it does work now. I added the ash tray a few days ago, I kinda like the look of them.
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Show us your Korean Squiers
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Here's my '89 MIK Squier II Precision fretless. Maple fingerboard and neck with high gloss finish, skunk stripe, Licensed by Schaller tuners, slab plywood laminate body, Duncan Performer pickups, Fender light gauge flats. It's my first and only bass. As a total noob I have very limited experience re: bass guitars so I can't say whether it sounds great or not, sounds good to my ears. I've only compared it to a Washburn XB100 Bantam Series bass and I liked mine better.
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nolageek, I think I have the twin to yours. I found this at a yard sale while driving down the street minding my own business. First saw the guitar case, then the Fender shaped body, then four tuning pegs. Screech! (brakes).
$70. Sweet!
Straightened out the neck alignment, tweeked the truss rod and away we go!
Paid for it's self at her first gig
. Plays great, very responsive to dynamics. You can dig in and it just growls, doesn't just "gank" out.
SN: CN315155
It's my #1 four stringer!
$70. Sweet!
Straightened out the neck alignment, tweeked the truss rod and away we go!
Paid for it's self at her first gig
. Plays great, very responsive to dynamics. You can dig in and it just growls, doesn't just "gank" out.SN: CN315155
It's my #1 four stringer!
Here's mine. Its a 1996 Squier2 P-Bass. I had it for about 5years now and it my favorite bass out of 5 basses I own. I installed Emg's right away and it gave it more bass then stock Pick Ups. Then I added a pick guard. (I first thought the bass looked naked lol). I recently had a change of heart with my bass and decided to give it another make over. I changed all the Chrome to Black Hardware and brand new Pots and Caps. And removed the PickGuard. I also installed a Tremble Bass Expander (TBX: found on a Jazz Bass Special like Duff Sig) and it feels like a new Bass too me. Here's the before and after pictures. Enjoy guys..
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My korean P. It was refin-d when I got it. I've added a Kiogon solder less wiring harness and a mint green plate. The build quality is fairly so-so but it sounds, looks and feels great. In fact I recently took it up to London and tried it against every P I could find. The only ones I preferred - and then not by much - were a superlight '65 at £4000 and a lightweight '73 w/maple neck at £2200. It smoked everything else; modern, '70s, even some '60s. I always tend to play it with the tone backed off and I use Roto 40-95. I recently tried my 70s DiMarzio in it but preferred the the tone of the original pickup, although the DiM was bigger and louder.
I've owned basses from Alembic to Wal and I have to say that in a band setting this is one of my favourites. And it cost me peanuts!
Hi, what's pickguard did you use? I'd like to change it in my squier MIK S9 black pbass like yours.
And what about tuners replacement? Two of mine are bent and one is buzzing, but i can't find a model with the same holes spacing.
I've run into issues with a MIK Squier P bass and "standard" pickguards, there was a gap right at the heal of the neck.
Old thread, but valid information. I have just realized this might not be Maui Blue. There is a very good chance it is Taos Turquois. It came with the original pickup, so I put that back in. Tomastik Flats. I set it to Fender specs, which I usually ignore, and it plays like a dream. It always looked a little different than some of the Maui Blue ones on Google. It is sort of a darker pastel baby blue sort of color. People are really liking the color, whatever it is.
IIRC they do not. Functionally everything fits but there's a gap at the base of the neck heel. There are some variables with MIK bodies though, some are plywood, some solid and some weren't equipped with pick guards from the factory.
Heres one i picked up the other day
Made a thread about because i couldnt find this one after searching
What can you tell me about this bass? (Fender MIK PJ) | TalkBass.com
Made a thread about because i couldnt find this one after searching
What can you tell me about this bass? (Fender MIK PJ) | TalkBass.com
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I have a Korean Squier Jazz bass. Serial starts with E9. Traded a Sony CD changer for it (plus he gave me 100 bucks) in high school around 1990. I think I got the better end of the deal. I played the crap out of it and at some point I broke the bridge pickup by taking it apart and messing with it. The internet didn't exist, and I didn't know what I was doing.
I'd like to throw some new pickups in it - what do you think would be good?
Also, why do some people hide their serial numbers? Are they afraid someone's going to steal their bass identity?
My bass is pretty heavy, so I guess it's not made of plywood?
I'll post a pic if you want to see it, but I'm embarrassed because I put a bunch of dumb stickers on it when I was a kid and never took them off. I also spraypainted the pick guard like a dummy.
It has a dark fretboard, but I don't know what that means. I love the way it plays. I don't know poopie about setting these up.
I'd like to throw some new pickups in it - what do you think would be good?
Also, why do some people hide their serial numbers? Are they afraid someone's going to steal their bass identity?
My bass is pretty heavy, so I guess it's not made of plywood?
I'll post a pic if you want to see it, but I'm embarrassed because I put a bunch of dumb stickers on it when I was a kid and never took them off. I also spraypainted the pick guard like a dummy.
It has a dark fretboard, but I don't know what that means. I love the way it plays. I don't know poopie about setting these up.
Welcome to talkbass @SetPixels I know I for one would love to see a picture of your bass. Also, as for a pickup recommendation, what kind of budget are you interested in maintaining? If you wanted to keep it on the cheap, I threw in some duncan designed jazz pickups in a squire affinity and found them quit pleasing! Truthfully, there are so many options it would depend on your desired result.
Okay... Here's some photos. I changed the last 3 of my serial number to 6s in case someone tries to pretend to be me or something (no idea why - other people did it, so...). Again, I'm embarrassed by the state of it. I haven't changed anything about it since the 90s. I've got an Ibanez that I use - haven't really used this much since breaking the pickup.
I'm thinking about either leaving it as-is, or getting rid of the stickers and cleaning it all up and replacing some parts. I don't really want to spend more than a couple hundred on this thing. Not sure if it's even worth that. What do you guys think?
I'm thinking about either leaving it as-is, or getting rid of the stickers and cleaning it all up and replacing some parts. I don't really want to spend more than a couple hundred on this thing. Not sure if it's even worth that. What do you guys think?
So, knowing my budget shouldn't go over 200 bucks, what pickups should I get? Convert to active?
I'm wanting a bit of a froggy, punchy sound - clear and not muddy (I know a lot of that has to do with strings too). I play with a pick mostly, but sometimes with fingers. I tend to pick closer to the bridge sometimes.
Or, should I just leave it as is and not bother?
I'm wanting a bit of a froggy, punchy sound - clear and not muddy (I know a lot of that has to do with strings too). I play with a pick mostly, but sometimes with fingers. I tend to pick closer to the bridge sometimes.
Or, should I just leave it as is and not bother?
