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Squier Affinity P-Bass Alder Body?

#41
A little bit off the topic, but I've got a new Chinese Affinity Jazz bass and I wonder what it is made of. Specs read that it's alder, but some people say it easily may be agathis. The paint is very thin and I can clearly see three pieces of wood in the body.
 
#42
I've got an alder body Affinity J bass. It's not that cheesy, seems to be made of three pieces, I don't know whether the wood itself is much more different than in more expensive instruments, but it's also about build quality, pickups, hardware, fretwork, finish and many many other things, and here MIA and even MIM Fender would beat it hands down.
 
#45
Recently acquired a 2017 Squier Affinity P bass PJ for an insanely low price, and it is an insanely good bass.
Fit and finish are great, the tone knob works across the whole sweep, the PUs sound good individually or together, it's crazy light, the nut and frets are good... It's gig-able as is.

If this one is typical, Fender really has stepped up the brand.

p.s. painted, so can't comment re: alder or pieces
 
#46
Hi all, I just found Squier Pbass Affinity 2005 for 50 dollars on Offerup, really great shape, black color, nothing wrong with it, I just need adjust the neck truss rod. Planing to install Red Tortoise pickguard on it and CTS 250k and orange drop with stock pickup.
 
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#47
A few years back I picked up an '03 Affinity P Bass for $50 bucks too from the local craigs. It was a pretty crappy bass. The neck took two months to straighten out, clamped on my bench. But the body is some extremely soft wood, defintely not alder. A couple of pickguard screws easily stripped, but so did both strap button screws with hardly any effort. I had to dowel body with maple plugs and re-drill the screw holes.
I bought a used Fender US pickup from the classifieds here $40, and then got one of those $10 tort guards from ebay. Its a decent enough bass I keep stored at a friends music room for jams.
 
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fobiedgar said:
Hi all, I just found Squier Pbass Affinity 2005 for 50 dollars on Offerup, really great shape, black color, nothing wrong with it, I just need adjust the neck truss rod. Planing to install Red Tortoise pickguard on it and CTS 250k and orange drop with stock pickup.
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Mine is from 2005 as well. I did change the pots, but had to sand the body a bit to fit a full sized tone pot. (Just a heads up.) I changed pretty much every part, but the pickup- it sounds great to me and I get many compliments with that bass. It’s one of the heaviest Squier bodies I’ve ever owned or played- very sturdy and resonant. Here’s the finished product:
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#50
Cheap Asian instruments are often vague about body woods, for a couple of reasons:

1) They like to be able to use whatever is cheapest at the time, and

2) The wood is often an Asian species , not one that’s common in America or Europe. If your body looks like it’s alder, it likely isn’t. It may be a perfectly decent wood, it just isn’t the same thing that you call alder, or ash, or….
 
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micguy said:
Cheap Asian instruments are often vague about body woods, for a couple of reasons:

1) They like to be able to use whatever is cheapest at the time, and

2) The wood is often an Asian species , not one that’s common in America or Europe. If your body looks like it’s alder, it likely isn’t. It may be a perfectly decent wood, it just isn’t the same thing that you call alder, or ash, or….
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Do you think the OP was still wondering about this 23 years later?
 
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