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Squier Affinity PJ

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Poopoutyouridea

Dec 31, 2011
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Penang, Malaysia
#1
So I came across this on the Fender site. Is anyone excited for this, or just me?

Personally, I like the fact that the colour options are different from your run of the mill sunburst-white pickguard / black-white pickguard standards. Besides, its a PJ which looks really cool and its sorta like a throwback to the old Squier P-Bass Specials?

For those of you with no idea what I'm talking about:
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#2
Some of us were discussing the new "Affinity Precision PJ" a little while ago. A number of us are very pleased Squier has resurrected the P-Bass Special. We also got to talking a little bit about the new Affinity Jazzes.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/new-affinity-squier-p-j-975291/

One thing that looks very encouraging about the new Affinities is that, according to the specs, they've switched away from the closed-box tuners (personally, I didn't like them anyway) to the standard Squier open-gear tuners.

I almost pulled the trigger on one yesterday during GC's Used Gear Expo. But I already have a lovely Standard P-Bass Special so I traded towards something else. However, that doesn't mean I don't want one. Maybe, just maybe, sometime at the end of the year…
 
#3
Musician's Friend is worried about me. They're concerned that I haven't ordered anything from them in a while. So they just sent me a coupon (code) for 20% off any single item over $49. I immediately thought of the Affinity PJ. $180-20% is a pretty good deal. So I want to know--has anyone picked one of these up and if so, how is it? My offer is only good for one week so hurry up! Thanks.
 
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boombloom said:
Musician's Friend is worried about me. They're concerned that I haven't ordered anything from them in a while. So they just sent me a coupon (code) for 20% off any single item over $49. I immediately thought of the Affinity PJ. $180-20% is a pretty good deal. So I want to know--has anyone picked one of these up and if so, how is it? My offer is only good for one week so hurry up! Thanks.
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Forget it. Squier is "a manufacturer that has chosen not to participate." Musician's Friend will have to wait for my business a little longer.
 
#12
Has anyone A/B'd this with a Yamaha RBX170?

I need a cheapo and I'm thinking a PJ will cover the most bases. They both cost the same new. I won't be modding either aside from a string change.

Does anyone know which has a nice warm tone with the solo'd precision pup with the tone rolled down?

I'm not expecting much out of the j pup. In my experience, cheapo PJ's have mostly crappy bridge pickups.
 

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