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Squier Classic Vibe Club (Part 3)

#4,142
BassHole1 said:
New member here. I have a 60's in Olympic white that I did a heavy relic on. Fender USA Original 62 pickup, CTS parts, switchcraft jack, new wire harness, USA tuners, high mass Bridge and bone nut. I decided to strip it the body and do a heavy Relic to make it look like a barnwood body and I did a matching headstock. I get a lot of compliments on it because it's very unique looking. More importantly, it sounds killer on stage or the studio. I love to hot rod Squires, especially classic vibes, so long as the neck is straight. This one is, and is also light, too, and I have a guy that sets it up for me. What a fun project! These are sleeper basses IMO......

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BassHole1 said:
Thanks! I also restore drums - old to new and sometimes new to old. I've had a lot experience with dents, dings, wood damage, stain, flaming, etc. This one wasn't supposed to go this direction, but I had recently done a Telecaster which I called a "barn caster" and traded it to a studio owner for a killer guitar tube amp worth way more. So I decided to change my plan from aging the Olympic white to full on animal building! I don't normally like matching headstocks and prefer my amber lacquer, but this one was too complicated to replicate down the road, so while the ideas were swirling around in my brain, I did the headstock, too. It stays in excellent tune, too, and sounds and plays above its league......

I just did a Squier that was red (but came to me stripped) - I finished it in brown stain, then gold sparkle paint, then amber lacquer. It's a '72 P-bass tribute. I aged the headstock, and finally, after all these years, have come up with a method to age chrome. I kept the bridge and tuners and added a USA chrome bridge cover (which I aged), it has Aguilar P-bass pickups and a USA harness with CTS/switchcraft. My guy set it up and it's my current gigging bass.......super light, clean thunderous tone and yet another relic to relic!

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BassHole1 said:
Thanks! There's something about a P bass.....simple, elegent, timeless, and sounds fantastic!
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  1. Welcome to TalkBass!
  2. Normally, I'm not a P-Bass guy, but that "barnwood" job looks fantastic! :thumbsup:
  3. You might want to post some of your less expensive hotrod jobs to this thread. They certainly fit that groove.
Riff Ranger

Thread 'Let's See Your Hot-Rodded Cheapo Basses!'

I apologize if a thread like this already exists, but I couldn't find one, so here we go (again?).

I know I'm not the only one who has tweaked a budget bass and liked the results and yes, I want to show mine off, but I also want to see who else has fine-tuned their frugal finds into favorite instruments.

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#4,143
BassHole1 said:
New member here. I have a 60's in Olympic white that I did a heavy relic on. Fender USA Original 62 pickup, CTS parts, switchcraft jack, new wire harness, USA tuners, high mass Bridge and bone nut. I decided to strip it the body and do a heavy Relic to make it look like a barnwood body and I did a matching headstock. I get a lot of compliments on it because it's very unique looking. More importantly, it sounds killer on stage or the studio. I love to hot rod Squires, especially classic vibes, so long as the neck is straight. This one is, and is also light, too, and I have a guy that sets it up for me. What a fun project! These are sleeper basses IMO......

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Hmmmm..... survivors after the fire ????
 
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Malak the Mad said:
  1. Welcome to TalkBass!
  2. Normally, I'm not a P-Bass guy, but that "barnwood" job looks fantastic! :thumbsup:
  3. You might want to post some of your less expensive hotrod jobs to this thread. They certainly fit that groove.
Riff Ranger

Thread 'Let's See Your Hot-Rodded Cheapo Basses!'

I apologize if a thread like this already exists, but I couldn't find one, so here we go (again?).

I know I'm not the only one who has tweaked a budget bass and liked the results and yes, I want to show mine off, but I also want to see who else has fine-tuned their frugal finds into favorite instruments.

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  • instrument was inexpensive by your own standards at the time of purchase; suggested figure: originally cost <500 USD in today's market, or equivalent at time of purchase (I'm aware that "cheap" comes at different prices for different...
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Yes, hot rod !
 
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My two basses, these indonesian made Squiers are built pretty good, nice to play them. Replaced the bridges on both right out of the box and the P-bass have EMG Geezer Butler pickups. Love the vintage sound! The fretless sounds pretty nice aswell. Both basses has flatwounds.
 
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#4,150
shojii said:
Yahboy, where did you order this from? Got a link? Thanks in advance
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BassicJack said:
Interesting. Serial number comes back as SB 50s CV Strat
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It is a rejected neck which not pass while inspection. I give up because my friend advise me don't take risk...

Item list on taobao.com. but page not found currently.

About the serial, it could makes sense FMIC use the same serial for other neck due to this MF neck are rejected item,
 
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#4,153
RedNuk said:
Hey guys, do you think a Fender US or MiM pickguard would be a perfect fit for a 2025 Squier CV 60 ? I found a black anodized aluminium PG that looks yumy but am afraid it may not fit
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My experience is that the screw holes are close enough, but you may need to deal with different size holes for the pots. Squier factory usually 8mm, so the new PG designed for full size pots will have 3/8" or 9.5mm. You can probably just be careful tightening down to make sure they stay centered. The other way (Squier PG with full size pots) more of a problem.

Edit: I was thinking P above but you didn't actually say. A jazz should be fine.
 
#4,154
SharpCat said:
My experience is that the screw holes are close enough, but you may need to deal with different size holes for the pots. Squier factory usually 8mm, so the new PG designed for full size pots will have 3/8" or 9.5mm. You can probably just be careful tightening down to make sure they stay centered. The other way (Squier PG with full size pots) more of a problem.

Edit: I was thinking P above but you didn't actually say. A jazz should be fine.
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Thanks for the info, you're right it IS for a P. Don't want to drill the body and aluminum can be a pain to readjust so I'm kind of on the fence on this one
 
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RedNuk said:
Thanks for the info, you're right it IS for a P. Don't want to drill the body and aluminum can be a pain to readjust so I'm kind of on the fence on this one
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If you can look closely at a picture of the guard, 1) make sure # of screws matches, 2) can compare the screw locations. If they're apparently in the same spot, probably fineā€”from my experience the screw holes are either really close or in a totally different spot, unlikely to be close enough to look right but actually not. 3) look at the holes for the pots and the jack. If they're all the same size, it's for full size pots (but 8mm will fit), if the pot holes are smaller, only small pots will fit without drilling.

HTH
 
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SharpCat said:
If you can look closely at a picture of the guard, 1) make sure # of screws matches, 2) can compare the screw locations. If they're apparently in the same spot, probably fineā€”from my experience the screw holes are either really close or in a totally different spot, unlikely to be close enough to look right but actually not. 3) look at the holes for the pots and the jack. If they're all the same size, it's for full size pots (but 8mm will fit), if the pot holes are smaller, only small pots will fit without drilling.

HTH
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Thanks for the detailed explanation! The seller is going to measure the space between each hole. That should seal the deal if it matches. If I only have to widen the pot holes I can live with that šŸ˜Š
 
#4,158
InstantEctobass said:
Here we go for spamming this thread again... :whistle:

This is my Squier Classic Vibe Crated in China 60s Jazz Bass, that I bought second hand on December 11th of 2018 and since modified it. I also asked my grandpa to sign it (and who since then left me to a another world), so that I'd promise myself never to separate from it.

This isn't my first bass, but that's first bass guitar that I fell in love with.
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The modifications I've made :
  • added a thin brass stripe to use as grounding of bridge pickup cavity like '60 and '61 models
  • replaced the original pickguard with a Fender red tortoise-shell (top layer is celluloid)
  • replaced the original 3-knobs control plate with a 2-dual/stacked knobs that I kept in a VVT wiring (to prevent loss of volume and harmonics) like '60 and 61' models
  • replace the original high-quality Taiwan made tuning machines with Gotoh FB30 Lollipop nickel tuning machines (today!) like '66 and '67 models
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Hello! I want to do exactly the same thing with the same bass model and the same tuners. Did you have to make any modifications to the headstock to fit the tuners? (redrill holes, enlarge bushing holes, etc.)
 
#4,159
miikee90 said:
Hello! I want to do exactly the same thing with the same bass model and the same tuners. Did you have to make any modifications to the headstock to fit the tuners? (redrill holes, enlarge bushing holes, etc.)
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Hello there, only redrill holes, (the other are well covered) but the bushing holes I kept the original bushings and didn't use the one that came with the Gotoh Lollipop set; I didn't want to remove them in order to avoid risking a crack or damage :)
 
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