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Squier MIK "Bullet" Precision Bass, Neck Dive

Legattabass

Legattabass

Oct 21, 2010
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#1
Hey TB,

This weekend I picked up what, according to the headstock, appears to be a Squier Bullet Bass (precision), stamped Made in Korea. It has a lovely, glossed and super-wide neck, rosewood board, Olympic White body and white PG.

EDIT: pics uploaded. Notice the odd tuners, the MiK stamp, the stubby upper horn and the super wide nut. I reaaaaally love this neck. Its shockingly comfortable.

Sound is just fine, pots are a little scratchy, no buzzing frets or major intonation issues. The only downside is neckdive. I had read somewhere that the upper horn on the MiK Squier Bullet Precision basses is shorter than normal. Is this causing the neckdive?

I actually can't find much information on non "bullet bass" bullet-basses. As in, basses that dont have the mustang style pickups and telebass headstock, but are still marked bullet bass.

Any information and neckdive suggestions would be appreciated.
 

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#2
You could try moving the strap button nearest the bridge up on the body. Carl Thompson does this with his basses, and it's a known remedy for some basses with blanace issues while standing, and I did that on a Jack Cassidy bass and it helped a bit. If seated neck dive is an issue for you, I'm yet to come up with a good solution for that other than getting ultralight tuners and hoping that it proves to be enough of a change in weight to justify the cost and effort. I've always really really dug those little bullet basses, they sound BIG, hope you're enjoying it.
 
#3
TripleDouble said:
You could try moving the strap button nearest the bridge up on the body. Carl Thompson does this with his basses, and it's a known remedy for some basses with blanace issues while standing, and I did that on a Jack Cassidy bass and it helped a bit. If seated neck dive is an issue for you, I'm yet to come up with a good solution for that other than getting ultralight tuners and hoping that it proves to be enough of a change in weight to justify the cost and effort. I've always really really dug those little bullet basses, they sound BIG, hope you're enjoying it.
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It's a lovely bass with a really aggressive sound, so I dig it.

The tuners are odd. They're held in place by 2 screws on the back, and a "nut" on the front clamping it against the headstock. Perhaps thats a source of excess weight.

I'm hesitant to alter it because I don't want to change it from stock...
 
#4
They are cool basses. I owned one briefly many years ago but mine was a short scale and I couldn't get used to it.

JJ Grey and Mofro's bassist used one for a tour a couple of years back. Straight into an Ampeg SVT and matching 8x10 cab. Sounded killer.

I always use big straps so neck dive never seems to bother me... even when I was playing a Thunderbird.
 
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A-Step-Towards said:
I loved the neck, in fact there is one of these at a local pawn shop and i may buy it because the neck alone is worth over 100$ to me, its very similar to a fender 62 reissue P neck in feel. I remember it was solid wood not ply and very solid,
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This. I still have mine and the neck is what was nice about it, except mine needed lighter strings. Jamerson flats maxed the truss rod. It now also needs electronics since I transplanted those to another bass, but I plan on buying a loaded body as mine was plywood and looks to be the same color as yours (original PG and knobs though). I have my G&L LB-100, so I've not been in much of a hurry to do this.
 
#11
mndean said:
This. I still have mine and the neck is what was nice about it, except mine needed lighter strings. Jamerson flats maxed the truss rod. It now also needs electronics since I transplanted those to another bass, but I plan on buying a loaded body as mine was plywood and looks to be the same color as yours (original PG and knobs though). I have my G&L LB-100, so I've not been in much of a hurry to do this.
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Funny enough, when I took off the neck and changed the strings, the neck pocket looked like ... Alder.

Maybe they weren't all plywood?

Didn't get a chance to take pics, will do so ASAP. I love that neck but the neckdive is annoying!
 

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