This is an Association not really a club. Y'all are in. Make up yer number. My number is googolplex.
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Squier Owners Club
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Yup. Here's a quote from a post that ProfGumby made in '09:
"And to start off, to be a member, you need to currently own a Squier and just put "Squier Owners Club" in your signature. We don't use numbers, they are for lesser clubs...."
"And to start off, to be a member, you need to currently own a Squier and just put "Squier Owners Club" in your signature. We don't use numbers, they are for lesser clubs...."
Ok, I get it. Thought it followed the same flow as the other clubs. Groovy, I've added to my Sig. And a pic of my Squier VMJ I bought myself for Christmas. It continually amazes me. Greetings.
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Well, Just sold it to my drummer for his son. He loves it. I picked it up because of the price and quality, but I needed another Fender like a hole in the head. I still have my CV 60's Red.
I literally laughed out loud when I read this.Someone's running this club?
Here, have #275.
I like Squiers. My first guitar was a secondhand Affinity Strat, my #1 bass is a Vintage Modified Jaguar (long scale, Duncan Designed PUs), and I really like the beat-up Affinity Tele I bought for $25.
Here's a family photo:
Here's a family photo:
Number? We don't need no stinking numbers. Nothing but a pickguard change and a set of GHS Pressure Wounds but I owe it a set of Bill Lawrence/Wilde J45s which it should be getting soon.
It's cousin is a black/maple Matt Freeman with a Bill Lawrence/Wilde P46 and a set of GHS PFlats but I haven't shot a pic of that one yet. I guess I should do a "family shot" one of these days.
It's cousin is a black/maple Matt Freeman with a Bill Lawrence/Wilde P46 and a set of GHS PFlats but I haven't shot a pic of that one yet. I guess I should do a "family shot" one of these days.
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Continuing my Squier obsession... Dropped in some SD 1/4 Pounders in it. That P-bass thump.... MMMM!
Nice one! I've considered picking up a used Affinity P to mess around with, but have decided I'm good on instruments for now. I'm focusing on pedals/amp/cabs right now. I'd ask you how you like that Ashdown cab, but that might derail this thread.
Nice one! I've considered picking up a used Affinity P to mess around with, but have decided I'm good on instruments for now. I'm focusing on pedals/amp/cabs right now. I'd ask you how you like that Ashdown cab, but that might derail this thread.
Well I'm sure one post about it can't hurt
... It's a really nice cabinet! Awesome sounding right throughout the range. I play in a dub/reggae/funk band & it sounds awesome in the bottom end... With this, the Fusion 550 head & my two Squier basses, I've found my dream sound!
I had some time today to kill, so I made my way over to GC. I had no intention of buying anything until I saw this Squire P bass (2007 model) hanging on the wall. It had such a nice neck and sounded really good for the what they were asking $89, so I decided to grab it. It's very clean and the action is pretty good. The neck could probably use some very minor tweaking. Also, it really needs some new strings.
Awh, the Fenders get stands while the baby Squier sits on the floor..... haha. What's that on the head stock of the Squier?
If I saw that for 89 I mighta snagged it too.
Oh yeah. I got a Squier VM Precision TB a couple of weeks ago. I'm in. This Squier has the slinkiest neck I think I've ever owned.
I really needed it like I needed a whole in my head. But it really seems decent and will make a nice match for my old Fender Bullet guitar that I bought about 25 years ago. Also I figured that if my kids want to learn some day, I wouldn't have to worry about it. I wouldn't want them playing my others. at least not until they are older.
I just had an interesting quality control experience.
Completed 2 trades this week: an amp for a 2010 MIM Jazz V, and the neck of my 2011 Squier VM fretless Jazz, for the neck off a 2011 CV 60's P-bass.
The neck on the MIM was a nice snug fit, but the pocket was too deep, so it needed substantial shimming for a decent action. The fret ends were nicely finished, but I've got to do some levelling up at the heel before I'll be able to bring the action down to Fender specs. The finish on the neck is a bit murky, and the wood a little bland-looking. The tuners needed work to tighten up the slop.
Meanwhile, the Chinese-made fretted CV neck fit the Indonesian VM body like a glove. Perfect friction fit, and the action stayed within a few thou of where I'd had it before, without adjustment. The fret ends aren't quite as flawlessly rounded as the MIM bass, but they're very close. Meanwhile, the neck relief and fretwork are so good that I was able to drop the action well below Fender specs, with nary a buzz from one end to the other. The Chinese tuners had less slop than the MIM ones, and only one needed a little lubrication to get it turning smoothly.
The Poly finish on the Squier CV neck is clearer and smoother than the Fender. The gold Squire logo simulates the look of actual gold leaf, which is a nice touch. The maple isn't as pretty as an insanely flamed CV I saw at a dealer the other day, but it shows a nice bit of shimmer. The rosewood fingerboard also looks a little nicer than the dull slab on the Fender.
Both basses have aftermarket electronics (Duncan QP's and an Audere in the MIM, Dimarzio Area J's in the VM), so I couldn't compare the stock pickups. Both sound exactly the way I would expect an Am Standard to sound with the same electronics.
On the plus side, the Fender is a great-sounding instrument, and the thicker body gives it a distinctly more grown-up feel. However, if the two instruments were hanging in a store, on looks and playability alone I would have thought that the headstock decals and price tags had been switched.
When you consider that the Squier is a parts guitar from two different Asian factories, one owned by Cort and the other by ???, it's pretty amazing that randomly-assembled parts exchange like they were made on the same assembly line, and show a distinctly better level of fit and finish than a more expensive Fender.
Completed 2 trades this week: an amp for a 2010 MIM Jazz V, and the neck of my 2011 Squier VM fretless Jazz, for the neck off a 2011 CV 60's P-bass.
The neck on the MIM was a nice snug fit, but the pocket was too deep, so it needed substantial shimming for a decent action. The fret ends were nicely finished, but I've got to do some levelling up at the heel before I'll be able to bring the action down to Fender specs. The finish on the neck is a bit murky, and the wood a little bland-looking. The tuners needed work to tighten up the slop.
Meanwhile, the Chinese-made fretted CV neck fit the Indonesian VM body like a glove. Perfect friction fit, and the action stayed within a few thou of where I'd had it before, without adjustment. The fret ends aren't quite as flawlessly rounded as the MIM bass, but they're very close. Meanwhile, the neck relief and fretwork are so good that I was able to drop the action well below Fender specs, with nary a buzz from one end to the other. The Chinese tuners had less slop than the MIM ones, and only one needed a little lubrication to get it turning smoothly.
The Poly finish on the Squier CV neck is clearer and smoother than the Fender. The gold Squire logo simulates the look of actual gold leaf, which is a nice touch. The maple isn't as pretty as an insanely flamed CV I saw at a dealer the other day, but it shows a nice bit of shimmer. The rosewood fingerboard also looks a little nicer than the dull slab on the Fender.
Both basses have aftermarket electronics (Duncan QP's and an Audere in the MIM, Dimarzio Area J's in the VM), so I couldn't compare the stock pickups. Both sound exactly the way I would expect an Am Standard to sound with the same electronics.
On the plus side, the Fender is a great-sounding instrument, and the thicker body gives it a distinctly more grown-up feel. However, if the two instruments were hanging in a store, on looks and playability alone I would have thought that the headstock decals and price tags had been switched.
When you consider that the Squier is a parts guitar from two different Asian factories, one owned by Cort and the other by ???, it's pretty amazing that randomly-assembled parts exchange like they were made on the same assembly line, and show a distinctly better level of fit and finish than a more expensive Fender.
