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Believe me there was no prejudice by having the Squier on the floor, that bass is my favorite of the three.

Regardless what the headstock says, that is my #1.

As far as to what is on the Squiers headstock, it's a tuner and a wristband so not to scratch the wall.
 

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Flux Jetson said:
Oh, now I see .. an entire hole rather than a partial hole.

Silly me!

Thanks for setting me strait. ;)
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Either one. Let's just say that I have enough other basses.

Washburn B-40
MIM P
MIM 60s Jazz
Ibanez SR500

It just happened to be at the right price where I figured it was worth snapping up. If it doesn't work out, not much lost. It plays and sounds decent for what it is.
 
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Flux Jetson said:
I'm about to buy my first Squier - a local shop (Fretworks!) has a Squier Vintage Modified Jazz in natural that I'm picking up. I've owned 26 basses, everything from 'Wicks, Rics, Carvins, Deans, Corts, a MIM P and a MIM active J, and I've ~built~ eleven Warmoths. I tried out that Squier J yesterday and didn't put it down for three hours.

So I'll be laying out the $300 bones and picking it up. It's a natural finish model, I am to understand that those have "soft maple" bodies, is this correct?

I didn't have my glasses on (I'm farsighted) so I couldn't tell - are those block inlays real? And the neck binding? My fingers were too numb to tell by feel.

Anyhow, taking the chance on this one. It just felt like ~home~. I haven't even heard it through an amp yet! So I would imagine once I tweak the setup to suit me better and run it through my personal EQ pile of shat that I'll find what I need in it.

Anything I should know about this model?

Thanks. :)
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Yes,........it RULES! Got mine for Christmas. Love it! Just feels 'right'.
 
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msact said:
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.

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I put on some new strings and messed around with the setup a bit. Made a big difference. Now I am thinking about doing some mods. I am doing this as a learning experience not in an effort to make it into something that it isn't. Where would you get a replacement pickguard for an Affinity P Bass? In terms of pickups, do any P-bass style pickups fit? Also, what bridge replacements fit this bass? As I said, this is mostly an experiment/learning experience for me. I wouldn't probably mess with this stuff on one of my regular basses.
 
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Have been using a friends Fender Jazz. His string height is ungodly high. Mine has been set up...the action is low...and I find it plays so much easier. Also I love the SPB-2 pups. I can get way better tones. This bass is in such cherry shape....not a scratch or ding on it. I am stoked!!
 
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msact said:
I put on some new strings and messed around with the setup a bit. Made a big difference. Now I am thinking about doing some mods. I am doing this as a learning experience not in an effort to make it into something that it isn't. Where would you get a replacement pickguard for an Affinity P Bass? In terms of pickups, do any P-bass style pickups fit? Also, what bridge replacements fit this bass? As I said, this is mostly an experiment/learning experience for me. I wouldn't probably mess with this stuff on one of my regular basses.
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Says the first time smack user! Tread oh-so lightly my friend. Or you too will join the ranks of us that have created wonderful Frankenbasses with additions and mods worth 4x the cost of the bass!

As I've said before, these (ahem) "cheapo" Squiers make excellent starting points for bass build ups, and they usually turn out really nice. It's very easy to find yourself hot rodding the heck out of one of these things, and then they become "one of your regular basses". Sometimes even to the point that your ~better~ basses become closet dwellers.

"Oh, but that won't ever happen to me!"

Uh huh .. yea. Right. ;)

Have fun! It's easy to do with these things.
 
#2,379
Deechord said:
Squier Protone made in Korea...modded with CTS pot's etc. Seymor Duncan SPB 2's...Hipshot drop D tuner. Supposed to be a P bass body...jazz neck. It's my first bass. :hyper:
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Nice! But I have one question: why do you consider CTS pots a mod? I only see it as a repair. Never any need to if the existing pots work. Just wondering, I hear this all the time on TB and it puzzles me.

Back to your gorgeous bass. I had a Late 80's Squier HM5. Those Korean workers did really great work. I'm sure it will serve you well.

Edit one more thing: get yourself a real cable. ;)
 

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