Squier Owners Club

[Malak the Mad]

Over the years, I have bought and sold several Fender P basses. My favorite is a phenomenal Custom Shop '60 bass. Out of nostalgia, I recently repurchase the very first bass I bought 12 years ago: a 2010 Matt Freeman Precision. It's in mint condition, with the only modification being the strings (TI Flats). I paid double what I originally sold it for, but it's worth it. It's very resonant, has low action, and the pickups are excellent. The neck is . This one is staying for good now!View attachment 7010563View attachment 7010564View attachment 7010566

Nothing wrong with "nostalgia". For some of us, myself included, it is a force to be reckoned with. In the general sense of the term, no harm...no foul, especially if it doesn't cost someone an arm and a leg.

 

[GaDawg78644]

I just got done shielding my Squier 60’s CV PBass today. It had the 60 cycle hum.

I bought conductive adhesive cloth tape from A* for $8.99. It claimed that the adhesive was conductive and I was glad to find out it was.

As you can see from my measurements no resistance.

The hum is history now.

 

[joeLowB]

I just got done shielding my Squier 60’s CV PBass today. It had the 60 cycle hum.

I bought conductive adhesive cloth tape from A* for $8.99. It claimed that the adhesive was conductive and I was glad to find out it was.

As you can see from my measurements no resistance.

The hum is history now.View attachment 7041137

Nice job with the shielding! Happy it was effective!

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[Prodigus Filius]

Hi,
I picked up this backyard buy today, and I've been able to piece together a bit about it that the seller wasn't real in the know about.
The neck is a Mighty Mite neck with the maple finger board. The tuning machines are Ping Well p2681's with the covers missing. A lame attempt was made to put them on the MM headstock, but of course they were meant for a 12mm bore and not the 18mm that the neck came with. Some screws were just the heads with the shafts sheered off. No pre drilling. Ouch! No biggie. I'll be putting appropriate fitting tuners on it anyhow. The strings are Fender 9050 flatwounds I think.
When it comes to the body, it has a Squier neck plate on it (not necessarily indictative of a genuine Squier body of course). In the neck pocket are some digits that might offer a more definitive clue.
070918 stamped there and another group of digits.
The split coils rest on padding that in turn is attached to a ground plate. I have no idea if the electronics/wiring are stock. The ground wire from the pickup ground plate needs re attaching to the circuit. The cap is 047uf.
Even if the body turns out not to be a true Squier, I think I got a good deal. The neck doesn't have a blemish and would have cost nearly 5 times to buy and ship to Australia as what I paid for the whole bass.
I plan on just replacing the machine heads as mentioned. Resoldering the ground wire and replacing the knobs. And probably BEADing the nut.

cheers

 

[Malak the Mad]

Hi,
I picked up this backyard buy today, and I've been able to piece together a bit about it that the seller wasn't real in the know about.
The neck is a Mighty Mite neck with the maple finger board. The tuning machines are Ping Well p2681's with the covers missing. A lame attempt was made to put them on the MM headstock, but of course they were meant for a 12mm bore and not the 18mm that the neck came with. Some screws were just the heads with the shafts sheered off. No pre drilling. Ouch! No biggie. I'll be putting appropriate fitting tuners on it anyhow. The strings are Fender 9050 flatwounds I think.
When it comes to the body, it has a Squier neck plate on it (not necessarily indictative of a genuine Squier body of course). In the neck pocket are some digits that might offer a more definitive clue.
070918 stamped there and another group of digits.
The split coils rest on padding that in turn is attached to a ground plate. I have no idea if the electronics/wiring are stock. The ground wire from the pickup ground plate needs re attaching to the circuit. The cap is 047uf.
Even if the body turns out not to be a true Squier, I think I got a good deal. The neck doesn't have a blemish and would have cost nearly 5 times to buy and ship to Australia as what I paid for the whole bass.
I plan on just replacing the machine heads as mentioned. Resoldering the ground wire and replacing the knobs. And probably BEADing the nut.View attachment 7059065View attachment 7059066View attachment 7059067View attachment 7059068View attachment 7059071View attachment 7059072
cheers
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Interesting find! As long as the body and neck are solid, pretty much everything else can be replaced and/or upgraded to your liking!

Are there markings on the neck's heel to designate it as a Mighty Mite? I've used their bodies before, but never their necks, so I'm curious what they do to "sign their work".

As for the body, I could be mistaken, but I'm gonna guess the neck pocket was stamped on or around July 9th, 2018...assuming it is indeed a date-stamp.

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Interesting find! As long as the body and neck are solid, pretty much everything else can be replaced and/or upgraded to your liking!

Are there markings on the neck's heel to designate it as a Mighty Mite? I've used their bodies before, but never their necks, so I'm curious what they do to "sign their work".

As for the body, I could be mistaken, but I'm gonna guess the neck pocket was stamped on or around July 9th, 2018...assuming it is indeed a date-stamp.

I realised I forgot to add the pic of the neck heel.

Unlike the in descriptions I have read on numerous sites ( Mighty Mite, Stewmac for example Maple Fingerboard - 4 String - Mighty Mite P-Bass® Neck - Mighty Mite) the neck finish is gloss on this neck at least and not satin. A buyer mentions the same on Amazon Amazon.com

 

[joeLowB]

Hi,
I picked up this backyard buy today, and I've been able to piece together a bit about it that the seller wasn't real in the know about.
The neck is a Mighty Mite neck with the maple finger board. The tuning machines are Ping Well p2681's with the covers missing. A lame attempt was made to put them on the MM headstock, but of course they were meant for a 12mm bore and not the 18mm that the neck came with. Some screws were just the heads with the shafts sheered off. No pre drilling. Ouch! No biggie. I'll be putting appropriate fitting tuners on it anyhow. The strings are Fender 9050 flatwounds I think.
When it comes to the body, it has a Squier neck plate on it (not necessarily indictative of a genuine Squier body of course). In the neck pocket are some digits that might offer a more definitive clue.
070918 stamped there and another group of digits.
The split coils rest on padding that in turn is attached to a ground plate. I have no idea if the electronics/wiring are stock. The ground wire from the pickup ground plate needs re attaching to the circuit. The cap is 047uf.
Even if the body turns out not to be a true Squier, I think I got a good deal. The neck doesn't have a blemish and would have cost nearly 5 times to buy and ship to Australia as what I paid for the whole bass.
I plan on just replacing the machine heads as mentioned. Resoldering the ground wire and replacing the knobs. And probably BEADing the nut.View attachment 7059065View attachment 7059066View attachment 7059067View attachment 7059068View attachment 7059071View attachment 7059072
cheers
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That's an awesome find! Looks to have "good bones" and you can clean everything else up! Nice!

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[Prodigus Filius]

That's an awesome find! Looks to have "good bones" and you can clean everything else up! Nice!

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Cheers. Yeh, I'll just fix a few things as mentioned with some parts I have already. I am partial to a maple neck/finger board and this MM neck is pretty damn good quality. This bass addition takes me back up to a whopping 2 basses he he
I notice the wiring in the cavity is '60's' wiring according to this pic. If this is a Squier body, is that typical?

As for the numbers in the pocket, I'm thinking 07 is year and 09 month maybe. I note the 9 in the control cavity as well. Anyhow I won't stress about it. It is what it is for cheap bucks regardless

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Had no 'grrrr' moments putting on some replacement tuning machines and knobs. Did a thorough set up and the bass plays real good. I didn't mess with nut as far as BEAD goes and just left the 9050's on. But I did down tune to DGCF and am happy with that. Happy as larry actually.
Edit: I did replace the ouput socket nut and washer too. They were pretty rusty

 

[joeLowB]

Had no 'grrrr' moments putting on some replacement tuning machines and knobs. Did a thorough set up and the bass plays real good. I didn't mess with nut as far as BEAD goes and just left the 9050's on. But I did down tune to DGCF and am happy with that. Happy as larry actually.
Edit: I did replace the ouput socket nut and washer too. They were pretty rusty
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Well done! You have something now!

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[GaDawg78644]

Nice! What tuning machines did you go with?

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Nice! What tuning machines did you go with?

They are cheap unbranded ones off Ebay that I had laying around.

 

[Prodigus Filius]

I think I was right about thinking my bass was an 07 build via the numbers in the pocket ie 0709.
Looking at neck plates on Squier basses, I came across this one from a 2007 Affinity, which is the same as mine. Although, I've seen pics of 2007 Affinitys that don't have the small 'by Fender' on the plate

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[J Wilson]

THAT's more better! Good for You.

 

[Prodigus Filius]

So if I was to itemise what I got for the cheap price I paid for it (less than a couple of slabs of Tooheys), it would possibly be:

*Mighty Mite Neck:430 aud
*Fender 9050L strings:75 aud
*Squier Affinity 2007 bass body: 250aud maybe
Total = 755 aud

Total spent on it
*Tuning Machines: 18aud
*Knobs: free
755-18 = 737aud

 

[Andrew Hargrove]

The “P-Bass” has a Geezer pickup and Hipshot lightweight tuners. Chrome flats!
The Jazz Bass is stock, the brand new noiseless with active and I like it. Still quite new to me, rocking the stock round wound strings - gonna stick with rounds for this one.
I had been looking for a Jazz style bass for a few years when the shop got this one in. Super stoked and I guess both basses being Squier kinda proves me a fan of them

 

[M-Mittlesteadt]

I've owned many, many Fender/Squier basses over the years. This Squier PJB in LPB is by far one of my favorites and after my set up is a great player in every way (playability, fit and finish, tonal variety, quality, etc.). Well balanced and weighs in at only 7.8 lbs. A beautiful bass in every way...

 

[jglunt]

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The “P-Bass” has a Geezer pickup and Hipshot lightweight tuners. Chrome flats!
The Jazz Bass is stock, the brand new noiseless with active and I like it. Still quite new to me, rocking the stock round wound strings - gonna stick with rounds for this one.
I had been looking for a Jazz style bass for a few years when the shop got this one in. Super stoked and I guess both basses being Squier kinda proves me a fan of them

Is that Geezer pickup a passive EMG pickup? How do you like it? I love EMG actives but have been very disappointed with the tone and articulation of the EMG-HZ passives, which are the only EMG passives I have experience with.

 

[Andrew Hargrove]

Is that Geezer pickup a passive EMG pickup? How do you like it? I love EMG actives but have been very disappointed with the tone and articulation of the EMG-HZ passives, which are the only EMG passives I have experience with.

It is really outstanding in this bass. I had tried a Fender that was alright pretty similar to the stock one. They both had a little attack noise before the note that I didn’t care for - as though the pickup was too close to the strings (?) The Geezer feel just exactly how I remember the pickups in the best Precisions I have got to play did. Definitely doesn’t sound typically EMG
Yea passive

 

[PDW30]

I've owned many, many Fender/Squier basses over the years. This Squier PJB in LPB is by far one of my favorites and after my set up is a great player in every way (playability, fit and finish, tonal variety, quality, etc.). Well balanced and weighs in at only 7.8 lbs. A beautiful bass in every way...

Looks very nice and glad you like it,, but I just wish they wouldn't call it a "precision bass".