Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Squier Owners Club
- Thread starter Bassplayer_479
- Start date
-
- Tags
- club
![squiervfrontview[1].jpg](/data/attachments/2731/2731634-60ed42f31fe7cfcdd927566eb9cecaeb.jpg?hash=YO1C8x_nz8)
![squiervbodyfront[1].jpg](/data/attachments/2731/2731635-8b774b1d63c2cf41a1d59af25e501c2f.jpg?hash=i3dLHWPCz0)
Here is my main bass. A Squier VM Mustang with some modifications. Schaller tuners, precision-type knobs, WD purple mirror pickguard and most importantly a Nordstrand NM4 pickup. All in all, a very good looking, light, well crafted and great sounding little bass. Sorry for the crap mobile pic.
Papalampraina said:
Please do us all a favor and share with us the modifications needed to mount the Schallers and to mount the WD pickguard. Squier owners are always interested in this information.
iJazz
Okay.
1-Sound: The 70s was more old-school right out of the box. Tone control was nice and even throughout the range of the tone knob.
The MF had a nice little zing to it, but you could roll the tone back and make it thump. Not like the 70s, though.
2-Neck: 70's wins here easily. Just felt better in my hands. Plus BnB is nice. Straight as can be and nice fret work.
MF is nice, don't get me wrong, but not AS nice. The tint looks great though.....not orangey at all like I have read in a couple spots.
Note: they are both gloss finishes so they both got the steel wool treatment. Much better now.
3-Hardware: No contest. 70's all the way. The MF tuners are the only part of the bass I do not care for, and as soon as I get the spare $$ they are getting replaced.
4- Fit & Finish: The 70s I got was immaculate. In truth, it was better than a MIA P that I had and returned. This is not to disparage the MIA's at all; I have one on my GAS list.
For the price point of the MF, I could not have asked for better. I remember opening the box and being amazed by the finish considering the cost. Perfect? No, but pretty darn close.
All in all, the MF is worth every penny, and easily compares to the MIM's that I have played locally. I gigged with it for a while and probably still would be, but I had returned an item for store credit and ended up with the 70s P.
About a month ago, I put Model P's and a BAII on the 70s. Will still thump, but it can get nasty too. Best P tone I have had yet. Doesn't mean I will stop looking though lol.
All of the above is my personal experience....YMMV.
Ok... The Nordstrand pickup and the WD pickguard are direct replacements. WD sell two types of Mustang pickguards, the vintage and the reissue. The second is the correct one for the Squier.
About the Schallers, I used BML tuners. The two holes on the small side were exactly on the same spots as the stock ones. The others were wider apart than the stock, so I drilled two new holes for each tuner. You can't see the old ones though, they're under the tuners now.
Hope that helped.
Here's a better pic too.
I've been playing a Squier Affinity P-bass for a few years, and finally decided I've gotten good enough to upgrade. Purchased a new Squier 70's VMJazz after trying several MIMs and MIAs. I couldnt justify paying so much more for a headstock that said Fender with few other differences. Now I'm saving for the fretless. So, I'll have 3 fine basses for less than a Geddy. I proudly request a number.
In the Squier Owner's Club, we don't have numbers. Just add "Squier Owner's Club" in your signature line and you're in!
my squier VM Pbass OW, with my MIM JB
That has to be one of the sexiest jazz basses I've ever seen!
Model? Customizations? Color?
What's that neck?
I just got a Squier Deluxe 5 and it sounds good, but I would like to make mods to the PUPS and pre amp. Does anyone know if Sadowskys will fit? What model? And if not could you recommended a good pick up/ preamp? Thanks I know you knowledgeable Squierites will have an answer? Lol.
I think that this was just covered in the Tricked out Squier Club thread.
Okay.
1-Sound: The 70s was more old-school right out of the box. Tone control was nice and even throughout the range of the tone knob.
The MF had a nice little zing to it, but you could roll the tone back and make it thump. Not like the 70s, though.
2-Neck: 70's wins here easily. Just felt better in my hands. Plus BnB is nice. Straight as can be and nice fret work.
MF is nice, don't get me wrong, but not AS nice. The tint looks great though.....not orangey at all like I have read in a couple spots.
Note: they are both gloss finishes so they both got the steel wool treatment. Much better now.
3-Hardware: No contest. 70's all the way. The MF tuners are the only part of the bass I do not care for, and as soon as I get the spare $$ they are getting replaced.
4- Fit & Finish: The 70s I got was immaculate. In truth, it was better than a MIA P that I had and returned. This is not to disparage the MIA's at all; I have one on my GAS list.
For the price point of the MF, I could not have asked for better. I remember opening the box and being amazed by the finish considering the cost. Perfect? No, but pretty darn close.
All in all, the MF is worth every penny, and easily compares to the MIM's that I have played locally. I gigged with it for a while and probably still would be, but I had returned an item for store credit and ended up with the 70s P.
About a month ago, I put Model P's and a BAII on the 70s. Will still thump, but it can get nasty too. Best P tone I have had yet. Doesn't mean I will stop looking though lol.
All of the above is my personal experience....YMMV.
Thanks brother, much appreciated. I bought my CV Jazz last fall used and the only non-cosmetic change I've made was new strings. I took off the GHS PFlats that were on it and replaced them with GHS PressureWounds. Major improvement on that bass even though those PFlats are great strings.
I've enjoyed it so much that I'll be in the market for a MF later this year and that's where those PFlats will go. I'm hoping to find a good deal on a used one in similar shape to the Jazz Bass which was a solid 10.
Over the years I've usually had both Jazz and P style basses so there's one hole in the herd right now. Glad to hear your feedback. Thanks for taking time to respond. Nothing better than hearing about it from another player.
Hey guys, I'm pretty new to the bass community seeing as I've been mainly a drummer for 11 yeArs and a guitarist for 4. I work at Guitar Center and recently purchased a squier vintage modified J bass. Its the natural wood color with an amazing flamed maple top. I need/want new pickups. I can't get much tone out of the stock ones. Any suggestions? Thanks!
-Greg
-Greg
I finally get to join this club. A couple weeks ago, I bought a Squier VM 70's Jazz in natural from a member here (ThreeBeanSalad). I am in love with this bass. I had been playing my Fender P-bass in the cover band I'm in and I just couldn't get the tone I was looking for. The Squier has now become my main bass.
I, too have a Squier Bass (mine's a P-Bass). Funny thing is; when I bought it, I actually went in the store with the intention to buy a guitar!!
Glad I left without it
Glad I left without it
You have our deepest sympathies Greg but now that you've come to your senses welcome.
It may not be the pickups it may be the strings. They can actually have more to do with your tone than the pickups which some have said are fairly good.
So working at GC you have access to many different brands and types of strings and hopefully they give you a good price on them. If not we'll send you someplace where they will.
For a Jazz Bass I would suggest a set of GHS Pressurewounds. They are a mellower string with a feel smoother than a round wound but with much of a round wounds tonal range. They're not ultra bright and zingy like some rounds but you can get plenty of top end or deep lows almost to the point of sounding like a flat.
Good definition and piano like clarity if EQ's for it. A very tonally expressive string. Give you most anything you need but slap. Great for fingersyle or pick but not slap. Very consistent string to string output and tension.
Put a set of them on before you think about changing the pickups then see how you feel about the bass. If you still don't like those SD's then put in a set of Fender 62 Vintage if your looking for a more traditional 60's tonality. Those SD'a are voiced a bit different. Others may suggest even more pickup possibilities but do yourself a favor and start with the strings.
You may also want to try adjusting the pickup height, too. That can make a huge diffrerence in the sound.
