Pm Surferjoe46. He'll know but I've read enough in my seasons here that many have had success pasting Squier necks on Fender bodies and vice-versa.
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Squier "Perfect Fit Replacement Parts" Mega thread
- Thread starter thobbinghotrod
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For what I have experienced, the Affinity series only (usually) varies in dimensions in the following areas:
Everything else is either pretty close (as in horseshoes or hand grenades) or Right On dimension wise.
FWIW, the finish on a few of the Affinity series SEEMS to be a little thicker - like it was dipped into the polyester clearcoat instead of having it sprayed on.
Ohh Ohh! I almost forgot:
The PG is usually single ply. This may not be a rule though - just my experience --- and I like to leave it that way to show that a relatively cheaper and much maligned Affinity can smote some mighty high-pocketed multi-$$$ basses.
- The body can be thinner - a good thing I think - sometimes.
- The headstock will usually be the older massive big headed ball-end - which I think looks bold and scares the pointy-headed basses off the stage.
- The tuners will be slightly smaller on the backside as in: the flat plate with the 4 screw mounting holes will not touch each other like a full-on Fender bass tuners will be pretty much touching each other.
- The pickguard screw holes mostly will NOT line up and the PG itself is usually a different dimension in some critical areas that makes them mostly not interchangeable with the rest of the upper-$$ Fenders and even Squiers.
- The potentiometer bodies - the 'cans' on the pots, are smaller - which is sometimes a good thing on a custom build.
Everything else is either pretty close (as in horseshoes or hand grenades) or Right On dimension wise.
FWIW, the finish on a few of the Affinity series SEEMS to be a little thicker - like it was dipped into the polyester clearcoat instead of having it sprayed on.
Ohh Ohh! I almost forgot:
The PG is usually single ply. This may not be a rule though - just my experience --- and I like to leave it that way to show that a relatively cheaper and much maligned Affinity can smote some mighty high-pocketed multi-$$$ basses.
Thanks for the reply. I just didn't want to drop $200 on a Fender neck only to have it too big or too small (a small gap would be fine but if it was bigger I wouldn't feel comfortable "shaving" the wood down myself). I noticed the difference with the pickguard holes on my first Affinity that I modded haha, some of the holes didn't exactly line up. I compensated by having it be a little warped in some areas but that's the perfect place to hold extra picks. I'm getting a custom pickguard from a place that can make custom pickguards from traces, so I'm not too worried about it.
By the time I'm done with this build the only Squier thing left on it will be the wood of the body. I've done enough mods on my other Squier to know what does and doesn't fit, the neck was the only thing that I had serious concern about
My Squier Affinity 5 is now a Super Bass. I bought it from my buddy tommyjbass for 75 dollars !! I was the Solid Black and what I have done is replaced the bridge with a Hipshot Vintage 5 bridge like Jimmy uses on his Allevas it has .750 spacing.Replaced the Pickups with Single Coil Nordstrand N5FJ,s.Relace the tuners with Hipshot USA High gloss Nickel and finally replace the Pickguard to a Fender 5 Deluxe Tortise Shell guard.This neck on this thing is perfect and sounds amazing!! I was wanting a Alleva LG5 but I have just about the same thing and a Tenth the cost !!!
As long as it's a 4-bolt standard Fender neck, it'll fit fine.
I thought I'd chip in with my Squier Jag. It came with a bad neck so I had a maple SX neck(body needed to be routed a tad) put on it. It has a super mass bridge, Quarter Pounds and black metal knobs as upgrades. And with the new band, for the first time in MANY years, round wound strings. I actually could get by with a 2x10 if it could handle more power. I may look around for either some Neos for the Seismic box, or find a cab with neos.. I need a grindy tone for our style rock. We have our first audition(house band) today@5! Sorry for the bad pic. I am horrible at instrument pictures.
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NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
Head's up! Anyone looking for a drop-in aftermarket bridge for a Squier 5'r... Hipshot now offers the Kickass 5 as a Squier retrofit. You can find them on bestbassgear.com. I'm very happy with my 4-string version, and have 2 that I just got from Hipshot for my VMJ5 and VMP5. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware there was an option for a drop-in version, so I'm debating on what to do next. Anyway, no pics, no bridge...
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
Went ahead and installed this bridge, despite it not being a drop in. Holy crap! I love the tone so far! Seems thicker overall, but still with plenty of clarity. I swapped it with a Hipshot B aluminum bridge that was great in it's own right.
I had to install it a little behind the stock Squier bridge holes, but intonation is spot on. I also bought the optional stainless steel inserts. I like them on the lower strings, with the brass inserts on the higher strings. Seems to make the tone across the strings a bit more even. As a drop in, I really don't think you can beat this bridge!
Oh, and when they say this thing is high-mass, they ain't joking. This one weighs 10.5oz, the other one I have is 10.9oz! Stock is 4.5oz.
Size comparison between stock and Kickass...
I had to install it a little behind the stock Squier bridge holes, but intonation is spot on. I also bought the optional stainless steel inserts. I like them on the lower strings, with the brass inserts on the higher strings. Seems to make the tone across the strings a bit more even. As a drop in, I really don't think you can beat this bridge!
Oh, and when they say this thing is high-mass, they ain't joking. This one weighs 10.5oz, the other one I have is 10.9oz! Stock is 4.5oz.
Size comparison between stock and Kickass...
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
Looks like it hangs over the rounded edge.
It's the angle of the pic. It just hits the beginning of the rounded edge.
Odds are it should fit. I did a similar mix-and-match with a VM Jazz-V and a Chinese-made Affinity Jazz-V. The fit was perfectly fine.
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These are great, just make sure they have the correct number of screw holes and they should be a perfect fit.
Check with the buyer feedback.
I just order a Brown Tort guard with USD 9.23 after apply discount coupon. Price still cheaper than purchase at TaoBao.com .
Another source for inexpensive, yet good quality pickguards is here. Not nearly the variety of the previous place linked, but I know for a fact the P-Bass guards fit extremely well. I put a pearloid one on my 1999 Affinity and the only mod I needed to make was drilling 1 new hole because the standard Fender guards only come with 13, as where this Squier had 14. I have bought several from this same vendor over the years. Check it out.
Can anybody please turn me on to a site that sells BT J bass pearl/tort pgs for the split p pups? See my profile pix.
I purchased a VM Fretless Jazz about two weeks ago, awesome sounding, playing bass. I put the Fender Custom Shop 60s in with the prewired Emerson jazz kit, had to change the control plate to a fender control plate which fit perfectly. This bass just sounds awesome, a huge improvement in tone. Haven't changed the bridge, if I do it will be the Fender vintage bridge but at the moment I'll let it be, the stock bridge is doing its job ( staying in tune/intonation ) and not sure the other bridge will make that much of a difference.
