Squier "Perfect Fit Replacement Parts" Mega thread

[SurferJoe46]

.... No

Asked and answered! They're great people to work with, too.
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No.

They're not great people to work with either.

Wait - do you mean you actually WORK FOR THEM?

If they have to backorder something - forget about ever hearing from them - ever again.

And RETURNS? Hah!

They DO NOT answer emails, phones or knocking at their door - wherever they are.

Quite a few TB people bear me out here but to say communication is good after sales or if there's a backorder - well, it just does not exist in this planet.

I have proof from a receipt with a partially filled order and a couple of backordered parts that would be 24-36 hours away - or so they typed onto the shipping form.

It took 6 months to get the parts I paid for - this time, in advance.

'Way in advance!

No calls answered.

No phone messages were returned.

No emails answered.

I'm still looking for a street address.

 

[Malak the Mad]

.... No

No.

They're not great people to work with either.

Wait - do you mean you actually WORK FOR THEM?

If they have to backorder something - forget about ever hearing from them - ever again.

And RETURNS? Hah!

They DO NOT answer emails, phones or knocking at their door - wherever they are.

Quite a few TB people bear me out here but to say communication is good after sales or if there's a backorder - well, it just does not exist in this planet.

I have proof from a receipt with a partially filled order and a couple of backordered parts that would be 24-36 hours away - or so they typed onto the shipping form.

It took 6 months to get the parts I paid for - this time, in advance.

'Way in advance!

No calls answered.

No phone messages were returned.

No emails answered.

I'm still looking for a street address.

Holy crap! Dude, I am really sorry to hear that. Every time I've bought a guard from them...purely as a customer, not an employee...it's been smooth sailing.

 

[Diamond_Dave]

Hi folks--I broke the tuner key right off my 2013 Affinity Jazz Bass on the way to an open mic tonight. Cheap pot metal, although they held tune. So, I'm in need of a sturdier set of tuning machines that are as close to drop-in as I can get, without breaking the bank. Holes are 11/16" and spaced at 1 7/8" intervals on the headstock.

I searched and read through the thread but nothing jumped out at me. Suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Paco Leon]

These seem to be very similar if you just want to replace the broken one.
Measure yours and check against the dimensions shown.

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[Diamond_Dave]

These seem to be very similar if you just want to replace the broken one.
Measure yours and check against the dimensions shown.

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Thanks. That measures pretty darn close so I pulled the trigger on one. I appreciate your help!

If it fits, a hardshell case is probably in order so I don't whack something hard with my gig bag again...

 

[Diamond_Dave]

These seem to be very similar if you just want to replace the broken one.
Measure yours and check against the dimensions shown.

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This fit perfectly! Thanks again. So, for the benefit of some poor future forum searcher, this tuner is a drop-in replacement for a 2013 CY Squier Affinity Jazz bass.

 

[Kirk Bryant]

I bought my Squier body, neck and PG, separately. Collected the rest of the parts using Squier tuners, plate, ferrules, Willkensen (string through, two saddle) bridge, and mystery "hot" pickup. And here is the finished product. I found out the hard way that fender parts didn't work after buying a repop PG. then I started reading up and found out about the mismatch between Fender and Squier.

 

[Jackcrow]

Does anyone know of place where I could get a PG for a VM P Bass 5 String that isn't routed for a pickup? I routed in a Music Man size EMG but there is still a little gap in the PG where the factory split was a little wider.

 

[Dark Horse]

On this one, nothing was a "perfect fit" except for the vinyl block inlays !!!

Squier Active Dlx 5
Dingwall FD-3N pickups
Tort guard
Vinyl block inlay

I suspect I'll mod it further in the future, but it's done for now .

 

[Kirk Bryant]

Nice bass DH, I love the look of black but I generally do not buy them as I hate keeping them clean. I broke my own rule recently and bought a black Lightwave 5 cause it was so cheap.

 

[Malak the Mad]

On this one, nothing was a "perfect fit" except for the vinyl block inlays !!!

No surprise there. The Deluxe Squier is a bit of an odd duck amongst it's current peers. Construction-wise, it's kind of like the Squier Standard series…everything looks in order, but when you get up close and personal, you start noticing the subtle differences.

Last year I tried attaching a VM '70s Jazz-V neck to a Squier Deluxe Jazz-V Active's body. The gap around the neck heel was staggering. Perhaps someday I'll try that mix out using their four-string counterparts to see if I can get better results.

 

[Dark Horse]

No surprise there. The Deluxe Squier is a bit of an odd duck amongst it's current peers. Construction-wise, it's kind of like the Squier Standard series…everything looks in order, but when you get up close and personal, you start noticing the subtle differences.

Last year I tried attaching a VM '70s Jazz-V neck to a Squier Deluxe Jazz-V Active's body. The gap around the neck heel was staggering. Perhaps someday I'll try that mix out using their four-string counterparts to see if I can get better results.

Yeah, you'd think they would standardize some things. :/

 

[Malak the Mad]

Yeah, you'd think they would standardize some things. :/

For the most part, they did somewhere around 2008. When they kicked off the Classic Vibe line, they simultaneously started discontinuing the Standard Series (a line notorious for being "off model" in little, annoying ways ) and seemed to bring the Vintage Modifieds more in-line with the standard, Fender blueprint. However, given our recent, shared experiences, I'm beginning to suspect the CNC specs for the Deluxe Actives may have been left unaltered.

Then again, the Deluxe basses are quite the odd ducks around the Fender/Squier ranch. Active preamps with "Slap Switches" (mid-boost/scoop, I think), ebonol fretboards with a much flatter radius than almost every Squier or Fender made now or before, no pickguards or control plates. Hell, even the high-mass bridge is of the sort that comes stock on only a few Fender products. At a glance, they're a bit different, but when you examine the finer points, they get even stranger.

What kills me is how utterly cool they look, especially the all-black models. I even had one of the rarer, all-white models…painted headstock and all. But, sadly, their neck specs don't agree with me…dammit!

Side Note: Those all-white, Deluxe fivers must be highly sought after. I was going to post a link to one I spotted on Guitar Center's used database yesterday morning, but apparently someone snapped it up already. Talk about "hunting the great, white whale"!

 

[Paco Leon]

This fit perfectly! Thanks again. So, for the benefit of some poor future forum searcher, this tuner is a drop-in replacement for a 2013 CY Squier Affinity Jazz bass.

I'm glad it worked. And the price seems right.

 

[Sidewinder7]

This fit perfectly! Thanks again. So, for the benefit of some poor future forum searcher, this tuner is a drop-in replacement for a 2013 CY Squier Affinity Jazz bass.

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Does anyone know if these would also fit current model VM Precisions? Just bought one and it has a bad tuner, would hate to have to return it just for that.

 

[96tbird]

What has gone "bad" with the tuner? Open gear tuners usually don't go bad other than the cheap import's key shafts breaking because they're cast metal, or suffer peeling chrome.

 

[Sidewinder7]

What has gone "bad" with the tuner? Open gear tuners usually don't go bad other than the cheap import's key shafts breaking because they're cast metal, or suffer peeling chrome.

Doesn't turn well, has loose then tighter spots, almost feels like its grinding. It will tune and hold it fine, but not smoothly like the others.

 

[NicJimBass]

Doesn't turn well, has loose then tighter spots, almost feels like its grinding. It will tune and hold it fine, but not smoothly like the others.

I find that taking a tuner apart, cleaning the moving parts and oiling the parts that rub together, then reassembling, helps quite a bit. Sometimes even just taking a tuner apart and putting it back together does the trick.

 

[Malak the Mad]

Sometimes even just taking a tuner apart and putting it back together does the trick.

This happened with me once. I got a brand new MIM Fender and one of the tuners was a bit wonky. I took it apart, examined it, saw nothing obviously wrong, reassembled it and suddenly it was working just fine. Go fig!

 

[Sidewinder7]

I'll give that a try. Thanks.