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Squier Precision doesn't agree with Mesa Walkabout Scout?

Phil-wholurks

Phil-wholurks

Apr 8, 2016
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British Columbia
#1
Hi TBers,

I'm having fun with my recently acquired Squier CV 60's Precision. I've mostly played it through my Sansamp Fly Rig direct into my interface for home recording. It's done well for this application, but today I had the chance to play it loud my Mesa Walkabout Scout.* It doesn't really sound that good. I know that's v.subjective and all, but, the Squier seems to be "hot" which has been just fine through the Sansamp but through the Mesa with lots of volume it's really too sensitive (or is it me, har har). In fact, I switched the Mesa to "active" and the Squier is considerably easier to play.

For reference, my personal reference is my EBMM Sterling through the Mesa and that's a lovely combination with lots of flexibility at loud volumes. Also, I have a v.recently acuired J-bass with passive DiMarzio's and that also sounds good: very warm and punchy through the Mesa (just as I figure it should).

Is this just a P-bass thing? Or a Squier "hot" pickups thing? Or I should just go easy with the gain? Any observations from TBers who might have experience with a similar combo is appreciated!

*Loud is relative. In this case, it means gain at about 1:30 and master volume at 12:00. Any more than that and the windows in my old house start to rattle just a bit too much for comfort.
 
#4
mikeswals said:
Modern P pickup should be about as hot as The Jazz with Dimarzio pickups in it.

Have you tried lowering the pickup then if its too sensitive?
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That's an interesting idea. Mostly what I've done so far is lower the action a bit. The A-string saddle was out of whack when I got it. I'll look into lowering the pickup, thanks. I expect if the pickup was a bit high to start with, lowering the action might have exacerbated the situation.
 
#6
roccobladr said:
Have you tried turning the gain down? My EBMM stingray 5 has much lower output than my fenders. I usually need to mess with my amp (Markbass) whenever I change basses to get the right volume and such.
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I just tried that now. Yes, it certainly sounds better and it's more controllable. It might be a bit *too* clean though. I guess it's just another step on my learning curve about the P-bass. I like a bit of punch for most songs so I'd have to find that sweet spot with some-gain-but-not-too-much. But if, as @mikeswals has suggested, it should be about the same as the Jazz w/Dimarzios, then I think I might still try lowering the pickups a bit.
 

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