Squier Standard Jazz ... or..... Squier Affinity P-Bass...please tell me ur opinion!

P has one sound, J has plenty of diversity.
I'd go for a J.

And two years later for a P, if we're still talking cheapo Squires.

 

I would go for the Squire Jazz Bass. It has a slimmer neck and more tones (2 pickups). This also gives you 2 thumb anchors for fingerstyle playing.

 

There is no such thing as a Squier Jazz, is there? There are "P's" & "P-Specials". Or am I mistaken? (that would be a first ).

Fine, don't believe me? Look for yourself....

SQUIER WEBSITE

 

The Squier webpage is very out of date...

Squier introduced a Jazz bass at the Jan 00 NAMM show.

 

Just goes to show what I know. That's pretty bad marketing for Fender's Squier site not to list those -Make me look like like an ass! Ok, I'll shuddup and leave now.

 

You could also look into a P-special. They have more diversity that the P and I think the same price.

 

I got a P-bass (squier). It sounds good. Although, i haven't tried a jazz. If i were you i would buy..... hell i don't know. Don't take advice from me.

 

Why go for the Squier if you can get a

Fender Standard P-bass for $ 299 ?
( http://www.samash.com/catalog/showi...eID=0&PageNum=0&SortMethod=0&Word1=&Contains= )

They're built a little better, sound a hell of a lot better.. plus you have " the real thing " instead of a replica

 

Punk_Princess19 is in Canada, and the price shown on the guitarstop webpage I am almost positive is in Canadian $$$. The MIM Standard P bass price of $299 is in US $$$. That's a lot bigger difference in price than it looks like.

 

Uhr.. erm.. whoopsy..

you're right.. 1 $ US = 1.54 $ CAN.

so it would be about ehm.. 460 $ CAN.

ungf... ok.. i never posted that last message, ok ?

 

go for the jazz, be happy

 

I have the P-special and the J pickup doesn't have much impact unless it's nearly up full and the p is quite low down. It's not bad though, and it's nice to have the choice of what to use.

Get either the P-special or J because the affinity P isn't quite so good, my friend has one.

 

I'd go for the Jazz... I've never played a precision that I liked... just not my thang.

 

I have a Squire P-bass, just so I could say that I have one. (And to make a few modifications to)

But now I am kicking my self, and wih I had heard of the Squire jazz. Get jazz, jazz gooooood.

Rock on
Eric

 

difineatly the P-special its got the best from both worlds, plus i think they sound awsome together.

 

And why pay extra $$$ for the Fender logo?
IME, the wood quality of the Squire is as high as a MIA! Have I just been lucky to find the few "perfect" Squires an d unlucky to find the only lo-Q MIAs? Have I???

OK, pups may be simpler, but many people change their MIM pups, which, some sources claim, are made in the US....

IME, Squire is a lot of Fender for the money.

But, OTOH - who needs a Fender?

 

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But.. But Jaco.....

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