Nice looking Squier! Looks like a Marcus Miller bass. I just like to make sure that everything works the way it should.
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Squier vintage modified club
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Yeah - I REALLY wanted to love me a Marcus - but it just felt AWFUL in my hands. I think the neck got to me and I couldn't get used to it.
Maybe in a somnambulist-ic way I built me a clone - I dunnow.
Maybe in a somnambulist-ic way I built me a clone - I dunnow.
As long as it feels right in your hand, that is all that matters. And cheaper to build your own clone instead of paying Fender to do it for you. Just my thinking.
I've decided to spread my wing(s) a little and actually assemble a complete bass from parts I just ordered - and don'tcha know it? I am going natural and Tort again!
Am I still dreaming or is this all real!
I'm so con-fuuuused!
Am I still dreaming or is this all real!
I'm so con-fuuuused!
I've been pinched by perfect strangers too. Nothing new.
Well - they may not have been 'perfect' - but they sure were strange!
Well - they may not have been 'perfect' - but they sure were strange!
I put inlay stickers on my VM fretless and had to find some way to level the board afterwards. I went back and forth between epoxy and polyurethane for a couple days before finally deciding on the poly. Here's why:
While I liked the sound of my VM fretless out of the box, I thought the fingerboard sounded too bright for a fretless. Epoxy, while the much harder of the two, dries very hard and keeps the 'bright' sound that I don't think belongs on a fretless. Polyurethane, on the other hand, dries 'softer' than epoxy, and while I'll probably have to do a touch of sanding and put a fresh coat or two on every couple of years, the sound I get from the bass now is 'warmer' and not as bright as it was when I originally took it from the cardboard.
In other words, choosing polyurethane over epoxy, in my opinion, makes the VM Fretless jazz sound a little more like a traditional fretless. And, I have to say, adding the inlays and the pickguard to it have REALLY gotten it a LOT of attention, especially from other bass players when they figure out it's fretless..
And, now for the obligatory pic...
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I ordered a set of neon yellow and neon green dr's strings.
I want to a/b which ones will look better on my '77 squier.
pics will come after the change.
I need to find some fatter and higher tension strings to support my detuned tuning [D/G/C/F].
Anyone know from experience what is the fattest bottom string that will fit the stock nut? I can always file it, but just wondering if a 120 will fit.
also, if anyone has a suggestion: I don't want to go half-rounds but would like a little smoother/tighter wind. In fact I have a set of brand new GHS half-rounds I'll be ebaying. They look too light for the job to me.
Anyone know from experience what is the fattest bottom string that will fit the stock nut? I can always file it, but just wondering if a 120 will fit.
also, if anyone has a suggestion: I don't want to go half-rounds but would like a little smoother/tighter wind. In fact I have a set of brand new GHS half-rounds I'll be ebaying. They look too light for the job to me.
DR's DDT strings are specifically made for drop tunings.
Bassplayer did a review on them. You wouldn't need to change your nut.
So, my beloved VM jazz is now going to be a Modified Vintage Modified Jazz bass....I'll post pics when I am done with her....
So i went with the yellow neon, and they look awesome.
And of course they sound and feel great b/c they're DRs.
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Last Christmas, I impulse purchased a VM 77 Jazz. Savage good deal @ $265 brand new, I couldn't pass it up. I went to get pickguard screws and came out with a bass... Good thing it was Christmas! I can't wait to get one of the new P's. 
Today, I was thumpin' away and messin' around with the volume controls, when I noticed that neither one seems to have any output until you reach about 8.5 on the dial. I guess I never noticed, because I typically like the sound full out on either pickup or both, but it did strike me as odd. Anybody else have the same experience, or could there be something afoot? If there is something wrong, it seems impossible that it could happen to both pots... unless of course it is a function of something else, and not anything to do with the volume pots at all... thoughts?
Today, I was thumpin' away and messin' around with the volume controls, when I noticed that neither one seems to have any output until you reach about 8.5 on the dial. I guess I never noticed, because I typically like the sound full out on either pickup or both, but it did strike me as odd. Anybody else have the same experience, or could there be something afoot? If there is something wrong, it seems impossible that it could happen to both pots... unless of course it is a function of something else, and not anything to do with the volume pots at all... thoughts?
There's something afoot, for sure. You should see about getting some warranty work done on those pots. I can't imagine they use different pots on the VM 77 than they do on the other VMs, and my volume and tone controls all work fine..
Good luck with that. I used to be an 'all knobs all the way up' guy, but someone one day suggested turning the bridge pickup down just a little and the neck pickup down almost all the way but not off on my Geddy, and I discovered it could make an entirely different sound, and a whole range of sounds in between with just the slightest variations in volume and tone.
Good luck with that. I used to be an 'all knobs all the way up' guy, but someone one day suggested turning the bridge pickup down just a little and the neck pickup down almost all the way but not off on my Geddy, and I discovered it could make an entirely different sound, and a whole range of sounds in between with just the slightest variations in volume and tone.
Last Christmas, I impulse purchased a VM 77 Jazz. Savage good deal @ $265 brand new, I couldn't pass it up. I went to get pickguard screws and came out with a bass... Good thing it was Christmas! I can't wait to get one of the new P's.
Today, I was thumpin' away and messin' around with the volume controls, when I noticed that neither one seems to have any output until you reach about 8.5 on the dial. I guess I never noticed, because I typically like the sound full out on either pickup or both, but it did strike me as odd. Anybody else have the same experience, or could there be something afoot? If there is something wrong, it seems impossible that it could happen to both pots... unless of course it is a function of something else, and not anything to do with the volume pots at all... thoughts?
every Squier i've owned seems to have this issue. I chalked it up to cheap volume pots then again it does not bug me.
I've actually returned the VM '70's jazz (mentioned in a previous post in this thread) for a replacement. Once I got to sit down and play it, the neck volume pot or pickup (doubtful it was the pickup, but you never know) was DOA, and the neck had way too much relief and the truss rod gave me an 1/8th of a turn and then a 1/16th of a turn before it wouldn't budge anymore (to the amount of force I was willing to use on it). Still optomistic about this bass though & looking forward to getting the replacement. One bad apple ain't going to spoil the bunch for me.
And if next one is a dud, too, well, I'll just enjoy the return policy, and probably end up with an MIM Jazz instead. Shrug.
And if next one is a dud, too, well, I'll just enjoy the return policy, and probably end up with an MIM Jazz instead. Shrug.
Why does this fairy tale still persist? I've never had a 'Squier' bass and it's so-called urine-poor pots give me any trouble at all.
I've got some that are over 14 years old on a very aged Affinity - the under-the-dog pile bass of the century - and they are functional, silent, working and don't bend, bag or sag at the knees.
Oh - and the knobs haven't fallen off yet - but I'll reserve judgement of that for another decade or so and if the knobs DO fall I'll be right next to anyone who wants to decry that they were junk.
Not.
I've got some that are over 14 years old on a very aged Affinity - the under-the-dog pile bass of the century - and they are functional, silent, working and don't bend, bag or sag at the knees.
Oh - and the knobs haven't fallen off yet - but I'll reserve judgement of that for another decade or so and if the knobs DO fall I'll be right next to anyone who wants to decry that they were junk.
Not.
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