I was talking 5's, not 4's.
Ibanez ATK305 is the only one I've personally tested. Not a bent plate, but properly set up, there's no difference on mine. And through-body eliminates the possibility of using a taper-core B.
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Squier Vintage Modified Precision V: who's got one?
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I was talking 5's, not 4's.
Ibanez ATK305 is the only one I've personally tested. Not a bent plate, but properly set up, there's no difference on mine. And through-body eliminates the possibility of using a taper-core B.
Just tried one of these new VMP5's. Very impressive value for the dollar. Build quality was as good as American Standards and fretwork was better than most.
I just ordered one in sunburst. Is the pickguard, faux tort like classic vibe series? Couldn't tell from the pics.
My VMP5 has become my main gigging bass, the past 3 or 4 shows I never even picked up my LB75 except to tune it. I still love my Carvin, but the VMP5 strung with chromes is a better fit for the music I'm playing these days.
Ive swapped out the orginal tuners for Ultralites and put on a hipshot 4 string retainer.
Im thinking about getting a Hipshot vintage bridge in 18mm and moving the bridge back 1/4 to 1/2 inch. The current placement does not allow me to intonate the B string.
Ive swapped out the orginal tuners for Ultralites and put on a hipshot 4 string retainer.
Im thinking about getting a Hipshot vintage bridge in 18mm and moving the bridge back 1/4 to 1/2 inch. The current placement does not allow me to intonate the B string.
My white one has that pick guard. Doesn't bug me as much as I thought it would.
The VM fretless Jazz I had a while back, had cast pot metal saddles. Adding steel vintage saddles brightened and tightened up the tone quite a bit.
OTOH, I was surprised to find that a saddle swap didn't make a noticeable change on my VMP5...
On that note, why not simply relocate the stock bridge?
I have a hipshot vintage bridge on another bass and I really like the quick change feature which the stock bridge lacks. Its a minor detail, but one that bugs me sometimes.
Pickguard on my CV jazz looked so fake, the bass looked like a toy.:scowl: It didn't look so bad until I peeled the protective vinyl off.
I'm cool with the pickguard on my white VMP5 even though it is not actual made from the shell of a turtle. Although, the tone from real turtle it just the best; really warm with focused low end. The imitation on the VMP5 is a close approximation. No one in the audience will hear the difference.
Tort pattern on CV pickguard is painted on. I'm happy with swirly melted plastic.
Ever done those last couple of setup tweaks to an instrument, and had it snap into focus?
Both of my VMP5's have sounded a little dark to me. Sanding some of the thick, soft poly finish off the necks helped a little, as did lowering the action and adding a set of Balanced Tension nickel rounds.
I just switched out the 45-145 D'Addario BT's for the lighter set (40-130), flattened out the relief a little, set the intonation again, and BLAM!
The .130 B-string intonates a little better, and like the rest of the set, it has a little more growl and articulation. Even though everything sounds brighter and more pleasing to my ear, the G string still has a pleasing heft, especially in the upper register.
It plays like butter with the lighter strings. The lower tension also allows for wider, more expressive vibrato, and adds a nice, woody bloom to each note.
I am really feeling the P-bass love tonight. Thank you to Bass Strings Online, Hipshot and Squier, for making this amazing package possible via just a little TLC, and about four hundred bucks.
Both of my VMP5's have sounded a little dark to me. Sanding some of the thick, soft poly finish off the necks helped a little, as did lowering the action and adding a set of Balanced Tension nickel rounds.
I just switched out the 45-145 D'Addario BT's for the lighter set (40-130), flattened out the relief a little, set the intonation again, and BLAM!
The .130 B-string intonates a little better, and like the rest of the set, it has a little more growl and articulation. Even though everything sounds brighter and more pleasing to my ear, the G string still has a pleasing heft, especially in the upper register.
It plays like butter with the lighter strings. The lower tension also allows for wider, more expressive vibrato, and adds a nice, woody bloom to each note.
I am really feeling the P-bass love tonight. Thank you to Bass Strings Online, Hipshot and Squier, for making this amazing package possible via just a little TLC, and about four hundred bucks.
This is the set I've been running on mine since a few days after I received it. I absolutely love them and really dig the more expressive vibrato. We just did Psalm 40 (Newsong) at church a couple of Sunday's ago and it came in pretty handy.
I'm having some issues with the pickups. BEA coil sounds completely lifeless compared to the DG coil. I started out with a factory fender setup specs, but the D and G strings were so much louder than BEAD strings. Using the VU meter in my DAW, I tried evening out the output as much as possible, but the pickup heights just don't seem right.
Is this normal for squiers or did I get a dud?
Is this normal for squiers or did I get a dud?
Mine is great, I used it for a set on Saturday's gig, and the P5 the other 3. Actually had someone ask me why I quit playing the pretty white bass.
Mine's balanced well tonally without any extreme hight differences between "high" and "low" parts of the pickup...
I used Allen keys as feeler gauges to adjust to Fender spec. It took very little tweaking after that.
