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Squier, you've really out done yourselves.

#61
Basically play it. The flats are a bonus, but I personally would rather see/hear them on a P.

I didn't care for the CV P since I thought the frets were too short and small - but then went and bought the VM-J and it has the same fret sizes - so I dunnow - but I'm happy with it and never noticed the small frets 'till I got it out at a jam.

Give it many coats of a good automotive wax that has NO cleaner agents in it - and make sure it says: "Carnauba" on the label, not 'Carnuba". There's a big difference!

Show it some love and it'll love ya right back.
 
#63
SurferJoe46 said:
I WISH it was painted on! If it was, I'd scrape it off after I bought it - no, make that going out the GC door I'd be scraping it off!

Unfortunately, there's ANOTHER little detail to queer me ever buying one of these basses even if I could get rid of that one on the body - the fretboard has another skull & crossbones on it, but this is INLAID!

Too bad they ruined it with those logos; it's a nice bass in every other way.
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Dude... keep the Squire logo.

I think there is nothing cooler in the world than to be totally underestimated for owning a Squire - then blowing folks away with your playing. :bassist:
 
#66
Roadstar said:
Well after reading these posts I walked into the GC at 8:10 P.M. and there sat a 4 string CV jazz and it has a forever home now. All for 200 bucks, I cant believe it. It played 100 percent better than anything on the wall made by Fender. It needs a set up to be perfect but I am kinda afraid cause it plays so well.

What mods do most people make? I want to put some low tension flats on but what else?
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I've played the CV Jazz at GC, and I love it so much that I wouldn't change anything on it, except maybe strings. I'd add some covers on it, but that's it. I'm GASsing like crazy for one, they're such sweet sounding and playing basses.;)
 
#67
Any body played a classic vibe 50s p-bass? I was with the wife yesterday,and walked into a music store I previously didn't know existed.He had a line of new Squires and Rogues.The Lake Placid Blue CV50s P-bass caught my eye.I plugged it into a Line 6 and the difference from my mim jazz's sound made me think it had to be the amp.went home and got my jazz to A/B them and couldn't believe the difference.I walked out with the cv for $150.cash.period.no more.I'm still grinnin to myself for the luck o the draw for going antiquing with my wife, and I end up with the toy!
 
#68
$150 for a CV is a flat out steal. The sound of the stock pickup is rather unique; more like a J bass in some respects (that single coil sound). Try putting a Basslines QP on her & seeing what you think. Mine started sounding a lot more '57 Pbassy, with buckets of that low-mid grunt. I wish that I could get a J-neck for this thing, but the square-bottomed neck limits the options. Warmoth told me no.
 
#69
Oh and BTW I played the Squier Frank Bello yesterday. I was blown away. Also I played a Pete Wentz yesterday, but I've played em before. It was strange cause it has the jazz width but it was rather thick. Both fantastical basses. lol I'd buy one in a heart beat if I was either of em for under $100. Which I almost did buy a Wentz for $75, but it had sold the night before I got to the store.

Correction: $89
 
#71
Does Squier make a Jazz bass with a 1 5/8" neck ( p bass size)? Didn't see one on their site and am curious if there is an inexpensive J (Fender or otherwise) with a beefier neck other than an SX (which comes with a 1 9/16" neck)

All this talk of an Afinity with an alder body, light weight, and a decent neck sounds pretty good.

The only thing I don't like about the SX J's is the weight and the neck is a tiny bit skinny (for me)
 
#76
narud said:
just went through a bunch of bridges on the same bass. all standard issue (no high mass jobs) and they sounded different.
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Were you comparing the standard Fender style bridges with a bent steel mounting plate and round steel saddles, that were nickel plated?

While I can't prove it, it does seem doubtful that the alloy of the steel could make a tonal difference with all other things being equal.
 
#77
Jim C said:
Were you comparing the standard Fender style bridges with a bent steel mounting plate and round steel saddles, that were nickel plated?

While I can't prove it, it does seem doubtful that the alloy of the steel could make a tonal difference with all other things being equal.
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they were bridges of random manufacture. some bridges off of japanese fernandes j basses. japanese 80's squiers. allparts threaded saddle bridge. precbs threaded saddle. i dont know what the hell theyre made of:bassist: all i know is that they sounded different.
 
#78
phillipkregg said:
Dude... keep the Squire logo.

I think there is nothing cooler in the world than to be totally underestimated for owning a Squire - then blowing folks away with your playing. :bassist:
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Oh - I'm proud of the Squier part OK.

It's that ugly, demonic, pagan, skull-art (if you can call it art).

I saw on another post that one guy was never gonna play his in a church-setting - but he would be proud to own one; just not play it there.

That's just hypocrisy at it's most obvious - if he was ashamed of it in a religious facility, yet was proud of it in another - well that's living by two standards.
 
#80
Tommygunn said:
Today I played a Squier Affinity Pbass expecting it to be crap. I was utterly blown away! Except for its hardware, IMO, it was up there with MIMs and the CV/VM lines. I knew it must've been an anti-lemon (basically, a cheap flawless bass) so I decided to try out the Affinity Jbass, same thing. With a simple bridge and tuner upgrade, you'd have a badass bass. Not to mention the stock Pbass knobs are the real thing as opposed to the joke knobs on the CV 60s Pbass. I personally liked the neck profile and tone more than the MIA pbass that was there. For the money, I wish the title was "2 NBD" and me coming home with both of those squiers.
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Sometimes you find a good one. I bought a Classic Vibe Jazz bass, and really have enjoyed it. I'd like to think I got a good one, but others I've played have also been nice. I'm not saying there's no reason to spend lots more $$$ on an American or other line, but it does make the rationalization for it a lot harder. IMO, of course.
 

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