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Squiers! Who owns more than two? If so why?

#41
gurensan said:
I still only have one, the one in my sig. I've been on the lookout locally for "That Awesome Squier P" but it hasn't raised its hand yet.

I still want 3 more of these VM TBs. One to leave stock, two to steampunk (matching fretted / fretless), and one to make look like the Tele bass I was more than a little stupid to sell.

My TB has the "modern C" neck on it, and I love the shape. Wide as a P, but a little thinner. Which other models come with that neck?
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I got my son, first, the VM P tb and did Darkstrike's "Taming the beast" mod to switch the bucker through series/para/single coil; a great mod. I have also got him the Squier Dirnt Precision, which might just answer both your Qs. It has the same shape neck but with a rosewood board and the stock P pup sounds great; I was expecting to replace but it's good -really. The only mild crit is that the tone control, while useful, is like a sudden, warm/bright switch around 2. I'm assuming that it's a linear pot and a good log pot (Bourns - I've had a coupla probs with CTS) might improve it.

The Indonesians have recently started putting out some really interesting basses in their own right and deserve respect, IMHO.

So that's 2 Squiers by proxy and, cheating still further, because lefty offerings are not usually interesting, I bought two Fenix Jazzes, made by Young Chang (Korea) at the same time as they got the Squier contract. Fabulous - solid alder - and, although I sold the fretted for £200, I slightly wish I hadn't. FleabUK prices are now stupid and my defretted piezo'd is staying.

A clearly-described 90/91 MIJ P was started at £125 and, only because my son does not warrant a 4th bass, I kept my hands in pockets. Nobody bid, which is :confused:. I cannot think of a better buy for that amount.
 
#43
I own (2) Squier Precision Bass Standards (P/J) and they are by far my favorite basses. My son has a Affinity Precision as well. He plays my Fender Precision more than I do because I love my Squiers that much.
 
#44
bassbully said:
I do. I own 7 :p This is not bragging cuz who would brag about owning allot of Squiers? My question came off the Squier v.s. Fender thread and made me wonder if anyone like me uses them for gigging ,recording whatever as their main bass of choice. If so why?

Some might say we play cheap gear, I would like to think if you know what you are doing you can get the true Fender tone this way and save allot of money. FWIW, I play good Squiers and like any production bass you need to shop and find one that works, plays and sounds great. The only mods I do is to rewire most of them and set them up with the strings I prefer (Chromes) I might try a new pup from time to time but find the stock ones work for me.

I love 83' first edition SQ Squiers they are the bomb and I am lucky to own three. I sold and traded off my 2 MIA 70's Fenders after I bought my first SQ. Not only does it play better, is much lighter and the necks are to die for. I also like some of the E series Korea Squiers but some you have to watch.

So who out there perfers Squier so much they own more than most out there in TB land..am I alone? ;)
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Wow, I've been gassing & saving for an MIM, & you parted ways with your MIA's for Squiers? Interesting. I'm all about saving money!
 
#46
Trayster2 said:
Wow, I've been gassing & saving for an MIM, & you parted ways with your MIA's for Squiers? Interesting. I'm all about saving money!
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Yes I did for some special Squiers that is :p If it were me I would look at the Squier CV line. For the money they look, feel and play great for it. If they need a mod it would be quick and cheap. Many on TB feel they are as goos if not better than say a MIM standard but they are not as good as say the MIM classic series or RW. ...not far off thou.
 
#47
I've got a few.
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The strat is a work in progress /pickup test bed. The bronco has a dimarzio hot rails in it that rocks. The black/tort P is a 2000 indo and it was my first squier bass and the first time I played it I was instantly convinced to sell my MIM jazz bass. After that it became a bit of an addiction.
As far as gigging them goes, I rocked the black/tort one last night! The black/black one and the VM fretless have seen stage time along side my MIA and CIJ jazzes as well.
 
#49
I have an Affinity Jazz V I bought for a backup bass to my Fender Jazz V, music-room beater and/or office practice bass, which is where it is at the moment. I did gig it a couple times when I first got it, and it’s fine for that.

I have a couple Squier guitars, a nice HH Crimson Satin Series Strat I got really cheap when they were discontinuing them. I keep it ‘cause it’s sweet looking, beautiful satin finish and has no pickguard, and just looks (as well as plays) really nice.

I also have a ’51 that I just hold on ‘cause it’s unique and I just like it.
 
#50
jweber76 said:
I've got a few.
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The strat is a work in progress /pickup test bed. The bronco has a dimarzio hot rails in it that rocks. The black/tort P is a 2000 indo and it was my first squier bass and the first time I played it I was instantly convinced to sell my MIM jazz bass. After that it became a bit of an addiction.
As far as gigging them goes, I rocked the black/tort one last night! The black/black one and the VM fretless have seen stage time along side my MIA and CIJ jazzes as well.
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Nice family. I took out my MIK Bullet P to the country gig last night..she was smokin. Everytime I pick it up it feels just like my SQ's which is just like any MIA P bass I ever owned,weight,neck feel and looks and play...except for the headstock logo that is.
 
#53
Just finished a weekend of gigging my Squier CV 60s P. Only fatigue is from standing...that bass is a dream for long play hours, and I didn't have to use any pedals for flavor. (Had my MIK jazz for backup the first night and my VM Jag for backup tonight.)
 
#56
I have owned 3 different Squiers at different times.
A VM Jazz, a VM P (modified to fretless) and one of those newer Jazz 5'ers. I enjoyed all of them and they were all pretty good in their own right...especially considering the cost. But I like to go through a lot of gear, buying, selling and trading and I don't keep something unless I really, really like it. I don't know what it was but none of the 3 really blew me away so I don't have any of them anymore. The Jazz V was probably my favorite though.
 
#57
At the very most, I've owned four at one time.

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1. A refurbished 2008 (I think) Standard P-Bass Special, aka My Sexy Beast! It's the first bass I wanted to own ever. When I was thinking about taking the plunge into the Deep End, I was shopping around and this just jumped out at me. It wasn't the first bass I bought, but I never gave up on finding one. I don't know what had to be "refurbished" but everything looks and sounds great. :hyper:

2. A 2009 Standard Jazz bass in the same color configuration as the aforementioned Beast. Recently traded for a Jaguar Special (more on that).

3. A 2009 Jazz Bass Deluxe V Active. This was a beautiful bass. Sounded great and was in fantastic condition. It still had the inspection sticker on the routing panel, no less! It was my attempt to learn five-string, but it wasn't working out too well. Hopefully it's getting better use by the TB'er who took it off my hands.

4. A 2001 Standard P-Bass Special (mad love for the P/J configs!) that I bought as a travel/beater bass. I painted the pickguard black for esthetic reasons. That and the 14-hole Mighty Mite pickguard I bought absolutely would not fit without some serious sanding and filling/re-drilling most of the holes. I may harvest the neck and pickups for a P-Bass body I'm thinking of stripping and refinishing…maybe a nice, translucent Bombay Mahogany.

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Currently I own two whole Squiers and two "halves". I'm never giving up My Sexy Beast…EVER! Then there's the sunburst P-Bass Special and the two "halves";

A. There's the Jaguar Special I traded for. I'm holding that to possibly hand off to a protege of mine (the daughter of a co-worker) if she can handle a long-scale instrument. If not, it's off to the Classifieds with it. It's great, but I don't need it.

B. I harvested the neck from an Active Jazz IV for a building project of mine. I really dug the ebonol fretboard of the Active V and wanted to capture that look and feel for it. The body went to a local TB'er who says it's active electronics are fantastiche.

The only non-Squiers I own are my Fender Aerodyne (my first bass…love it!) and an SX Fretless Short Scale Jaguar (Ursa 4, I believe) that is on "indefinite loan" to my protege until she decides upon which of the two she wants to keep learning on. Personally, I suspect she'll want to keep the Squier. The bright red matches her mohawk 'doo, and probably a bit of her personality to boot. Eventually I'll unleash her upon y'all…so watch out! :D

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As for why? Cost is a big part of it. I'm still fairly new and still learning. I can't justify one massive expenditure, not that it stopped me from acquiring many lower cost used basses. That and I read and saw (thanks, Youtube!) many praises for Squiers.

Also, I'm not in a live-performance situation. I don't have any pressures on me to "be taken seriously by updating my rig to something respectable" like some seem to encounter. Personally, I love the stories where someone sneaks a Squier into a recording session and it out-performs the "respectable" basses. So, I'll keep on playing what looks/feels/sounds nice to me, cost or perception-of-others be damned!
 
#59
Malak nice Squiers and post. As for the taken seriously part the only people that would not take seriously for owning a Squier is another bass player or musicians who are knobs or snobs.
In fact the funny thing is how many great compliments I get on my Squiers. Most guitarists and musicians I'm around are like "that is a cool Squier" or have stories of how great some they have had or other people they know that own them etc.

I never cared what the headstock said and I really get more people talk to me about my Squiers than I do when I played Fenders. Play what you like and what you need. I can afford just about any bass 3k and under but I prefer my Squiers.
 
#60
My three Squier J's..
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The black one replaced my Geddy Lee sig..(Sq. Jag neck,Sq. VM body,Geddy sig guts,Badass I bridge)
The natural one replaced my Marcus Miller sig..(late 90's MIM Sq. J neck(surprisingly nice),Sq. VM body,Fralin pups,CTS full size pots)
The Trans. Orange one is actually MIA Fen. w/Fralin's,but it's crowning jewell is an '83 Sq. MIJ Jazz neck..EASILY the best neck I've ever played and far better than the original MIA neck..

I'm a fan of Squiers because of the options available at an affordable price. I'm a tinkerer,and odds are I'm going to swap pups/hardware anyway as over the years I've found what I prefer. As long as the neck is solid and the frets are workable,I've found I can replicate anything Fender has to offer at a fraction of their price..
 

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