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Squire Affinity Jazz bass V?

Eilif

Eilif

Grooving under the MDW runway.
Oct 1, 2001
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#1
Take a look at this:

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It looks like Squire is really battling for an even bigger share of the low end market. I never liked "y" tuners on fender style instruments, and I won't touch the affinity series, but it is an interesting development for a line that already has 5 strings at 250 and 299 price
 
#5
Lync said:
I wouldn't write off the pickups until you play the specific bass. Sometimes cheapie pickups turn out to sound pretty damn good.

(and sometimes not!)
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true to say.i have a Squier P Bass and sounds grea.after about 18 months with the stock i got a DiMarzio and now it's even better.wish Squier could do something with their 5-string P Bass though...e.g.5-all across tuners like the Jazz has and ACTUALLY put a P Pickup in it!
 
#6
i had a squire before and were happy with it (squire p)

now im playing a jazz with bad ass bride barts hip shot d-tuner

i just want it for one ore two songs.

i tried the p-bass 5 string but there came not much out of the b string

is the jazz 5 better ? i dont have a store to test it here !

thanks for your help

greets

chris

(expensive isnt always best. i play a marshall amp @ the musical and it suck but its very expensive)
 
#7
MPQW said:
DONT buy any Squiren Affinity basses they are maybe cheap but the quality is really poor
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You know I've always heard this. However I've got a Squire P-Bass (affinity series, bottom of the line cheapy) that I got 2 years ago. I play the living he11 out of it, and have never had problem one (knock on wood). Maybe I've just been lucky and bought one built on a "good day".
I lowered the action on it and changed the knobs (didnt care for the cheap chrome looking ones. It sounds wonderful (for a passive), stays in PERFECT tune, and can take hours of playing (with some hard slapping at times) and takes it all like a pro. I've read some horror stories about them, but again, I've been overly and surprisingly impressed with my bargain bass. Ive got a Fender MIA jazz as well, but my Squire is just so loyal, I love to play it.:bassist: Hmmmm.
 
#14
There's alot more than just the wood type that goes into a bass. Two basses made with the same wood may be made with wildly different grades of wood and build quality.

You may end up with a great little bass.
You might not however.

Cheap basses tend to skimp on electronics, build quality, and materiels quality. You can replace the electronics, but other things you may (or may not) find include rough fretwork and low quality neck wood (you can't tell this until it starts to warp).

I had a 5 year old affinity Squier P-Bass that I had to sell because of the neck, but My MIM P-Bass has been going strong for over a decade. To sum up, you may get a servicable instrument, but there is no reason to think that an affinity squier will be as good as a MIM Fender.
 

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