Mine was put together by TB friend @TK4261 who built it from two different models and then upgraded parts all around including the wooden pickguard. Lovely little bass, and fun to play back to back with my short scale 'p-bass'.
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The Squier Mini Precision Bass Club
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You all, I had my mini p stowed away in a gig bag for the last few months so I could play around with some of my other basses. That little bad boy came out of the bag practically in tune, every string. Ready to go! Bamb! No fooling. I was so impressed, I had to share out here. These Amazing little basses! Cheers you all!
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We did gift exchange with in-town family last night because we’re traveling over Christmas, and don’t want to haul everything around. My son was positively giddy when he saw the “F” logo on the box and shredded the rest of the paper to get into it. He’s pumped! What 8-yo wouldn’t be. The little Rumble 25 actually sounds pretty darn good too. Makes random things in his room buzz.
The knobs on the bass are pretty unimpressive, one wobbles as you turn it. One was dragging until I pulled it up a bit on its post. But otherwise the workmanship looks just fine, nice satin neck and fret ends are smooth. Strings were way loose and I honked on them a bit as I tuned it up. Took a lot of stretch out of them doing so. We’ll see how well they do. Overall I’m pretty impressed for a $180. I may have to get me one as well!
The knobs on the bass are pretty unimpressive, one wobbles as you turn it. One was dragging until I pulled it up a bit on its post. But otherwise the workmanship looks just fine, nice satin neck and fret ends are smooth. Strings were way loose and I honked on them a bit as I tuned it up. Took a lot of stretch out of them doing so. We’ll see how well they do. Overall I’m pretty impressed for a $180. I may have to get me one as well!
I was concerned about the string tension on mine with the LaBella flats set. I set it up in July and the neck relief is still fine despite the winter indoor humidity change. I do keep a room humidifier running. It also stays in tune better than I expected it to. I like standing while I practice and the light weight of these Mini P's is a nice thing.
After the Holidays I'm getting another one to keep rounds on. Keep holding off for a Mini J but probably dreaming on that one.
After the Holidays I'm getting another one to keep rounds on. Keep holding off for a Mini J but probably dreaming on that one.
Well if you are willing to change the bridge and tuners then I can confirm that Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats fit the Mini P as I have a set of the POWER (50-110) ones on mine.
I have a Hipshot Kickass to give a bit of extra length for the strings and Gotoh GB707 Tuners which have a nice fat post so a far less aggressive turn radius on the strings. The E string is slightly too long still but it only goes about 1/4 of a turn around the post and so far has been perfect to play. With stock hardware I would assume the E string to be very problematic as I suspect you'd end up with the fat part round the post for pretty much a full turn.
The strings are awesome I have a set of the standard 45-105's on my Ibanez Mikro and the truss rod of the Mini P has really surprised me with how good it is. On the Mikro with the 45-105's the rod is as tight as I feel comfortable turning it (I've snapped a Mikro's truss rod before so I'm very wary of it) on the Mini P with the heavier gauge strings the truss rod still has room to spare for further tightening, in fact I slightly overtightened it when I first put the strings on and had to loosen it off a bit.
However on both basses the strings sound and feel fantastic and I'm really impressed with them.
I have a Hipshot Kickass to give a bit of extra length for the strings and Gotoh GB707 Tuners which have a nice fat post so a far less aggressive turn radius on the strings. The E string is slightly too long still but it only goes about 1/4 of a turn around the post and so far has been perfect to play. With stock hardware I would assume the E string to be very problematic as I suspect you'd end up with the fat part round the post for pretty much a full turn.
The strings are awesome I have a set of the standard 45-105's on my Ibanez Mikro and the truss rod of the Mini P has really surprised me with how good it is. On the Mikro with the 45-105's the rod is as tight as I feel comfortable turning it (I've snapped a Mikro's truss rod before so I'm very wary of it) on the Mini P with the heavier gauge strings the truss rod still has room to spare for further tightening, in fact I slightly overtightened it when I first put the strings on and had to loosen it off a bit.
However on both basses the strings sound and feel fantastic and I'm really impressed with them.
Here is a quick demo of the Ernie Ball Cobalt Flatwound strings on the Mini P. Bear in mind Rocksmith tries to emulate the tone of the song although in this case for this DLC the original tone was broken so I used my trusty Opeth tone which I use on all DLC's with broken tones.
My playing isn't great as I'm still a beginner, this video was recorded for another thread that I started really but I figured I'd post it here too since its the Mini P being played.
My playing isn't great as I'm still a beginner, this video was recorded for another thread that I started really but I figured I'd post it here too since its the Mini P being played.
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I just released another quick demo of my fretless Mini P-Bass. I used my HP laptop's camera to record the video. So forgive me if the video's quality looks terrible. Thank you and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Be well!
If you're asking me, yes, my bass has stock electronics. The listed changes I had for this bass are the following:
neck converted or "de-fretted" to fretless (from a local music store's guitar tech)
HiMass bridge replacement (highly recommended)
GHS pressure-wound strings for short-scale bass (also recommended)
I'm considering loading Billy Sheehan style Di-Marzio relentless on this bass. It may sound amazing on a fretless.
neck converted or "de-fretted" to fretless (from a local music store's guitar tech)
HiMass bridge replacement (highly recommended)
GHS pressure-wound strings for short-scale bass (also recommended)
I'm considering loading Billy Sheehan style Di-Marzio relentless on this bass. It may sound amazing on a fretless.
Nice demo! Good playing, and it covers a wide enough section of the fretboard to give a good sample of what the bass sounds like.
Yeah the Squier ones are not the best, kept slipping and jumping when tuning, youd get close to tuning then turn slightly more and blast past it. I did manage to make tuning a bit better by tightening the screw in the top of the key but then they were just really tight and hard to tune, the Gotoh's are so much better in my opinion.
I have an EMG Geezer Butler in mine but its because I had it sitting in another bass that I didn't play anymore. I didn't really stick with the stock one too long so I cannot comment on its sound, the only thing I did notice is that it had sharp corners which dug into my thumb when using it as a thumb rest to play which is not something I've ever noticed on my other pickups.
GOTOH GB707 are a drop in and what I use, I would assume the Res-O-Lite ones would also fit but they are double the price of the GB707’s so didn’t bother.
Any bridge that will fit a Fender/Squier will fit. Badass/Kickass style bridges will overhang the contour of the body a little but because of how big they are. This is one cheap bass where the stock bridge functions adequately and since I'm not changing strings on it regularly, I didn't feel the need to put a bridge with quick release function on it.
