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The Squier Mini Precision Bass Club
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And they FIT !
Of course, when they cost [prob'ly] close to the price of the bass, one would EXPECT them to fit.
And did you get them also to match the silk colour to the body of your bass ?
And is the tea Earl Grey ?
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Hi all I’m new here. Just been reading up ere on the Squier mini as I just bought one. Mine has come out with 40/95 gauge strings web site say 45/105 do they just put on Wots laying around I’m confused
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Welcome to Talk Bass, and welcome to 'The New' Fender company !
Par for the course, it seems.
So far, during the past few days, we have determined [see recent posts in this thread and in the one about Squier jaguar SS basses] that Fender has published incorrect nut width info both for this model and for the Squier Bronco, and that they do not so far offer strings which properly fit the Squier Mini P in scale/wrap length.
And now they ship it with different string gauges than what they say ?
So what ELSE is new ?
Roll the damned dice if you're buying a bass from this company these days !
Ibanez [for example] seems to be a better choice.
And I'd be completely happy to pay somewhat more to a company to JUST. GET. THINGS. RIGHT.
An extra hundred bucks ?
Sure, why not !
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Forgot to say I bought different strings D'Addario short scale rounds fit very well just a tiny bit of the fat part go on the peg on e string Only problem is I went with wot web page said wot was fitted 45/105 Wen I should av bought 40/95 witch was on it. I don’t like the heavy gauge I will get another lower gauge set
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So Fender's bad information led to you buying the wrong strings.
It's worse than what I just said above.
Now they have caused you to waste money, and dare I say, not just on the set of strings.
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I know it’s only a cheap bass But fender could say the right string gauge that’s fitted to it. But I have to say for a cheap bass build quality is better than expected. I think it’s great little bass wen I see it I just had to buy one My other basses are Ibanez only been teaching myself a year now so very new to bass world. Loving it
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That's all I too am asking, for them to say what they are doing, and do what they are saying.
Hiring a webmaster who can [and will as part of their job] use a measuring tape and calipers might be a start.
Makes me wonder, is there someone currently working at Fender who is deliberately trying to sabotage their previously good reputation ?
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Yeah waste money on strings and a digital caliper to measure wot was fitted still at least I now know. Just hope it could help others out on here
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And they FIT !
Of course, when they cost [prob'ly] close to the price of the bass, one would EXPECT them to fit.
And did you get them also to match the silk colour to the body of your bass ?
And is the tea Earl Grey ?
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€55 (Euro) including delivery. But prices are going up by 5% in October. No problem in ordering Max at Pyramid speaks very good English - don’t be put off by the German website.
Red silk was the default colour - I have the black bass, I didn’t think of specifying a colour!
Its Tetley tea - which is a standard everyday tea in England. I’m not that keen on Earl Grey.
Oh .... and the bespoke Pyramid tapewound strings sound really good. The tone of Tapewound strings is not everyone’s cup of tea - but I love them.
I shall be trying a set of tapewound Pyramids on my Mustang bass. Currently I have D’Addario ETB92S on the Mustang which are good but I’m not so keen on the sound of the G string.
many people buy new strings in the gauges that they prefer when getting a new bass - there's no reason to get the same gauge that comes on the bass. most of the basses i buy or try in stores come with 45-100s or 45-105s on them, so when i get a new bass, i just replace them with 40-95s.
as far as why they're claiming one string and using another, the mini is a nice bass. they might still be making adjustments or they might use what's on hand. i've owned 4 mikros, and 2 ibanez reps tell me that they change string manufacturers for the strings on new mikros all the time. i wanted to get more of the same strings that were on one of them, and i was told it wasn't possible.
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I grabbed a set of D'Addario short scale Chromes
I just drilled the mini and put the D'addario Chromes on, they fit great now, but seems like I might have an issue with the G string. Hard to say though, sounds like it has a slightly muted tone vs the rest of the strings. Not sure if this is just normal, or if I have a dud string (never happened to me before), or if it is a consequence of the bend coming through the bridge (but other 3 strings are fine). Its almost like the G sounds like a tapewound - ie without the metallic overtone of the other 3 strings...
I grabbed a set of D'Addario short scale Chromes
I just drilled the mini and put the D'addario Chromes on, they fit great now, but seems like I might have an issue with the G string. Hard to say though, sounds like it has a slightly muted tone vs the rest of the strings. Not sure if this is just normal, or if I have a dud string (never happened to me before), or if it is a consequence of the bend coming through the bridge (but other 3 strings are fine). Its almost like the G sounds like a tapewound - ie without the metallic overtone of the other 3 strings...
Loosen it up enough to get the ball end out of the ferrule, to see if it had gotten it twisted when you installed it. Then tune it up and set witness points at the bridge saddle and nut.
If that doesn't help, then you probably have a bad string (though I've never had a bad Chrome string, YMMV).
Sounds like it could be a "twisted" string. This happens sometimes if you loop the string manually over the post before tightening. Try loosening the string and popping the coiled end off the top of the post. If it jumps around when you pull it off, it was twisted. Pop it back on and retune.
Since everyone's modding theirs these days, maybe someone can give me a hand there? Thanks a bunch!
I am doing the opposite: converting a 28.5" (72.4 cm) baritone I built a few years ago into a 6-string bass.
I would just purchase a set of baritone strings and put them on. The scale length of the Mini Precision is similar to a baritone, or at least close enough so the bridge position does not have to be moved but you would need to purchase a 6-string bridge and nut. String spacing may be a problem, I don't know.
Or am I misinterpreting what you want to do?
Thanks for your input.
What I'm looking for is the dimensions of the neck pocket, to know if it'd allow me to use a Strat conversion neck (it's a more flexible option, in case I want a shorter neck someday); this would force me to relocate the bridge, but that's an easy fix. Of course there's also the option to convert the headstock to a 6-string, but it requires plugging and drilling, which is much more difficult since I am without tools nor space.Makes sense. Most of low budget Ibanez and Squier basses are made under license by Cort in Indonesia. This means that all cost saving practices are applied, therefore they are always switching suppliers according to the market prices.
I wouldn't bash Fender so much because on Broncos and Mini P's when it cones to deal with parts like strings or pots they probably do not have much strict control on that.
I am just guessing of course.
As for the nut measurements and relevant differences it is hard to tell the reason why.
Maybe someone at Cort decided to adjust the CNC machinery changing nut widths.
This might particularly apply to the Bronco (mine is 38 mm), just look at what happened in 2019 with a whole batch of wrongly spaced A and D string due to the faulty bridge on those Broncos. Again, probably they changed supplier, they picked one who did the wrong job but already paid for that stuff, so... low budget, who cares, there you go.
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No excuse, sorry.
Fender in that case should post something on their website to say so, and alert their dealer network, or they should simply not specify what strings they will be including, other than to possibly say that they are roundwound.
I'd rather pay more up front, and not pay later to resolve surprises.
Is everyone so enamoured with a perceived bargain that they do not think of this ?
Are y'all so accustomed as bassists to getting no respect, that you consider bait-and-switch to be the norm ?
Sure, strings I can change, same with electronics, tuning pegs, bridges, if I want or need to.
However, it costs extra to do this, which, if considered beforehand, the overall money spent could likely buy me a better instrument in the first place - even from Fender - and less issues later.
But I could not change the misrepresented nut width, if I had bought one of these Mini P basses, and found out after it arrived.
For the heads-up on that, I thank several of you.
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No excuse, sorry.
Fender in that case should post something on their website to say so, and alert their dealer network, or they should simply not specify what strings they will be including, other than to possibly say that they are roundwound.
I'd rather pay more up front, and not pay later to resolve surprises.
Is everyone so enamoured with a perceived bargain that they do not think of this ?
Are y'all so accustomed as bassists to getting no respect, that you consider bait-and-switch to be the norm ?
Sure, strings I can change, same with electronics, tuning pegs, bridges, if I want or need to.
However, it costs extra to do this, which, if considered beforehand, the overall money spent could likely buy me a better instrument in the first place - even from Fender - and less issues later.
But I could not change the misrepresented nut width, if I had bought one of these Mini P basses, and found out after it arrived.
For the heads-up on that, I thank several of you.
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the part that bothers me is that the bass doesn't fit normal strings while the bass it's meant to go head to head with , the ibanez mikro, does fit normal short scale strings. i already had one bass i had to order custom strings for, but i knew that going in.
i think they were so focused on getting sales away from the mikro that that was their main concern. the rest was secondary. and because it's a smaller version of an iconic bass and many people don't even think twice of putting the wraps on the tuners, they'll do probably get a lot of those sales.
as far as the nut width, for me, the chunky neck - more P basslike, i guess - was an unpleasant surprise. luckily one can always rely on a good seller to let you return it without paying shipping when the specs are wrong. but that's hassle, and imo it shouldn't be up to the retailers to make up for bad info from a manufacturer.
more accurate info at the outset would have been useful - and it wouldn't have cost them any more. it's what i'm used to relying on when i buy a bass online. but i've had the same thing happen with guitars, so it's not just bassists.
