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The Squier Mini Precision Bass Club
- Thread starter sabre79
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it will after i change the pickup
it sounds like a P but not like a fender P, if you see what i mean.
~Some short scale string info taken from the short scale thread
The number after the manufacturers' name is the winding length.
D’Addario - 32 1/4”
- Prosteels, 45-100
- Nickel Wound, 40-95
- Nickel Wound, 45-100
- Half Rounds, 45-100
- Chromes, 45-100
- Tapewound, 50-105
Dunlop - 32 3/4”
- NIckel Wound, 45-105
- Stainless Steel Flatwound. 40-100
- Stainless Steel Flatwound, 5 String, 40-120
- Stainless Steel Flatwound. 45-105
- Stainless Steel Flatwound, gib5 String, 45-125
Ernie Ball - 32 1/2”
- Regular Slinky, 45-105
- Super Slinky, 40-100
GHS -32 3/4”
- Balanced Nickels, 44-106
- Bass Boomers, 45-95
- Bass Boomers, 50-107
- Bright Flats, 49-108
- Precision Flats, 45-95
- Pressurewound, 40-96
Hofner
- Contemporary Roundwounds, 40-95
LaBella - 32 1/4”
- Black Nylon Tape, 50-105
- Black Nylon Tape, 60-115
- Deep Talkin’ Flats, 39-96
- Deep Talkin’ Flats, 43-104
- Deep Talkin’ Flats, 45-105
- Deep Talkin’ Flats, 49-109
- Deep Talkin’ Flats, Original Style, 52-110
- Deep Talkin’ Flats, 5 String, 45-128
- Deep Talkin’ Flats, 6 String, 29-128
- White Nylon Tape, 50-105
- White Nylon Tape, 60-115
- Low Tension Flats, 42-100
Picato - 32"
- Flatwound, 45-100
Rotosound - 32”
- Swing 66 Steel, 40-90
- Jazz 77, 40-90
- Tru Bass 88, 65-115
SIT Strings - 32 1/2"
- Power Wound, 40-95
- Power Wound, 45-105
Stringjoy - 32”
- Nickel, 45-100
- Nickel, 45-105
- Nickel, 50-105
- Nickel, 55-110
**Not Quite Short Scale**
These are strings of either unknown winding lengths or winding lengths > 33" but that are advertised as short scale.
Curt Mangan - 34 3/4”
- Nickel, 40-100
- NIckel, 45-105
- Nickel 5 String, 45-130
- 12 String, 45-100
DR Strings - 33 3/4”
- Hi-Beams, 45-105
- Hi-Beams, 5 string, 45-125
- Sunbeams, 45-105
- Sunbeams, 5 string, 45-125
Gibson - ?
- Flatwound Steel, 40-95
- Flatwound Steel, 45-100
Optima - ?
- 24K Gold, 35-90
- 24K Gold, 40-95
- 24K Gold, 45-100
- 24K Gold, 45-105
- 24K Gold, 50-105
- 24K Gold, 5 String, 30-100
- 24K Gold, 5 String, 45-125
- 24K Gold, 6 String, 30-125
- 24K Gold Studiobass Unique, 45-105
- 24K Gold Studiobass Unique, 5 String, 45-130
- 24K Gold Studiobass Unique, 6 String, 30-130
- 24K Gold Maxiflex, 40-95
- 24K Gold Maxiflex, 45-100
- Chrome, 35-90
- Chrome, 40-95
- Chrome, 45-100
- Chrome, 45-105
- Chrome, 50-105
- Chrome, 5 String, 30-100
- Chrome, 5 String, 45-125
- Chrome, 6 String, 30-125
- Flatwound, 45-100
- Flatwound, 5 String, 45-125
- Chrome Studio Bass Unique, 45-105
- Chrome Studio Bass Unique, 45-130
- Chrome Studio Bass Unique, 30-130
Pyramid -33 1/2”
- Pure Nickel, 40-100
- Stainless Steel, 40-100
Thomastik-Infeld - 35 1/2”
- Jazz Round Wound, 42-93
- Jazz Flat Wound, 43-106
Thanks for doing the digging.
In recent experience, I can personally vouch for the wound lengths of at least some examples of short scale bass strings of D'Addario, GHS, DR, and LaBella, as being what you pasted above, learned while buying strings for my Gibson SG bass and my Hofner Ignition Club.
These four brands will fit both of those basses, negating the need to buy LaBella's so-called 'Beatle Bass custom cut' sets for the Hofner, which only come in two gauge choices if you want flats.
In fact, my Hofner had DR rounds on it when I bought it second hand - not my cup of tea, but they fit and I tried them for several gigs anyway, before putting LaBella Low Tension Flats on it - MUCH better sound and feel !!!!
But alas, none of them will correctly fit the new Squier Mini P, as pcake and others have lamented.
And Fender is missing out on some string sales, I reckon.
One would think that they, of all companies, knowing what new bass that they were about to release, and of its competitors which could use the same strings if cut properly, would arrange to offer sets of this length of string a la carte.
And now that the Mini P has been released [regardless of my own take on it], we now have several brands of basses requiring 'Extra Short' strings, so any of the major string makers could become an instant hero if THEY were to launch the manufacture and sales of such strings.
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~it will after i change the pickup
it sounds like a P but not like a fender P, if you see what i mean.
A different pickup will likely help, but it's not the whole story.
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Thanks for doing the digging.
In recent experience, I can personally vouch for the wound lengths of at least some examples of short scale bass strings of D'Addario, GHS, DR, and LaBella, as being what you pasted above, learned while buying strings for my Gibson SG bass and my Hofner Ignition Club.
These four brands will fit both of those basses, negating the need to buy LaBella's so-called Beatle Bass custom cut sets, which only come in two gauge choices if you want flats.
In fact, my Hofner had DR rounds on it when I bought it second hand.
But alas, none of them will correctly fit the new Squier Mini P, as pcake and others have lamented.
And Fender is missing out on some string sales, I reckon.
One would think that they, of all companies, knowing what they new bass that were about to release, and of its competitors which could use the same strings if cut properly, would arrange to offer this length of string a la carte.
And now that the Mini P has been released [regardless of my own take on it], we now have several brands of basses requiring 'Extra Short' strings, so any of the major string makers could become an instant hero if THEY were to launch the sales of such strings.
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or you could buy newtones. they custom make 'em in any length you want.
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True, but two things :
None of my current basses need shorter than regular short scale strings [as per my other post], and also, newtone is not doing flats, right ?
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So, you mean it's dull and thumpy? Very little character?it will after i change the pickup
it sounds like a P but not like a fender P, if you see what i mean.
I did some more work on my mini P neck last night and today. Finished sanding off the top finish on the front of the headstock and placed my rub-on decal then added 5 thin coats of Tru-Oil to protect it using 0000 steel wool in between coats. Turned out nice. I have a set of Hipshot Lolipop Ultralites on the way. Correction on my fretboard from my earlier post: What I thought was the fretboard finish flaking off was the opposite , it was a splotch of neck finish on the fretboard so I sanded it off and conditioned the fretboard a few times. The fretboard looks so much better. 
My mini Strat came today, so I have the pair. I'm going to pull the strings on the bass and clean up the frets some, and polish the fretboard. I have some neat stickers to put over the dots. I wanted to get a new pickguard on both of them, but I think I'll just enjoy them as they are for a time. I also have some Schaller strap buttons on the way.
I brought the Bronco back with me. The nut is 40mm. Keep in mind that the Badtz Maru Bronco is not the same as a "regular" Bronco.
EDIT: I see the caliper moved off the nut as I squiremed around to take the pic.
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Thanks.
Yes, I notice that the caliper moved [after you took the reading and before the photo, I reckon], but the other jaw is sitting ON the nut, so I think that your reading of 40mm is OK, certainly not 38.
And while yours is a special edition, some others here have posted 40mm nut measurements for regular Squier Broncos over the last few days, so it seems safe to say that Fender has been publishing a bad spec of 38mm nut width for Squier Broncos, as well as their litany of inaccuracies about the Mini P.
I wish that I had measured the one which I tried, as I thought that it felt narrower at the time, however it was also poorly set up [nut not grooved deeply enough, and odd sounding strings which would not get into proper tune for me - maybe also too light of a gauge], so I did not even play it at the gig, and pulled out my trusty old Ric that day.
Maybe I did not give it a fair chance, as in doing a proper setup and installing some new strings, but c'est la vie.
That all said, if the Squier Bronco really does have a 40+mm nut width, I ought to grab another one, put new strings and a 4 piece bridge on it, set it up, and if I can get the mechanical elements to behave, then switch the pickup to one which is hum cancelling, possibly some kind of EMG.
It would certainly be no more bother than what some of the posters here speak of doing with the similarly priced Squier Mini P basses, plus it would have a standard 30" scale, and a Maple fretboard to boot.
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Project Mini CV 60's
Got 4 layers of tinted lacquer on the neck and I am patiently waiting for my decal to come in. It's going to be CV style with gold foil fill. It's going to be so much better than the solid black these came with.
I also let my mind wander too far, and I decided to strip the paint and spray a 3 color sunburst on it. I was not prepared for what lie beneath the black...
The paint is thin and underlayment is SUPER thick. It averaged to about 0.6mm/0.024in over the whole body.
It's a 4 piece body. One piece is nearly the whole width of the cavity and the other three pieces are around 2" in width. Now to do a ton of sanding to remove the chip outs and primer/filler.
Got 4 layers of tinted lacquer on the neck and I am patiently waiting for my decal to come in. It's going to be CV style with gold foil fill. It's going to be so much better than the solid black these came with.
I also let my mind wander too far, and I decided to strip the paint and spray a 3 color sunburst on it. I was not prepared for what lie beneath the black...
The paint is thin and underlayment is SUPER thick. It averaged to about 0.6mm/0.024in over the whole body.
It's a 4 piece body. One piece is nearly the whole width of the cavity and the other three pieces are around 2" in width. Now to do a ton of sanding to remove the chip outs and primer/filler.
wowzers - you are amazing in your motivation!
Might cost you the price as a full size American model....
Well if you put it That way.
Got some more done on my neck this afternoon. I added the Luminlay side dots. Its a bit hard on the fingers using a mini hand drill but its more safe than taking a drill to the original side dots. It just takes more time
Really digging those Luminlay side dots - nice job!
Kudos to Sweetwater for exchanging my mini with a bad tone pot for a new one. It should arrive by the weekend.
Kudos to Sweetwater for exchanging my mini with a bad tone pot for a new one. It should arrive by the weekend.
