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Thoughts on Squire Basses for Professional Musicians?

#302
pklima said:
I see some of you are just never going to forgive Squier for making a Hello Kitty guitar but no proper Hello Kitty bass. Cause let's face it, Badtz Maru ain't no Hello Kitty.
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Next you'll be asking us to Forgive DaisyRock for their heart & flower shaped guitars... :D

wraub said:
Hello Kitty? Hell, I have a Tom Delonge Strat. Talk about meaningless justification...
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But the volume knob is moved towards the body edge! That has to account for something. ^_^
 
#304
Dark Horse said:
I would say Omar and Jimmie are "name" musicians...from magazine covers to GRAMMY awards, I'd say that qualifies. And just because you don't like them, that certainly doesn't mean they aren't musicians. They make pretty decent livings by playing their own music, and sell out reasonable size venues when they play.

But I definitely understand on the Jimmie/pickup think...perhaps doesn't qualify.

So Omars accomplishments as a "name" musician...

Relationship of Command is now seen as one of the most influential rock albums of the decade, receiving accolades such as being ranked 47th in the 50 Greatest Albums of the 21st century in Kerrang!, number 83 on Spin Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums 1985–2005,[25] as well as number 90 on MTV2's greatest albums ever list

appeared on Later with Jools Holland, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and the Late Show with David Letterman

he and his fellow The Mars Volta bandmates won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.
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(Jesus H. Christ...) I never said they weren't musicians. I'm saying they're NOT "name musicians". But let's do talk about Omar -

Omar Rodriguez is an Ibanez endorser. In fact, he's a guitar player. An Ibanez guitar player. Now what I asked those many posts back is for "name musicians who play Squier" gear. So Omar R. doesn't even belong on the list. Not only that, I can't even find a photo of him playing a Squier bass from back in the At The Drive In (who I enthusiastically admit to hating with the fire of a thousand suns).

So it appears that my request for "name musicians" who play Squier (that aren't endorsers), the answer is "the guy who plays bass for Joe Ely" (who, it appears, is currently seeking a flexible day job to supplement music income and is accepting bass guitar students).

Ok. Gotcha.
 
#308
awilkie84 said:
Next you'll be asking us to Forgive DaisyRock for their heart & flower shaped guitars... :D
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Nah, Daisy Rock are OK. They do make proper bass versions that are just as cool as the guitars.

But I seriously wish there was an Epiphone Emily the Strange bass. I have the guitar. One of my singer gets to play it more often than I do. So, never forgive.

But the worst brand of all when it comes to this is Spongebob. You get many versions of acoustic and electric guitars, ukuleles, even a drum kit, but not a single bass. Not even a Sandy Squirrel one.
 
#309
The Vintage Squires are fine. A buddy of mine plays the Squire Jaguar exclusively with his band and he's a Berkelee grad who blows my doors off.
My GC does free setups on any bass there so look for that deal. Sometimes they chince out of the setups, but the pickups are good and the necks are nice.
 
#310
John Mayall

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Jeff Healey

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Gary Rossington

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Omar Rodriguez
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Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age)

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George Harrison


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Also, Andy Rourke of The Smiths used them in the 80s apparently.
 
#315
Ive been with her since '96 with a few stints away and shes my fave. I'll drop another clip, this one was from a series of low key gigs we did as a residency in the summer. we'd have all kindsa cool guests and stars out but this is just the band. I love the way my P bass sounds thru my old Ampeg and it translated well here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3BlqL3IEM

I have other cool band concert vids with my trusty Squires but I think I've had my time so I'll leave the discussion to continue on, cheers!
 
#316
probassace2 said:
Ive been with her since '96 with a few stints away and shes my fave. I'll drop another clip, this one was from a series of low key gigs we did as a residency in the summer. we'd have all kindsa cool guests and stars out but this is just the band. I love the way my P bass sounds thru my old Ampeg and it translated well here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3BlqL3IEM

I have other cool band concert vids with my trusty Squires but I think I've had my time so I'll leave the discussion to continue on, cheers!
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She's definiitely a badass.

Cool gig man. Watching the vid now...
 
#318
I think any instrument can be professional grade within realistic parameters. It depends more on the player and what THEY can coax out of the instrument. If the neck is good, the frets are good and the electronics are relatively sound, its fair game.

There is a reason they are called 'professional' musicians.
 
#320
I have a fender standard jazz bass and a squier p-bass that i pud symore duncan pickups in. The p-bass sounds amazing. With nice strings and played out of my ampeg amp you could not put a dollar amount on that thing. I think the key is to set up your bass and just play with your sound to be how you individually want to sound.
 

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