You going to cover it with shag carpet?
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I am in the planning stages of something very loosely based on Dusty's black tele bass... Lefty maple neck, black relic'd body, may do something different with the pickup and controls...
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I am in the planning stages of something very loosely based on Dusty's black tele bass... Lefty maple neck, black relic'd body, may do something different with the pickup and controls...
Guys, I have a question.
I heard that Squier basses might have a weak neck (tendency to bend?) so how do you guys get around it's weaknesses?
I'm planning to get a new bass this weekend, but I'm not sure if I should get a VMJ and start a fund to modify the bass further down the road.
Thanks
I heard that Squier basses might have a weak neck (tendency to bend?) so how do you guys get around it's weaknesses?
I'm planning to get a new bass this weekend, but I'm not sure if I should get a VMJ and start a fund to modify the bass further down the road.
Thanks
I don't like to say anything negative about my Squiers so I won't call it a weakness... But living in new England (especially this year!) where the temperature and humidity vary greatly from day to day (two weeks ago we had a blizzard, two days later it was fifty degrees...) I have found the necks on my Squier basses to be significantly less stable than my MIA and CIJ fenders. The fenders get a set up once a year whether they need it or not, often they do not! On the other hand, I find myself tweaking and fiddling with my Squiers at least at the change of every season, if not more. Lighter Guage strings seem to decrease the frequency of adjustments in my case. For example: I had both of my affinity Ps strung with DR hi-beams 45-105, I switched to chromes 50-105 there was an increase in tension and a noticeable decrease in stability, I switched to fender flats 45-100 and have been much happier with the tension and stability. Could be just me... YMMV
John
John
But that would be an affinity series problem. Have none of that with my VM. and i think that all series standard and up don't have that
maybe because the squiers have a thin satin clear coat on the neck while your MIA and CIJ Fenders are thicker or better quality.
There is a seller on ebay called thestratosphere that breaks down new guitars and sells the parts.
The pickguard/electrics/pickups loaded combo goes the cheapest so I got a new 2013 Fender USA Jazz V set for $130 and tried them in my Squier Affinity.
Once I heard that I was very impressed. I used to own a MIA Jazz V and sold it because the Affinity played better but now it has these MIA pickups it has stepped up another notch.
It is now a terrific option for sleezy bars and venues with higher risk where I would prefer to leave my more expensive basses at home.
Total cost is now at $340 for MIA sound and a very easily replaced option.
The pickguard/electrics/pickups loaded combo goes the cheapest so I got a new 2013 Fender USA Jazz V set for $130 and tried them in my Squier Affinity.
Once I heard that I was very impressed. I used to own a MIA Jazz V and sold it because the Affinity played better but now it has these MIA pickups it has stepped up another notch.
It is now a terrific option for sleezy bars and venues with higher risk where I would prefer to leave my more expensive basses at home.
Total cost is now at $340 for MIA sound and a very easily replaced option.
1.) Squier PJ Bass- P bass Body with a J pickup in the 70's position. Black Pickguard. Maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. The neck was glossy like a Classic vibe squier. It was finished in LPB, CAR and 3 tone sunburst.
2.) Squier 5 string P bass- P bass body with only P pickup. Olympic white with tort gaurd, maple neck and fretboard with a glossy finish. Basically looked like a white Matt freeman but 5 string and a tort guard.
3.) Squier Fretless P bass- Split coil P bass pickup, it was just a standard looking P bass body with 3 tone sunburst and a tort guard. It had a lined fretless neck with "cheater" lines. The neck had a ebonal board and looked like the necks on the Vintage Modified Fretless Squier Jazz.
4.) They had a fender P bass that had a slab body with one chrome humbucker and no pickguard with a maple neck/fretboard and a tele headstock. The pickup was a chrome pickup like that of the La Cabronita fender custom shop P bass.
5.) MISC. I saw some squier bullet strats in weird colors and also saw some Mexican strats and teles in a weird swirl finish like Ibanez did in the 80's that marble look , its done by dipping guitars in water with a paint film on the surface.
All these were tagged as being put together late last year or earlier this year, there all in proto-type terms, I really liked #1 the LPB PJ with the glossy tinted neck and blackguard was awesome.
I told them them that the PJ bass and the 5 string would be major hits and that they should put those in production or trial runs!
I think the other 3 I listed wouldnt do much sales wise, the fretless P would most likely bomb in sales.
You never know. Rondo had (if I recall correctly) three colors of unlined fretless Ps (Douglas Lyra) and they're sold out. Granted, they were only $110 (or so) and they lasted much longer than the 6-string Jazz type basses, but there is a market for them (and I'm enjoying my Black, unlined Maple fingerboard Lyra!).
When I bought my first bass back in 1974, I was "this" close to buying a fretless P (natural ash body, maple fingerboard (no one did lines back then)). I found a fretted one in another town and bought that instead. I've always loved the look of a fretless P (but prefer unlined).
Same issue here with my Jag SS. Which is my only Squier so I dont have others to compare it to. But my other basses don't do this. I attribute it to the very slim neck and the dryness of our climate out west. I usually run into this problem at the end of summer. When it goes from very dry to somewhat more moist in the fall. Were only talking 15% humidity in summer to 25-30% in the fall. But even with the small change in moisture the wood swells and straightens out the neck. My others don't do this. So its either the wood source being weaker or the neck size. Maybe the neck is returning to its humid Indonesian roots.
No problem with the neck, live in Finland.. cold..warm..cold and so on. But the neck dont twist or bend.. my old ibanez, every day neck was bend 
heres my squier affinity jazz v, in discontinued color, arcitic white
painted the neck pickup cover with krylon fusion, got strat style knobs, new 500k cts pots, black control plate, a custom made record pickguard made out of the wall, (dont worry, it was already scratched so much it was unplayable) some fake block inlays, and stringed up with some nice d'addarios
painted the neck pickup cover with krylon fusion, got strat style knobs, new 500k cts pots, black control plate, a custom made record pickguard made out of the wall, (dont worry, it was already scratched so much it was unplayable) some fake block inlays, and stringed up with some nice d'addarios
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How is the paint job on that pickup holding up? I've got a set of P pups that I'd like to shoot in cream.
Just buy the new bass. If you add up that guy's parts prices, they add up to more than the new bass would cost.
He also has no qualms whatsoever about parting out discontinued / rare stuff.
