Tricked Out Squier Club

[Awkwardturtle!]

Part of it is low-cost-of-entry. You don't have to lay out as much cash initially. Also, some Squiers are superior to many Fenders, though it's often dependent on the model and the individual instrument.

+1 exactly why I bought mine

 

[Frankjohnson]

CV 60 P Bass - Jazz Dlx Neck - Older early Lace Sensor Pups, vintage RI bridge.........still not quite done.....but working on it.

Does this qualify?

I could have sworn I posted this.....
Does it not qualify for a number?

 

[Frankjohnson]

I always have liked black w/3ts. Smoked plexi?

Creme - yellowed pearloid!

 

[selowitch]

Creme - yellowed pearloid!

Yes! Cream Pearloid for sure!

BTW, it's been said here many times, but bears repeating: The CV 60s P represents an extraordinary value. It truly rivals many Fenders costing three times as much. If you stuck a Fender label on that thing, few would be the wiser. It's that good. Heck, the body alone is worth $350.00, esp. with that stunning classic Sonic Blue finish!

 

[NorCal Dog]

don't need a #

did this quite a while back

 

[UnfortunateTony]

I'll soon be in this club. I'm tricking out my Squier P with a hipshot drop D tuner, a dimarzio pickup, a custom thumb rest, and a new pickguard. At some point I may get a custom warmoth neck for it as well, and maybe I'll even go Billy Sheehan and install a neck pickup. Oh the options!

I'm also looking into getting a cheap bronco and turning it essentially into a Tele-style P bass. I really see Squiers as just templates for amazing bass guitars

 

[Gord_oh]

Sorry for the lack of up to date updates. Im normally on TB while at work, but sometimes pictures get blocked. So I cant see some of the posts, so I dont update numbers.

1. Gord_oh
2. Basshappi
3. J. Crawford
4. Spinal Tapper
5. DutchDude
6. squashedOpossum
7. TdubAudio
8. Wademeister63
9. okiethunder
10. tomersg
11. ProfGumby
12. Tommygunn
13. sweetwillyp
14. El Jefe
15. Datsgor
16. BassAgent
17. Xolair
18. Indigo
19. blowabs
20. mfowlkes
21. Webtroll
22. gidbass
23. marcwcarroll
24. A-Step-Towards
25. Doragon
26. Charles Obscure
27. Laurie Bass
28. BIG CHEETO
29. Dark Horse
30. Woofer
31. Quadzilla
32. rojo412
33. xhawk5
34. bound'n'blocked
35. Coolidge88
36. Livewire
37. rdwoody1
38. 5JBass
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40. SurferJoe46
41. 4OnTheFloor
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43. drewfx
44. marklaforest
45. redzebra6
46. mr.Zer0
47. widefat
48. Lublin
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50. JoeDissolvo
51. Bobby Lemain
52. Mike19
53. pb717
54. baldy McBalders
55. Treebeard1989
56. RandyMolson
57. thebassbass
58. Instagator
59. stingray69
60. Frankjohnson
61. theory028
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64. Sketchy
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66. BIGmackie
67. WormWoodSoup
68. NorCal Dog (you deserve a number)

@Hippos Melas, Albibass, Awkwardturtle!, and UnfortunateTony:
once your projects are done, ill give you a number.

 

[rhopper]

No bashing intended...simply trying to follow the vibe here. I don't understand why you'd want to trick out a Squire when--by the time you spend the money on it--you could have bought an actual Fender. Maybe Squires are better than I thought they were?

No doubt some of these basses do look awesome.

I'm a non-Squire owner so I really don't have a frame of referenceon this. I own one Fender and it's a Strat so it doesn't count. So can someone explain the logic to me?

Is it the "cheap project bass" thing?
If that's it, that's cool...I can dig that.

Customizing is alot of fun!

 

[DutchDude]

I think it is a waste to spend 1000 dollars on a bass and then mod it.

 

[Hippos Melas]

I think it is a waste to spend 1000 dollars on a bass and then mod it.

Agreed, unless there's something you just can't live with on that bass. But I guess why would you have bought it in the first place then?

 

[Bassdirty]

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I like that.
At first im thinkin...why change it (I liked the original)

But wow.That looks nice.

 

[jmain]

I have a Black Squier Affinity Jazz V. Will soon be dropping in some Fralins (had them laying around from another bass), CTS 250 pots, Mallory 150 .047uf cap, and Switchcraft jack.

I'm thinking about doing a Reranch Coral or Capri Orange refinish. May stay with the white pickguard or may go tort. Going to string it with GHS Precision Flats.

My CV 60s P basically has a tort guard. Not much modding there.

 

[ERIC31]

This thread is awesome! It's giving me some great ideas for my recently acquired black Squier P Bass! She's getting a Gotoh 201 bridge, dice knobs, straplocks and GHS boomers straight away!

Later on, new pickup, pickguard....maybe even some airbrush painting!

 

[Billy Low]

Still waiting to finish mine up!!! If Ii could only get my pkgd in......

 

[Gord_oh]

less talky more picy.

 

[makkE]

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Sorry for the bad pic.

Selfmade thumbrests, black foil on the pg, strat knobs, strung with chromes. I sanded off the whole neck+headstock to get rid of the gloss and slickyness.
I`ll try to make a better pic some time. What you can't see is, the sloped edges of the pg are still white, so it's sort of 2-ply

 

[Gord_oh]

this club is bad for GAS.
especially when im about to loose my job.
staying strong though, but its rough.

 

[marcwcarroll]

looks good makkE. What did you make the thumb rests out of?

 

[Albibass]

I present mij Squier VM Jazz CS:

Upgrades include:
-Gotoh bridge
-CTS pots+series/parallel switch
-Sprague orange drop
-New control plate
-Hanson J-sonics
-Fender neckplate+decal, although that was done by the previous owner.
-JB knobs

 

[zeppelinbass95]

how does the jazz sound with the hanson jsonics?