Tricked Out Squier Club

[timendous]

maybe i should leave this club, because what i have now is not squire anymore.. the only squire part remain is the neck. which is the best part of the whole thing and one of the best necks i ever played.
i liked the maple body a lot. its beautiful and have great sound to my ears, but the weight was impossible for me and my back..
so after long time searching and researching i found this black MIM jazz body for cheap price - 50$..

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i was heavily considered to leave it black and make own geddy lee version. but decided it's to much banal for my taste so i decided to take of the finish. it went pretty easy with hair fan a spreading knife and looked like this:

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my luthier sprayed some coats of nitrocellulose with some yellow to make it more vintage looking and i assembled the rest and now its looks like this -

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and now its lightweight bass - 8.7 pounds. and it sounds great and very fun and comfortable to play!
with:
SD basslines SJB2 pickups
CTS 500K pots
Badass II bridge
Graphtech nut
Hipshot tuners and Extender key
Warwick straplocks

no much Squire left in it.
and still the Squire VM is one of the best deals out there!

So you just heated the paint with a hair dryer and scraped the paint of with a spreading knife? That sounds easy and is inspiring me to do some work on an old Ibanez I've got lying around...

 

[Gord_oh]

Where's my number?

i missed you, my apologizes.
i added you, number 69.

 

[ERIC31]

i missed you, my apologizes.
i added you, number 69.

69....he he he....now that number is certainly right up my alley..he he he! Thank you.






yes, my mind is in the gutter....

 

[tedsalt]

Picked up a VM fretless w/ upgraded tuners for $150 on CL. Filed the nut a little and restrung it BEAD with Rotosound Swing Bass RS665LD strings gauges 65 80 105 130. Lovin' the tone!!!

 

[Gord_oh]

69....he he he....now that number is certainly right up my alley..he he he! Thank you.

yes, my mind is in the gutter....

figured the number would make up for the mistake.

 

[Gord_oh]

Picked up a VM fretless w/ upgraded tuners for $150 on CL. Filed the nut a little and restrung it BEAD with Rotosound Swing Bass RS665LD strings gauges 65 80 105 130. Lovin' the tone!!!

no pics no bass no number.

 

[tedsalt]

no pics no bass no number.

somehow I figured that was coming.

Added straplocks also (standard for me). I would like to add a pickguard down the road. Do the standard Squier jazz bass pickguards fit? Where did others get theirs? Any problems with fit?

 

[richardzbaraski]

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!

... 21 FRETS ?

 

[ERIC31]

A little more progress on my bass. Had an EMG Select pickup installed. Tone improved 100%! Those are decent pickups for not much $$ and drop in without any modification.

I'll be working on the headstock next. May have a full sticker collage on it, paint it black to match the body or leave it alone. I will replace the tuners though. Since I have the new bridge, some new tuners would match very well.

*Update*

I got bored looking at a plain headstock and grabbed a few of my bands stickers, my trusty Exacto knife and my screwdriver and this was the result. I like it.

 

[DannDubblewe]

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Sorry about the blurry pictures, it's hard to get a good angle in my room!

Just completed her yesterday! The amazing gentleman at Blom Guitars here in Tennessee helped me along with my journey. Got the CV Jazz body here on TB, ordered the neck, installed Hipshot Ultralites and a sweet string tree and BAM! Took a little neck pocket shaving and a little finish touch up but it came together quite well. I got the neck off a dealer on eBay with a preinstalled nut and it was obvious that it was sanded much too low. The A string kept popping out of the nut, but we eventually just took the string out, gave it a little more slack, and pressed it down as far as it would go on the peg. Works like a charm now, but I will need a new nut at some point because of this - it is also set just a hair too low in the neck so it will need to be shimmed or replaced as it's creating some buzz. Otherwise, THIS THING SOUNDS INCREDIBLE!! I can't believe it!

 

[ERIC31]

Nice work Dann. She's a beauty!

 

[Gord_oh]

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RULE: NO PICS, NO BASS, NO NUMBER!

nice looking basses guys!

 

[Jazzcat]

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This bass looks great! I like the black/yellowed natural. Well done!

I have similar color on my refin - not a Squire - so excuse that.

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[tedsalt]

no pics no bass no number.

somehow I figured that was coming.

Added straplocks also (standard for me). I would like to add a pickguard down the road ...

Pics, bass, number?

 

[Gord_oh]

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RULE: NO PICS, NO BASS, NO NUMBER!

 

[selowitch]

Lovely. I usually don't go for natural finishes, but that combo with the pickguard and the bridge cover is spectacular! Too bad it's not a Squier ;-).

 

[bh2]

Yes... it's prob some cheap copy, prob a Fender Precision.

 

[tomersg]

This bass looks great! I like the black/yellowed natural. Well done!

I have similar color on my refin - not a Squire - so excuse that.

your bass looks great sir!
what is the knobs configuration with this concentric knob?
i plan to do some modes to my MIJ P bass and maybe i'll use concentric knob also.

 

[Jazzcat]

your bass looks great sir!
what is the knobs configuration with this concentric knob?
i plan to do some modes to my MIJ P bass and maybe i'll use concentric knob also.

Thanks, man. Concen is master volume and master tone. The solo knob is a 6-way Varitone switch.

 

[ERIC31]

Come on guys and gals.....let's see some more cool Squier modifications! I know you are working on your basses!!

Oh by the way....I had my first full-on practice with my band this last Sunday and my Squier just worked it! Sounded better than any other bass I've played. It is now bass number 1!!