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Indo Squire Bronco Affinity. GFS Lil Killer Vintage (6K) pickup, jazz volume and tone knobs from my old Squier Affinity J Bass V, shorty Chromes.
I love this bass. I bought it used at gc for $170 and it has been my go to bass ever since. 
Here's my Squier. A Silver Series precision. Too bad the sticker that says "Silver Series" on the headstock wore off some years ago.
Well, what can I say about this lovely bass? I tried it in a store in 1993 or 1994 and got GAS straight away. A bit heavy, the neck has great finish and fret work with a shape that is one of my favourites, it simply felt right playing it. Maybe I was very lucky with this one, but this is an excellent bass.
Mods:
Changed pickguard soon after I bought it to a mirror crome to get the Phil Lynott look.
Seymour Duncan SPB-1
CTS pots
Orange drop cap .1
Switchcraft jack
Badass bridge II
The original sound was pretty good, but I wanted to find out how it responded to top class pickups, electronics and bridge. Now it plays to its potential! Big, deep sound. I've also put thick flats on it and couldn't be happier.
If I had realised it's true quality for money back when I bought it, I would have purchased a few more. Honestly. I'll never sell this bass and I think it's an equal to my MIA '10. Believe me or not.
Would I bring this to a gig without a backup and not worry? Yes!
Would I buy another Silver Series if I found one? Yes, without a doubt!
If anyone has a Squier Silver Series p bass for sale - let me know!
Well, what can I say about this lovely bass? I tried it in a store in 1993 or 1994 and got GAS straight away. A bit heavy, the neck has great finish and fret work with a shape that is one of my favourites, it simply felt right playing it. Maybe I was very lucky with this one, but this is an excellent bass.
Mods:
Changed pickguard soon after I bought it to a mirror crome to get the Phil Lynott look.
Seymour Duncan SPB-1
CTS pots
Orange drop cap .1
Switchcraft jack
Badass bridge II
The original sound was pretty good, but I wanted to find out how it responded to top class pickups, electronics and bridge. Now it plays to its potential! Big, deep sound. I've also put thick flats on it and couldn't be happier.
If I had realised it's true quality for money back when I bought it, I would have purchased a few more. Honestly. I'll never sell this bass and I think it's an equal to my MIA '10. Believe me or not.
Would I bring this to a gig without a backup and not worry? Yes!
Would I buy another Silver Series if I found one? Yes, without a doubt!
If anyone has a Squier Silver Series p bass for sale - let me know!
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^^ I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that you don't slap that bass!
That D/G p'up is close!
That D/G p'up is close!
I took the picture a while ago when I put the bass back together. The pickups weren't set correctly when I took it. All fixed now, of course.
Not real tricky, I just put a black abalone guard on it (only had to move one screw-hole) and installed one of Jason Lollar's pickups. It sounds & plays great:
Not real tricky, I just put a black abalone guard on it (only had to move one screw-hole) and installed one of Jason Lollar's pickups. It sounds & plays great:
dang thats one sexy squier!
Well thanks, Crankenstein. Solid color pickguards are frequently boring and generic looking to me except on Rics. I'm quirky that way. At first I was thinking of going with the traditional white or black pearl. Then I remembered how well black abalone goes with blue finishes and decided to depart from tradition. The only other 'trick' was woodwind bore oil for the fretboard. It was thirsty and darkened quite a bit. 
man, and im GASSING a pbass right now.
was GASSING a jazz, but that got fixed.
this thread is not helping me, this could get dangerous.
was GASSING a jazz, but that got fixed.
this thread is not helping me, this could get dangerous.
Very pretty - but I think it still needs somethin' :::
(just hadda do it!)
I had once a 70`s Jazz in antigua factory finish which had white abalone fretboard markings. They work, you can easily see them when playing even in low light.
Will this get me in the tricked out club?
Its my 05 Squier Affinity P-Bass.
S-D Quarter pound pup
Gotoh 201 bridge (with smaller saddles for the lowwww action)
Warmoth pickguard
Warmoth black knobs
CTS 250 K tone and volume pots
Gotoh neckplate (black)
Schaller BML tuners (black)
Its my 05 Squier Affinity P-Bass.
S-D Quarter pound pup
Gotoh 201 bridge (with smaller saddles for the lowwww action)
Warmoth pickguard
Warmoth black knobs
CTS 250 K tone and volume pots
Gotoh neckplate (black)
Schaller BML tuners (black)
Not a bass, but it is a tricked out Squier on the far right . Squier Affinity Strat neck, body from a Strat copy, SD Vintage Rails in the neck position, a sweet single coil in the middle, and a SD Custom Shop rail humbucker in the bridge position.
That neck is the sweetest guitar neck I've ever played, and it is my go-to guitar for almost everything. It beats out my hollowbody on everything except for playing bottleneck.
Hi there. Here is a little vid I did, showing the transformation of a midnight blue 90th Squier Jazz into "Miss Daisy".
Sound on the video is performed with that bass naturally.
Miss Daisy
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Sound on the video is performed with that bass naturally.
Miss Daisy
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Thanks handofseven! It was quiet fiddly, because the Allparts neck didn´t fit the pocket of the Squier. I had to do some woodwork I haven´t done before. Turned out good though and it´s my favorite bass for slapping. I really dig the Fender Noiseless PUs for thumb style playing. Next project might be a birdseye neck/ buckeye top body Jazz, since I have a nice plank of buckeye in the workshop. Not for this thread sadly: no Squier parts involved.
going to pick up my vm jazz today. stringing her up with some rotosound strings. trying them out for the first time.
super excited, ill post pics when i can.
super excited, ill post pics when i can.
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