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Tricked Out Squier Club

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#921
wow, a lot has happened without me checking in here.
i got a new job working 60+ hours a week, got into a new house and havent gotten internet hooked up yet.

i will make this right by showing off something of mine as well as updating numbers.
youll get your credit for your hard work guys, i promise.
 
#927
Alright I gave my word and here it is... My new "American Vintage Modified" Jazz Bass.

Stock. In the box.
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Stock. Out of the box.
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All the Fender Parts I used for this "project": Fender Jazz Bass Black Plastic Knobs, Fender 70's "F" Neck Plate, Fender Pickup and Bridge Covers, Fender Thumbrest (Tugbar in this case), and a Fender Tortoise PG (already swapped on the picture) from my Deluxe Jazz Bass.
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I started by putting the PG, fitted just fine. Then changed the stock chrome knobs for the black ones.
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Then drilled, screwed and installed the bridge cover.By the way the layout that comes with it for the installation is rubbish... It is useless.
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Now the pickup cover. Something funny that happened to me is that I noticed that when you start drilling the tortoise shell it smells really funny, like mint or something like that... :D
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The thumbrest (tugbar)
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The "F" Neck plate.
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Now the Fender open frame 70's style tuners and the headstock decal.
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It was really easy to sand the Squier logo on the headstock, not even 3 minutes.
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Then the decal installation... I failed on this step... broke the decal, then fixed it but I will get a new one.
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The new tuners... love them.
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DONE.
Here with my "Closet Classic Deluxe Jazz Bass" :D

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Hope you like it.
 
#933
FWIW:::

The Fender part number 099-202-2000 for a '62 Fender Jazz Bass will fit to the control panel at the 'VEE' a little wider so there's not so much difference in size where they meet.

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I also added a little 'Dutchman' under the PG inside the route to support the p'ups cover screw:::

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You're lookin' good though.
 
#936
Webtroll said:
or at least have left the part on the back of the headstock. a full conversion kinda creeps me out a little, are there any ways to tell it's not real other than the lack of a SN# without pulling off the neck?
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1) the machine screws
2) the routing
3) the neck fingerboard finish
4) angle of the VEE at the control panel
5) shape of VEE - Fender is rounded, Squier is pointed
6) IF the bass is trying to emulate a '62, then there is the extra PG screw between the neck and the neck p'up::

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FWIW: A very discriminating person can see the difference in the PG screw heads too - plus the Phillips pattern is just slightly different to the eye, and yards different to a Phillips screwdriver.
 
#937
Webtroll said:
or at least have left the part on the back of the headstock. a full conversion kinda creeps me out a little, are there any ways to tell it's not real other than the lack of a SN# without pulling off the neck?
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Yeah, I feel the same way. What happens when he sells it? You could totally rip someone off. Even if it's not you, someone, somewhere down the road is getting had.
 
#938
chump stain said:
Yeah, I feel the same way. What happens when he sells it? You could totally rip someone off. Even if it's not you, someone, somewhere down the road is getting had.
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Aw c'mon --- even a full-licensed idiot would know: 'no serial number - no sale'.

I 'converted' a Squier guitar for a friend, and I insisted that the serial numbers be removed or I would do it. He agreed and that, besides the factors I mentioned above in my last post would raise a serious red flag to almost anyone wanting to buy it later.

But hey - who'd sell their basses? I don't - won't and shan't. Not everyone is nefarious and a crook.

Besides, a REAL crook is gonna do a lot better job at a forgery and even the so-called experts get fooled sometimes.
 
#939
I knew the can of worms would be opened... And like SurferJoe46 says, there are a lot of ways to know it is a Squier.

The 11th screw in the middle is missing as I don't plan to drill it.
The Duncan Designed Pickups.
The routing.
The neck finish.
The trussrod access at the top of the neck and not at the heel.
The blocked & bound stuff is painted not incrusted.
And the list goes on...

Alright, let's point something out. I'm not trying to fool anyone, rip anyone off as I WILL NEVER SELL this bass. And if know a little about Fender instruments you can tell by miles it is not a "Fender", but a "tricked out" Squier VM.

Anyway as this is the endless "Fender topic" here on TalkBass I won't write more about that.

Thanks for the comments though... :D
 
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