Two Squiers in two days! (one majorly hot-rodded)

[Tonegasm]

I'm gearing up for playing in some bars/night clubs and have been looking for some beater basses which won't break my heart if they get knocked around a bit. Not too keen on taking my vintage pieces out for these types of gigs.

Scored the black Squier Deluxe Active Jazz 5'er for a song off of my local CL. A really fun bass and sounds awesome. It's only issue was that the stacked pot spun 360 degrees without a stop. Scored an $8 pot on eBay, soldered it in tonight and its good to go!

The Vintage Modified 4 banger belonged to a very close friend of mine. He hasn't used it in a while and decided to sell it to me for a deal. He routed the bridge pickup cavity to fit a humbucker out of a Fender Deluxe Precision Bass. This thing is Burp City! Sounds so good when solo'ed. The neck pickup is a Dimarzio Ultra Jazz and it provides the cream lows. Also quite delicious when solo'ed. Together they sound like no other bass I own - very cool. The pots were upgraded to Bournes, USA Jazz knobs installed, a Gotoh high mass bridge, and 70's Fender logo applied and glossed over. Came out absolutely killer!

Here's a photo of the funky bunch:

 

[gurensan]

Nice NBD I'm still combing CL for the right deal.

 

[klejst]

Very nice. Always a score when you find two (or more) basses for a great pickup price.

 

[audioglenn]

Excellent pair of basses! Congratulations!

 

[Wallace320]

I'm gearing up for playing in some bars/night clubs and have been looking for some beater basses which won't break my heart if they get knocked around a bit. Not too keen on taking my vintage pieces out for these types of gigs.

Scored the black Squier Deluxe Active Jazz 5'er for a song off of my local CL. A really fun bass and sounds awesome. It's only issue was that the stacked pot spun 360 degrees without a stop. Scored an $8 pot on eBay, soldered it in tonight and its good to go!

The Vintage Modified 4 banger belonged to a very close friend of mine. He hasn't used it in a while and decided to sell it to me for a deal. He routed the bridge pickup cavity to fit a humbucker out of a Fender Deluxe Precision Bass. This thing is Burp City! Sounds so good when solo'ed. The neck pickup is a Dimarzio Ultra Jazz and it provides the cream lows. Also quite delicious when solo'ed. Together they sound like no other bass I own - very cool. The pots were upgraded to Bournes, USA Jazz knobs installed, a Gotoh high mass bridge, and 70's Fender logo applied and glossed over. Came out absolutely killer!

Here's a photo of the funky bunch:

You're too good Lublin! And darn lucky as well!

Congrats my friend... I'm goin' to get me that same 5er... But honestly the one kickin' serious arses looks to be that Vintage

Cheers,
Wallace

 

[dabbler]

I'm gearing up for playing in some bars/night clubs and have been looking for some beater basses which won't break my heart if they get knocked around a bit. Not too keen on taking my vintage pieces out for these types of gigs.

Scored the black Squier Deluxe Active Jazz 5'er for a song off of my local CL. A really fun bass and sounds awesome. It's only issue was that the stacked pot spun 360 degrees without a stop. Scored an $8 pot on eBay, soldered it in tonight and its good to go!

The Vintage Modified 4 banger belonged to a very close friend of mine. He hasn't used it in a while and decided to sell it to me for a deal. He routed the bridge pickup cavity to fit a humbucker out of a Fender Deluxe Precision Bass. This thing is Burp City! Sounds so good when solo'ed. The neck pickup is a Dimarzio Ultra Jazz and it provides the cream lows. Also quite delicious when solo'ed. Together they sound like no other bass I own - very cool. The pots were upgraded to Bournes, USA Jazz knobs installed, a Gotoh high mass bridge, and 70's Fender logo applied and glossed over. Came out absolutely killer!

Here's a photo of the funky bunch:

Forgive me if you already have read about it, but you might be interested in the mod I did to my SX that has a similar pup configuration here:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/nbd-sx-content-948401/