Watched a guy with a Squier Jazz last night

[4001]

Let me ask you: If SX made a Rick clone for $129 bucks....would you take THAT to the studio or on a major tour instead of your "actual" rick?
Would you be on this forum telling everyone how great the SX rick is and that it totally measures up in everyway to your real Rick?

If I liked it, yeah.
My Squier CV Jazz was $350.
Worth every penny.

 

[cdef]

what really sucks, is when you go into the studio with you expensive handmade custom boutique beauty, and end up tracking with a japanese or mexican fender.

I know nothing about that. Is that what happens?

It happens all the time. The engineers always prefer a jazz or P, any model.

They love me because I show up with a P and a sansamp...ready to record.

I'm friends for a long time with a great studio engineer whose main interest is all things audio. He's confided more than once that he (privately) gets pretty tired of these hotshots who come in with their custom boutique active basses and proceed to "dial in their tone". The point is, the studio has a few Avalon and Millennia preamp units, all ready to go. These are way, way beyond any onboard eq you might have on whatever bass. All he needs is a good, basic signal, and he'll take it from there.

 

[lucas vigor]

This is an interesting point. I'm sure many of us Squier lovers deep down are sometimes guilty of the reverse elitism attitude (guilty!). .

hey! At least you have the balls to admit it!

And I do think Squires are better then MIMs. Don't know why that is, but I would trade my MIM for one of these vintage modified new squires any day. The name "squire" instead of "fender" is not a deterrent for me.

 

[lucas vigor]

I'm friends for a long time with a great studio engineer whose main interest is all things audio. He's confided more than once that he (privately) gets pretty tired of these hotshots who come in with their custom boutique active basses and proceed to "dial in their tone". The point is, the studio has a few Avalon and Millennium preamp units, all ready to go. These are way, way beyond any onboard eq you might have on whatever bass. All he needs is a good, basic signal, and he'll take it from there.

Sure! For the most part, the engineers know what they are doing.
I would never even bring an amp to a studio (at this point in my life) especially if they have the Avalon. The Avalon is the boobies!