WHOAHH!! Check out this Squier Affinity P Bass Tone!!

That is a crazy good tone.. I wont lie.

 

I have a SX 62-SPJ that sounds pretty darn similar even with factory strings. The SX are modeled after 50's Fender tone I believe. Or hell, whatever they're modeled after sounds good. The Squiers have been sounding and playing hella good recently too!

I run them through Crate BT-350 (my favorite SS, well, hybrid amp) and a Peavey 210TX cab with no tweeter and it sounds almost like that but with a tad more drive. Just the way I like it!

On the original note... I LIKE IT

 

It's definately the player and not the equpment that makes the music. The only real reason to use specific equipment is creature comforts, and the psychie. The old addages of if it costs more it's better, and if _______ uses it it must be great.
There are specific advantages to each instrument beginner to boutique, but in the end it's the player using them.

God Bless, Ray

 

...and get an SX SPB-57, or a SX SPJ-62 3TS, at the very least, instead? Seriously... that is the epitome of the p bass tone and I get it from my SX SPJ-62 3TS, only with more meat due to the SX's hotter coil windings and use of ceramic magnets. The SX p bass has a more concentrated p-ish tone than my stock Squier Affinity P Bass (not that it was bad to begin with). And don't forget... mids are your friends.

 

Yup, suprisingly good sound for the price.

Thats pretty much what mine sounded like.

 

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For the most part a P-bass sounds like a P-bass. My Squier CV 60's sounds close (but not quite)to my MIA. I've recorded my Squier and most people probably couldn't tell either way.

 

Gah, its making me want to put a fretted neck back on mine!

 

..and even then a tone tweak could probably cover up most of the difference.

 

That tone might be due to the amp. I know several Squier P-Bass owners who couldn't get that good of tone out of it. Just thought I'd point that out.

 

Please keep in mind that the guy in the video is a guitarist.

 

That's pretty much what mine sounds like.



It's with a band, and crappy video recording, but you can still hear how it sits.

 

Just sounds like a P bass with a pick and new strings.

 

You're probably right. However the American P is a better built, better playing bass. I still love the Squier though!

 

Thats bull crap lol, his sounds freakin great but mine...Squier VM P bass With Dimarzio Split P's sounds nothing close to that and mines like a 340 dollar bass

 

It says in his comments that he's playing through a Pandora...you can tweak SO much on those little things that you can get that tone dialed in exactly how you want it. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to transfer that perfect sound I get through the headphones to my amp.