Fender/Squier Bass VI Thread

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Bon Hoga wrote:A .105 is a standard low E string for full scale basses, I don't see how it can possibly be extreme on a short scale instrument.I can. ROOM. The nut width on the MIJ one I have is closer to a Jazz Bass width of 1.5" (it's whatever the metric version is that's just larger). It's all a tradeoff. From a tension standpoint, I'm sure the 105 feels and sounds great. I just can't do it on mine. I'll probably settle somewhere from 95 to 100.

Fender/Squier Bass VI Thread

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I have modded my Squier Bass VI quite a lot.First I shinned the neck and replaced the strings with La Bellas (95-26). Then I replaced the volume and tone pots because the old ones did not work properly. I also added a new cap to the tone pot and put on a new pick guard and the tone and volume knobs from an old telecaster.After I replaced the bridge with a stay trem it is now a pretty nice instrument.I play it a lot and I am almost happy with it. I am not convinced of the pick ups and have considered to put in some Curtis Novaks because his Jazzmaster pick ups sounds really good. They are not cheap though. I was also considering lip sticks.Does anyone have other ideas about pickups that would upgrade the bass without costing an arm and a leg?

Fender/Squier Bass VI Thread

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had mine 2 weeks now, ended up buying some Fender 013-065.. ..they fit, which was a gamble. Some of the shit advice you get from guitar shops these days...Anyrate, 13-65 gauge seems fine for my tuning, quite surprised. Mine has a staytrem, which I guess is a good point, not that I have experienced the trem problems associated with the standard one. Stoked to have one decent instrument

Fender/Squier Bass VI Thread

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Here's mine (also posted in the show your guitars thread)I originally had a 3TSB one that i'd bought new and did a bunch of mods to, but I'd sold it along in favour of picking up my '69 Super Reverb. I always missed having the VI around, so when this one came up in Montreal, I jumped on it. All of the important stuff was done: AVRI '62 Jag pickups, 1" Staytrem bridge, AVRI trem, and flatwounds. The original owner sanded off the Squier logo and clear-coated over a Fender logo. When I got it, I added the parchment guard (the white was blinding), full-sized Jazz bass knobs, 70s style tuners and matched the headstock with a custom Squier logo. Faking it with a Fender logo didn't really work for me. It plays and sounds great; but at some point, I'd like to go a little heavier on the low-E. It's not unbearable, but it's the one thing that could stand a bit of improvement.

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