theyellowcar

I have one and play a similar style of music to you by the sounds of it! It definitely sounds like a bass, I put some heavier strings on (La Bella) and gave it a set up and it's vastly improved compared with the stock set up. That said I wouldn't use it as my only bass.

I had the J&D Jazz for a little while and it was a cracking bass. You won't get better at that price.

[quote name='Cygnus x-1' timestamp='1420021711' post='2644856']
Heres mine, not sure about Stingray tones, but the Jazz AND Precision tones are wonderfull. Mine sounds like a Turbo Precision with both pickups on.
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Wow. Love that.

Another Squier fan here. I had a VM Precision for a while and it was a great bass. In fact it was that bass that got me back in to playing after a few years away. Great bang for buck.

My experience with the CV range echoes most of the comments here too - brilliant basses that are the very top of the Squier shop.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1419592023' post='2641054']
Me likey a lot! I much prefer the tuners 4 and 1 too compared to 5 in a row Fender 5s, I like maple, I like blocks,I like jazz basses, I like oly white, I like 5 strings,I like black pickguards and I like chromes knobs....so it was in for a chance of me liking it! Lol
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Sounds like you need to get to the shop

Chevron?

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1419439832' post='2640019']
It is nice indeed, and will be for sale again in the new year
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It would make a good twin

Lovely bass mate. One of the other bassists at my gig last night was rocking a Ric and it sounded killer. I almost wanted to ditch my P!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1419432190' post='2639906']
[sub][size=3][size=5]This is my old Affinity Jazz, [/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][size=3][size=5]Rolled fingerboard and fret dressed, [/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][size=3][size=5]New full size tuners,[/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][size=3][size=5]Bartolini pickups, [/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][size=3][size=5]EBS active preamp,[/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][size=3][size=5]BadassII bridge,[/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][size=3][size=5]Fender USA pickguard,[/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][size=3][size=5]Battery in the cavity and the jack socket mounted in the body.[/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][size=3][size=5]Other than that it was a stock Squier other than the fake logo off ebay [/size][/size][/sub]
[sub][url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130228_184909_zps94d558d6.jpg.html"][/url][/sub]
[size=5][sub]Fantastic bass that someone here has now?[/sub][/size]
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That is NICE!

Love the look, I had no idea they existed in that colour! Very pricey though.

Bargain for £40. You could do much much worse.

Always been interested to try this combo but the only basses I'm aware of are Sandbergs which are a bit out of my price range!

Incredible. That is so disco

We used to call it 'mad Friday'. The bar I worked at was open 4 til 4. Says it all.

Do you still have the original neck?

You'll have to report back and tell us how you get on, sounds like it's going to work out just fine.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1417898095' post='2624992']


Well I`ve found that in comparison to my own rosewood necked ones, but my current backup is an alder Precision w maple, and there is a much warmer/chunkier sound to this bass, and to my ears less top than on the 78 (like Discreet says with his 76) which is ash w maple. Still not sure if ash body or 70s pickups is the culprit for "the scoop" though.
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My Hoppus is ash (granted with rosewood rather than maple) and I thought it sounder warmer than your 78 when we had the Precision-off at the Herts bash. So PERHAPS the scoop is more to do with the pickups. Far from conclusive though!

Brilliant!

I know exactly what you mean, my old band lost two and gained one for six months or so and we didn't skip a beat. In fact we went to a really cool place with our sound trying out some ska/old school punk rather than the pop-punk stuff we had been playing.

That said, when our original guitarist swapped back in when he was feeling up for it again it was just as good a feeling.

Sometimes change works for everyone

Certain American dealers have a Surf Green/Maple version of the Ray 4. I wish I could get my hands on one of those bad boys but they won't export them to the UK.

Edit: http://forums.ernieball.com/attachments/music-man-basses/22300d1369154520-new-exclusive-sbmm-sub-series-guitar-center-mf-exclusive-colors-now-available-009.jpg

Amazing. They have some really fine looking Custom Shop P-basses on there!

Finally have some specs for the Dee Dee...

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/12/10/fender-announces-dee-dee-ramone-precision-bass-guitar/

So it's a Mexican Standard P with a scribble on the headstock

Pics! I just saw this on GAK and had a GAS attack

Have a bump on me. These are phenomenal basses.

Different league, but I have the new Rumble 40 and it's a great amp. Really light, lovely warm tones and it's pretty loud for such a little thing.

Strings and batteries were the two things I was going suggest, change those and you should be set :-)