tegs07

Closing time - Tom Waits

Broken - Abdominal and the obliques

I have a different perspective than the OP. I enjoy tinkering with basses. Learning new skills is never a waste of time. Personally I buy used parts off eBay, here etc as get better quality for the same price as a kit.

Michelle - Beatles

I sold mine ☹️ It’s a handsome beast

Vicious - Lou Reed

A rainy night in Soho - The Pogues

Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Green and grey - NMA

House of fun. - Madness

Feel good Inc - Gorillaz

Great balls of fire - Gerry Lee Lewis

Going down - Freddie King

Crosstown traffic. - Hendrix

I don’t understand Fenders current strategy. The Squire CV basses I have played are frequently better than the MIM Performer’s. The Vintera, Nate Mendel and Flea MIM basses are excellent, IMO easily as good if not better than many of the USA built Fenders. Fender seem to have lost the plot in terms of price and marketing, which I feel is impacting the used market as MIM basses are still seen as being inferior to the USA models when many lines, the Vintera for example are premium basses. I sold my USA P before the Vintera. They were both good basses but the USA one was just a bit meh, bland with little character whereas the Vintera was a joy, bags of character and sounded fantastic. Edit: I don’t think the old hierarchy of Squire / MIM / MIJ / USA makes any sense anymore. Just buy the one that works for you at the best price. To answer the original question would I buy a 40th Aniversary Squire. No. There are 2 used Vinteras for sale on this forum at bargain prices. I would snap them up.

Borderline- Tame Impala

Johnny b Goode - Chuck berry

Mystery Train - Elvis

Closing time - Tom Waits

Yep as I said they can and the aerodynes do. Tight fit and fiddly to change jack / pickups etc. There is always a trade off. Personally I think Sandberg have nailed it.

The house carpenter / Kelly Joe Phelps

With or without you - U2

Seven nation army - white stripes

They can eg The Aerodyne range. I guess it’s the traditional way of making them and the scratch plate and control plate covers the route anyway. There are pros and cons. I find rear cavities and covers a little ugly as well and have never been decided on the Jaco look of just a control plate either. It looks a bit “unfinished”.

My basses are in the £750/800 second hand bracket. I’ve had cheaper ones that weren’t as pleasing to play and Bitsas that were excellent. Best bang for the buck was a Ray34. Most disappointing was a US Fender. The Mexican Vintera I had was much better.