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[quote name='Rasta' post='999788' date='Oct 25 2010, 10:53 AM']I think i'm getting a name for myself as being consistently wrong in my facts, spelling, and the naming of bass gear . It is indeed a 50's P - i've taken the pickguard off mine and its lovely all blue!!! [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0303080502"]http://www.squierguitars.com/products/sear...rtno=0303080502[/url][/quote] Ah right, I thought so. cheers. "51P" does look nicer than "50's P" though. Its a lovely looking bass.

[quote name='Rasta' post='999210' date='Oct 24 2010, 07:48 PM']I've got a Squire Classic Vibe 51 Precision & a VM Jazz fretless. Both are really great but i love the 51 P to bits-sweet as![/quote] I keep seeing mention of the CV 51P but cant find it on the Squier website. Is it the 50's P? If so why do people call it by another name? Not being funny, i really am just asking.

[quote name='elsharko' post='999605' date='Oct 25 2010, 02:00 AM']Really, that sounds great. Do you know how to do that, I cant find the option on their website.[/quote] Maybe they changed something in the 3 year gap between your post and the last. Give them a call.

Social club gig on Sat. I got down there (2 hour drive, pleasant enough), told all the guys about my new CV P bass, opened the gig bag and to my surprise there was my CV Jazz. Not a big deal, except the pups weren't wired in, strap pins weren't screwed in as the screws were too thin (i had just taken the strap locks off it to put on my CV P the night before) and my only strap had strap locks on it that are very firmly secured and wouldn't come off. I had to wire the pups using Gaffa tape, plug the holes for the strap pins using drum stick splinters and borrow a very, very, short strap off my guitarist. Gig went well though, we played so quietly you could actually hear everything. It made a nice change and the small but appreciative audience made the night pass quickly. Its the first time ive done anything like that before, and hope its the last. It could have been much worse as i wasn't going put the pups back in just yet.

[quote name='webby' post='998654' date='Oct 24 2010, 10:02 AM']Someone, please, tell me what GAS is. [/quote] Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Its when you want something you really dont need, but you still get it.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='998014' date='Oct 23 2010, 01:39 PM']I've got two trads & love them. If you phone him he'll be able to advise directly. Tell him what you play & what you are looking for - it's what I did[/quote] Yeah, ive already emailed him all the deatils but ill probably give him a call next week. Cheers.

[quote name='stinson' post='997997' date='Oct 23 2010, 01:23 PM']I'm sure you'd be happy with either to be honest! great value and service[/quote] Thats the problem, i would be happy with either but i only have room for one. I could buy both but i dont think thats really practical. I have 74's in my HW-one Jazz and cant beleive how good it sounds, im hoping the same magic will work on the CV P.

Cheers. I am leanin gotwards the Trad now. I like how the bass sounds already, although would like a bit more thump so i dont want to change the tone too much.

Thanks Guys. I guess this thread is a bit redundant now as im getting the Gallery to put a Fender Vintage bridge in.

Thanks Will, and thanks for the offer although i wont be able to get to you. I have also emailed Andy to get his advice but of course the more replies i get the easier it will be to get a better idea of each pup.

Im pretty much decided on one of the above. Im not really sure what to go for, although im more in favour of the Thumper (due to its name). I dont really want a hot pup, certainly nothing like a SDQP. I was just wondering if anyone has experience with both. I know certain people on here use one or the other so i would also like to hear from them. Also anyone (like Neil) who has upgraded the stock CV P. How different did it sound to the stock one? For what its worth im playing standard covers, no metal but a lot of 60-70's stuff, as well as current songs. I know it sounds like the Trad is the way to go, having that vintage vibe etc but if the Thumper has more thump, that also appeals to me. I also love Fralins so if anyone knows which is closer to one of those then thats the one ill go for. Im really only interested in Wizards at the moment (unless anyone has a Fralin for sale). Cheers.

Another Squier convert here. I too have felt ive been spending to much on basses recently. This time last year i was playing a Lakland DJ5 and to be honest i never liked the tone i got form it. Ive also had two Duck Dunns, a Fender P5 a 55-01, SBMM Ray34, Sub etc. Earlier this year i was down to just a CV Jazz and loved it. I must admit i got a bit fo GAs and got a HW-one Jazz, after finding MIA's we pretty poorly made. The HW-one was all i could ever want from a Jazz and its the first Jazz ive really, really loved. But then GAS hit again and this week i got a CV P. Now this bass is the winner for me. I got it as a challenge to try and get on with wider necks, and in this respect i wanted a cheap bass but its now going to be my only gigging bass. The Gallery are going to put a Fender Vintage bridge on for me as the string spacing is slightly wider on the Squier than is the norm for Fenders, and it needs re drilling to fit. Other than that, its perfect.

Its funny but although I gig every weekend, and feel confident enough to not worry about anything while im playing, the moment we do a sound check through a big PA (and so have people in the room) i go to pieces and my fingers almost feel like they cant move when its my turn. Very strange.

Im looking to upgrade the bridge on my Squier CV P as i want a different string spacing. I got a set of Vintage saddles but unfortunately they dont fit the Squier bridge. So i need a new bridge. I was going to get the Fender one but i saw this Wilkinson one and its a lot cheaper. As i already have the saddles it doesn't matter that it doesn't come with grooved ones. Ive not heard of Wilkinson before but they seem pretty decent, and cheap. Any comments etc? [url="http://www.axesrus.com/axeBassh.htm"]Wilkinson bridges[/url] Cheers.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='996747' date='Oct 22 2010, 09:57 AM']Like dog fighting [/quote] No, thats illegal gambling, not watching live music for enjoyment (although no doubt some people will get more pleasure from one than the other) I think the numbers speak for themselves really.

If it was that wrong to do people wouldn't come and see you, and there would be no market for it.

You also find the same basses turn up time and time again. Which is good as if you miss it the first time you still stand a good chance of getting it next time.

Out to play Jazz had one last year or earlier this year IIR.

Its all down to people realising how good Squiers are :-)

[quote name='Bobby K' post='995162' date='Oct 20 2010, 06:11 PM']I had mine for a few months before doing any mods at all. It's a great bass for the money innit? [/quote] Damn right. so far i cant fault it, tone is just right (at home on headphones). I like the fact that the neck has vintage frets, thats goin got help me a lot in getting used to the wider string spacing.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='995147' date='Oct 20 2010, 05:55 PM']is that 8 point 5lb (ie 8lb 8oz) or 8lb 5oz? How come whenever I ask about the weight of these people all seem to say less than 8 1/2lb yet everyone that I've weighed has been between 9-10lb... and yes I've had my scales checked! [/quote] Yes. 8 1/2 lbs (8lb 8 oz). It feels like a toy lol. I did this on our post scales at work so its pretty accurate. My CV Jazz is 9.1lbs but this was on our bathroom scales at home, ill re check it tonight. After some more playing, and going back to my CV Jazz i can now definitely feel a difference. Not a big deal and one i hoped for as this will help me get to grip with P necks again.

Oh, and for the record, it weighs exactly 8.5lbs so its pretty light.

[quote name='Rasta' post='995088' date='Oct 20 2010, 05:01 PM']+1 for the CV's, I owned a VM jazz and it looked nice, but in my opinion it didn't play aswell as the CV jazz's do. Have you tried a CV 51p (The blue one) - i've got one of these and it is amazing.[/quote] i must admit that although i really loved my CV Jazz when i first got it, it doesn't give me the Jazz tone i wanted. My HW-one has much more growl and punch to it. Thats not to say the CV J isnt a good bass, its just not the tone i wanted/expected. Ive not tried the CV 50P. I just wanted a standard P tone for now. I will try one one day though but im not sure how different the tone is to a Jazz with just the neck pup on. Its some thing ill look in to when the time comes.

If i could afford a Fralin i would definitely put that in but i really cant afford a pup that costs half of what the bass costs. I sold one on here earlier this year that i got for my Duck Dunn and i really regret it now. Im probably going to go for either a Fender 62RI, a vintage (as used in their MIAs') or a Wizard Thumper. Ill get a few gigs under my belt with it first. It sounds pretty deep already. I do like the red better than the blue, but White or Black would be so much better. I would have said it was more Salmon red than Fiesta but i dont really know what Fiesta is supposed to look like unless the CV P is spot on. What a year its been. Started off with a DJ5 but sold it pretty quickly, then went back to my HW-1 Jazz, then traded that for a Sub and at the same time got a Duck Dunn. Then sold the Sub and got a Ray34. Sold the DD and used the Ray34 for a few months. Sold that and got a CV Jazz. Tried to get a MIA and ended up with another HW-one Jazz, and now ive gone back to a plain old cheap P. And at the same time ive had the same two bass rigs for 4-5 years. It never ends.

[quote name='ezbass' post='995025' date='Oct 20 2010, 04:31 PM']Which one did you get blue or red?[/quote] Well, it says Red on the box but its a bit washed out. I went for this because i like the HM bridge but it seems the Blue one also has this now. I guess its not really that bad, and a PG change will improve it, although for the life of me i cant imagine what colour i would get that goes with fiesta Red. Ill boot up Photoshop at some point and get some ideas but its probably going to be black. Im sur ei have my old 80's mirror PG at home still, maybe ill try that on it :-)