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You need to contact the official distributor Proel and find out, here are their details [url="http://www.proelint.co.uk/general.html"]http://www.proelint.co.uk/general.html[/url] Units 7 & 8 The Windsor Centre Windsor Grove West Norwood London SE27 9LT [b]Service Department / Returns: Alberto Curasi Service Department / Returns Tel: +44 020 8761 9911 Fax: +44 020 8761 9922 e-mail: [email protected][/b]

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1199616' date='Apr 14 2011, 05:05 PM']Which microcube seems to be the most useful?[/quote] none of them get a promethean mate, you'll be laughing it!

Same experience I've had, all the MIM I've tried, were badly built, noisy, dodgy fretted and overshadowed in quality by the Classic Vibe Squiers I have played them against. I am not a snobbish person if ever I come across a decent bass I am the first to sing it's praises, but until then to me at least they are still low in my interest chart.

Well no one needs a bass manual of operation, do they but Ibanez basses usually come with those peel off stickers by the pots which tells you what is what, volume, tone, bass, middle, treble active / passive etc etc I would at least expect to find a set of allen keys for the truss rod adjustment and for the bridge saddles, those should have been in the box. Heck I've just bought a Squier 50's P Bass and it came in a very sturdy cardboard box, but it had all the allen keys I've just mentioned

Without a neck it's a difficult task, I did have a JV Jazz in '83 and there were no marking on the body except the date stamp in the neck pocket, which in those days used to be in red ink stamp similar to that they used to have on American Fender basses. There was not a JV mark in the neck pocket or anything only on the headstock and neck plate. One thing I can tell you for sure, is that they used to be made of either alder or ash and never basswood.

Let's all invade Stoke on Trent (where is it?) up north somewhere, isnt it? they tell me its grim oop norf

[quote name='longtimefred' post='1196975' date='Apr 12 2011, 04:17 PM']WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO, just had the call, my Sandberg Cali PM4 with Haussel pickups is being delivered to me at work tomorrow morning. SO excited its untrue. I have been waiting since the beginning of December for this. Shall put up a review as soon as i can as i know a few people have been asking about these recently.[/quote] I am really pleased for you mate! [size=5][b]CONGRATULATIONS!![/b][/size] Pics and report soo as you get it indoors are a must.

I'll say nought

[quote name='martthebass' post='1196679' date='Apr 12 2011, 12:16 PM']Thought only Ray5's had the AlNiCo to Ceramic to AlNiCo pup switches and Ray 4's had always been AlNiCo. My 2001 and 2006 issues are both AlNiCo.[/quote] not sure if it was only the Ray5's you might well be right

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1195039' date='Apr 10 2011, 08:46 PM']All Alnico's on Rays. Pups at the same height?, Battery's both new? , String gauges the same? My pre is the same EQ as your 90 and my 2002 is a 3 EQ the same as your 2005 and they have very similar outputs with no adjustments to amp settings when swapping around live so they should be similar too IMO[/quote] 2001 to 2009 were ceramic than after 2009 back to AlNiCo

[quote name='arsenic' post='1194310' date='Apr 10 2011, 09:11 AM']I've always loved the '51 style P bass, ever since I first picked up this, 36/37 years ago: [attachment=77082:Angie_1.jpg] I still have that one. I didn't have the cash available to get one of the Fender RI's..... ......but I am now due a 25 years long service award at work, and the amount that they give out these days would means that it would only cost me the price of a replacement pickup (if it needs it). Hmmmm! tempting.[/quote] And judging by the time you've held onto the other one, I say you deserve to treat yourself, good on you! P.s.: yes unfortunately the pickup does need changing on these unless you can put up with a dull sound, I compared it's sound against another Squier with a Lollar in it and it was just two words apart, as I said in a previous post, it's thin, does not give you any definition in the low, you might as well get the E and A strings off as they sound very bland, like elastic bands on a stick.

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[quote name='SignsOfDelirium_bassist' post='1193704' date='Apr 9 2011, 12:29 PM']Damn I wish I had one of these! So envious I don't suppose you know if the old style bridge/pickup covers will fit on these given the high mass bridge do you?[/quote] I personally don't know, since I've never tried, not being too fond of them really, but I seem to recall seing some pictures of one or two with those covers on. Put it this way, last year's Sonic Blue Classic Vibe Precision's used to come with them on and since those also have the hi-mass bridges it's safe to assume that if you find someone here that is willing to sell their cover there's not reason why you couldn't drill two holes on the body and fit that one or... worst case you can always order one as a spare from Fender, and for your info the part number is: 0077335000 - Chrome Bridge Cover on (572) Sonic Blue Only as you can see on this link: [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/pdf/SquierMasterPartsList.pdf"]http://www.squierguitars.com/pdf/SquierMasterPartsList.pdf[/url]

[quote name='tom1946' post='1193663' date='Apr 9 2011, 11:36 AM']At its retail price you can pick up a good MIJ, I know I had one. Great review as always GW [/quote] Thank you for the good comment on the review, in case you didn't know, I also bought a CIJ (Crafted in Japan) last year and sold it to Clarky for £450, just before they were been discontinued, I have paid £499 for it, but the other criminal stores that were taking advantage of the fact that these were the last ones, some of them were flogging their last stock up to £680 - £700 so not quite the cost of this Squier, but (and this is a big but) the CIJ [b]weighed 10.14 lbs / 4.93 Kgs[/b] and was the heaviest bass I've ever owned, not only that, I tried to get on with the slab body (sans contour y'know?) but on a long night, both the sharpness of the non contoured body really started to dig into my forearm and the weight knackered me. Needless to say it was also [b]the best[/b] sounding Fender 51's reissue I have ever had but the discomfort didn't justify the value factor in the long run. We are in the year 2011 and manufacturers are building basses that weigh next to nothing, why should we put up with those dinosaurs just for the "vintage" effect?

Here are a few anorak notes for those who are interested... Last year, I've bought the same bass, the Lake Placid blue, (pic below) at a much cheaper price, I've bought it new from Nevada and paid £234. This one I've got from GuitarGuitar and costed me £329, thats £95 dearer than last year's model. Inflation and high oil prices, probably a combination of both but there you go. I keep a record of all the details of every bass that go through these doors, to use as a future reference to compare basses specs, as in this case, and I recorded the weight of the Lake Placid Blue which has a basswood body at 9.12 lbs / 4.42 Kgs, now this Butterscotch Blonde has a pine body and weighs: 8.12 lbs / 3.96 Kgs that is exactly a pound lighter than the LPB one. Go figure? I won't bother you with other details but the other major difference I've noted is in the neck profile, infact that the neck is shallower than the LPB throughout the whole neck length, and the fingerboard radius at the 12th fret on the Butterscotch is 0.04 less deep than the LPB and by being so, it matches the Classic Vibe Precision Fiesta Red instead of the orginal LPB which was slightly deeper and beefier. I can only assume that this slight shaving of the neck profile has been done so to avoid the bass being neck heavy since the difference in weight between body woods i.e basswood vs. pine is so remarkable. However this morning playing this bass compared to my other Squier Fiesta Red showed a disappointing comparison, this pickup on the Butterscotch lets it down big time, is thin, lifeless and no matter how you adjust the height, you never get an even sound. Too close to the E string side and it farts, too far and the balance is weak compared to the G and D strings. It's got to go, so I am going to swap it asap with the Lollar because as it is, it's just a joke, a pretend, sounds like crap I am afraid, I had forgotten how bad it was on the LPB, I remember swapping it straight away with a quarter pound Seymour Duncan for a reason, now I know why. Oh well the pickup is the only things that lets it down everything else is a bonus, lighter, more resonant and perfectly put together.

I've got some better shots of it now, you can really see the wood grain on the back and sides, and also in the belly contour. I have played it a couple of hours, set the intonation, the saddle height and tightened the machineheads it is perfect now, the only minus point is one I expected, and that is a very mediocre pickup, I needed to raise it towards the strings a fair deal to get a decent amount of low end. Luckily as soon as I have a spare half day I'll fit the Lollar and the correct wires and pots, isolate the control cavity as it does hum a fair bit when you take your hands away from the strings, but I fixed that on last year's model (the lake placid blue) I know just what to do with this one too. One other thing to note about this pine wood malarky.... wow, once you plug it in, it's really resonant, that part I like a lot. Overall: great level of workmanship. the neck pocket is faultless as you can see below, tight and perfectly fitted. The tinted neck is a pleasure to look at, and really complements the body butterscoth colour. We are very impressed here, even the gf said "oh please can that one be mine?" Wimmen, huh? anyway sod Sue Rider! lol

[quote name='Raggy' post='1193052' date='Apr 8 2011, 04:33 PM']Are those frets wonky [/quote] Not yet. But I have asked Sheldon to build one like that with fanned frets / 5 strings and reverse headstock, who knows... maybe one day he will say yes.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1193032' date='Apr 8 2011, 04:21 PM']I also like the machine heads. Although i use a very thin gig bag i dont find my basses go out of tune during transport, and ive never had a bass go out of tune at gigs. As they are something i rarely touch ive never even considered changing them. One on my CV Jazz was slightly faulty when it arrived (buzzing rather than slipping etc) abut a bit of super glue soon fixed that. So, new bass arrived?[/quote] Yes and she's a babe! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=130932&st=0&gopid=1193044&#entry1193044"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;#entry1193044[/url]

[quote name='Grant' post='1193014' date='Apr 8 2011, 04:09 PM']Sorry, just seen the related earlier thread...[b]RRP[/b][i][/i] £490 for a Squire???? Sheeeyet! Still want one though...[/quote] I paid £329 all incl free courier next day delivery using DPD Couriers (they are the bllx, they text you and email you at every stage) from GuitarGuitar. i must add, I was lucky, that was the last one. But they have 4 more on order and I can't guarantee whether the other 4 will be £329 or £490 as advertized. I say get in there. I gave a link earlier [url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=11040414260931"]http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars...=11040414260931[/url]

Well this lovely Squier 50's P bass turned up at my office right on time, and I must say, it's a bit gorgeous for a blonde. It came in a nice bulky cardboard box with proper safety inserts. Soon as I played it I realized that whoever tuned it, must know very little about basses as it was tuned at least 4 or 5 steps up and almost sounded like an electric guitar. That was soon sorted with the polytune iPhone app, and once I got the tuning back to normal everything was fine. The bass actually plays very nicely, it is just as light as the basswood lake placid which I had last year. But it's got this real "spank me" sound that someone like Flea would probably like. The pine wood is really peaky and resonant, niiiice! It has some very neat veins under the transparent paintwork, so also pleasing to the eye. The bridge saddles needs to be lowered a touch and the neck is set straight. Never been too keen on the strings these come with so as soon as these die, I will fit Super Slinky's on. I took a few pics with my mobile phone, quality is sh|te but just to give you an idea

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1192674' date='Apr 8 2011, 10:31 AM']Oh the excitement indeed. Fingers crossed he doesn't break down. I was tempted to order the Matt Freeman yesterday but im loving my CV P too much at the moment. Any mods happening to this one?[/quote] Nothing drastic, Lollar pickup (I knew it will come handy one day ) wiring, cts pots, switchkraft jack socket. As for the machineheads, I actually like them and in particular I am very fond of their hi-mass bridge, is a great piece of kit, I've found that the machineheads only need a good greasing with Singer sewing machine oil and a general tightening and they have always been honest in the tuning department with my previous 3 CV's.

Oh... the excitement!!!

[quote name='iconic' post='1192530' date='Apr 8 2011, 07:20 AM']I have never seen pine used before, is that common?[/quote] no idea, there's a lot of it used in bed furniture apparently these people have the best price so far [url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=11040414260931"]http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars...=11040414260931[/url]

Just in case you were wondering, the wood of the Butterscotch blonde is not basswood but pine Model Name Classic Vibe Precision Bass® ’50s Model Number 030-3080-(Color #) Series Classic Vibe Series Colors (502) Lake Placid Blue, [size=3][b](550) Butterscotch Blonde[/b][/size], (Gloss Polyester Finish) Body Basswood on (502), [size=3][b]Pine on (550) [/b] [/size] Neck 1-Piece Maple, Modern “C” Shape, (Gloss Polyester Finish) Fingerboard Maple, 9.5” Radius (241 mm) No. of Frets 20 Vintage Style Frets Pickups 1 Custom Original Single-Coil Precision Bass Pickup with AlNiCo 5 Magnets Controls Volume, Tone Pickup Switching None Bridge 4-Saddle HiMass Bridge with Chromed Brass Barrel Saddles (502), 4-Saddle HiMass Bridge with Brass Barrel Saddles (550), Machine Heads Open Gear Tuning Machines Hardware Chrome Pickguard 1-Ply White on (502); 1-Ply Black on (550) Scale Length 34” (864 mm) Width at Nut 1.65” (42 mm) Unique Features Vintage Styling, Knurled Chrome Dome Control Knobs, Contoured Body, Gold Squier Logo, Lower Finger-Rest, Synthetic Bone Nut Strings Fender® USA, NPS, (Gauges .045-.105) Accessories None Introduced 6/2008 Notice Product Prices, Features, Specifications and Availability Are Subject To Change Without Notice

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