adam87 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 A cheap squire mb 4 bass which I found for sale on a facebook group. It was bought to leave at my friends pub so when ever we fancied a jam out of the blue I wouldn't have to go home to get the corvette. I've put some old warwick strings on it for now, the 3 strings it had on there were completely dead. Also had to re-solder the tone pot wires as the pot was loose and they had snapped off at some point. Next it is going to get a good clean and setup once I've found a small enough allen key. Body is ok, few light scratches and dings but nothing too serious. Lovely metallic black colour. I valet/detail cars for a job so I may take my machine polisher to it and make it really shine. Couple of pics next to the Warwick... [attachment=153128:20140124_182958.jpg] [attachment=153130:20140124_183026.jpg] Not bad for £35 I think. Even came with the strap! (Don't know why the pictures have come up sideways?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikanHannille Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 £35 for a bass? Not bad at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Good score. My daughter had one of these a couple of years back and it played well, nice and light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam87 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 So I've had the squire for a few days now. I've given it a polish, cleaned the fretboard, polished the frets and lowered the action. I've been playing it more than the warwick. [size=4] Maybe it is just because it is a new toy, or the fact I can play a 4 string again. But it plays really nice! I run it just on the jazz pick up and it doesn't sound bad at all. Pleasantly surprised. Would be cool to get rid of the P pup and stick in a humbucker or another J but that would be a big project. Maybe one day.[/size] [size=4]Took some photos of the polishing to show what it was like.[/size] [size=4][attachment=153601:20140127_172324.jpg][/size] [size=4][attachment=153604:20140127_173316.jpg][/size] [attachment=153603:20140127_172858.jpg] [attachment=153606:20140127_175608.jpg] [size=4][attachment=153605:20140127_173337.jpg][/size] [size=4][attachment=153607:20140127_175700.jpg][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam87 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 [URL=http://s970.photobucket.com/user/adamd87/media/20140129_160425.jpg.html][/url] [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/adamd87/media/20140129_160444.jpg.html"][/url] White dust was brushed away [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/adamd87/media/20140129_161814.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/adamd87/media/20140129_162202.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/adamd87/media/20140130_000017.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/adamd87/media/20140130_000235_RichtoneHDR.jpg.html"][/url] My cat Simba wanted in [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/adamd87/media/20140130_000119.jpg.html"][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namefail Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Cool score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblueplanet Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 A cat just make a bass look ten times as cool :-) Maybe have a look on here for some cheap hot replacement P+J pups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie9 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Good luck to you with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Bargain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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