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[Phaedrus01]

Amazing idea for a thread!

[Stub Mandrel]

[mikebass456]

Started life as a second hand Squier CV 5 string (natural finish).

Lockdown respray, fender high mass bridge, gotoh machines, pearloid scratch plate and a set of Wilkinson replacement pickups later......

[Seadunk]

My Active Affinity with a High mass bridge and Pearloid pickguard

 

[mowf]

2 hours ago, AlexDelores said:

What brand is the extra pickup in that? 

I believe they're both Dimarzios, the neck pickup is a Model One.

[SpondonBassed]

My vintage modified Jag, further modified by our own @Andyjr1515.  It belonged to a close friend of mine, Jack, who won it at a Bash Bash.  His daughter generously let me keep it.

 

Andy stripped the original painted finish.  He then put a burl veneer and a CF scratch-plate on.  It has Duncan Design pups and half-rounds.  It makes a wonderful sound.

 

 

AJR Guitar Modifications - Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass

 

Check his website (above) for before and after photos and for some of his other work.

 

 

PS:  This was owned from new by Andy.  He kindly donated it as a raffle prize for the East Mids Bass Bash one year.  The previous year he donated an acoustic bass to the raffle.  It's worth mentioning because he's such a helpful and friendly chap too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 31 by SpondonBassed

[Stub Mandrel]

35 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

My vintage modified Jag, further modified by our own @Andyjr1515.  It belonged to a close friend of mine, Jack, who won it at a Bash Bash.  His daughter generously let me keep it.

 

Andy stripped the original painted finish.  He then put a burl veneer and a CF scratch-plate on.  It has Duncan Design pups and half-rounds.  It makes a wonderful sound.

 

 

AJR Guitar Modifications - Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass

 

Check his website (above) for before and after photos and for some of his other work.

 

 

PS:  This was owned from new by Andy.  He kindly donated it as a raffle prize for the East Mids Bass Bash one year.  The previous year he donated an acoustic bass to the raffle   It's worth mentioning because he's such a helpful and friendly chap too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My first bash, and the last one before Covid.

[AlexDelores]

13 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

My vintage modified Jag, further modified by our own @Andyjr1515.  It belonged to a close friend of mine, Jack, who won it at a Bash Bash.  His daughter generously let me keep it.

 

Andy stripped the original painted finish.  He then put a burl veneer and a CF scratch-plate on.  It has Duncan Design pups and half-rounds.  It makes a wonderful sound.

 

 

AJR Guitar Modifications - Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass

 

Check his website (above) for before and after photos and for some of his other work.

 

 

PS:  This was owned from new by Andy.  He kindly donated it as a raffle prize for the East Mids Bass Bash one year.  The previous year he donated an acoustic bass to the raffle.  It's worth mentioning because he's such a helpful and friendly chap too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow! That’s bloody stunning! 😍 I’ve seen a lot of Andy’s work on the build diaries and have always been blown away. But, I’d not seen this before!
 

Is there a thread from when he did the work?

[SpondonBassed]

9 hours ago, AlexDelores said:

Is there a thread from when he did the work?

 

@Andyjr1515

 

I've neither asked nor looked for one.  Andy did a demo of his methods for veneer refinishing at a bass bash a few years ago and it is something he's posted about before.  Dunno 'bout a dedicated thread for it.

 

Andy?

[Andyjr1515]

Hmmm...not sure.  I think so.  I'll have a look in the morning.

[Andyjr1515]

18 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

I've neither asked nor looked for one.  Andy did a demo of his methods for veneer refinishing at a bass bash a few years ago and it is something he's posted about before.  Dunno 'bout a dedicated thread for it.

 

I didn't do a thread of actually doing the Squier Jag and actually didn't take progress photos (as I confessed, apparently, in a post in 2011.    2011!!!!  That's a mid-teenager's life span ago!!) but I think I can find a thread of the method used if the photo links are still sound.  I'll have a look.

[Andyjr1515]

Here are a few shots of @SpondonBassed's Squier Jag soon after it was finished.  Whoever thought that natural, unstained wood could be so stunning! :

 

 

 

This is a thread that covers the basic method I use, whereas - while the above is natural veneer just with clear varnish - this one below features a stained finish to the veneer.  Applying the veneer is identical, though:

 

[AlexDelores]

7 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Here are a few shots of @SpondonBassed's Squier Jag soon after it was finished.  Whoever thought that natural, unstained wood could be so stunning! :

 

 

 

This is a thread that covers the basic method I use, whereas - while the above is natural veneer just with clear varnish - this one below features a stained finish to the veneer.  Applying the veneer is identical, though:

 

Awesome, thanks Andy! 

[AndyTravis]

Damn…miss my SQ.

 

Was a beauty 

[bassbiscuits]

My Squier bitsa project - a nitro refin fiesta red body and refin neck with a cheeky Fender logo. 
 

Fender 60s vintage reissue bridge.

Tonerider Classic P pickup and GHS Precision flats from this very forum.

 

Quest ongoing for replacement machine heads. Until then the old ones stay gaffer taped. 
 

[tauzero]

Squier Jazz Vintage Modified Modified. Apart from the Aguilar pickup, V/B/T controls, and pretty control plate, and the neat defret job, it's just the same as any other Squier Jazz.

 

 

No tear-out, the slight wiggliness on the lines is from the fret tangs.

 

[Rosie C]

Here is my Squier jazz in classic sunburst and tort. It started life as fretted, but got a Fender pau ferro fretless neck during covid lockdown. It has a lighter set of tuning machines fitted, though I forget what brand (they were in my guitar tech's spares bin). The neck pickup failed recently so I had DiMarzio relentless J bass pickups fitted and better quality pots & jack. It's my only bass guitar, so I've spent a bit getting it exactly how I want. I play a fair bit of double bass so my bass guitar is setup in that sort of style - including XL chrome flatwounds. 

 

 

Edited November 20 by Rosie C

[VTypeV4]

 

VM pictured in the live room after a session..

 

 

The Affinity still sees plenty of use - here, it was used to test the Ashdown cab..

 

 

Squier VM, Ampeg SVT and SWR cabs - it all sounds wonderful..

[BassAgent]

I do miss some of the Squiers I've owned. The 2 CV Jazzes with quartersawn neck, but especially the JVs. It all started with the JV Precision I bought for €75 and sold for...a lot more. The guy I sold it to still owns it and refuses to sell it back to me. Grrrr.

 

Then there was this all-original, mint condition fiesta red JV Jazz in its original case I saw on the local marketplace-website that the owner was selling for about 200 euros. I sent her a message because I didn't want it to end up in the hands of someone who'd just buy it to sell for a lot more. It was the best Squier I've ever played and I secretly really really regret not keeping it. What an amazing instrument that was. I gave it a good clean, some new strings and a good setup and sold it for a market-based price to a guy who wanted to pair it with his fiesta red Precision.

 

And theeeeen there was the sunburst JV I bought because it was so cheap. I thought the neck pickup was broken when I was still at the seller's place, turned out it was a bit of dust in the volume pot. I don't really like sunburst basses but I really considered keeping this one as well. But, as I already have a lot of Jazzes and had just ordered a new custom De Gier, it had to go. But it was a gréat bass.