NBD - Squier Sonic P

[HeadlessBassist]

17 hours ago, Muzz said:

Still my go-to gigging bass, still great. The Squier logo's staying on the headstock, it deserves it. I put a Stellartone tone pot in it, because it'll roll off the highs without losing the mids, and I'm a big fan of mids.

 

Who makes the "Stellartone" tone pot? Sounds as if it does the same thing as the Fender "Greasebucket" in my American Performer Mustang. 

[miles'tone]

My Sonic P arrived today. Overall I'm pleased with it as the modding platform I wanted and it's certainly a real step up from the Harley Benton I'm sending back. However I will have to do a number on the fret ends as they are all skin-slicer sharp. I guess it's a crapshoot at this price point. It'll be a killer bass when I'm done though. I love the neck profile especially. I will weigh it eventually but so far I can say that it's nice and light and well balanced.

 

Edited May 15 by miles'tone

[Muzz]

On 13/05/2025 at 09:06, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Who makes the "Stellartone" tone pot? Sounds as if it does the same thing as the Fender "Greasebucket" in my American Performer Mustang. 

Have a look at https://stellartone.com/ the things are on there. Very interesting take on the tone pot, it has 10 detents which increasingly drop off treble, a lot of them without dropping the mids like a normal tone pot. I find it very useful. There's an explanatory graphic on the page which shows the curve of each click, it's a matter of finding the ones you like.

[YellowLedBetterBass]

Adjacent to these Squier Sonic P Basses, I've been playing my new Sonic Bronco almost all day today.

 

This too feels really well built - in fact a massive step up from the Bullet series guitars I've tried and owned. It does also have some rather stabby fret ends.

 

Still very much happy with it though. Incredible vfm.

[HeadlessBassist]

20 hours ago, Muzz said:

Have a look at https://stellartone.com/ the things are on there. Very interesting take on the tone pot, it has 10 detents which increasingly drop off treble, a lot of them without dropping the mids like a normal tone pot. I find it very useful. There's an explanatory graphic on the page which shows the curve of each click, it's a matter of finding the ones you like.

 

Ah, I've seen that in a Scott's Bass Lessons video interview with [I think] Nicole Row (Incubus' bass player). I seem to recall that her luthier in LA put it in one of her basses.