My roadmap for the Affinity!

[FlyStraight99]

Hey all,

 

I’ve rehearsed a few times with the Squier Affinity PJ bass and it’s a thing of beauty, the PJ pickups, the maple neck and black body, as well as the proper precision shape and neck size (I bought a sonic precision previously which had a jazz neck - I don’t mind a thin neck but wider works better for my sausage-like digits) 

 

only caveat is the pickups are very… mild? Very thin and not as overpowering although I am influenced by my Harley Benton pbass which has fitted SPB-1 pick ups among other little bits.

 

I plan on having the below done for performance & aesthetic reasons.
 

Would you recommend anything else be done that’ll improve the bass for gigging?  

 

SPB3 pickups & pots upgrade

matte black S/plate  

gotoh multitonal bridge

schaller lightweight tuning heads 

string retainer for A D & G (plenty of break angle on E string) 

 

 

Cheers! I don’t get on here enough it’s awesome! 

[itu]

Start with pickup adjustment or simply turn more gain from the amp. 

 

Make a trial with different strings to find the set you like the most with this bass. 

tapewound - flatwound - groundwound - nickel RW - SS RW 

...and of course try different gauges. 

[Rodders]

As @itu says start with the cheapest options first i.e. checking set up, amp settings, strings etc and see if that has any improvement on the sound.