FlyStraight99 Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago 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! 2 Quote
itu Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago 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. Quote
Rodders Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 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. Quote
Mrbigstuff Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago If you’re going to this level of mods, I’d get the frets levelled by a top luthier to make it play like butter. That and the nut will make the biggest difference. Quote
Lozz196 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago The changes suggested will all improve the bass in terms of quality, but as above a good fret level & change of nut will make it be able to be set up to play at its best. That coupled with the pickup change will get you a bass that plays great and sounds it too. One thing to consider though, quite often Squier put 500k pots in the electrics, resulting in a quite toppy sound, sometimes just swapping those to 250k can bring a real change to the existing pickups. Might be worth a try. Quote
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