NBD Squire Sonic P Bass

[Minininjarob]

So I sold my Musicman USA Sterling and went on the hunt for another bass. 
My nearest shop is now RichTone in Sheffield (great guys there) and they had loads of 2nd hand basses (£1300 Shuker anyone?) which I had a good go with. 
I was interested in a Sonic Squire P and they got one out of a box for me. 
How is this only £170?

Compared to my Fender P (player model) it’s very good quality (better in some respects.) and sounds amazing. The colour is wonderful - I love surf type colours. 
I was interested as it has a Jazz neck on it - I assume so new players have an easier time with their first bass - and it feels great, nice and thin in all directions and is a lovely Matt finish. 
I don’t like roasted necks and this one is lovely and light coloured and matches the blue really well. 
Tuners and bridge are just as good as my fender, fit and finish is about the same tbh. Might need the odd tickle here and there but it is very playable out of the box no fret buzz and set up well (for me anyway). The controls feel really nice and it has a good range of tone. 
Only negative is that the scratch plate is poor quality. Single ply and very plasticky and not well finished compared to my Fender but that’s a cheap change and not really essential to how it plays and sounds of course. 
Plans are to change the hardware to black so I’ve ordered a Hipshot black bridge and string tree, just deciding which tuners and knobs to order. 
Not sure whether to go for a 3 ply black or silver metal pick guard or maybe a carbon fibre look one like a Dingwall. 
Will get some more pics later if anyone is interested. 
I will update as I add more bits to it. 

[Geek99]

What about gold anodised ? 
nice btw 

[Minininjarob]

I asked on my local bass group if anyone could photoshop black hardware onto it and some joker did this for me. 😂😂😂

[Minininjarob]

Just now, Geek99 said:

What about gold anodised ? 
nice btw 

I know that’s popular but not for me. Don’t think it would work on this very bright blue anyway. 

[HeadlessBassist]

Lovely bass and a total bargain these days! Yes, I think black hardware would suit it very well. The picture they did for you was very funny! 🤣

[PaulThePlug]

Check AliExpress for 13 hole pickguards, some funky colours, swirls and pearls, and maybe hardware, Gyker etc.

Edited 8 hours ago by PaulThePlug

[Minininjarob]

6 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Lovely bass and a total bargain these days! Yes, I think black hardware would suit it very well. The picture they did for you was very funny! 🤣

I know, it was funny and I won’t admit to them that it actually did help me! 

[Minininjarob]

2 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Check AliExpress for pickguards and maybe hardware, Gyker etc.

I’m gonna stick with putting my money into UK music shops as far as I can. 

[pst62]

8 minutes ago, Minininjarob said:

I’m gonna stick with putting my money into UK music shops as far as I can. 

Northwest Guitars have Korean made P Bass guards which fit without having to re-drill, I have one on a Fender Player P and a Squier CV P.

[Geek99]

I don’t need a precision… I don’t need a precision …. I’m happy with my sire jazz five string ….😇

Edited 6 hours ago by Geek99

[miles'tone]

1 hour ago, pst62 said:

Northwest Guitars have Korean made P Bass guards which fit without having to re-drill, I have one on a Fender Player P and a Squier CV P.

Yes, I now have a Northwest Guitars w/b/w 3-ply guard on my black Sonic P (changed for the same reasons as the OP). It's top quality and a perfect fit 👍

Edited 6 hours ago by miles'tone

[JJMotown]

2 hours ago, Minininjarob said:

I asked on my local bass group if anyone could photoshop black hardware onto it and some joker did this for me. 😂😂😂

That looks like the work of a certain fleabay seller!! 🤣

[simisker]

Black hardware + black pickguard + vibrant colour body + maple board = megawin, as far as I'm concerned 👍

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by simisker

[Obrienp]

Great that you are happy with the sound and tonal options. The first thing I did with Squiers in the past was replace all the electronics: pickups, pots, capacitor, jack socket and shield the cavities with copper tape. Good that they have improved in that area. Of course, I would still do it but that is because I like tinkering and for £35 Tone Rider SP1, or2 blows everything else out of the water. 😀

[uncle psychosis]

This looks great. 

 

I wish Fender (Squier) would offer more P basses with J size necks... 

[Minininjarob]

57 minutes ago, Obrienp said:

Great that you are happy with the sound and tonal options. The first thing I did with Squiers in the past was replace all the electronics: pickups, pots, capacitor, jack socket and shield the cavities with copper tape. Good that they have improved in that area. Of course, I would still do it but that is because I like tinkering and for £35 Tone Rider SP1, or2 blows everything else out of the water. 😀

What electronics do you get?