Squier P/J $140 at GC

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Squier P/J $140 at GC

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http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Squier ... 1979524.gc

I have one of these and it's great! It's nice having one guitar that I don't care about dinging up when I tinker late at night. And hell, one that I can let my kids bang on when they want to join in the fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iggp6kD7Co
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And SOLD! I had to buy this since I'm still waiting on body and neck from Warmoth and I have shows coming up soon.

Your video is what really sold me. Your kids have better technique than I do.
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Ha ha. Same here! My only consolation is that it takes them four hands to my two :D
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One thing to note if you want to upgrade the pickups: the bridge pickup is actually sized for a neck-sized jazz pickup. I had to have the opening routed to fit an aftermarket EMG P/J set.

(FWIW, I wasn't crazy about the EMGs and sold them to a board member, so that's a G&L MFD in there now with no bridge pickup (a poor-man's SB-1 :) ). The MFD P is a drop-in replacement, but a bridge MFD would require further routing.)
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virtaGo wrote:And SOLD! I had to buy this since I'm still waiting on body and neck from Warmoth and I have shows coming up soon.

Your video is what really sold me. Your kids have better technique than I do.
Cool that was a good price!
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tim wrote:One thing to note if you want to upgrade the pickups: the bridge pickup is actually sized for a neck-sized jazz pickup. I had to have the opening routed to fit an aftermarket EMG P/J set.

(FWIW, I wasn't crazy about the EMGs and sold them to a board member, so that's a G&L MFD in there now with no bridge pickup (a poor-man's SB-1 :) ). The MFD P is a drop-in replacement, but a bridge MFD would require further routing.)
That is good to know, I was not aware of that, and had I ordered the wrong size pup that would've been aggravating. The gigs I have lined up are for 60s Peruvian punk rock, so I'm thinking this bass may not need any upgrades just yet. I have Lollar's here, and however tempted I may be, I'm trying to save those for my parts build.
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virtaGo wrote:60s Peruvian punk rock
Interesting. Any recommended listening in this genre? :)
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tim wrote:
virtaGo wrote:60s Peruvian punk rock
Interesting. Any recommended listening in this genre? :)
'Los Saicos' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8MVWaNxD_s

Fun stuff. Most of the lyrics are gibberish, but if you translate some of the lyrics they're singing about eating chocolate in a mental hospital, and drinking blood from skulls :evil:
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Cool! I just listened to that whole thing. Did some reading too and it sounds like Lima had quite a scene back in the day. Good stuff.
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Well, I guess this wasn't meant to be. I got a tracking number last week, and the package was never scanned. No record of it ever even being picked up in the UPS system. GC had to open a case for a lost package. UPS says the case is resolved, yet the guitar is nowhere to be found. I'm sure I'll get a refund, though.
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That's a major drag! Here's another. It's missing the J pickup, but the P is upgraded:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Left-Handed-20t ... 1925358106

Or you could try one of the cool-looking new Ibanezes. I bet the look would go with your sound. This one a b-stock at a discount:
https://reverb.com/item/1999050-ibanez- ... -mint-3290

But if you just want a cheap beater to hold you over:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Austin ... -Guitar.gc
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Another Squier P/J at GC, this time in sunburst:

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Squier ... 2001653.gc
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tim wrote:Another Squier P/J at GC, this time in sunburst:

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Squier ... 2001653.gc
Never got to try one of those but as far as I've heard it's a good bang for the buck.
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I second that: they are pretty good, well-rounded, lovable instruments of world domination.

To my defense (for not keeping them), necks tend to shrink quite a bit when Canadian Winter hits and I grew tired of filling, sanding and truss rod adjusting...

To their defense, I had to do it to pretty much all my basses :D
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P only, not PJ :)
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Yolly111 wrote:P only, not PJ :)
You can chisel out your own cavity on the 70's position! :lol:
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That's why I'm saying. $100 basses are prime for chiselin'!
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