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Two different Classic Vibe Jazz Basses & the CV tele with the neck p90.
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  • mbembe Frets: 1840
    No man! It was my last two purchases. Classic Vibe Jaguar and a Fender Player Series Mustang Bass. Hope that clears things up.
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  • Pawnshop 51, they sold them off at Mexican prices
    Made in Japan
    top notch neck
    Stupid bridge pickup and switching, had to fix that
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  • thegummythegummy Frets: 4389
    When was there a Fender range called Classic Vibe?
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  • Does Squier count? If so I'll go with Contemporary Active Strat...
    Too much gain... is just about enough \m/

    I'm probably the only member of this forum mentioned by name in Whiskey in the Jar ;)

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  • joetelejoetele Frets: 947
    edited September 2020
    Squier Affinity Starcaster. Looks incredible, light, easy to play with great neck, decent pickups. Every time I pick it up I feel inspired to play weird and wonderful stuff, as well as going back to old barre chords which I rarely play. It's a joy. 

    Plus, LOOK AT IT. 

    MUSIC: Pale Blurs
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  • thegummy said:
    When was there a Fender range called Classic Vibe?
    Fender Squire, loads of them on ebay.
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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12255
    Super champ x 2 is an awesome amp for not much. 

    I recently bought a classic vibe jaguar which is brilliant fun. 
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  • steersteer Frets: 1159
    Fender Modern Player Jaguar - P90s, lightweight, nice neck. Great alternative to a Les Paul. 
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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17485
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    Apparently the stupid cheap Bullet Mustang is meant to be great.
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  • joetele said:
    Squier Affinity Starcaster. Looks incredible, light, easy to play with great neck, decent pickups. Every time I pick it up I feel inspired to play weird and wonderful stuff, as well as going back to old barre chords which I rarely play. It's a joy. 

    Plus, LOOK AT IT. 

    For the longest time I wanted a warmth starcaster but the price was out of reach. 

    I do wish it wasn't a ToM bridge, but not sure what I'd put in its place... 
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 14030
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    For Sale  Guitar and Bass Repair  Rising Sun Guitars  Kensington MD
    Maybe cheating a bit now, as they are not that cheap, but they were an early entry level Squier of the day - Made in Japan H2 circa 1982/83 - Some actually have a made in the USA tag, although I'm not sure any where actually built in the USA - Mine says MIJ but I'm pretty certain the neck is a USA built Tele neck - It was believed that the H2 and its related cousins did use up many old USA parts, shipped to Japan and assembled accordingly - Bottom line is my is a very credible guitar, but the days are gone when you could pick them up for £300, let alone £200
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22516

    Mine was a Squier Strat which started off looking like the one below - red, black headstock, 24.75" scale, single humbucker, volume control.  I think it cost £149 new in 1986.

    It became the test-bed for a lot of DIY experiments.

    First thing I did was change the tuners.  I knocked a big chip out of the face of the headstock removing the ferrules, so I filled it and resprayed the headstock red to match the body before fitting black Schaller tuners.

    I replaced the bridge with a black Kahler fulcrum unit, then a black Kahler Flyer.  I routed the body for a neck humbucker and middle single-coil, resprayed it black, fitted a 25.5" ESP maple neck which meant relocating the bridge for the longer scale length - it ended up with a Kahler fixed bridge, recessed into the body.  I moved the jack to the side.  I filed away the neck heel and replaced the neck plate with recessed washers, in an early attempt at an Ibanez-style contoured heel...

    The original bridge got transferred to another partscaster - in another experiment, I filed away the back of the trem block to allow more movement.

    I still have both the neck and body, maybe even the original pickup and tuners.  It now has a WD neck with a Wilkinson roller nut and although it's been many years since I did any guitar DIY it ended up as my pickup-testing guitar.

    Fender Squier ST-331 1984 Dakota Red Single Humbucker Route  Reverb

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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 11262
    In the mid-80s, as a present to myself for passing some accountancy exams, I bought a Squier Bullet HSS Strat, I think it was an E7, from the Soho Soundhouse in Soho Square. There were a few cracks on the body so it was only £65.

    It was a bargain. It turned out that the humbucker had the wiring for a coil tap that was never wired up, so in went a mini-switch to control it. I got some fine tuners for the bridge and a locking nut and I was in whammy heaven.
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  • I've never had a Squire, but I've got two lower range Fenders: The Jim Adkins JA-90 thinline tele with SD P90s and an MIM SR Black Paisley Tele. Both picked up in sales both under £350 new and I really love playing them.


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  • joetele said:
    Squier Affinity Starcaster. Looks incredible, light, easy to play with great neck, decent pickups. Every time I pick it up I feel inspired to play weird and wonderful stuff, as well as going back to old barre chords which I rarely play. It's a joy. 

    Plus, LOOK AT IT. 

    I really liek that, but is the neck really that short, or is it just the angle of the photo?
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  • Apparently the stupid cheap Bullet Mustang is meant to be great.
    It's not great out of the box, but it's easily fixed! I'd played a few in shops before buying one, and all of them suffered from basic/rough setups and scratchy frets.

    If I wasn't happy to fix that myself I'd have likely held out for a Vintage Modified/Classic Vibe or similar instead, but it really didn't take a lot of effort to fix it up into a very playable and fun guitar.
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  • thegummythegummy Frets: 4389
    thegummy said:
    When was there a Fender range called Classic Vibe?
    Fender Squire, loads of them on ebay.
    Lol great answer.

    I'm going to start using corporate ownership hierarchies to pretend I have a Microsoft Tamagotchi and Dior custard creams.
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  • Mine was a Squier VM Jaguar Bass SS that I had in New Zealand. Had some neck dive and the J-pup was weak sauce, but strung with La Bella flats it played like a dream, and the P-pup was excellent for vintage 60s sounds. I had the black one and put a custom red-tort guard on it, and it looked like sex on a stick.

    I see the guy from Royal Blood used to play them, so Fender made him a Custom Shop one with a Fender decal - quite interesting, given as the model debuted as a Squier. I wonder if we'll see a standard Mexican Fender line at some point.

    I have a MiJ Mustang Bass now which is objectively better, but has a dull colour scheme and doesn't get me excited.
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  • dindudedindude Frets: 8534
    Stuck 11’s on this and it’s very good fun, sounds great.

    https://i.imgur.com/33vQf5R.jpg

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  • dindude said:
    Stuck 11’s on this and it’s very good fun, sounds great.

    https://i.imgur.com/33vQf5R.jpg

    Awesome colour
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