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I have one and play a similar style of music to you by the sounds of it! It definitely sounds like a bass, I put some heavier strings on (La Bella) and gave it a set up and it's vastly improved compared with the stock set up. That said I wouldn't use it as my only bass.

I had the J&D Jazz for a little while and it was a cracking bass. You won't get better at that price.

[quote name='Cygnus x-1' timestamp='1420021711' post='2644856'] Heres mine, not sure about Stingray tones, but the Jazz AND Precision tones are wonderfull. Mine sounds like a Turbo Precision with both pickups on. [/quote] Wow. Love that.

Another Squier fan here. I had a VM Precision for a while and it was a great bass. In fact it was that bass that got me back in to playing after a few years away. Great bang for buck. My experience with the CV range echoes most of the comments here too - brilliant basses that are the very top of the Squier shop.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1419592023' post='2641054'] Me likey a lot! I much prefer the tuners 4 and 1 too compared to 5 in a row Fender 5s, I like maple, I like blocks,I like jazz basses, I like oly white, I like 5 strings,I like black pickguards and I like chromes knobs....so it was in for a chance of me liking it! Lol [/quote] Sounds like you need to get to the shop

Chevron?

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1419439832' post='2640019'] It is nice indeed, and will be for sale again in the new year [/quote] It would make a good twin

Lovely bass mate. One of the other bassists at my gig last night was rocking a Ric and it sounded killer. I almost wanted to ditch my P!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1419432190' post='2639906'] [sub][size=3][size=5]This is my old Affinity Jazz, [/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Rolled fingerboard and fret dressed, [/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]New full size tuners,[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Bartolini pickups, [/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]EBS active preamp,[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]BadassII bridge,[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Fender USA pickguard,[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Battery in the cavity and the jack socket mounted in the body.[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=5]Other than that it was a stock Squier other than the fake logo off ebay [/size][/size][/sub] [sub][url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130228_184909_zps94d558d6.jpg.html"][/url][/sub] [size=5][sub]Fantastic bass that someone here has now?[/sub][/size] [/quote] That is NICE!

Love the look, I had no idea they existed in that colour! Very pricey though.

Bargain for £40. You could do much much worse.

Always been interested to try this combo but the only basses I'm aware of are Sandbergs which are a bit out of my price range!

Incredible. That is so disco

We used to call it 'mad Friday'. The bar I worked at was open 4 til 4. Says it all.

You'll have to report back and tell us how you get on, sounds like it's going to work out just fine.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1417898095' post='2624992'] Well I`ve found that in comparison to my own rosewood necked ones, but my current backup is an alder Precision w maple, and there is a much warmer/chunkier sound to this bass, and to my ears less top than on the 78 (like Discreet says with his 76) which is ash w maple. Still not sure if ash body or 70s pickups is the culprit for "the scoop" though. [/quote] My Hoppus is ash (granted with rosewood rather than maple) and I thought it sounder warmer than your 78 when we had the Precision-off at the Herts bash. So PERHAPS the scoop is more to do with the pickups. Far from conclusive though!

Brilliant! I know exactly what you mean, my old band lost two and gained one for six months or so and we didn't skip a beat. In fact we went to a really cool place with our sound trying out some ska/old school punk rather than the pop-punk stuff we had been playing. That said, when our original guitarist swapped back in when he was feeling up for it again it was just as good a feeling. Sometimes change works for everyone

Certain American dealers have a Surf Green/Maple version of the Ray 4. I wish I could get my hands on one of those bad boys but they won't export them to the UK. Edit: http://forums.ernieball.com/attachments/music-man-basses/22300d1369154520-new-exclusive-sbmm-sub-series-guitar-center-mf-exclusive-colors-now-available-009.jpg

Amazing. They have some really fine looking Custom Shop P-basses on there!

Finally have some specs for the Dee Dee... http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/12/10/fender-announces-dee-dee-ramone-precision-bass-guitar/ So it's a Mexican Standard P with a scribble on the headstock

Pics! I just saw this on GAK and had a GAS attack

Different league, but I have the new Rumble 40 and it's a great amp. Really light, lovely warm tones and it's pretty loud for such a little thing.

Strings and batteries were the two things I was going suggest, change those and you should be set :-)