luckman67

I have a 1989 Squier Precision (MIK) that I used a couple of times,and my friend who bought it off me for 10 years used it all the time for gigs. My back up bass years ago was an Encore E83 with the ash body remember them. A couple of pics of my '89 Squier..

That does sound good,I wonder what his amp settings are.

I heard it was Ric owners who didn't like the 2 extra screw look of the tailpiece, either way I added the 2 extra screws on my '92 4003 & now it's zero tail lift and Rotosound RS66 strings all the way.

I love my Rickenbacker bass & have been happy with it for the past 13 years. I used to have a serious GAS addiction for a Warwick bass up until I had the chance to play one,but if you do sell your Ric you can always buy another BB14 & have some money in your pocket.

Loved them since I had a go of a friends early 70's 4001 back in 1988/89. I have had my '92 4003 13 years now and it's still my favourite bass. Neck profiles have changed back and forth with them,the neck on mine is great compared to my mates 2001 model. I would love to own either a 4001 V63 or a Jetglo 4001 in the future.

My Rickenbacker GAS lasted from 1987 up to 1998,when my girlfriend bought me mine fantastic bass.

Thank you Gentlemen for your help & advice.

I want to buy a wiring kit for my MIM Precision,from Axesrus I'm new to Fender Basses & there are two choices to make. The first is solid or split 250k pots,I presume I go for the solid shaft. Secondly the orange cap there are 3 to chose from, which one for a vintage / Traditional Precision sound Thank you.

I have two basses that are worth more than my others, a 1964 Hofner Violin bass & a 1992 Rickenbacker 4003. But it's these 2 Precisions (1 Fender 1 Squier) that I seem to be spending more time with recently. Grand total for both basses aprox £300.

My own thought is that your buying into the history of Fender from 1946 to the present day, and in their advertising they do make it look good just my thought. Though I do like to see the Fender name on the headstock of either a Precision or Jazz.

I agree you can have just as much fun on a cheaper bass, last week I got hold of a Frankenfender. A MIJ or CIJ body & a MIM neck it needs a bit of work doing to it,I'm going to return it to a P bass instead of the PJ it is now. Not sure a who made the P pickup but it sounds great all of this for around £150, can't put it down at the moment a great Fender bass.

Thank you I spent a long time avoiding the Fender Precision, but ended up having really bad GAS for one strange. The logo is the transition type but from when, is it from 65 - 70.

A couple of pictures of my MIM Fender Precision, I am looking into having it returned back to original spec. The active Basslines pickup sounds nice but I like the passive Fender sound.

Back in September I started a thread (P bass GAS driving me mad) well tonight at 16:56 that was finally cured. I managed to get a 2008 ish MIM Fender Precision that needs a little work,the previous owner has added a Basslines active Jazz pickup. The neck is chunkier than that on my '89 MIK Squier Precision but,it's nice to finally own one I'll post pictures tomorrow.

My May 1964 Hofner Violin bass, owned it since November 1988. And even though I stopped playing it in August 1998, I have a lot of memories with it both good & bad. The next would be my October 1992 Rickenbacker 4003,bought by my girlfriend in August 1998 the best present ever love it.

Been there with the CSA & seperation issues and lost a few basses as well. Though I was lucky enough to get back my 1989 Squier Precision (MIK) back in 2008,after stupidly selling it back in 1998.

I have just read this thread & at the moment I'm in the process of making my 1989 Korean made Squier precision a better bass.

Thanks for that,I may look into having it changed so it's more Stingray like.

How hard is it to rewire a SUB pickup & is there any diagrams on how to do it. Plus does it make any difference.

They are a nice bass and have that Classic Stingray look for a lot less.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1143850' date='Feb 27 2011, 09:12 PM']They were so close to the real thing that it affected sales... so they had to nip it in the bud. There is quite a difference in tone to those that know the 2 basses well though.[/quote] That's how good the SUB'S are, & that's probobly why people are still after them now a USA (Stingray) for less than a SBMM.

Well said & I would say that perhaps one day, they may even be collectable. Who would have thought that a 1982 Squire JV would be collectable,I remember seeing them in Dixons if only I knew then.

I think Sterling Ball wanted to see if an American made instrument could be built cheaper,without a fall in quality and EBMM did that with the SUB. Another thought was that someone buying a SUB would upgrade to the Stingray. But the SUB was well made and very close to the Stingray,hardly suprising when they were built side by side in the same factory quality was always going to be good.

Or could it be Stingray,the flagship model Made in USA SUB still made in USA ,cheaper version more like the Highway 1 Fender maybe? Remember when these came out the active version was around £679. The active 2 band eq on the SUB is the same as the stingray 4H. The pickup is wired differently to the Stingray,the hardware is not stamped & the body wood is poplar and slabed like the Classic Stingray. SBMM nice looking basses BUT made under licence in SE Asia.