Help! I don't know what to do

[Jimryan]

So, as most of you know, I got my new squier jazz, and I intend on modifying it. I've looked at my accounts, and have £400 for the time being for parts.

Do I:

A) buy the status neck and a few pints

B ) buy all of the hardware and pickups

C) buy a squier reissue Bass vi after trying one on Friday and having G.A.S all weekend and some of the hardware


I just don't know what to do.

Edited September 23, 2013 by Jimryan

[BassBus]

I'm a bit confused here. Why would you buy a bass and then change it completely? What stopped you buying a better quality bass to begin with?

[Jimryan]

Mainly the fun of it. Buy a squier and make it to how I want. It's either that or shell out a few thousand on a custom. It's a process I quite enjoy.

Plus, by buying a complete squier, I've a bass I can play, throughout the upgrade process, whilst also have parts to offload afterwards.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

I suppose option c . Again, it does seem odd modifying a new Bass. You enjoy doing these things, so options c is the way to go.
Maybe you could buy some vintage squire pieces .

[Jimryan]

It may seem odd, but makes sense to me. My other options would be to attempt to save a few Thousand and have one built to how I want and have to wait during both the save and the build. Or I could buy a blank body, do it up but only be able to play it when it's finished, or, I can buy a cheap squier jazz (like I have done) and make it to my desired spec, at a fraction of the cost, with minimal waiting time, and parts to barter with and all the while having a playable instrument.

All in all that seems perfectly logical to me.

Though, the bass vi wouldn't be modified, that's just there because I want one. It's the jazz bass I have that the parts are for. I would get vintage squier parts, got a shopping list of parts already.

[rogerstodge]

Leave the new bass as it is and spend it all on beer

[Phil Adams]

Spend 99% of it on beer, then fritter away the rest.
GAS is the reason that pubs are closing. Support your local.

[dincz]

Squier jazz + £400 = the equivalent of a custom bass costing several thousand.

Sssh! Don't tell Fender

[tauzero]

Buy a Warwick

[Phil Adams]

I would be more than happy to get a train to Portsmouth to help you out with spending 99% of your £400 on beer.
Just let me know.......

[LukeFRC]

pickups and the other thing, the Bass VI.
I don't think that a suqier will take as much to get it playing nice as you might think.

[Jimryan]

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1379955395' post='2218709']
pickups and the other thing, the Bass VI.
I don't think that a suqier will take as much to get it playing nice as you might think.
[/quote]

I know, it's more the parts I want and the work that'll need doing to it. The re-finish I'll do myself, it's the routing I'm not sure on...that and soldering, I'm awful at soldering and wouldn't know what to do with an active pre.

[ratman]

Once I started giiging my Squire P all I did was replace the wiring kit and put some decent pick ups in it. Sounds killer now.

[Roger2611]

Squier VI on order so I could really only vote one way

[steve-bbb]

a. no
b. no
c. no

they are fine as they are imho

Edited September 23, 2013 by steve-bbb

[randythoades]

I know how you feel. Modifying is great!
I have done the same with a squier Cv p bass, a homemade jazz, 2 squier stratocasters, a tokai telecaster, 2 homemade with parts Esquires and a pastcaster tele/strat hybrid... Once you start, you can't stop.
Buy the VI bass and a load of parts because you never ever achieve the goal of the perfect guitar, there will always be something that doesn't quite work or can be improved. So you sell it off on ebay for a loss and start again.
My wife points out that I spend more time tinkering with guitars than actually playing them...