Could you perform your current role on a Squier Bass ?

[lojo]

Could you perform your current role on a Squier Bass ?

Assume you could walk into a shop and buy any current Squier model , have it set up to your liking and go and perform your current gigs or recording duties ?

Of course you may prefer something else , but would your sound cause any problems for your band members , engineers or audience ? 

If you vote No , please explain , but it can't be for any personal reason (unless you physically couldn't play it) only if you think it would bother someone else as mentioned above 

Edited March 26, 2018 by lojo

[lojo]

I've voted yes , despite owning 4 Fenders , 1 musicman and 2 other basses 

Edited March 26, 2018 by lojo

[Bassalarky]

Yes, I could. It is great to have variety and choice though.

[Geddys nose]

Yes easily and do with my Dirnt P bass my go to rough pub bass.

[chris_b]

Could I perform my current role on a Squier Bass?

Yes I could. I could also get by on a 4 string Squier bass if I had to.

Find me a 5 string Squier that weighs 4kg or less and I'll buy it tomorrow. Also has to be 3 ts with rosewood fb and tort.

 

[AndyTravis]

Yup.

As effectively I do nowt. Hahahahaha.

I used to have a lovely 83 squier. Gigged it in favour of many more “expensive” basses...

My stuff is lovely and when I get chance it’s nice to play the CS jazz which effectively replaced the 83.

[Vinny]

Yes, and did so until quite recently. I sold my Squier VMP5 to pay for my Fender, and I'm sometimes not really sure how much of an upgrade it was.

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[Woodinblack]

Well, I said no, but that isn't entirely true. Of course I could, anyone could, but I only really use a 5 string now, so I would have to rejig the way I am playing things, because fender don't make good 5s. So no, because squiers have the same problems as fenders.

In my last group I played a squier (classic vibe 70s P) for about 6 months, but that was all 4 string stuff - if I was still doing that, I would still be happy with the squier, or the Jazz bass that I switched to afterwards. 

[Earbrass]

As my current roles both involve me playing an unamplified nyckelharpa, I'm going to have to say "no".   However, when I last played bass in a band I used a Peavey Milestone, so a squier would be a step up the poshness scale. 

[la bam]

Yes. Anyone who knows their stuff should be able to get a decent sound out of any bass. Squiers easily give a good sound.

[rushbo]

I rotate three basses with my current band. They're all bitsas and they're all predominantly made up of Squier parts. My favourite bass has a Squier neck which came from an instrument I paid the princely sum of £25 for. It's beautiful. I would have absolutely no problem playing an "off the peg" Squier as long as I could tweak the string heights a bit. I'd put an Indonesian Squier bass up against a Mexi Fender any day.

[Jus Lukin]

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[MacDaddy]

No for me, as not enough frets. At both ends. 

[lojo]

3 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

No for me, as not enough frets. At both ends. 

Great answer , what sort of stuff do you play ?

[FinnDave]

Yes, no problem. I enjoy using my Fenders, they aren't preventing us from keeping a roof over our head or depriving my children of food ( at nearly 30 years old, they can afford their own food!), but if things changed, I could play what I play on a Squier just as easily.

[Cat Burrito]

Not only yes, but I did! My last album (critically acclaimed in Q, Mojo etc) was recorded on two Squire basses. I also took the Squiers out on the road and played London's O2 with them. Twice. 

[lojo]

4 minutes ago, FinnDave said:

Yes, no problem. I enjoy using my Fenders, they aren't preventing us from keeping a roof over our head or depriving my children of food ( at nearly 30 years old, they can afford their own food!), but if things changed, I could play what I play on a Squier just as easily.

That's pretty much how I view my basses

[AndyTravis]

This was mine. Sold it here many moons ago...

[BigRedX]

I bet some of you will be surprised to learn that I voted "yes".

It would have to be a 5-string as there are songs in both band's sets that require the low B string. Also it wouldn't be much fun to do it as I don't find the shape of either J or P basses very comfortable to play, but I could do it if I really had to.

Of course I'd also have to customise the body shape and finish to make it more interesting looking. And get rid of those horrible over-sized clunky machine heads...

[TheGreek]

I don't get this question - why couldn't you? 

I've been in shops before and tried genuine Fenders against Squiers and found the latter felt better, played better and sounded better.

The label doesn't make the difference Shirley.

[SH73]

I record my songs with squier jazz bass.  it's sooooo versatile. 

[BrunoBass]

Yes. 

I regularly gig my £100 J&D Jazz copy at gigs where I don’t want to take my Fender Jazz Deluxe.

[4000]

Yes, and have done many times, with a Korean P. To be honest it was generally more succesful in a band situation than most of the high-end actives I’ve used.

[goblin]

Yes, as long as it's got 5 strings as my gig requires it, and I'd need to drop some sort of pre amp in it, again because the gig requires versatility. 

I was always taught to make sure I can make any instrument sound plausible at the very least, as bad technique etc will show up even more on a top end bass than a bottom of the range bass. Okay, I was a tad spoiled as my first gig bass was a Wal (my old man is also a bassist), so I learnt very quickly about technique and such. 

The main bass (well until today), was a Warwick Infinity NT5,  with a Jazz Elite V as backup. I'm waiting for my custom build to be completed to the Jazz will become my main, and the backup is going to be a Squier. I have no issues or concerns with that at all. I'll make sure it's well setup, I'm borrowing it so won't be able to drop a pre in it, but it'll at least get me through to the end of the gig if anything was to happen to my main bass.

[Les]

I do