A pair of well-dressed slabs...

[Telebass]

:wub:

[ped]

Tidy. Is the one on the left actually a slab body or were you pulling mah legz

[phsycoandy]

Been wanting to sound one of these out ...........any samples available of the 51

[Mike]

Lovely stuff, I really dig these basses!

[Lorne]

Nice,although I'm not digging the scratchplate on the one on the left-2 ply would have looked better

[paul, the]

Cool! I wonder what they'd look like with the other P bridge cover.

[Mike]

Have you ever thought of changing the pups to, say the SD replacement vintage single coil, or a Darkstar for the Squire?

[Telebass]

No, wouldn't change a thing on either. The 51 is indeed a slab. The Squier is a slab with an arm contour only, a la Mike Dirnt, whose sig is now a Squier model also. Why change to the SD antiquity? It's no different at all to the stock pickup. We have a Sting in the shop here with that pup, and it was a swap for no reason...I love the big fat sound of the humbucker on the Squier, so why change it for a single coil? A modern amp can control the mud, so no problems with it as-is. And the other bridge cover would just not be right for this style P.
I love 'em!

Edited September 27, 2007 by Telebass

[paul h]

lovely.

how do they compare in a fender vs. squier deathmatch scenario?

paul.

[Telebass]

They are too different for that, really. That big 'ole mudbucker is a world away from the single coil of the 51, which is different again from the split coil humbucker in the standard Precision. This way, I have three totally different basses, all with "Precision" on the end!

[paul h]

excellent precision utilisation!

but what about playability and build quality etc?

i shouldn't really be asking...i feel a bout of GAS coming on.

paul.

[Telebass]

The 51 can hold its own build-wise with any Fender, no matter where it was built. The Squier is remarkably well put-together for something that cost 249 or less. The neck on the Squier is really nice! It would appeal to those who fancy a slab, but prefer J necks.

[EdwardHimself]

haha they actually are slabs and everything! Granted they are nice looking slabs tho. Ever since i saw the la's vido "there she goes again" i've always been curious as to how one of those basses with the massive humbucker in the neck actually sounds.

[Tait]

very nice, especially the 51. im guessing its not a real 1951 precision?