#vintage modified

[eriemanifest]

Vintage Chevy

[logicist]

Recently got into playing music again, following a three-year-long hiatus.

Cleaned my tele and gave it new strings, will prob adjust its neck and the string height in a near future. Tele’s are great.

[nutterwithasolderingiron]

NGD

[offsetguitarsandmind-blog]

I finally got my Squier Vintage Modified Mustang up to snuff and here’s how. 

When I bought this guitar used from Guitar Center it arrived in bizarre shape. The rolling bar on the tail piece was flipped upside down and someone placed washers under it so that it’s now a hard-tail bridge, the neck had too much relief in it, it was missing a tone knob, the strings were jumping their saddles and the bridge buzzed! This all took me awhile to figure out because I’d never inspected a Mustang before and didn’t know the in’s and out’s of one. The most important issue was getting it playable and with the action I like. 

I realized that the strings were most likely jumping out of the saddles because there was no angle to the neck and the tail piece was almost as high as the bridge so there was no downward pressure to keep the strings in place. I first put a matchbook cover in the pocket of the neck to provide an angle but this wasn’t quite enough. I took the guitar apart again and this time placed a .73mm pick to act as a neck shim along with the matchbook cover. This provided a nice angle but now the strings were almost completely flush to the neck and buzzing. That was okay because I also wanted to raise the whole bridge anyways to provide more of an angle between it and the tail piece. I accomplished this by taking the tabs off of two cans of club soda and putting that under the bridge. The poles to the bridge fit perfectly into the holes of the tabs and there is no buzz from this. The final step I needed to get the action slightly higher to get rid of all the buzzing frets was to simply raise the saddles on the bridge which created an even greater angle which has completely taken care of the strings jumping without having to change to a heavier gauge. The guitar plays like a dream now. 

The cosmetic things that were bothering me was the missing tone knob which I momentarily replaced with a small knob from my Supermoon pedal and the tortoise-shell pickguard was hideous to me. I sanded down the pickguard until I hit a nice white color. I’m really pleased with the results now but in the future I may send in the pickguard to pickguardian and have them use the template to make me a mint green or aged parchment guard. 

I have a modified Mustang bridge and new tail piece coming in from Warmoth soon and I’ll let people know if it all fits or not. I know it’s difficult getting concrete information on whether Allparts, Warmoth or Fender brand parts fit to the specs of a Squier. 

[mitskijesus]

Does anyone know where I can get a used Fender Jazzmaster (classic player, or american vintage modified, or standard)(not Squier) for less than $500?

[andreacaccese]

I really love it when I come across affordable gear that works really well. This is definitely the case of the Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass that I picked up a while ago for less than 300 euros.The instruments feels solid and well build, with reliable hardware and electronics. The pickups are Duncan-designed and rather versatile. It feels like there could be room for improvement there, but the pickups are still more than decent and I don't feel the need to replace them as this is mostly a studio instrument for me, meaning that I can pretty much dial in the sound I need in any situation with the proper equipment and signal chain.Strings, fingers / plectrum affect your tone way more than pickups do in my opinion anyways!I like it when you can actually hear instrument into the context of a mix, so I figured I'd rather not bother you with small talks or senseless noodling, so you can actually hear the bass in a real-life application

[wearelestrade]

Tibo m'a prêté un peu de matos, on va bien s'amuser !

[tinyguitarstore]

Squier Vintage Modified Precision Telecaster Bass. Sounds huge. For sale.