Fender Squier P Bass

The sticker on the back of the headstock says "Fender. 50 Years of excellence", so it was 1996. Made in China. 20 frets. 2 pots, a passive P-Type pickup. In a word, a usual P-Bass. Arctic White with a white shell. As for the wood, I'm not sure. Bought it used from a friend in 2002, for the equivalent of ~$190. It has all the features I need, but I don't need much.

I play various styles, but Precision has always been a rock bass rather than a jazz one. No one ever spit on me for trying to play jazz on it, though. The sound is OK for almost everything I play. I've played it through a Fender Bassman and Peavey's Basic and Bandit. One little flaw is there's no sustain on the low G note (E-string 3rd fret). Dunno why. A bit humming at times, but not much enough to annoy. The sound rather depends on fingers, I think. I can get almost any sound I want out of this bass. I didn't expect it to sound like an expensive one, but I was surprised that it sounded good enough anyway.

Don't know about the factory settings, since I bought it used. I have customized it to suit me, and I'm quite happy. Some complain the pickups are too close to the strings, but I think it's more often a problem of one's playing technique - I play quite softly, so it's all right with me. No flaws noticed. Looks good on me :)

I have been using it for a year and a half live and in studios in various situations, and nothing has ever got broken. The hardware is reliable. The finish is a bit worn out already, but when we have worn a thing for 6 years, it has a right to wear out, so no problem. The strap buttons are solid. There's a change in the neck behaviour during a change of season (in early winter and in spring), but with no need to readjust the rod - it's still playable. I haven't tried to bang it against a wall, so I won't say 'rock solid' - but I do rely on it.

Never needed any.

I've been playing bass on and off for 5 years, and guitar for 11 years. If it were stolen or lost, not sure I would buy exactly the same one again. The thing is, there are Squiers and Squiers. This specimen is a good one, but people say there are bad ones also. I like almost everything about mine. A lucky combination of the price and the quality. Sometimes I miss a Jazz Pickup, but well, maybe next time :)

spartanic equiped, but enough:
- strat shape (white pickguard, creamywhite solidbody)
- 4 strings
- 2split-single-coil (passive electronics)
- 1volume poti
- 1 tone poti
- classical bridge

first, it depends on the amp. you can play with a 2500? bass an cheap amp and it will sound like shit,...
...or you play a squier with an warwick-amp and it will sound warm and good.
if you don't like anyparts of the bass, you can replace them!!
the mail thing is that the body and neck ist good. and that's what it is!

the setup wasn't ideal!
i corrected the strings to the best (lower) level. now i can tap faster and the strings don't touch the frets.
when i slap i recognise that the string are too low, but this sound also grooves.

this bass is still OK. of course it has several wounds, but so it seems to be more authentic.
i think i can believe in my bass and can play without backup-bass.

the finish of the neck could be a little more better.

i gonna shit on the warranty, because everything ist still OK!

i bought the SQ P-bass as a starter set. it's my first bassguitar, but i play E-guitare for a very long time (12 years and i played 20 hours a week at least), because i wanted to improof my musical horizont.
now i slap or i play with pick or finger for 4 hours a day.

course i dream of a warwick corvette, but it' s better if you can play a cheap bass very well, than you have got an expensive bass and you're unable to play.

i found out that most of the musicians (not the professional ones), who say that an instrument is garbage, are the most terrible guitarists, i've ever heard. for those guys, a small whistle would be the best instument. maybe they hear also a difference between the different types of plastic that is used.

i think, that i would buy it again, because of its fair price and the offered quality.

it is a 4 string peice of shit if you ask me. but almost all squier guitars are

ive had one for about 3 years and ive played for about 5. At first i thought it was good because i didnt know what was good. Now i realize. it is a peice of crap. its sounds horrible with the crappy linup of pickups. to much feedback. the bridge is worthless.

well it looks ok until you hear it then it looks like it sounds. it doesnt look stunning but it is ok looking

i swear if i dropped it it would shatter into a million peices. it is very very very unreliable 3 of my friends who have had squiers have broke them, from the crappiest reasons and 2 of them were the squire p bass.

hhaha ur funny

if you dont already own a squire p bass do not ever ever ever buy one unless you wqnt a guitar to smash for fun on stage or something which is what i will be doing with my p bass peice of crap. DONT GET THIS> IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY,DUMP IT, SMASH IT, PEE ON IT FOR ALL I CARE.

2001 Squier P Bass, made in China. It is blue with a white pickgaurd. I love the colour and stratocaster/precision look! It came with a cable and tools, has one passive split-single coil stock pickup, maple neck, and alder body. Looks more expensive than it is :-)

Typically I play guitar. Have been playing for 7 years. Decided to pick up a bass to keep things interesting. Compared to the low-end Ibanez and Washburn basses, this one smoked. It sounds great, you would never know it was cheap. The pickup's are surprisingly quite and clean. The bass has a very versatile tone that is FULL. I play this bass through a digitech preamp and use it for recording at my little home studio. This bass provides me with more than i needed, and definitely more than I paid for.

The action is excellent, there is no rattle from the strings. The finish is flawless and the fit seems to be alright. No problems that I have noticed.

I only use this bass at home. I gig with a six string guitar.

Have not had to deal with them. But I must say that www.fenderplayersclub.com has been helpful for picking up some good bass tips. It's nice that they provide this free community for the musicians that have purchased their gear.

Like I said before. I've been playing guitar for 7 years; just started playing bass...many guitarists think if they can play guitar they can naturally play bass, but bass-playing is different and highly under-rated. This guitar is great for learning bass techniques as it plays well...and it sounds good for me to use for recording. My only complaint is that i wish it had a neck pickup for a more versatile sound...but I love the single coil it does have, it gives it a very raw, natural sound...but in a good way.

I would definitely buy another squier bass... infact I am so impressed with the company that the next guitar I buy will be fender (i would not buy a squier guitar because I've always dreamed about owning an authentic Fender Telecaster).

This is your typical Squire P-Bass, candy-apple red with maple fingerboard/neck. It has one tone and one volume pot and a thick yet crude pick cover (good for a place to put your thumb when it's not resting on the top half of the split single-coil pickup). Rates a 7--it is a P-bass and has all the features of one.

I play all sorts of pop: pop goes the weasle, pop goes the sarcasm, pop goes the music. It's fine for me and my song writing partner of 20 years. Actually, I quite like the sound and the fact that it's very easy to get that sound--a punchy, growl that reminds me a pack of wolves hitting the ground after falling off a cliff. I play it though a Zoom 808b and like what comes out of it and into what ever I am using to traslate the electromagnetic waves into sound waves--Traynor Bass Master YBA-1 into 2 15" Peavy Scorpions speakers, a 60 Watt RMS Garnet Deputy with an 18" speaker (and this is supposed to be a guitar amp!), the Zoom 808B, my Berhinger V-Amp 1.0, or my M-Audio Omni I/O into the computer--but I gotta watch those levels. So far I have received nothing but compliments about the sound this bass--even from people with the real things dating back to the early 70s. Unsure about recording on the hard drive--the first time I ran it direct to the Omni's pres and, well, it was hot enough for tape but way too much for digital. Have set up some compression on the Zoom and am looking forward to trying again (I usually avoid any effect that restricts the sound). My only complaint is that the pots are filthy buggers that crackle and spit when I adjust them (or kill the sound entirely). Will replace as soon as I remember to take the beast into the shop. I give it an 8 cause nothing is perfect--even for the price.

Average to good for finish, action and 'fit'. The neck is as stright was it will go. Believe me I tried--every time I crank the truss rod, it immediately loosens itself up to where it was before. Thus, the action's 1/16" higher than I'd like, so what! I kind of like fighting with some of my instruments. I actually consider guitars and basses to develop more character the more I drop them on hard, concrete-like surfaces (but you wont't catch me doing that on purpose with my G&L S-500 or my Godin Multitac nylon). The score of 6 reflects the fact that it is average-to-good in these categories.

It's surrived, unscathed, dives onto concrete flooring from hights in excess of 4 feet. I think it can survive more abuse. Have giged without a back up--it's a bass, come on. The neck is not willing to be tightened. Who cares about the finish--these things just fade with time. Besides the prettiness of an instrument rarely has much to do with it's playability or sound. It's only important for marketing and, God knows, there's too much emphasis on such crap in western society as it is.

Never contacted them. Don't much care for large corporations, anyway.

I've been playing electric stringed instruments for close to 30 years. Bass for 17 of them. If it was stolen I'd probably think about buying and drinking a case of beer--but with the cost of beer in Canada that would be close to 1/5th of the cost of the thing to begin with. Therefore, I'd probaly save the $20 for a better, 5-stinged fretless custom--unless there's some company smart enough to make stock basses with a Fishman Powerbridge type set-up to go with the traditional pick-ups (why is it that all the good ideas don't come from the corporations?). However, I do like the simplicity and sound of a P-bass so I might get another one. In reference to the last guiding question in this cateory, yes there is something I'd like to share: the prices of musical instruments, on the whole, are outrageously over priced. But then major corporations like CBS, General Foods, and the Moronic Bush Family, Inc. wouldn't be able to afford all their research into mind control (i.e., advertising/marketing).

- It's cheap
- It has four strings
- It's got the 'Fender' look, and if you blank out 'Squier' some people
might be fooled into thinking it's a real bass
- It's not bad looking. If looks and price are more to you than sound,
playability, usefulness, or anything else, this may not be so horrible
for you.
- A great guitar to destroy on stage with no guilt
- Hmm, can't think of much else

Sounds like a plywood guitar.
Hey, wait a sec...

It plays like a wet 7" thick sponge.

I've never had to adjust it, and it's taken lots of abuse sitting in the
back of my closet. The strap has always stayed on.
See? I can say good things about this bass..

Bwah! That's funny.

I have been playing bass for more than 14 years. I'm not an elitist. I
own a couple cheap basses, and a '78 Fender Musicmaster shortscale. I
knew what I was getting when I bought the Squier, and it STILL managed
to disappoint me.

This is a 1985. 4 string. Japanese made Squier Precision bass , 19 frets. It has passive elecronics with one split-coil humbucker. Controls are volume and tone. Finish is 3-color sunburst. I bought it used for 400DM. (200$)
I'll be honest with the rating. Thoe it has only one pickup and 2 controls (vol and tone) I will give it a 3. (I don't understand how can anyone give 8, 9 or even 10 for so simple bass-this rates are reserved for professional instruments with 3 band eq and piezzo)

For this price, it is far better than one could assume it to be. It doesn't fit my style anymore-acctually I'm selling it but it served well for 6 years. It is one of those basses with universal sound -that's what is good about Fenders. I played it with tone on 0, without effects, so it has beautifull warm sound; very similar to Fender. I play it live and never noticed any hum. I'll rate it in it's price cathegory, so it will be 9.

There is significant fret buzz on low action (although frets are pretty after 17 years of playing). I don't know what was it when it was new but now it deserves a 7.

It is very, very durable and reliable guitar. I play it only live and never needed backup (except once when A string broke because of year and a half of constant playing).

Never had to deal with them.

I play bass for 6 years now and it was my first bass. I would deffinitely recomend it to any begginer or player on budget. If it was stolen I wouldn't buy it anymore. It served well for years, but now it is time to replace it with Jazz bass.
One IMPORTANT thing is not to mix it with Indonesian, Korean or Chinese Squiers that are manufactured today. It is significantly beter and you can get used one for a price of a new I/K/C Sqier. They don't make them any more so if you are a begginer, need a simple bass to serve you for years, this is your choice.

not sure of the year made in "indonesia"

20 frets 4 string

1 volume 1 tone passive pickups

alder body ...

you can check the details at www.fender.com and follow the links to squier

Great for many kinds of music
i am using some funky synth pedals and a squier practice amp that came with it

good set up but i had to lower the action

some freting problems on the higher frets

I have had some wiring problems with the pick - ups but it nothing electrical tape can fix

it hasnt warped yet !

i can depend on it

i will probably not take it ti vigorius gigs without a back-up. but not because it is not reliable but because i like a variety

SO far Great !!!

Grat for the bucks !!!

this bass sounds excellent when you play funk. i play it with an ibanez distortion pedal for bass and a peavey TKO 115 amp. with some tone and eq adjustments i can play anything from funk to heavy metal

ive owned this bass for about 2 years and its still sounding absolutly excellent. ive scratched the finish a few times from being careless. ive done some adjustment w/ the pickups an it makes it sound great

the guitar is really durable. its fallen over a lot since ive got it and nothing ever happens to it. its a very solid guitar. the tone and volume knobs need tightening every 6 months or so because i play with them constantly

ive been playing bass for about 4 years now and ive owned a squire for most of them, so i dont have much of an opinion on comparing w/ other basses but in my band we play mostly funk(old style red hot chili peppers)and i play through a peavy TKO 115 amp and the bass sounds great. i lowered the strings on the bridge so all the slaps & pops sound clear and funky

I have the 1999 model which was crafted in China. It's black with a white plastic pickguard, and it comes with tone and volume knobs. It still has the original split-coil pick ups, but I removed the frets after I got a TRBII 5.

Before I pulled out the frets, I played a lot of funk stuff - mainly pre 'make yourself' Incubus - and I just loved the sound that would come out that little monster. It had a deep, trebly sort of sound which I liked very much. Once I yanked off the frets, I have noticed it has a sort of mellower tone to it but there is still a trace of the high end tone to it. I'm thinking of getting another one and just leave the frets alone after I put some DR Hi-Beams in it.

When I got this bass, I knew nothing about playing the bass. It was a very beautiful, black glossy finish. But the pickguard was poorly fitted. It bulges right by the pick ups.

This bad boy is built like a tank. I can't believe it still plays after all the abuse it's been through. I once ripped out the input jack and had to solder everything back myself after drilling a new hole for it on the pickguard. And it's been rained on, dropped, and disassembled numerous times. The gears on the tuning pegs tend to slip out of allignment, but I think that was from dropping it a couple of times.

I've never had a problem with, but I remember the guy who recommended it to me. He was very helpful since I knew nothing about bass guitars back then.

This bass goes very well with my style of playing. I'm definately going to get a second Squier P-Bass and eventually end up with the 5-string version.