Fender Squier P Bass

2000 Squier P-Bass. Made in Indonesia. It has 4 strings and two knobs(volume and Tone. Split P pickups. Flawless Blue finish. Came with a gig bag, strap, and tools.

I play Funk and Jazz. I love the sound of this bass. No rattle or hum. The OEM Fender strings are crap though. The secret to getting this guitar to sing is to go out and get you some DR Hi-Beams. The sound went from muddy to clear and bright as soon as I put these on. Adjusting the tone knob with these on it showed a lot more variation in sound.

The intonation and action were perfect on mine strait from the factory. The finish is a close to perfect as Fender gets. Beautiful and mirror like. The knobs are sturdy and a lot quieter than my freind's PRS.

This thing can withstand a hell of a lot. I take real good care of mine though.

I bought mine from Musician's Friend. The have great customer support and I also have a warranty from Fender.

If this bass were stolen. I would hurt the person who stole it first, and then rush out and get another on just like it. For the price you cannot beat this guitar. The thing I want to do with it is get some semore Duncan pickups installed on it. I love this bass!

Made in Mexico think it a 99 4 string Squire P-bass bought it as a pageage deal with the amp and case At KRA Music in Columbus Ohio Paid aroud $300.00 Make a great starter bass and amp my son ened up playing it but I'm gonna get another for my self I usally play Rythem guitar but like to practice bass for emerancys this is a great deal for someone who don't play all the time the ony differants i see between the fender and the Squire is the finish on the bass is not as heavy on the Squier

I play country and Old Time Rock & roll My son Play hard Rock I don't use Efects and it has a good clean sound for me My son Uses a Zoom506 bass efect pedal get all the sound he need a versitle Bass We play it through a Squire 15 watt amp I have played it through a fender 100 watt amp great sound out of the bass the only thing I had to do is have intenation set a little

Pretty good had to have a little reset do on the bridge no big deal
every thing eles on the bass was great

Have just use it around the house and out a few time with my band so far so good

I believe the place i bought it would take care of any promblems I haven't had to deal with fender so can't tell you about there service but that where It best to buy from the same company I have dealt with KRA music in Columbus Ohio for over 18 years

I have been playing music for over 30 years I feel this is A great beginner or back up bass would probly buy a better bass if I played bass for a living but even if that if you take cre of the Squier I think it will last a long time

Standard Squier P-Bass, Exxxxxx serial (1986 made in Japan). Original Olympic White (ie cream) with red tortoise scratch plate now all heavily dinged from 10 years of rough gigging. Over the years Ive modified it somewhat - I hate more than 4 strings so Ive got a Hipshot on that drops E to D (Improved bass response too), Ive got a Badass II Bridge on that Im not 100% happy about - The string riders seem to be too soft but the sound is tighter and more focussed with it on. Schaller strap-locks retro-fitted too.

I went to buy a bass with DM1300,- (around $500 at the time) and found this bass for DM650 ($300) after trying several at the higher price. Soudn and feel were classes away from anything else at anywhere near the price and its been my main bass ever since. I keep meaning to buy a "real" fender as a replacement but now Ive got my Squier set-up I rarely find a precision of any make or age that plays or sounds better. Ive played everything from surf to punk and the sound has always been perfect - good low growl and enough mids for chords to shine. I play through an old Peavey MkIV with 2x8" and 2x15" (all peavey black widow). Channel 2, High gain input, high and low on 0, sweepable mids set on 800 and dialed all the way out, variable "smile" on the graphic depending on the live situation. All controls on the bass wide open and this bass cuts through two marshall half-stacks like a knife through butter.

When I got the bass I was a beginner so I dont kmnow what the factory set-up was like. The chrome fell off both poti-knobs after about 5 years and after 10 years of playing and gigging the original bridge was just a lump of rust that ate strings so I replaced it. The original fretwire was too soft and several frets wore out quite fast (3/4 years) but i had them professionally replaced and no trouble since. Ive spent quite a lot of time adjusting teh action and had to raise the nut a bit but now its sweet. Slight fret-buzz but then I play generally very hard with a pick and lots of chords so no real problem there. In the studio I have to play a bit softer to get a clean sound but thats good practice anyway.

Ive been gigging this bass for over 10 years now and I havent been kind to it. The paint has stood up pretty well, there are lots of dings where its fallen over or been thrown about but nothing has worn. The chrome (nickel?) on the knobs was a bit cheap and fell off very quickly and the bridge rusted eventually but I had sweated all over it and never cleaned it so no complaints there. A couple of the tuner blades worked loose and started to buzz so I padded them with some glue - no problems since. The neck is very very forgiving, I rarely have to adjust it. I try and have a back-up at a gig but only because I break lots of strings - the bass itself has never let me down.

Never needed it - i use a local shop for repairs if needed.

I have been playing for about 14 years. I also own an epiphone thunderbird which I love, also sounds good but is harder to play and doesnt have the cutting edge of the P (especially dont play chords on it). Im trying to get another one exactly the same as a back-up. I have played various other fenders but havent yet played another bass that I would seriously consider buying (Im not into warwicks etc) that I really preferred to mine. There are undoubtedly better instruments around but this one suits me perfectly.

2001 Squier P-Bass, made in Indonesia. Black Finish, White 1 ply Pickguard. One Tone, One Volume knob. Pretty standard P Bass stuff. Plywood Alder Body, Fender calls it "solid hardwood." One split coil P style pickup. Input jack is located on the pickguard, which makes your cable stick out and poke things. All the standard P Bass features. A learning bass or fun bass to complement your guitars.

The sounds depends on the amp you use it through. It came in a pack with a Squier BP-15, which sucks tone away and leaves a distinctly "metallic" tone (I mean like a a hollow piece of metal, not like the musical style). However, when played through other amps, sounds like a typical bass, although maybe a bit cheap sounding. I have found a very (and I mean very) cheap yamaha guitar amp that sounds terrible with my Stratocaster signifiganly improves the sound over the Squier amp. If you buy the pack that has this amp and the P bass, don't immediatly blame the odd sound on the bass, try another amp. the pickups are super cheapo standard squier issue, although if you have this bass just to complement your guitar collection or as a throw around bass, you probably won't care too much. If you want to really fix up this bass, replace the pickups with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P Bass, or DiMarzio P Bass Pickups, which will signifigantly improve the sound. On the stock pickups, the tone and volume knobs function decently, although I would not expect a big range of sound. Remember that this is strictly a throw around or beginner's bass.

When I got this out of the box, everything was set up fine. I liked it fine. But after the initial satisfaction with having the instument faded, I wanted to get rid of the fret buzz. Becuase I don't like to screw it up too much, I haven't adjusted it. If you press down on the frets hard enough, you don't buzz too much. I assume that it can be fixed with a set up, but as the buzz is very little to moderate, I will deal with it until it is unbearable. The finish looks great, although a bit normal. I personally am tired of the whole black guitar, white pickguard thing, but I really don't like the other colors avalible on this bass. The finish and wood will dent easily. I baby all my new guitars, computers, everything. I don't like to break things. But I have small dents in the back, (where no one will see it anyways) that I don't know the origin of. The nut is of course plastic, which will result in a replacement if you use the instrument too long. However, you probably will have improved enough to move on to another bass, maybe a Standard or American Standard Precision or Jazz Bass.

This Bass is decently reliable. It donesn't fly out of tune all the time, which I appreciate. I also like that you don't have to tweak it a whole lot. But the electronics and hardware are bare bones at best, and likely wont last any serious playing. As for gigging this without a backup, if you have the stones to gig this thing, then go ahead and do it without a backup. You have already proven yourself as fearless and daring.

It comes with a One year warranty that I haven's used. I can't say how good support is.

I haven't played that long, but I know what I want and need out of a bass in this class. If you are looking at this bass, then likely you want similar things that I wanted. I think it is a good, fun bass. As long as you only need something that makes a "bass like sound" then you may have a find. Tone Freaks/Upgraders, look to the Standard (Mexican) Series. There is just too much cheap hardware and low quality wood to be turned into a really really great bass. Pickups will help you if you really need a decent sound and don't want a whole new bass. A good bass for what I use it for. Cool Fender styling, and a great price. A good buy if you know what exactly you are buying and the limits that it has.

Sunburst Squier P-bass. A chinese cousin of the american Fender Precision classic. It has the basic features (tone and volume knobs, pasive electronics, four strings) but REMEMBER, this bass-guitar was designed back in 1957 so it remains true to the original.

I rate the features of this bass with a 10 because back in 1957, these features where everything you could have hoped from a bass guitar.

I use it with an american Fender RAD 25W bass amp. The sound is alright (warm, somewhat dark) if you're playing ballads like The Eagles in fingerstyle but it got pretty dull when playing KISS so I have to go using the pick very close to the bridge to get a punchier/lighter/metallic sound. I have played the original Fender Precision bass and what I know is that Fender sound is kinda frustrating if you're going to play KISS.

The problem with the sound is the same problem all pasive Fender basses have but if you're looking for a good bass at this price then this is the right choice. Really better than YAMAHA, Epiphone, Washburn and Samick.

A good trick here is to change strings for better ones. The strings supplied are very low quality.

As I've pointed before, this bass remains true to the Fender P. The fourth tunning peg feels kinda loose and it came with a poor quality nut but these problems are alright if you consider the price of it.

While it doesnt have the shinny look on the headstock the finish of the body is great (sunburst). The day I went to purchase it I checked all the Squier basses and could notice that most of the colored basses, even some sunburst finishes are honestly an immense turn off. Some shapes are slightly different that the real Fender bass but, rare thing, if you watch closer the thing you're buying you can find that some of the instruments have really a high quality finish, equal of better than some of the Fenders. I thought it was pretty strange that P-basses from the same manufacturer are out there having drastic differences between them. The one I finally purchased looked so good that all of my friends pointed at the finish by saying that it was so "exquisite".

All in all, about finish I would encourage the people with this bass in mind to check closely the differences between basses from this very manufacturer...

Rather heavy and well constructed. Nothing to miss from the Fender you can buy in the same music store. If you really want to know what's good or bad about this bass then ask about the Fender because it is basically the same thing but made with cheaper workers from Industries in undeveloped countries.

The input for the cord plug went loose once, nothing that you can't solve yourself but I used the service because I wanted them to check everything else on the bass. The people where very kind and even gave me some tricks to keep it in excellent shape.

It may sound rather weird. Four years ago I decided I was going to play bass (I played guitar) because I needed something to absorb my free time and emotions after my girlfriend left me. The best decision I have ever made (the bass, not the girl!)...

While the sound is somewhat dark for my taste, the finish and knobs of the one I have are really amazing. The only thing I hate from this bass is the white pickguard -would have liked to ahve a black one but there are no Squier sunbursts with black pickguard, sad to say...

Apart of this, I am planning to replace the pickups for a Gibson EBO Humbucking pickup but this is just because I like the way that those early 70's Gibson basses sound.
I can say that the only difference between Squier and Fender apart of the name are the tunning keys, pickups and strings.

I recommend this bass to anyone interested in a good instrument at this price range (I rate it with a 9). Obviously, if you want to pay up to $1000 then I think the Rickenbacker or Alembic basses are the best ones around.

Pretty basic, nothing too special but it does the job.

I play indie/punk/rock and it sounds good through a decent amp but through a smaller practice amp the E and A strings loose some of their depth.

The bass was pretty well set up and it everything was where it should have been.

The body and neck of the guitar is bomb proof but the tone knob keeps falling off so you have to keep a screwdriver handy. I do use it without a backup and overall its quite reliable.

Never had any problems

Fairly good quality cheap bass that sounds reasonable and is good to play.

4 string bass with 2 controls (volume and tone.) Tone control makes very little difference to overall sound nomatter how much you turn it.

I play mostly punk- this bass sounds great! It is really punchy and warm sounding but is deep sounding too. The E and A strings sound good but the D and G strings are too loud and come out of tune easily.

Strings come out of tune easily but the rest of the bass is solid. The shiny black finish chips relly easily though. Nothing else on this bass had to be adjusted (apart from when I snapped the scratchboard)

I have played this bass for 6 months now and it has withstood bangs and crashes into doors and walls. It worked well live (no need for a backup) but my strap comes off really quickly. The bass hasn't needed to be repared and when the scratchboard snapped it wasn't due to dropping the bass. (The lead was in the bass and when I pulled it out I bent the scratchboard snapping it.)

Never needed to contact fender.

I bought this bass as a starter bass and it has performed brilliently. Take care of it and it will last a long time. I don't own any other bass and don't need to (this bass will sound good for ages) but I hope to get a new bass soon. If someone stole my bass I would hunt them down and retreive it or buy a new one. My friend owns a washburn which sounds bad next to mine (to high pitched and stringy.)

4 string bass, with only 2 controls (volume and tone) with a bad finish. This is a passive bass with a precission body style.

If you like Maiden, and you're starting to play you will find this kind of KLA KLA sound in this bass.
The first and second strings sounds pretty good, but the third and the last are quite noisy and so much dark.

The finish is horrible specially the controls, but the touch of the strings is pretty good.

Is a cheap bass and is made just to play, so this bass will souns allways in the same way, don't woory about it!

Don't know! When i have problems a resolve them by me.

Good bass to start to play, even you can play live with it...Begginers allowed.

Standard Mexico 2000-01 Squier P-Bass. There's not much I can say about it, its all standard stuff.

Tone and Volume, but the Tone doesn't do much for me.

Nice for price though.

Decent, but I'm only a beginner (3 months!)

Does buzz a lot, especially on the two end strings (G- and E-strings), but you can get around that by a few things, so it does stop.

There's little variety to the sounds, unless you tune it to quarter steps or something... it does make a solid sound though, especially for the price .

The bass was set up fairly well when I got it from Guitar Center.

Some of the pegs do loosen pretty easily though.

Pickups were pretty good, but the are set so that the E string clicks on the pickups some... it does get annoying after a while.

Finish is good.

Everything on this is sold. I've actually dented walls with this.

If i dont do anything stupid, the stuff probably will last, but I'm hoping to change a lot of it to get different sound.

The strap buttons are solid.

No chance to use, and don't want any. Heard Fender's tech support is awesome.

It's a good beginning bass for beginners. The ringing is VERY annoying until you find out how to fix it.

If it were stolen, I'd seriously track the person down. Just because I'm broke most of the time. (fragments are fun)

It sounds pretty good with this 5-string the guy who's teaching me has.

I wish the tuning pegs would lock. that would make my E-string very nice.

Bought in 1997 as a starter bass. Made in Indonesia. 4 string, 20 frets. One volume, one tone, split P-style pickups, passive elec. No frills basic bass. Can't complain for the money

Beginner bass with a beginner sound, very limited.

Action was very good for the price, neck was relatively straight. Fretwire wasn't files very well, but at least I have never sliced my hand on it.

Solid construction all around. Pickups crapped out only 3 weeks after I bought the bass. Good beater bass otherwise.

Never dealt with Fender directly. Took to GC repair for warranty pickup replacement. Replacement pickups had to be ordered from Indonesia. Took 5 weeks. GC tech installed loaner pickups so I could continue playing.

A good bass for a beginner fir the price (not committing too much $$$ and finding out bass isn't for you). Bass is for me and I outgrew this one in about a year. Bought a used Zon from a friend (like night and day). Sold the Squier to my boss for $100.