solspirit
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Most certainly!I’ll also take a 25.5 Les Paul please, thanks.
School me on Squier
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That would be pretty interesting. Can't say I've tried anything like that.I’ll also take a 25.5 Les Paul please, thanks.
Samick Lover
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Me I like the Jaguar and Jazz Masters. Mine that family bought me almost 2 years ago has the nicest body, 2 point trem system instead of the standard trem system, finnish on the body, CBS headstock, a fancy neck that happens at random and a Indian Laurel fretboard and I hate that 1 thing.
They are made well.
marcello252
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they were from Fujigen factory, same as Fender Japan
marcello252
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Classic Vibe series are very, very good guitars , Vintage modified comes second.
Anyway a friend of mine gave me an Affinity Squier tele neck and I must say it's rad , 42mm at nut, healthy round C contour, fret ends without sharp edges, I put it on a 500$ alder body I had and it plays beautiful, very responsive, my only complain is the finish, pretty raw, but I will put some gun stocK oil on, it will be super
Anyway a friend of mine gave me an Affinity Squier tele neck and I must say it's rad , 42mm at nut, healthy round C contour, fret ends without sharp edges, I put it on a 500$ alder body I had and it plays beautiful, very responsive, my only complain is the finish, pretty raw, but I will put some gun stocK oil on, it will be super
GilmourD
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solspirit
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Just wax it.
GilmourD
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Affinity necks are finished. It's a really rough satin finish, though.
The fix: A good rubdown with a quality paper towel.
Nothing on it. Just grab yourself a Bounty off the roll and rub the back of the neck with some pressure with it.
donaldr
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I bought a new Squier Vintage Modified Jazz 5 string in 2017, mainly to mod it.
It's 2025 and the only things I changed are :bridge, control plate and knobs, just because I wanted them in black. I will change the tuners when one breaks as they're not the best, but they keep the bass in tune.
I had DR Black Beauties strings and it was a killer match with the black hardware and natural finish. Still trying to like flatwound strings on the Jazz, I'll probably put back the DR BB...
It's 2025 and the only things I changed are :bridge, control plate and knobs, just because I wanted them in black. I will change the tuners when one breaks as they're not the best, but they keep the bass in tune.
I had DR Black Beauties strings and it was a killer match with the black hardware and natural finish. Still trying to like flatwound strings on the Jazz, I'll probably put back the DR BB...
donaldr
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The back of my VM Jazz bass was a bit sticky. I've done 2-3 passes of 1000 grin sandpaper and it came as smooth as butter.
marcello252
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I did it, rubbing with a pretty rough paper towel and generous pressure, the neck got even warm, it worked but not entirely, I'll try some oil too, same approach
Fender_Punk
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I've consistently found that the classic vibe series has been good quality, but I'm sure there's bad examples from that series. All of the classic vibe squires I've played have been impressive for the money.
The vintage modified is more hit and miss and I would stay far away from the affinity series.
I have made quite a few 25.5" LP's to bring them closer to Fender territory. More spank. Also, it was easier to line up the trem tremplate with that scale than having to recalculate the entire thing.
GilmourD
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Well, yeah, the Vintage Modified series got a gloss poly finish, like the Classic Vibes. Affinities are different.
GilmourD
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I mean... There is a finish on there, so oil isn't going to go anywhere but your hand.
marcello252
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of course, I omitted I have to peel off some of this finish
