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Post subject: Will Fender P-Bass bridge/pickup covers fit on a Squier?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:23 pm
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Specifically, a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Precision bass?

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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:31 pm
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Did you mean ashtray bridge covers such this one?

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Post subject: Re: Will Fender P-Bass bridge/pickup covers fit on a Squier?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:15 am
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Specifically, a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Precision bass?


YES they will fit and you can get them from Angela.com for $23.68 including the correct mounting screws. A worthwhile upgrade for a several of reasons. 1. These pickups are more fragile than second generation plastic encased pickups and the top bobbin can (apparently fairly easily) be popped off. When that happens the bass is DOA until the pickup is replaced. The pickup cover can aid in shielding the single coil pickups a bit. 2. Trousers can snag an exposed bridge pulling the instrument off the stand with equally results. Also the bridge cover is a dandy place to hide muting devices like sponge foam, felt wraps or old gym socks.

I have put covers on several basses. A long time ago I wrote up some tips on installing covers on a Jazz bass (the same tips apply to any bass) in a previous post HERE: http://www.fender.com/community/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22018

On any bass with a first generation Precision pickup I very strongly recommend installing a pickup cover. Having it on there is some piece of mind, especially when loaning your bass out to someone who might not realize the pickup's inherent fragility and decide it would make a Jim Dandy thumbrest. Using these pickups as a thumbrest has led to the demise of many of them. So has catching a string under the exposed top bobbin during over-aggressive play. Don't do either and you'll be fine. A pickup cover eliminates both risks completely. I will grant you that playing RIGHT OVER these single coil pickups gives you such amazing sounds, but getting these amazing sounds would only be worth the risk so long as you were sure nobody else was going to try to play it, such as during a recording session during which time even I remove the cover.

The pickup cover is a bit IN THE WAY, but it is better than a bass that is absolutely silent while the pickup's pole pieces are rolling around the floor of the stage, or having your buddy return your bass to you saying, "I was just playing it and it fell apart." That has actually happened. I've personally replaced two first-generation pickups for bassists because of the "I let a friend play it" issue. Never been a problem for me as I have covers on both my first-generation basses.

The pickup covers are also handy for hiding TRICK pickups like the Seymour Duncan SCPB3 Quarter Pounder which is a favorite of mine and the super quiet Lindy Fralin Split coil pickup which anyone can recognize instantly as non-stock due the seam in the top bobbin. BOTH are highly recommended depending on what you'd want it to do. The Fralin is probably the best recording pickup ever created for a first generation P-Bass, for live stuff I like the Quarter Pounder.

I have played the Squier 50's CV bass a few times and I was VERY impressed. This was the best (and by far the LOUDEST) Squier I've ever played. I even like the LP Blue color on these. Very classy. These basses have a basswood body and I've found basswood to be probably one of the best tonewoods for a bass guitar. Certainly basswood is every bit as good as alder but much lighter which is an advantage at a four hour gig. I'd have no problem gigging one of these basses after a capacitor mod and copper shielding job, which would probably be the only two mods I'd do to one other than a string change to Thomastik-Infeld EB344 PowerBass strings. The pickup on the one I tried out was amazingly good, the fretwork excellent and the intonation was DEAD ON. These are VERY good instruments for the money. And it is for sure that NOTHING sounds like a first-generation P-Bass pickup. These Squiers capture the spirit of the original VERY, VERY well with some modern day improvements too. I'd buy one if I needed another bass.


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