New Squier CV 50's P-Bass on Ebay

I am thinking of taking up playing bass guitar. When I started playing at age 10 I wanted to play bass, my hands were just too small. Fast forward 50 years of playing guitar...I recently tried playing bass and surprised myself as well as other musicians on how well I picked it up like "a natural" :lol:

I bought a CV Tele 2 years ago and love it. Excellent player and sound, great value.

So, I found a Lake Placid Blue CV 50's P-bass on Ebay for $279 shipped. Thinking of treating myself to it.

Anyone have any opinions on the Squier CV P-bass or know anything about the ebay seller?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Squier-by-Fender-Classic-Vibe-Precision-Bass-50s-MN-Lake-Placid-Blue-New-/180831157675?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a1a607dab#shId (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335828755&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F2011-Squier-by-Fender-Classic-Vibe-Precision-Bass-50s-MN-Lake-Placid-Blue-New-%2F180831157675%3Fpt%3DGuitar%26hash%3Ditem2a1a607 dab%23shId)

a fine way to start off. if it doesn't work out for you, the price was very reasonable. if you continue to learn and play, this Squier will do you for a very, very long time. I have the Sting bass which is virtually identical and it's a pleasure to play.

A friend of mine had this P54 copy. Some "historic faults" to a "Fender fetishist" like me, but a really fine bass with a wonderful (non-historic) neck.

Don't know why Fender/Squier called this colour "Lake Placid Blue". This colour wasn't invented/mixed/known when this kind of Precision was sold. "Metalic Blue" or "Pacific Blue Poly" would have been a much better name ...

The "pre 57" Precision has a more straight sound than the "punchy" P57+" Precision.
The pre 57 also hums (as it has a single soil PU).

In the end, love should be most reasonable.
If you love this bass, buy it! The Squier CV basses mostly have an excellent quality. The neck is "modern" - which means easyer to play if you have "standard hands" ...

Thanks for the replies. I know the color isn't period correct but I've always loved that color, would have got the CV Tele in that color if it was available. I understand that a couple features have been updated. I looked at the CV 50's and the CV Jazz but this one really caught my eye. It's probably going to be the last guitar and only bass I ever buy.

Then the problem becomes, what kind of amp to buy? I wish I never sold my '68 SF Bassman! (although by now it would be a permanent piece of furniture...an "unmoveable feast" as it were...)

I've just started learning to record with Garageband so it will most likely be used for recording at first, the amp dilemma will have to wait but any suggestions are welcome.

I've been having trouble finding people to jam with lately since my last band dissolved, there are just SO many guitar players around. When I was in a group, a good bass player was the hardest thing to find. So, maybe this will make me more popular with the other kids and get me some more playing time.:lol:

Bass players get more work, and it's true... every band needs a bass player... and they are rarer than guitar players by a long shot.. I got a 60's CV P bass in the sonic? blue, and I'm learning more bass these days instead of so much guitar playing, also. I like my '98 Dano Longhorn reissue, too. It has a shorter scale and is easier for me to play... Good luck with whatever you get. R

Longtime bassist here.

OP: regarding bass amps, I gotta ask; what's a priority? Tone, weight, or price? I have suggestions for all but need to know what your limiting factors are. Most people love the tone of an SVT or V4B, but then quickly fall out of love with that idea when they find out the heads along weigh north of 85 pounds.

What I'm using:

For cabinets, I've been pleasantly surprised by Carvin's 4x10. Sounds quite nice, handles enough power, and most importantly for this 46 year old with a bad back, weighs just a little over 60 pounds. I also have an original SWR Goliath I which stays in the studio these days - 110 pounds.

It's a lightweight paradise out there for bass heads these days. TC, GK and MarkBass are all making extraordinarily light heads with monster amounts of power.

Looking for something light and small with decent tone. I'm probably not going to playing any large venues, small bars is more of a probability.

I saw a bass player using something that looked like a cube, maybe 18" square, it was tiny but put out some decent sound. I have no idea what make it was but would like to find something along those lines.

Here is a video that contains that bass player, you can barely see the amp down on the floor beside him, it's solid state and pushes air for its' size.

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Ampeg makes nice bass amp combos. I have a yr. 2000 Ampeg 100 watt combo with a 15 inch speaker. It's called the B-100 Rocket. I love it, but I don't think that they make it any more,.. but they do have 15" combos with 100 ore even 200 watts. They are solid state.

If you want to get started right away with Garageband, I highly recommend IK Multimedia's Ampeg SVX (http://www.ikmultimedia.com/ampegsvx/features/). Four beautiful sounding amps with a lot of creative options - and the best compressor for bass guitar (in the form of a compressor "pedal") that I have use with a DAW. It might tide you over until you figure out what non-virtual amp to get.

More power. A single 15" will do for a lot of gigs. Bass amps are the opposite of guitar, you need it clean and so you need more watts than you might think. I have found over the years that for a single 15" or a single 4x10" you probably need about 300 watts to make it happen, even for the smallest of gigs.

The Fender Rumble 350 looks like a nice amp.

Yeah, I'm thinking 1 -15" and plenty of clean power, not the same thing I'm looking for from my guitar amps which are all tube. Thanks for the info.

I love that blue Squier SCPB bass! It sounds awesome through an Ampeg.

Well, I just pulled the trigger and bought it.

How do you like it?

Well, I just pulled the trigger and bought it.

I think you're going to enjoy it, and $279 is a good price. I picked up a 60's CV P-Bass in Sonic Blue a little while back for $260 and couldn't be happier. Sounds and plays great, and looks just purdy. :mrgreen:

I bought it from the ebay seller, should be here next week...

I know the color isn't period correct ...

That's wrong!
I even have the photo of a metalic blue Precision 1955 (together with a pink one) on a trade fair ...

The colour is right because Fender offered every "available car colour".
The only thing wrong about this "blueish colour" is the naming of the colour - not the colour itself. LPB was not available at that time - but some other blue metalic colours which looked nearly the same.

All "blond" colours are also "wrong" ...
Fender call the colour "blonde" and not "blond" - and it never had a "surname" (like Buttersotch / honey / white +++). The exact colour depends on the year and the mood of the Fender workers ... :lol:
The only way to get the "blonde" you really want was to buy it directly in a shop. If it had to be ordered, you never knew that you get ...

Thanks for the info Cadfael, I stand corrected.

Whatever the color is called, I like it and have always wanted a guitar that color. Looking forward to the Fedex delivery this week.

You are gonna enjoy that bass. I love mine, bought used...1 week old $200. Put the covers on her and have been using it for the last couple of years.

Just scored 2 Bag End S15D cabs and an Ashdown EVO head too!

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Looks great with the covers...nice amp too.

Mine should be delivered today.

I'm "sitting on a cornflake..."

Just delivered and unpacked...looks great, feels good, now to learn how to play it!

Just delivered and unpacked...looks great, feels good, now to learn how to play it!

By the way, I've mentioned this many times before in this forum, but I immediately bought a Seymour Duncan 51 P-Bass pickup before I even heard the bass (duh) figuring that it would need a pickup change. I played my first gig with the bass stock and the pickup was sent off to another TDPRI member!

Enjoy your new bass!!

So far, I love it!

The fit and finish is just fine, fret work is beautifully smooth, intonation is perfect, the neck has some really nice grain pattern going on...the only thing I would change is the strings to flat wounds, but not for awhile yet. I'm not an aficionado but I'm impressed.

The only thing I have to play it through is Garageband, I have some nice Altec Lansing monitors with a powered sub-woofer...it sounds GREAT!

The only thing I have to play it through is Garageband, I have some nice Altec Lansing monitors with a powered sub-woofer...it sounds GREAT!

Yes, I did the same...Thomastik Infelds Jazz Flats! None better, but 1/2 the price of the bass! :lol: