Squier Jazz Bass Upgrade

[FrankenWashie]

Time to get the dots in

BTW these are 6mm dots, measure existing dots carefully before ordering them and get a few extras incase you drop one.....

Dots lined up and ready to go



Take a small file and round the back edges off a bit



Then a drop of CA glue into the dot hole. Push the dot in using the back of a centre punch. Dot should sit slightly proud of the fretboard and level as possible. You can see the difference in colour with MOP vs plastic dot here



Wipe any excess CA glue away quickly with a cloth

Repeat above. All in place! I’ll wait for the glue to cure before starting on the process of shaving the dots flush with fretboard using a blade






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Lovely oainstaking word ponch!

[andrewdosborne]

Cheers guys, and for the next part..




To be continued later this evening..




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[andrewdosborne]

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[andrewdosborne]

And time for dot levelling. I ended up using a combination of small and large craft knife blades and some tape to limit the scraping area. A small file came in handy for cutting back the higher dots. The razor blades worked well for scraping the fretboard afterwards.

Takes a bit of careful work, but comes up alright in the end. Finished off with lemon oil.

All in all it came out ok. I was very apprehensive about performing this task but happy with the results










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[andrewdosborne]

Bridge on and a set up required. The Allparts Bad Ass style bridge allows me to align the strings nicely and allows a nice low action.

I think that’s it for this Squire Affinity bass. Every thing that can be upgraded has been. The only surviving original parts are the body, neck plate and neck (although it was stripped back and oiled).

Does it compare to my US and Japanese Fender basses- not quite but it has a ton of character, plays and sounds great and perfect for a knock around/gig instrument. Onto next guitar job, my long forgotten Telecaster with Nashville style pickup setup...






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[Andy40]

How did the razor blade treatment go? I usually sand the dots but it takes f o r e v e r!

[andrewdosborne]

How did the razor blade treatment go? I usually sand the dots but it takes f o r e v e r!

Well... the shaving razor blades were too lightweight to shave back the dots but worked ok for burnishing the fretboard. Stanley knife blade was too harsh, what worked best was a blade from a smaller craft knife this kind of style



Some very careful filing also helped with the higher dots...


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[FrankenWashie]

I use the Stanley replacement blades:

i find them convenient and easy to get into slightly tighter spots.