NGD: Squier Venus

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:51 pm

W00t!

No strings on yet as I have to fix a broken wire and borked volume pot, I think I may as well rewire the whole thing now.

Sorry for the poor phone pics.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:17 pm

Not jealous !!

B@STARD!!

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:28 pm

those do nothing for me. i like the neck, but that guitar looks like someone heated up a plastic strat and it melted.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:32 pm

Cool!

At first i thought it was a birthday cake (wtf?) or like Hotrod said a melted plastic strat.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:47 pm

I think I like the Seafoam green with the bound neck. I have never played one, but they look interesting. I am not a fan of the one volume knob, but you could put some mustang sliders to make it look nice. They also made 12 string versions of the Venus which would be cool. Fender need to reissue the XII through Squier or Classic Player. The Vista Series was an awesome example of someone at Fender trying something new. I would love to see a guitar shootout between the Venus and the Jag-stang. Courtney Love once said the Venus sounded better than the Jag-stang. Please do a You-Tube video demo when you get it back up and running. If you ever get rid of it, I might be interested. (Dibs)

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:31 pm

take off neck. need to see what neck pocket and neck butt are shaped like!!!!!

does it go like a D or a \ with the fretboard ?

i fucking love the headstock its all little and roundy like a fender palomino

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:00 pm

I played one a while back - the neck is one of the greatest things I've ever put my hands on, women included.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:34 pm

the bridge on the palomino looks like a mustached fella missing a tooth.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:13 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:the bridge on the palomino looks like a mustached fella missing a tooth.

hahaha, good eye.

i like the venus guitars alot.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:20 pm

Nice. I've always fancied a Venus.

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:26 pm

robroe wrote:take off neck. need to see what neck pocket and neck butt are shaped like!!!!!

does it go like a D or a \ with the fretboard ?

i fucking love the headstock its all little and roundy like a fender palomino

The neck follows the fretboard:

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:53 am

I love the necks on these. Probably enough to shape a body for. The Venus is OK in my book though. (CL notwithstanding)

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:08 am

Great snag on the Venus, man. I've always been intrigued by the look of them, but have never got the chance to play one. Since the guitar is Vista series, the guitar looks verrry high quality and professional. Question, how do those stock ( or at least I'm assuming stock) pickups sound?

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:44 am

I just saw two of these on ebay. One in black and one in seafoam green

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Squire-Venus ... 19b7141714

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Vista-Venus- ... 3ef970d5a4

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:10 am

tomin8r wrote:Question, how do those stock ( or at least I'm assuming stock) pickups sound?

I will get back to you on that once I get the wiring fixed up

Post by **Mike** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:57 am

Great guitars, the Jag-Stang WISHES it was as tasty as a Venus.

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:32 am

TheBurbz wrote:
tomin8r wrote:Question, how do those stock ( or at least I'm assuming stock) pickups sound?
I will get back to you on that once I get the wiring fixed up

I would like that very much

Tom

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:47 pm

that is awesome / stupid !

matthoj · Post by **matthoj** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:25 pm

i wish i had the loot and was out this way to knab this one up:
http://denver.craigslist.org/msg/1401981927.html

James · Post by **James** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:43 pm

There is one here at the place I'm staying in Alameda, also surf green. The neck is lot different to other Jap Fenders I've played. Chunkier with much bigger frets, strat scale too. It feels very nice to play. I haven't plugged it in but unplugged it seems very good. It doesn't look quite so awkward in person but it's still a bit ugly.