NGD: Squier Venus

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:57 pm

I would love one. That they have a chunky neck only adds to their appeal to me.

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:10 pm

Well, I bought a new volume pot and fixed the wiring up, the stock pickups sound pretty average to me but that may be because I would normally be using the tone knob to muffle the tone a little bit, hate shrill tonez. I think that because the body is very light and has a large route under the pickguard the guitar has a rather acoustic quality when played clean.

Although it is one of the legendary Vista models I would say it's of lower quality and plays less well than my Chinese Jagmaster (which is excellent). It's still a very decent guitar though.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:13 pm

If you ever think about selling it. Can i has dibs?

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:01 pm

Noirie. wrote:If you ever think about selling it. Can i has dibs?

You're about the fifth person to ask

But if I do ever sell it I'll post it on shortscale first.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:55 am

There's one for sale at the local mom and pop. been there for years and just getting dustier. It'll be mine eventually, I've played it and like the neck quite a bit. pups are underwhelming however. Not even trashy sounding... just meh.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:03 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:There's one for sale at the local mom and pop. been there for years and just getting dustier. It'll be mine eventually, I've played it and like the neck quite a bit. pups are underwhelming however. Not even trashy sounding... just meh.

What color is it? I need to find some pawn shop type stores that get guitars and check them out from time to time. I think a Warmoth Jag-stang in sea foam green would be awesome.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:09 am

It's black and plays real well. The neck is great with real solid fretwork. Body is comfy, it's just a little blah plugged in, but that's an easy fix.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:29 am

here's a mint Venus just relisted on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-1997-Squier- ... 20adc5c083

Since the pickups have gotten lackluster reviews, it would cool to have an identical guard made and put completely new everything in. save the original for resale.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:12 am

TheBurbz wrote:
Noirie. wrote:If you ever think about selling it. Can i has dibs?
You're about the fifth person to ask But if I do ever sell it I'll post it on shortscale first.

I'm sure if we were to backtrack, we'd see I got a dibs in about a week and half ago... Still jealous.