Not just for kids. I’ve been Professional Musician for 50 years. A number of years ago arthritis robbed me of the professional use of my hands. I’m in therapy now and it’s a slow road back, but thank God for these mini-guitars from Squire. When the mini Strats came out I bought two of them!

@raknroll07

2 жыл бұрын

Same here psoriatic arthritis and i got the ibanez short scale. Don’t be fooled by the size of these guitars. Great tone, very easy to play, lightweight and you wont hit the guy nxt to you.

@jackfisk2840

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I'm recovering from a minor stroke which affected my left hand (spread on the finger board) I have a vintage P bass which I now struggle to play running style. I bought one of these a couple of months back and its been a god send to my playing. I thoughly reccomend short scale bases now, in particular, these Squires. You will need to set it up, as they do come from the factory a bit loose, but there's plenty of videos on this.

@fuzzfrancis435

2 жыл бұрын

I will soon be 51, and the old hands don't work like they used to. This helped me make a decision on getting one of these beasts!

@skraegorn7317

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, my dad has arthritis and his current favorite guitar is a Taylor GS Mini because of the short scale. I actually love short scale guitars because I'm mostly a jazz player and it's a lot easier to reach some of those weird chord voicings. My dream guitar is a Byrdland, but I'm happy with my Jaguar for now.

@mrufino1

2 жыл бұрын

@@raknroll07 PA here too (after being through ulcerative colitis and associated surgeries 28 years ago), mustang p/j has been my main bass for the past few years, but at one point was so bad that a u bass was my main gigging bass. After a difficult gig the other night, I’m looking at some 28.6” scale instruments again.

I got one I can take it anywhere the park sitting around and jam I'm a,truck driver so it works well in my truck

@AndreaAustoni

3 жыл бұрын

Few things are cooler than a truck driver playing bass.

@ohcaptainmycaptain3019

3 жыл бұрын

True. They are excellent for carrying around to the BBQs etc. Everybody can have a go at it, and you won't be overly protective.

@xTheNameisEthan

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndreaAustoni hey that’s me as well lol

I love the aggressive high end punch coupled with the fat bottom end. This bass tone rules.

@farisfuad1150

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

Out of everything on this bass. I'm liking the tuning pegs

This is a really nice sounding unit! With closed eyes you can hear the p - just slightly more crispy

I just bought one. While it's an excellent choice for a young player, it's also a great choice for old guys like me when weight is an issue. It's very comfortable to play and sounds really good.

@mixvideos616

Жыл бұрын

May I ask how muco is the weight? Thanks.

@ventintothemic

Жыл бұрын

@@mixvideos616 I haven't weighed mine, but specs indicate 5.95lbs. (2.7kg). Feels right.

@mixvideos616

Жыл бұрын

@@ventintothemic Thanks for your answer! 👍

Great bass I have one It's not about size it's how you use it this fits in a guitar hard shell cases and it is easy to travel with anywhere It's great to practice on or jam every where

Anthony, you’re awesome. You rang up so many nick knacks for me back in the day, and I love it when I search for reviews of this bass and you’re topping the list. Guarantee you’ve sold a lot of people on this one.

I got a red one. The hardware is pretty good quality for the price. I replaced the jack with a Switchcraft (the original is just fine for home use). The original bridge is about 0.5cm too far back. Setting intonation for the original strings barely leaves any adjustment. It's possible you may need longer intonation screws if you change to different strings. I replaced the bridge with a Gotoh and had to swap the A string screw with a longer one from the original bridge. The bass is very well made and even has properly grounded shielding paint in the pickup cavity. As other people have commented the pickup isn't great, but as long as you roll back the tone a bit it's quite usable.

Wow, that bass makes you look giant! 😄

@theranter

3 жыл бұрын

I have an even smaller bass, Samick MCR-1, it’s a 24 3/4” scale... it’s tiny... but it sounds pretty good.

I just bought one of these. I was kind of shocked at how good the pickups are in it for 250 bucks this thing is a steal. Kind of like a toy but at the same time just like super awesome and fun to play! After I bought it I brought it over to my friend's house to show him and he couldn't put it down either yeah great pickups in this thing and super fun to play it's a total win I think this thing is awesome and I'm probably going to have it for the rest of my life.

I'm 5'3, I've been looking at basses for a while and I settled on this one and I'll have enough money for one and an amp next month

@Deatg-ek8rf

9 ай бұрын

Enjoy!

At the moment I headline my own living room. If I ever get to the point where I’m playing paid gigs. I’m sure the guitar companies will provide me with instruments. Until then I’m more than happy to play the cheap instruments.

I use my mini Strat much of the time recording my crap songs at home, just cos it's unobtrusive, and I've got no complaints re the sound. I want this now.

That sounds great. I want one,would be cool for traveling with.

Cool little Squire bass !

Just want to say thanks for the awesome videos guys. Yours are the best video reviews going around. I recently purchased a Classic Vibe 50s P Bass based solely on your review of that and I wasn't disappointed! Thinking of adding one of these to my collection also... Collecting basses (especially cheap but decent ones) has become a new 'sickness' for me... 😉🤣

@funky_monk_9796

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100% every word dude! Empire Music is the best for guitar and bass demos. I too love collecting the best of the affordable basses. Squier all the way. I'd never pay £4000 for one Fender Custom Shop, but 10 Squiers well... 😀

The Squire Classic Vibe Mustang bass has a laurel neck and a vintage style, oval, split coil pickup. The Bronco bass has a Mustang body, one single coil, Stratocaster guitar pickup and a maple neck. The Bronco looks like a Musicmaster bass. This Mini P-bass also has another advantage. The Bronco bass bridge features a pair of dual saddles, like the original Musicmaster bass. This means, there is only one intonation screw and two height adjustment screws for each saddle pair. You do not have full individual string height and intonation adjustability. In contrast, this Mini P-Bass bridge has four separate saddles. Each saddle features two height screws and one intonation screw, allowing for full adjustability on each string. Because of the limited tonal quality of the single Strat guitar pickup and the lack of full adjustability on the Bronco, I would guess that the Mini P-bass is superior to the slightly more expensive Bronco. My suggestion for the bright harshness on the D and G strings, is to lower and tilt the treble side of the split coil pickup. This will make it farther away from the two brightest strings and possibly give the bass better tone and balance. I believe that flatwound strings are the best choice for shortscale basses. They usually require more tension than roundwound strings. Flatwounds will give the bass a more mellow, woody tone and the greater string tension will decrease that floppy, rubber band-ish feel of the looser, roundwound, shortscale strings. Also, this is supposedly a bass for kids. Flatwounds feel like butter on your fingers, compared to roundwound bass strings, which would hurt a newbie's tender fingertips a lot more. If I had to do it all over again for my son, I would've let him struggle for a few weeks on roundwounds and then, I would've bought him some flatwounds, just to see the smile on his face, when he felt that silky smooth sensation of playing on strings that don't feel like damn cheese graters.

@skybluemarshall

2 жыл бұрын

@Anne Henriksen I stole that line from the legendary sideman, Phil Chen, who recently passed away, RIP. Phil owned a 62 Fender P bass and he never changed the strings after he bought it used. His Labella flatwounds were over 50 years old. Phil was a great character. I enjoyed his interviews very much. It was funny to hear a Chinese guy who grew up in Jamaica brag about his ancient strings with a big smile on his face: "I nevah change muh strings. James Jamerson, he's muh idol, you know. He said, da dirt keeps da Funk, so I nevah change dem. I play da really tick, heavy guage, LaBella flatwoonds, you know. Dat's a mon's bass. I don't like dem tin little cheese cutta strings, you know".

I ordered this bass guitar today so it can come to my nearest store in a few days and I can buy it!! I'm so excited to play it and learn more stuff on it! (I've been playing for a little over a month)

Thanks for the video, I wasn’t sure what Squier meant by mini. What a cool novelty!

Great review! Lot's of good one liners as well... "I feel like I could put it on my rearview mirror" XD awesome

i really feel like getting one of those because it wouldn't only bridge the gap between my u-bass and the other basses if i ever get some wall-hangers, but i'm also a huge vulfpeck fan and this thing is exactly the kind of hilariously funky instrument i wanna jam on every once in a while - plus my other p bass just has too many knobs!

@williamperri3437

7 ай бұрын

There’s also the discontinued Squire Jaguar short scale bass.

Thanks for taking the time to do this great review! Would even be better if you found the time to reply to some of the good questions in the comments though. ;-)

Finally, a bass-mate for the Mini Strat 🤟

@arandomfireant4132

4 жыл бұрын

ikr

@joelanderson_t

3 жыл бұрын

@@arandomfireant4132 Sorry for the late reply, but absolutely. Fender should've made this at least 5 years ago. I have a Bronco Bass and it plays well, just working on pickup modifications. But this P-Bass is a short-scale and a stalemate for the MiniStrat.

I love the growl! It's great

@EmpireMusicPgh

2 жыл бұрын

Killer bass for the size and $$!! Thanks for watching - Anthony

I'm getting one for my little son and I'm replacing those pickups with Steve Harris signature pickups (part # 11402-13). If they don't fit, I'll make them fit anyway!

I have really small hands so this is perfect for me!

That should be a nice bass for traveling and practicing.

Excellent video you have a great talent in making reviews

Magicaly its sound awesome

Luv to see a red one demo.

I want to learn what you just played!! It's so funky.

i kinda want one just to do up and make a little weapon, would be a fun little project

Put some LaBella Deep Talkin Flats for short scale on that and it would sound amazing.

@donh5794

2 жыл бұрын

Those Deep Talkin' strings are nice. Have them on my Sterling by MM.

@blatantenigma3374

4 ай бұрын

Or Thomastik..

I'll get this one...ASAP

I want one!!! The pickup looks almost like a Jazzmaster’s taking up all the space. Sounds great! Would like to get flats for it!

@ktown0173

3 жыл бұрын

I have one! I want flats aswell but they’re so hard to find ones in proper size

I want one just for noodling while sitting in front of the tv or sitting on long conference calls, and inexpensive enough to just kind of drag around the house without being super careful about it.

I need one of these¡!!!!!!!¡

Damn. I was just looking at short scales for my 4yo son. I'm down in Peters TWP too. Might have to make the trip up.

@EmpireMusicPgh

4 жыл бұрын

Come on down! We can show you the basses in person. Feel free to call us @ 412-343-5299, if you have any questions!

difference between this and the bronco? Currently I have seymor duncans rails in my bronco but I kinda like that neck color and the low-end sound.

It grunts like the big one. I may even say, it sounds better than many mid-priced Ps I have heard.

Very well done review, thank you.

Sound like a great deal, I am a guitar player but some times I like to play some Pino.

@EmpireMusicPgh

3 жыл бұрын

PINO RULES!!! No better player to emulate in my book! Thx for watching - Anthony

Sounds better than the full scale

This would be the first KZread video on the Squier Mini Precision Bass.

Flats should take care of the brash high end.

Great review thanks.

Cool Lil bass !! What Amp were you using ?

I can tell that higher harshness which is his only real criticism is ok, I'll put flats on and I got a Dimarzio P pup hanging fire, so Def gonna get this, thanks

I want one!

Great review sir😎

One question! Do you think it could be used to play in a live concert? Or would not have enough sound and quality for it? Thanks. Regards!

How does this compare to the discontinued Squire SC Mustang bass? I can’t find a Mustang for less than 400.00 used and they were 200.00 brand new.

I wish they had a 5 String Version w/ a Low B cause it would have kids teach them the lower notes.

@brunocyclist

2 жыл бұрын

There's the excellent Ibanez GSRM25 for that.

@RockStarOscarStern634

2 жыл бұрын

@@brunocyclist Yes & now those kids could play Church Gigs

Yo ANTHONY!!! Killin' it!! I think I need one of these, just for fun... :)

awesome comments.I am gifting a fender mini copy tomorrow.He my older brother who plays bass in our Metal band but struggles with the full length necks on his Ibanez SRX and his Spector Legend.I know it will be fun.

Right as I decided on an Ibanez Mikro, much to think about

@Metalbass1979

3 жыл бұрын

You made the right choice. These mini P basses are really good, but the Mikro can be set up to play like a dream and is more versatile. I have a friend with the mini P and I have the Mikro. I've traveled the world with that little sucker. It's gig bag fits perfectly in airplanes.

@joelanderson_t

3 жыл бұрын

There’s also a 5-string version of the Mikro bass, officially made by Ibanez. However, they have Jazz Bass layouts on the pickup set. I played one and it’s totally great for the the price. It can even djent for a short-scale.

Can I use it for church

Can i used it for live concert?

Is this bass better than squier bronco bass?

I have one for my van.

Hey thanks man, good review. Let me ask you a question: do you like to play games? Like GTA or Red Dead Redemption 2? But games are for kids right? Hell no man! And the same goes for short scale or mini basses: just play them if you like them. It's great fun and the good ones sound awesome. Great for everybody, young and old, big or small.

@thegreatboppilini9006

4 жыл бұрын

It's smart to play with your back in mind.

@lunawroblewski

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I started with a full size bass. It was hard for me to play. I got the bronco a few years ago and I love it, I just wish I could adjust all the strings and intonation as well as get the p bass sound. Now I can get that!

@WimRijksen

4 жыл бұрын

@@lunawroblewski Great! And if you should want a more modern shape bass with a P and J pickup, for more versatility, check out the Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro bass, which is also awesome. Plus it's also 28.5 inch scale length like this Squier.

@lunawroblewski

4 жыл бұрын

Wim Rijksen it’s funny that you bring up Ibanez because the other bass I’m looking at is the Talman 30. It’s also PJ and would probably be closer to what I’m used to on the bronco being 30” scale. I’m still thinking about it all though, and need the extra cash haha

@WimRijksen

4 жыл бұрын

@@lunawroblewski Haha yes I wondered if I should mention the Talman because it's great too. Just 1.5 inches longer scale and about half a pound heavier, I guess. The neck profile is a bit different too. Not a major difference but you should try to compare the two, if you can find a shop that has them both in stock. Either way, both of them are a great choice.

I wanna get one and set it up as a four-string baritone guitar.

@jokerstoe

Жыл бұрын

why

Would you use this bass as a guitar player putting bass tracks on your homegrown recordings?

@EmpireMusicPgh

3 жыл бұрын

Sure!! Why not? You may encounter some sonic short-coming, but at that price it will be very easy to play and sound pretty good. You can do so much in DAW programs EQ-wise that you can probably pull out a fine sound. Thanks for watching - Anthony

I définitely don't need this... Really want it though!

would this be good for a guitarist that just wants to play joy division and smiths bass lines?

@BukanIbuMu

2 жыл бұрын

No. the frets arent enough. You need a full scale for the octave stuff.

Overall a good video. I'm looking for my first bass and sticking to short scales, so I just tried the Mini last night, like you said, for the price, not bad. Two comments on the video. 1. Great beginner tip about plucking back by the bridge. I'll have to explore this. 2. No disrespect meant by this, but short scale basses are stuck with this "kids' toy" rap. I hope to see the people selling / promoting these instruments present them for what they are. IE; Built for anyone with smaller hands or arms, people who travel, someone who needs a lighter weight bass due to health issues, etc. Leo Fender really stuck Short Scale basses with a stigma from the 60's when first promoting them as a "kid's bass". Again, no disrespect meant.

I want to get this tiny bass for my little sister

@christopherrusch

3 жыл бұрын

getting this for my girlfriend!

Cool thanks for the info

Does anybody know what strings are available for these and in what gauges?

@michaelbell75

2 жыл бұрын

Any short scale strings will fit. Its the same scale length as the Ibanez Mikro and moat every SS set works on them. I used to use EB SS strings.Will probably grab some for this bass too.

May I ask which one is better for a 6 years old beginner? This Fender Mini P or Ibanez Mikro mini bass. thanks!

@raknroll07

2 жыл бұрын

I have the ibanez micro and its lightning fast, great tone and very light and ii use it in church every sunday. You and your kid wont be dissapointed.

@Mikupigeon

2 жыл бұрын

@@raknroll07 Thanks for your recommendation. I live in Hong Kong, unfortunately it's out of stock in my city at the moment, the sales person said it might take months to restock because there is something wrong with Ibanez Indonesia factory. They only have one display model which cost USD160, original price was USD205. Another choice I have now is Fender's mini P bass which cost $160. I have yet decided which one I should get.

I wonder if the neck and tuners could handle a 52-110 set of La Bellas. 🤔

@rodshop5897

4 жыл бұрын

Probably, the tension will still be significantly less than on a full scale.

Cute

Thanks for not slapping through the whole video. But I would like to hear some long notes and not so much staccato. Can't really hear the tone of the bass on staccato notes.

Putting some flatwounds on will take some of that harshness away.

@steverolfeca

3 жыл бұрын

Why the rush to take it away? A softer attack would take the clack out, and leave you with a fat tone that still has some growl to it.

@IndigoBass

3 жыл бұрын

But do any flatwounds fit it? Probably not sadly

@xxthatsnotmexx

3 жыл бұрын

@@IndigoBass D'Addario makes short scale flatwound strings.

@IndigoBass

3 жыл бұрын

Lauren Campbell The mini P is shorter than regular short scale though

@xxthatsnotmexx

3 жыл бұрын

@@IndigoBass oh you're right

Do you use regular long scale bass strings on a short scale or do they make short scale strings?

@fewsecondsbassstuff2471

3 жыл бұрын

I use regular strings

Is this just a short scale or smaller than a short scale?

@CullenCrisp14

3 жыл бұрын

Short scales like mustangs are 19 fret 30” this is 20 fret 28.6”

The sound you are getting out of it is SUPER BAD. You'd never guess where it comes from, if blindfolded. Great bass whatever the price, and the size is a definite advantage. For one thing, I don't bang into my other guitars anymore, and my thigh doesn't its blood supply cut off.

Affinity Series?

@Tonceitoys

2 жыл бұрын

Mini series actually

Is this bass better than a Squier bronco bass?

This or ibanez mikro?

@michaelbell75

2 жыл бұрын

This one for sure.

@Tonceitoys

Жыл бұрын

If you'd like to further upgrade it and customize its appearance, definitely the Squier Mini

$180 I wish $400 in New Zealand dude

Do you really only know the 1 bass lick?

@EmpireMusicPgh

Жыл бұрын

Yes... and I barely know that one. - Anthony

Straight out the box strings nuff said lol now set it up put some flats on it like I did mmm much better

Here, let me just hold this up next to a regular sized P-bass (or even a guitar) so you can really get an idea of it’s actual size. Or have that dude stand up. He’s seems a bit small in stature. 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

The Mini P sounds better after you replace the crappy strings it comes with.

@IndigoBass

3 жыл бұрын

But none fit :(

A bit buzzy

I bet the electronics are poorly made.