Squier Mb 4 Skull and Crossbones Bass Review Written By Pierce Sagent Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Add Comment Edit Here is my new Squier MB4 bass. It is made of agathis, has both P and J pickups and has a neat blend knob with an indent in the middle for controlling the pickups. It's not a traditional Fender model, it's a modern bass that is more like to an Ibanez or Jackson than to a Precision or a Jazz. Made in Indonesia. Serial number IC040513xxx. Does that make it a 2004 model? It was owned by my late friend Jim, and I'm honored that his son wanted me to have it and made me a fair bargain on it. It'due south not perfect, needs a prepare of strings, there's a little fleck of rust on the span, but information technology'south a very nice bass. I don't know much about these basses. I've been able to observe very niggling information about these basses. I know that at that place was also a version with skulls and crossbones, and I'grand very, very glad that this bass is the plain model with dot fret markers. If anybody has any detailed information about this bass I would highly capeesh it. Year of manufacture, name of series (It might be "Showmaster"), former ads from Fender or Musician'southward Friend showing the bass (I found the bass on zounds), how uncommon is the bass, or whatsoever other information nearly my new toy. Now I merely have to teach myself how to play bass. I'chiliad going to try to wait at information technology as a totally different instrument than the vi string electric guitar. This guitar is then nice that I wonder if information technology wasn't one of those experimental guitars that Fender is constantly building? A guitar that if information technology sold well, it could be converted to a Fender ala Squier/Fender '51 with a few added features and upgraded parts. The bass is an 04, if you e-mail Fender customer service the South/North they will tell you the basic info on the bass. I don't have a scanner but I take some old Frontline catalogs that evidence this bass, I want to say information technology was chosen a zone or something, but it might have but been the MB series. I knew at the one'due south with the skull and crossbones. I finally saw i in person a couple years ago when one of my students was playing ane, I didn't know they came without the skull. Decent basses for the money, bully starter bass. I think it is a passive bass just it might be agile. Is there a battery compartment on the dorsum? I have one, also sans Skull 'n Crossbones (thank God!). I do believe they are a remake of a Fender model from the late Eighties/early Nineties. I've but seen one other westward/o the Crossbones motif. From what I remember, these were fabricated from '04 to '09, with the Crossbones version offered till 'xi. Agathis body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, full calibration with volume/blend/tone controls. All of them hada black painted headstock and came in black sparkle, pewter light-green sparkle, a blue something and maybe even a red soemthing...if I think the catalog correctly. The body is a lilliputian smaller than that of a P-bass, and the design makes information technology shorter than that of one too. I think it has something to do with the bridge set pretty close to the edge. I acquired mine in '07 brand new, merely without a case or bag. At first I thought it was an Ibanez, based off of the headstock and p'upward placement. It was to replace a Johnson 5 string bass and I figured anything would be amend than that POS. I modified mine by swapping the bridge for a Hipshot solid mass A way, an M4 Bass Xtender, and a GFS Jazz p'up. It was my favorite bass upwards until I got a Vista Musicmaster. Still option information technology every so often and and but get lost in it. Too bad they only stuck around for a short bit. Cool score! Oasis't seen a Squier MB-iv without the skull and bones in a while. I've actually heard some good things about the Indonesian Squier MBs here on TB. The Fender MB-4 and MB-5 were made from '93-'95 in Japan. That was a real fun bass - I had the five-string and it was a prissy 5-string with a great Jazz bass tone. If you have a piffling greenbacks and always find the Fender one, I would say take hold of it likewise. They should be under $400, and ofttimes under $300. Its what I play. It was a marketing decision to add the skull and crossbones and then a couple of years later they switched to the iconic Fender styled headstock before discontinuing the line. Information technology is a Squire re-create of a 80s Fender model but now they make Percision Specials and Aerodyne Jazz for that market niche. They were definitely passive, and I've thought about turning mine into an agile bass. Information technology seems like there'southward enough room. I used to take an former Frontline catalog from 07 (free with buy of a new bass!!) and I remember them called the MB4 and MB5 (v string version). The Squier MB4 was my showtime bass, in that color as well, and I loved information technology and still love it to this day. Your S/N indicates manufacture in May of 2004. Mine was March or 2003. The name for the line was in fact Modern Bass (MB). It has Squier P Bass Special pickups in information technology (passive). Honestly for its price information technology has a fantastic tone, I really just used it to record. For strings I highly recommend Elixir or DR Hi-Beams or Dean Markley Blue Steels. They pair well. If you have any questions about it your best bet is to enquire hither. I have wasted a lot of time trying to detect info subsequently Squier stopped making them. As such, if in that location'southward anything to know about the MB4 I know it and if I don't someone else here will. PS. Information technology was really made by Cort in in that location Indonesian facility for Squier/fender along with lower end Ibanez guitars/basses. Honestly I have thought of this too. The tone of the stock pickups seems similar it would translate actually well every bit active and would probably sound nice with a decent eq too. Here are some related products that TB members are talking about. Clicking on a product will take y'all to TB's partner, Primary, where you can observe links to TB discussions nigh these products. Share This Folio Close Menu Habitation Forums Search Forums Recent Posts Classifieds Shop Media Reviews Wiki Members Notable Members Registered Members Electric current Visitors Contempo Activity New Profile Posts Rules/FAQ Search gipeandul1937.blogspot.com Source: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nbd-squier-mb4.1003163/ Share this post
Here is my new Squier MB4 bass. It is made of agathis, has both P and J pickups and has a neat blend knob with an indent in the middle for controlling the pickups. It's not a traditional Fender model, it's a modern bass that is more like to an Ibanez or Jackson than to a Precision or a Jazz. Made in Indonesia. Serial number IC040513xxx. Does that make it a 2004 model? It was owned by my late friend Jim, and I'm honored that his son wanted me to have it and made me a fair bargain on it. It'due south not perfect, needs a prepare of strings, there's a little fleck of rust on the span, but information technology'south a very nice bass. I don't know much about these basses. I've been able to observe very niggling information about these basses. I know that at that place was also a version with skulls and crossbones, and I'grand very, very glad that this bass is the plain model with dot fret markers. If anybody has any detailed information about this bass I would highly capeesh it. Year of manufacture, name of series (It might be "Showmaster"), former ads from Fender or Musician'southward Friend showing the bass (I found the bass on zounds), how uncommon is the bass, or whatsoever other information nearly my new toy. Now I merely have to teach myself how to play bass. I'chiliad going to try to wait at information technology as a totally different instrument than the vi string electric guitar.
This guitar is then nice that I wonder if information technology wasn't one of those experimental guitars that Fender is constantly building? A guitar that if information technology sold well, it could be converted to a Fender ala Squier/Fender '51 with a few added features and upgraded parts.
The bass is an 04, if you e-mail Fender customer service the South/North they will tell you the basic info on the bass. I don't have a scanner but I take some old Frontline catalogs that evidence this bass, I want to say information technology was chosen a zone or something, but it might have but been the MB series. I knew at the one'due south with the skull and crossbones. I finally saw i in person a couple years ago when one of my students was playing ane, I didn't know they came without the skull. Decent basses for the money, bully starter bass. I think it is a passive bass just it might be agile. Is there a battery compartment on the dorsum?
I have one, also sans Skull 'n Crossbones (thank God!). I do believe they are a remake of a Fender model from the late Eighties/early Nineties. I've but seen one other westward/o the Crossbones motif. From what I remember, these were fabricated from '04 to '09, with the Crossbones version offered till 'xi. Agathis body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, full calibration with volume/blend/tone controls. All of them hada black painted headstock and came in black sparkle, pewter light-green sparkle, a blue something and maybe even a red soemthing...if I think the catalog correctly. The body is a lilliputian smaller than that of a P-bass, and the design makes information technology shorter than that of one too. I think it has something to do with the bridge set pretty close to the edge. I acquired mine in '07 brand new, merely without a case or bag. At first I thought it was an Ibanez, based off of the headstock and p'upward placement. It was to replace a Johnson 5 string bass and I figured anything would be amend than that POS. I modified mine by swapping the bridge for a Hipshot solid mass A way, an M4 Bass Xtender, and a GFS Jazz p'up. It was my favorite bass upwards until I got a Vista Musicmaster. Still option information technology every so often and and but get lost in it. Too bad they only stuck around for a short bit.
Cool score! Oasis't seen a Squier MB-iv without the skull and bones in a while. I've actually heard some good things about the Indonesian Squier MBs here on TB. The Fender MB-4 and MB-5 were made from '93-'95 in Japan. That was a real fun bass - I had the five-string and it was a prissy 5-string with a great Jazz bass tone. If you have a piffling greenbacks and always find the Fender one, I would say take hold of it likewise. They should be under $400, and ofttimes under $300.
Its what I play. It was a marketing decision to add the skull and crossbones and then a couple of years later they switched to the iconic Fender styled headstock before discontinuing the line. Information technology is a Squire re-create of a 80s Fender model but now they make Percision Specials and Aerodyne Jazz for that market niche.
They were definitely passive, and I've thought about turning mine into an agile bass. Information technology seems like there'southward enough room. I used to take an former Frontline catalog from 07 (free with buy of a new bass!!) and I remember them called the MB4 and MB5 (v string version).
The Squier MB4 was my showtime bass, in that color as well, and I loved information technology and still love it to this day. Your S/N indicates manufacture in May of 2004. Mine was March or 2003. The name for the line was in fact Modern Bass (MB). It has Squier P Bass Special pickups in information technology (passive). Honestly for its price information technology has a fantastic tone, I really just used it to record. For strings I highly recommend Elixir or DR Hi-Beams or Dean Markley Blue Steels. They pair well. If you have any questions about it your best bet is to enquire hither. I have wasted a lot of time trying to detect info subsequently Squier stopped making them. As such, if in that location'southward anything to know about the MB4 I know it and if I don't someone else here will. PS. Information technology was really made by Cort in in that location Indonesian facility for Squier/fender along with lower end Ibanez guitars/basses.
Honestly I have thought of this too. The tone of the stock pickups seems similar it would translate actually well every bit active and would probably sound nice with a decent eq too.
Here are some related products that TB members are talking about. Clicking on a product will take y'all to TB's partner, Primary, where you can observe links to TB discussions nigh these products.
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