Squier Mini P Bass Black

Just wanted to get compact bass for some fun playing at home, and Squier mini P-bass was everything I had hoped for. Surprisingly good quality at this price point, even all the fret edges were nice and smooth. Didn't need much adjustments as action was nice and low (which is how I like it) straight from the box. Only tuning and minor correction to intonation and it played very nice. Definitely 5 stars at this price.

When I ordered this bass I did it with low expectations about its quality because well, it's a Squier and a really cheap one at that.

Apparently somewhere along the packaging process someone left part of the box in a humid environment and so part of the box came soggy, something which I was really worried about.

After unboxing it I was relieved that the instrument didn't get wet even thought the cardboard was really soggy on one side. I wasn't expecting what I unpacked right there.

Just... wow, once I opened the package and inspected it I was left in awe. I knew this Mini Precision was small and light but I didn't know it was THAT light, it makes my Fender Stratocaster seem heavy in comparison even when they are almost the same size.

Not only that but I was astonished about how it came right out of the box. It seems it already got a setup, low action with no buzz, just as I like it.

The neck is super comfortable, no scratchy frets (every one of those is rounded and trimmed) and the fingerboard has rolled edges. I gotta say that if this neck came with a gloss or satin finish it would have surpassed my Made in Mexico Fender Jazz neck in terms of comfort right off the bat, I'm really impressed.

Of course the bass is not perfect, it has some neck dive, the straplocks are really tiny and the pickups' edges are somewhat sharp but nothing that a couple mods can't fix, and being a Squier it's really easy to find Fender compatible hardware for it.

I remember I added a note on my order telling the Thomann crew to find me the one with the best build quality they could find at hand given that this is the first time I buy an instrument online, and they didn't disappoint! Thank you for that!

... kann dieser Bonsai-Bass wirklich nicht bezeichnet werden, wenngleich seine schiere Größe dies vermuten ließe.

Der Mini hat einen durchaus "erwachsenen" Sound und kann mit großen P-Bässen absolut mithalten.

Das Instrument kam in eigentlich guter Verarbeitung an was Lackierung, Hardware, Hals und Griffbrett angeht.

Ein Wermutstropfen ist allerdings, dass die Brücke etwas zu "basslastig" verschraubt ist, d.h. die E-Saite liegt sehr nah am Griffbrettrand und fordert in diesem Bereich beim Spielen etwas Aufmerksamkeit. Angesichts des bauartbedingt sowieso schmalen Griffbretts ist dies für mich ein akzeptabler Mangel.

Die geringe Größe prädestiniert den Bass als Reiseinstrument, zum schnellen Zur-Hand-Nehmen und auch als "Gag" bei Proben und Auftritten (so wieder möglich) - das Gelächter über die "eingelaufenen" Dimensionen wird mit Sicherheit nach den ersten Tönen verstummen...

Der Kleine hat mein Vaterherz erobert - ich werde ihn behalten!