pretty sure i want the squire vintage modified '70s jazz bass.

[junplugged]

anyone see it? less than 300 also....

it looks so yummy

[notCardio]

I've got the VM fretless, and I'm looking to see what I can trade it for.

Not floating my boat, and I think the 'Duncan Designed' pickups sound weak and lifeless.

Mind you, I'm not the worlds biggest jazz bass fan, but I did have one in the 70's that would go for a boatload now. I was getting into jazz & funk & disco (Yes, disco. It was the late 70's and I was a bass player. Deal with it). I finally realized that while my Mustang didn't look as spiffy for show, it played and sounded sooooo much better, that I ditched the J.

YMMV.

[junplugged]

well, there's got to be some big diffs since the Fender is around $1,500

[notCardio]

Which Fender are you referring to?

I think I'm missing something here.

[notCardio]

Is the closest to the Geddy Lee, which is $800.

Mine doesn't really have a Fender equivalent, because it's got an Ebonol fingerboard.

The one I had in the 70's is pretty much that $4200 Cinnamon thing, but it was 'antique white' which was really antique. It started off as white and turned a pale yellow. Highly collectible, but I hated it.

[Anfontan]

Originally Posted by notCardio

I've got the VM fretless, and I'm looking to see what I can trade it for.

Not floating my boat, and I think the 'Duncan Designed' pickups sound weak and lifeless.

Mind you, I'm not the worlds biggest jazz bass fan, but I did have one in the 70's that would go for a boatload now. I was getting into jazz & funk & disco (Yes, disco. It was the late 70's and I was a bass player. Deal with it). I finally realized that while my Mustang didn't look as spiffy for show, it played and sounded sooooo much better, that I ditched the J.

YMMV.

Disco-ouch-damn those were tough times!! Whats the weight on the Mustang bass-I bet its a fraction of the Jazz?

[junplugged]

there's the fender 75 jazz
http://www.zzounds.com/item--FEN190302

and then the squire 70 jazz
http://www.zzounds.com/item--SQU326702

there's gotta be some major diffs

[capnkid]

all it needs is a Bad Ass II bridge.

[notCardio]

I was around then, and I don't remember any black block inlays back then.

Maybe I just didn't get to see any.

Yeah, Anfontan, no shit about the weight.

My shoulder would be hurting by then end of the night, and my arms were tired of trying to flail that thing around. Plus we always got stuck in some tiny hole where you barely had a place to stand, let alone move.

It was just unweildy.

Mustang's light as a feather.

[marshall409]

I've had good experiences with them in general. I play 2 j basses belonging to friends of mine quite regularly. One of them is some goth shit with a skull and cross bones, a very cheap model, but still pretty decent none the less. The other one is a higher up squier, i dont think its a vintage modified though. its very, very nice though. great basses, id say the same even at a higher price.
imho, they are better in general than the squier guitars.



Adam

[ez_willis]

Originally Posted by junplugged

anyone see it? less than 300 also....

it looks so yummy

YES!

I seen it, and I couldn't agree more! If you do get it, let us know how it is!

[guitar junkie]

I saw one in guitar center today.....

Maybe soon I will pick it up and play it! It was out on a stand mid way from audio gear and acoustic guitars

[mrface2112]

Originally Posted by junplugged

anyone see it?

my local axeshop's got one, and i've logged some time on it, unplugged, b/c i too was intrigued. i have to admit that it played quite well for a $300 bass. action was good, the neck felt like a jazz neck oughta, the binding was passable, that sort of thing.

acoustically, it left me wanting something. it just didn't have that overall "feel" that better basses have. it was a good bit middier than i like my bottom end and felt overall rather "tight" sounding tonally.

so it didn't really "do it" for me. and i don't expect that the pickups would do a whole lot to change that, either. a bass (guitar, whatever) has gotta have it acoustically first and foremost, and this one just didn't "have it".

to tell the truth, it didn't hold a candle to the current Geddy Lee jazzer or most of the american jazzers i've played over the last 20 years..........

..........but for $300 you could certainly do a lot worse. depends on what you're looking for and where your standards, expectations and desires lie, really. mine lie a bit beyond this squier.

of course, YMMV!


cheers,
wade

[notCardio]

Well, I'm assuming that the pickups are the same as on my VM fretless, and all I'm saying is be prepared to change them. And I'm no pickup snob by any stretch of the imagination. I'm not that picky.

Hey, go try it out. Judge for yourself. Maybe they did put different ones in the fretless.

[notCardio]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...OS?sku=512758X

here's the pic. this ones only available in cinammon.

[notCardio]

but this is actually the color it was


like I said, it started out white, then progressed to this.

bleh!