Squier Electric Basses

This is the black body, black pickguard, maple neck with pearl block inlay Jazz Bass by Squier. One of the latest models in their Vintage Modified series. Agathis body with a Poly finish and Alnico magnet pickups. The knobs are volume, volume, tone. I was excited about Squier%27s new line. I pulled the trigger on it online for $299 and waited until the FedEx truck lit up my driveway. It looks cool. I like the satin finish neck. The body sustains well when the instrument is played acoustically. The frets were sharp and the body is very lightweight. I would have much rather paid $349 which is the price tag for the Classic Vibe series and dealt with less shortcomings. The pickups weren't as aggressive and growly as I had hoped. Just OK. You can tell right away by playing it that it is a cheap instrument. Setup right out of the box was lackluster. The neck buzzed and fretted out in more than one spot. A new set of strings, a humidity controlled room and a set of allen wrenches fixed it eventually. This bass has cool factor written all over it. Tonally I wasn%27t in love though, I would highly advise you to check out the Classic Vibe Series Jazz Bass against this. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

i got it as a pak for £209 off soundslive.co.uk This bass is amazing!!! Its price is the best bit but apart from that it is a good, well built bass. The finish is really good. I got the red. There are some reviews I have read that say it is not very good and will fall apart but unless I've just got an unusually good one these reviews shouldn't be listned to. On the brige one of the screws is loose and it is really annoying hovever all you have to do is tighten it by crosshead screwdriver to fix it. it's really good. Solid and it chips but that is more my fault than the bass' Overall I think this bass is amazing. If you want a bass and have this sort of budget don't buy any other bass, get this one! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I was in my hometown Gothemburg, Sweden to look for a new bass, because the bass I had at the time just was a piece of crap. I walked into my favourite music shop Musik Utan Gränser (Music Without Limits), and I decided to try a Fender Precision Bass. When I first tried it, it sounded like a dream (That´s because I was used to the sound of my shit bass...) It was kind of expensive, but I really wanted it. I came back to the store about a month later, and I decided to try another, cheaper bass. I picked up a Squier Precision Bass Special for about 300 dollars, and plugged it into a Fender Frontman bass amp. I started playing, and I was shocked! It sounded fucking amazing!! I decided to compare the two basses, and the Fender sounded dull. The Squier sounded clear, but also very bright. It was the exact sound I wanted, so I saved all my money to buy it. About two months later it was mine... I like the mix of the P-bass pickup and the J-bass pickup. The bass is so versatile. The sound in the P-bass pickup is really great, and when you mix it with the Jazz, the sound is almost perfect. Even in small, basic amps, the sound is incredible. The neck plays like butter, and the action is sweet. I like the Precision body. It´s so solid. It feels great. I also love the price of this thing!!!! There are only two things to complain about: 1. When I first got the bass, the frets were buzzing a little bit, but it was easy as a pie to This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I bought this base from Musicians Friend for $239.00 as a Bass to learn on. With the 3 tone sunburst finish this Bass is hard to tell from the "real" Fender P Basses. Top notch construction, great playability, fabulous adjustable tone through the P and J pickups, and overall playability. I play a little bit of everything and from a funk slap to metal bass lines it does it all quite well... I have also never been around a bass that stays in tune as well as this thing does. Overall this is a great piece of gear for beginners, and much longer term players I know have bought one of these to use in gigs after playing mine. The strap lugs and input jack screws come out way too easily. I knew about this behavior from previous reviews and friends experience and fixed this when the first screw fell out. Not a big deal, not worth dinging Squier over except they ought to have this right from the factory. I have also had to resolder the input jack once already. The wiring conections inside the bass didn't look too solid. Nothing a little solder can't fix, but then again, Fender / Squier should have this right before it leaves the factory. On a scale of 1 - 10 I would give it a 9. Pretty good, but not all the way there. The security of the fasteners and the solidity of the connections need to be improved, but then again, I have played $1,500.00 basses that have far worse problems. I love it, if it were stolen or destroyed I would buy another one, or look at the MB-4. But then again, why listen to what I am telling you. GO PLAY ONE OF THESE BASSES! I can tell you about how well mine has held up, but only YOU can tell if YOU can get this bass to make the sounds YOU want to make... So go, now, and play one of these! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I bought this thing off of a guy I knew for 30 bucks. I'm a drummer and was just starting to get interested in bass, and boy was this a bad first bass to get. If you want to make someone hate playing the bass, tell them to get a Squier Bronco Bass. It was a decent color red. If you squinted and looked at it out of the corner of your eye, it kinda looked like an old Fender Bronco guitar. The head stock also resembled that of a Jazz Bass. And when I finally bought a new bass, the Bronco smashed really good. The neck was a short scale which I guess doesn't bother me too much, but the shape of it is extremely awkward for a big guy like me and moving your hand up and down the neck is really sluggish. There's no response when you play it...it just feels like you're pressing the strings...and that's it. It had a single pick up that sounded like crap when it was even making noise. The first thing I did when I bought the stupid thing was go out and buy a $30 cable just so I could say that I spent as much on the cable as I did on the bass. Well, that was a mistake because it only sent sound through to the amp about half of the time. The most horrifying thing is--it costs about $150 if you want a new one. Uh, it was shitty. Looked like it was made out of particle board or something. The entire body split in half after a couple wacks on the ground. I will say this though: those Indonesian Squier employees know how to keep a neck attached. Try as I did, I could not get it to break off. I finally unscrewed it and now the neck with the headstock duct-taped back on is sitting in my room next to my "real" bass. If you want to have a good time, play nothing but the Squier Bronco Bass for a month or two, then get your jollies off smashing it to hell! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I recently purchased this bass through the Musician's Friend website. I was looking for a good beginner bass and this one had all the features i was looking for. I paid $179.99 for it, and shipping was only about $15. The MB-4 is a great starter bass. It has both a P-pickup and a J-pickup, making it good for different styles of play. It is extremely light--lighter than most of my friends' electric guitars. The neck is fairly slim and is easy to play on. It has 2 tone knobs and 1 volume knob. The paint job looks pretty good, mine is cobalt blue metallic, but it is also available in pewter and black. The pickups don't offer much tonal range. No matter how much adjusting you do you usually end up with a dull thud, which is not unbearable but annoying. That is my only real complaint about the bass, but it's understandable at the price. The bass seems to be solidly built. The neck bolts on with 4 bolts but it still seems sturdy. The springs under the pickups are pretty weak--I tried to raise the pickups and only succeeded in taking out the screws. The strings rattled a bit but I raised them and it's fine now. Overall, it's a well made bass for the price. The MB-4 is an excellent beginner bass. The price is great for what you get. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I've only had this bass for a couple of months but have used it before I purchased it, and I can already tell it's going to be one of my favorite instruments ever! The Duncan Design pickups have a great tone that I have never heard on a bass in this price range. The action was a bit high and required some minor adjustments, but other than that I have found no flaws with this instrument. It has a great sound, a smooth, fast neck, and it looks stunning! I owned a MIM Fender Jazz some years ago, and I can say for a fact that the Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass is a FAR superior instrument. Home run, Squier! UTILIZATION I Get a great sound with this bass, very easy to get to the last frets and get those notes going! I am not a seasoned bass player, I am still learning and this bass helps! SOUNDS Sounds amazing, really couldn’t ask for more out of an affordable bass. It fits perfect when im playing jazz! OVERALL OPINION Overall, This is a solid bass,the one I got was pretty much perfect,except one of the tuning keys is a little loose,but it doesn't cause it to go out of tune. Nice finish, very smooth, fret work is good,all knobs tight & smooth. The chrome parts are plated so after a few years of steady gigging they may start to look funky, but that's just a guess.(I plan to take it to most of my gigs,I always take 2 basses.)The binding on the neck is really nice so I wish the "block inlays" weren't just painted on,but hey for under 3 bills...and from the stage it looks like inlays.The quality control seems to be pretty good from the factory. Its a very well made instrument for the money & would be a solid performer for any gigging musician.