Fender Vintera III Seventies Jazz

[Smooth_bass88]

cool, love it! sounds awesome too

 

[InstantEctobass]

So they put a long G screw but didn't put the bridge in period correct position. Eh ...

 

[MonetBass]

No 3TSB with a rosewood fretboard and white blocks? Boo.

 

[MIJ Fender Guy]

No 3TSB with a rosewood fretboard and white blocks? Boo.

American Original 70s Jazz Bass

 

[Rayjay]

Curious about the neck profiles. I was hoping for a very thin C. Their descriptions say it’s a C and not a U. Hope to be able to feel for myself sometime.

 

[Chicken Wing]

Does anyone know what the neck profile is like? I am wanting to avoid a pencil thin early 60's style. Looking for more of a chunky or bigger C (for a jazz bass)

 

[DrBnz]

If you want thin, I believe you'd like a CIJ GEDDY LEE JAZZ. Same as this but w a super thin neck

 

[Chicken Wing]

i am looking for a thicker C or even U shape for a jazz. my american original 60's neck is too tiny for my Neanderthal hands

 

[FRoss6788]

If you want thin, I believe you'd like a CIJ GEDDY LEE JAZZ. Same as this but w a super thin neck

I bought, then sold, a CIJ GED neck because it was so unbelievably thin that it was uncomfortable for me.

So ya, you want really thin, that’s the way to go.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Here is the Vintera III Early Sixties Jazz. I think might the way this one sounds even more!

Oh poopie! It has stack knobs!

 

[Chicken Wing]

Fender nailed it with the Vintera 3 lineup, this is the best version of the vintera so far.

 

[Bikeguy57]

I thought origin of manufacture doesn't matter here on Talkbass

Ha! My first thought. Only applies to Fender, the great Satan.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Ha! My first thought. Only applies to Fender, the great Satan.

“Hey, leave me outta this!”

 

[TheDuff]

Squier quality is very good these days. I still think Fender goofed on the branding.

I understand whom VC Squier was and why his name is attached to Fender products now. The name Squier is too close to “Squire” which suggests a pre-professional or student. Fender created an import line with the perception that the instruments are for beginners. They should have picked any other name for that line. Import lines like “Skyline” and arguably “Tribute” don’t carry that association.

No doubt Fender sells more Squier instruments than all other manufacturers’ import lines combined. So it probably doesn’t matter what I think.

The Squier brand has earned respect and iconic status. Loyal followers.

 

[DJ Bebop]

As much as I don't have a preference on 70s Jazz bass pickup spacing. I thought I needed one for a representation in my stable, I went with this years ago.

It scratches the itch enough for me and doesn't sound half bad in the process. I did dump some DiMarzio Ultra Jazz pickups in there along with some CTS pots just because I wanted to check out those pickups and had a drawer with CTS pots in it

I have played many Fender versions over the years since and nothing enticed me into going any further up the food chain

I also recognize others are more sensitive to that sort of thing and have more of an appreciation for the finer things of life

 

[TheDuff]

FMIC makes money either way, regardless of what you buy. I would suggest that wood selection and woodworking, in general, are better on the more expensive ones.

I do like the cheapies, and take great joy playing them out.

Back to the thread - that bass looks incredible. I started life as a bassist on a Kent Jazz that looked like that. I have wanted to piece together a similar bass and had a Vintage Modified Squier neck to do so, but I just didi t like the feel and then one of the blocks cracked due to a large routed space underneath it so o got rid of it.

I might have to get one - I passed on the Geddy sig in Sunburst because I already have a CIJ black one!

My American strats did not come with saddle screws that stuck up. They had the proper height saddle screws to prevent hand irritation or complaint. The others had sharp screws.

 

[Altitude]

The Squier brand has earned respect and iconic status. Loyal followers.

Yes. I assert that has happened despite the name, which wasn’t a great choice.

 

[dfp]

From doing my own parts builds, I’m only able to speak to few Vintera II products / parts I have experienced, but they have been uniformly excellent. A VII 70’s Mustang bass neck, fantastic, a VII 50’s Road Worn Jazzmaster body (seriously beautiful, better looking sunburst than most MIA sunbursts, AVII comparable), and very well shaped and contoured body. And a 50’s VII Jazzmaster neck (regular, not Road Worn), which looks and feels incredible for a poly finish, not thick or orangey, just a great amber brownish tint that actually looks decades old, but for being brand new and glossy.

So, good experiences all, and I would love to try some Vintera III stuff. One of the Bass VI’s is top of my wish list currently.

 

[bassstrangler]

Now I know why I build my own Fenders. They can take their overpriced, lousy QC, noiseless pickups, limited option colors, 4 pickguard options and learn some lessons from PRS (who makes an Indonesian SE models that are pretty much flawless and affordable.
I own a lot of Fender products and have come to the conclusion that anything pandemic era and after are mostly garbage. Few exceptions to that rule, but still way overpriced.

 

[MrRobert]

I’m curious: what do you all think Fenders should be priced at, and why? Please show your work or full credit will not be given!