I recently purchased a Squire Modified Jazz Bass. Dealers tell me it's nothing like a genuine Fender American Jazz Bass.I happen to like it.It plays very well, and the pickups sound OK. Am I just being awed by the Fender mistique or are there significant differences ?
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Is Squire a bad thing ?
- Thread starter Maszkman
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Squier makes very good basses in its price range. Squiers sound good and take a good set up. Enjoy your bass.
The VM and Cv series are quite decent actually. Sure its not a USA made Fender but the difference between that and the Mexican ones isn't enough to justify paying almost twice the money for a Mexican. Even the USA made Fenders aren't worth £1000 in my eyes even if they are fantastic.
The only person you have to please is yourself. If you like it, then it's good. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, especially dealers who would love you to buy into the "superiority" idea of more expensive instruments 
Vintage Modified and Classic Vibe series, I assume the one you got was a VM Jazz?
I have a VM I bought about a year ago- I use it around the house. I like it, it feels good.
It is not a bad thing.
It is not a bad thing.
Yes I believe so. One more thing. I attempted to put a different neck on this VM, and noticed that the mounting space was notas wide. A neck from another bass I have(precision bass) wont fit in the VM's slot. Is this common ?
CV= Classic Vibe
VM = Vintage Modified
Most people consider the CV series a step up in quality, but both are great bass lines for the money. The basic construction on both is really good, and you can always upgrade things like pickups, tuners, electronics, though it's hardly necessary. There are plenty of gigging bassists using these who care more about playability than brand name. The VM Jazz is a fantastic bass IMHO. The fretless version is also outstanding. The neck pockets are not identical to MIA and MIM models, probably intentional to prevent people from mixing parts and selling them as full-blown Fenders.
VM = Vintage Modified
Most people consider the CV series a step up in quality, but both are great bass lines for the money. The basic construction on both is really good, and you can always upgrade things like pickups, tuners, electronics, though it's hardly necessary. There are plenty of gigging bassists using these who care more about playability than brand name. The VM Jazz is a fantastic bass IMHO. The fretless version is also outstanding. The neck pockets are not identical to MIA and MIM models, probably intentional to prevent people from mixing parts and selling them as full-blown Fenders.
The only person you have to please is yourself. If you like it, then it's good. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, especially dealers who would love you to buy into the "superiority" idea of more expensive instruments
This^^^.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with a Squier. Heck, nothing wrong with a $150 bass from Rondo/SX for that matter.
As long as it feels and sounds good to you, the electronics work and it intonates/holds tuning, you're good.
If you feel at some point the pickups or hardware (bridge, tuners) aren't doing the job, you can swap those out pretty easily and cheaply.
Spending more $ won't make you a better player. A Squier VM is typically a far better instrument than what a lot of us old guys started out on.
Squier CVs and VMs are good bargain basses. So good that we should be happy Fender isn't upping the prices by $100. I've even read here that the Affinity series basses are much better than they used to be.
You might notice the Squier CV Jazz bass in my avatar. It's an amazing bass for $375.
You might notice the Squier CV Jazz bass in my avatar. It's an amazing bass for $375.
It's normally considered an honor for a young man of noble birth to aid a knight with armor bearing and horse tending and such.
In my experience Squires suck but Squiers are great. 
Indeed, you would do yourself if you remembered that any time you deal with a store employee who has an agenda to sell you the most expensive bass they can. Always take what they tell you with a grain of salt.The only person you have to please is yourself. If you like it, then it's good. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, especially dealers who would love you to buy into the "superiority" idea of more expensive instruments
If I may ask, why would you do that? What didn't you like about the neck that was on there?
EDIT: I would also ask, what brand of neck did you try to put on it?
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Only a bad thing when it's spelled wrong.... :-/
is a very bad thing, if you have one send it to me right now to take your pain away.
