My new beater bass project platform! 2012 Made in China Jazz V. Gave it a good cleaning and after a lengthy set up (neck relief was waaaay out) it plays and sounds great!! Less than $200 locally.
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NBD: 2012 Squier Jazz V
- Thread starter SloFingers
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Anybody replaced the Pickups in one of these? I'd be interested to hear about what you chose.
Is there a pre-wired set?
Is there a pre-wired set?
Those Affinities will take a super low set up if you shim the neck. This is a great platform for modding.
I was able to get it as low as I like and still have some travel in the saddles. It was sky high from the PO.
It is a Squier Affinity J-Bass. Look at the top of the headstock in small print. I have owned a few of them.
It's an Affinity. It's the first I've played and have to admit I'm surprised by the quality for the $ as most here have experienced. I have been wanting to learn more about working on my Basses and this fit the bill for the $ spent, although it looks to be that it doesn't need much. A pickup swap and a pickguard for now but it may get a garage refinish this winter / spring.
Greetings from North,
I have a Squier VM (Vintage Modified) 5 that I installed a set of Lindy Fralin jazz pickups. It was a straight drop in. I also removed the electronics and replaced it with a John East J-Tone pre-amp that can be run Passive or Active and either way sound outstanding. The pickups alone would probably sound great as an upgrade in the Affinity.
Rezdog
I have a Squier VM (Vintage Modified) 5 that I installed a set of Lindy Fralin jazz pickups. It was a straight drop in. I also removed the electronics and replaced it with a John East J-Tone pre-amp that can be run Passive or Active and either way sound outstanding. The pickups alone would probably sound great as an upgrade in the Affinity.
Rezdog
skyline_01
Endorsing artist: Nordstrand Audio, Tsunami Cables
Great find! I love a good project bass.
I think pretty much all Fender/Squier V pickups are L/S size (~3.97" neck, ~4.10" bridge), and there are GOBS of options out there. I personally recommend Nordstrand pickups, but I also have previous experience with Seymour Duncan Apollo Jazz pickups and they were great. No noise, good sound, easy install.
skyline_01
Endorsing artist: Nordstrand Audio, Tsunami Cables
Absolutely! Regardless of brand, any pickup upgrade should be a big improvement.
As a person who loves a good value, and resists doing things that negate that value, I wouldn't just assume that replacing the pickups is necessary. Often it's more of a sideways move, or maybe if ya did an "A/B" comparison you might find a slight difference, but that's not a real-life experience. Imo, if it does it's job, sounds good, I'd reconsider expensive mods that don't even address reliability.
With that thought, congrats on a nice bass and a sweet deal.
As a person who loves a good value, and resists doing things that negate that value, I wouldn't just assume that replacing the pickups is necessary. Often it's more of a sideways move, or maybe if ya did an "A/B" comparison you might find a slight difference, but that's not a real-life experience. Imo, if it does it's job, sounds good, I'd reconsider expensive mods that don't even address reliability.
With that thought, congrats on a nice bass and a sweet deal.
Thanks Marko! I am considering that as well. I'm not a fan of the existing bridge PU for sure but if I don't believe it will net a significant gain in function I'll just leave it as is.
That is a Great buy!! I would only buy one like that with the 5 in a row tuners. The 4+1 really bothers me.
Congratulations on the great deal. Question, anyone know who makes strings that fit these? My experience is that you need a b string that tapers at around 36 inches
Dr. Cheese, you are, in fact, THE MAN! I put a neck shim in it today because I just wasn't quite happy with the set up. It cured all my ills..lol
I have probably had 4 of these CIC Affinity Jazz V’s, three black and one sunburst. They were all great in stock form (save for the pickups), and great mod platforms as already mentioned.
Pickups are USA Fender 5 sized (67/70 mm). You can replace the tuning machines with HipShot Ultralites (3/8” post) - drop-in replacement.
I still have the sunburst body ready for new pickups (with VM neck)
And a black one, also with VM neck, but modded to the utmost of mods…changing the pickups is an understatement here…
Pickups are USA Fender 5 sized (67/70 mm). You can replace the tuning machines with HipShot Ultralites (3/8” post) - drop-in replacement.
I still have the sunburst body ready for new pickups (with VM neck)
And a black one, also with VM neck, but modded to the utmost of mods…changing the pickups is an understatement here…
