Hi all,
I'd like to tell you a little story about my happy day.
I was feeling kinda down and out yesterday. stressed, tired, tried to play bass but my tone sounded dead and boring to me....you all know the feeling I'm sure, so I thought a visit to the music shop would cheer me up a bit.
I haven't been to the shop in a while and as I enter the bass section I notice that they have a whole bunch of pretty new basses. Hooray!
My eyes immediately focus on an Olympic White Squier CV Jazz. This thing is beautiful! I haven't totally been sold on Squier in the past. I have an Affinity series that I'd bought and ripped the frets out of for the fun of it, but the fit and finish is terrible and I swear the thing didn't even sound like a jazz. I had to replace the PUPs, the hardware, and all the wiring to make the thing playable to me.
The CV Jazz, on the other hand, was perfect. Fit and finish 9/10. There were none of the problems I have come to expect from Squier. No poorely dressed, sharp frets, etc. The tuners are fairly nice, but the only reason the bass didn't get a 10/10. As I said, nice, but do feel slightly cheaper than what you would find on a MIA Fender. That being said...honestly, I own a couple MIA Fenders and the quality in look alone is almost identical.
The real test, as we all know is how it sounds.
I took the Jazz to the test room with the same model amp as I use on all my gigs. (Fender Bassman 250 1X15 combo, for those who care). I tuned up, plugged in and...BOOM! Holy s#&t this thing sounds like a 60's J-bass!
Tons of bass, as well as that Jazz bass punch that we all love. I played her for half and hour and only dragged myself away long enough to pay for it.
I played her on a gig yesterday as well as a jam session and a session at one of the studios I work with and everyone was shocked at how good this bass sounds/looks. The best part? This beauty only cost $349 CA.
I know the rules....no pic, no bass, so here you all go:
Whew that was a long post, thanks for sticking with me!
I'd like to tell you a little story about my happy day.
I was feeling kinda down and out yesterday. stressed, tired, tried to play bass but my tone sounded dead and boring to me....you all know the feeling I'm sure, so I thought a visit to the music shop would cheer me up a bit.
I haven't been to the shop in a while and as I enter the bass section I notice that they have a whole bunch of pretty new basses. Hooray!
My eyes immediately focus on an Olympic White Squier CV Jazz. This thing is beautiful! I haven't totally been sold on Squier in the past. I have an Affinity series that I'd bought and ripped the frets out of for the fun of it, but the fit and finish is terrible and I swear the thing didn't even sound like a jazz. I had to replace the PUPs, the hardware, and all the wiring to make the thing playable to me.
The CV Jazz, on the other hand, was perfect. Fit and finish 9/10. There were none of the problems I have come to expect from Squier. No poorely dressed, sharp frets, etc. The tuners are fairly nice, but the only reason the bass didn't get a 10/10. As I said, nice, but do feel slightly cheaper than what you would find on a MIA Fender. That being said...honestly, I own a couple MIA Fenders and the quality in look alone is almost identical.
The real test, as we all know is how it sounds.
I took the Jazz to the test room with the same model amp as I use on all my gigs. (Fender Bassman 250 1X15 combo, for those who care). I tuned up, plugged in and...BOOM! Holy s#&t this thing sounds like a 60's J-bass!
Tons of bass, as well as that Jazz bass punch that we all love. I played her for half and hour and only dragged myself away long enough to pay for it.I played her on a gig yesterday as well as a jam session and a session at one of the studios I work with and everyone was shocked at how good this bass sounds/looks. The best part? This beauty only cost $349 CA.
I know the rules....no pic, no bass, so here you all go:
Whew that was a long post, thanks for sticking with me!
