NBD: Squier Matt Freeman bass

Congrat's, I love mine!

 

That looks awesome, enjoy!

 

^^^ Like the bridge cover.

I received mine a couple weeks back and love it. Same color too. Looks great, plays great, sounds great. I honestly can't find a thing wrong with it. The brass saddles class it up a bit. They should ship it in a better box however. My box was damaged but the bass was fine.

 

I'm so impressed with my Squire MF bass that I'm considering this new jazz bass. Read the review at the bottom because the guy is pretty thorough.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/squier-james-johnston-jazz-bass

 

Yeah, that's pretty much my impression of trying out CV Jazzes in the stores the past year or two. The things slay all other jazz basses, period.

 

I really want one of these. And a Roger Waters sig. If I had both those I would be more than happy for years. But the MF would probably come first. What a sexy looking bass.

 

This being a bass made off shore.. ( I have off shore basses too) is the build quality (materials/workmanship) up to MIM basses or in your opinion beyond...

 

IMO it's up there in quality,workmanship,sound ,feel and tone,I've tried a lot of MIMs and never found one that I would buy,I have 2 Vintage modifieds and the Freeman and all 3 basses IMO are way better than any MIM I have played...it's all in what you like and want from a BASS...

 

Nice, love the color combo. The bridge on my 50's P (Same one) is rock solid don't know if a 70's switch would be a plus

 

The 2 VM's I have ..(70's Jazz and a Precision) are great basses IMHO. I might at some point purchase Matt Freeman in the future.

 

I just picked up a VM Jazz- out the door for less that 270. I am very impressed with the quality and the sound.

 

Congrats! Yes, the Freeman P is a force to be reckoned with. While I dislike the gloss on the neck, it wasn't too thick, so it's still comfy.

Your bass, your money...but I would personally leave the bridge the way it is. The hi-mass ones are great, especially for a stock bridge. If it bothers you, might be better to buy a bridge cover! Just a suggestion, I had intentions to change both that and the tuners and left them as-is after playing with them a bit.

 

congrats! best bass i've ever owned or played for sure.

 

If the MF said FENDER instead of SQUIRE, it would sell for 600 bucks, maybe more. I like it better the the MIMs.

 

I love the bridge. Originally I was going to buy the VM P-Bass in Amber/Maple and upgrade the bridge to this one. Well everybody ran out of that bass (discontinued) and that's when I discovered the MF bass, which already had the bridge and costs the same as the VM + the bridge. No brainer. Traded in two basses for it and got exactly what I wanted, a kick ass P-Bass!

 

Originally I was going to buy the VM P-Bass in Amber/Maple and upgrade the bridge to this one. Well everybody ran out of that bass (discontinued) jeff7bass

I was lucky enough to get the last VMP Amber avaliable in Canada at Long & McQuade last week. I don't know how it sounds compared to the M.F. Bass but to me it sounds pretty good.

 

Not sure what bridge the 70's one is, but I just put a fender vintage threaded saddles bridge on my warmoth body, which was an upgrade for my MF, and the holes don't line up with the bridge on the MF. The MF's holes spacing is just a hair larger, which prompted me to buy the vintage one. I was planning on using the MF one, but i would have had to plug and redrill the holes in my warmoth body, and i wasn't doing that!

Good Luck!