Squier Classic Vibe 2019

[LkS]

The Classic Vibe is back baby!

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Discuss!

 

[TNCreature]

Great line up . The first run were excellent

 

[LkS]

There are a few differences between the original run and the new 2019.
The original run was made in China - the 2019's are made in Indonesia.
The original had basswood bodies - the 2019's are poplar.
The original had a high-mass bridge with brass saddles - the 2019's have the vintage fender bridge with threaded steel saddles.

I personally like the new bridge. In a way that you can upgrade it now much more easily to a BadAss or Gotoh or Hipshot The original run with the high-mass bridge was using wider screw-hole spacing than standard.

 

[MysticSandwich]

Is the Classic Vibe 70's pickup placement period correct? If so I would love to get one!

 

[Lammchop93]

5 string version as well!

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[mouthmw]

I wonder if these will be the same quality as they're now being made in a different factory. Is it just rebranded Vintage Modified?

Too bad P bass got only 2 colors.. Daphne blue would have been cool like 60s Jazz got it.

 

[40Hz]

Looks like a winning lineup.

I take it China is now out of Fender’s manufacturing loop? Too bad. I have three MIC Squiers and the build quality is superb on all three. I had one Indonesian VM Squier. And while the quality was still very good, I thought the Chinese build was better than the minor price differential between a VM and CV would have led you to believe.

 

[mouthmw]

Looks like a winning lineup.

I take it China is now out of Fender’s manufacturing loop? Too bad. I have three MIC Squiers and the build quality is superb on all three. I had one Indonesian VM Squier. And while the quality was still very good, I thought the Chinese build was better than the minor price differential between a VM and CV would have led you to believe.

Agreed. That's why I'm skeptical that these might just be rebranded VM and their quality on par with VM series and not CV.

 

[nerkoids]

Agreed. That's why I'm skeptical that these might just be rebranded VM and their quality on par with VM series and not CV.

Well, if the serial numbers on the back are any indication, it looks like Cort is making both series.

That said, my 70s VM was a top notch instrument, and I miss it to this day.

 

[40Hz]

Agreed. That's why I'm skeptical that these might just be rebranded VM and their quality on par with VM series and not CV.

Well…the CVs were just a little too good for the price weren’t they?

For me the Chinese CVs kinda put the whole MIM product line into question - with the question being: Is having ‘Fender’ instead of ‘Squier’ on the headstock worth an additional $500?

 

[nerkoids]

Come to think of it, the tuning machines on the VMs are of higher quality than the Classic Vibes. If I ever get a lefty Classic Vibe, I'd swap them out for some Ping-well's or perhaps get some Gotohs for a good price.

I must say Fender has been treating us lefties recently. Hope it continues

 

[zackthompson]

Affordable 70’s spacing??? Take my money now.

 

[Bufalo]

These look like a fine blend of the old CV and VM lineups. Threaded saddles, bone nuts, no more chrome-dome knobs on the 70's Jazz, proper single-pickup Precision, model, lefty versions, new colors. People might complain about Fender rehashing the same old same old, but these look like good new basses.

 

[40Hz]

Well, if the serial numbers on the back are any indication, it looks like Cort is making both series.

That said, my 70s VM was a top notch instrument, and I miss it to this day.

Cort, like any other big company in Asia, can make things on a variety of different quality levels. Just like manufacturing here, you get the product quality you pay to build. And Asia can build world class or it can build junk depending on what your budget is.

The big difference is your dollars go further (currently) in Asia due to lower standards in things like labor conditions, wages, waste management, pollution control, etc.

This all comes at a price since nothing is truely free. But as of now the West isn’t paying for any of those costs. The Asian manufacturing nations are absorbing them in order to boost their economies. So the manufacturing “savings” are largely illusory. It’s more like some of the manufacturing costs are being subsidized and paid for by lower standards of living in those countries building our stuff.

But that’s economics for you. “You pays your money and you takes your choice.”

 

[Bass V]

if those fretboards were ebony or something nicer than what looks like dry dirt I'd be interested but maybe they'll have plenty of maple and ? to choose from. hoping there's a PJ or '68 Tele in the mix.

 

[LoTone]

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I did this because when you click the link in the original OP and, if you are not in the US, the Fender site redirects to the international version of their site that has not been updated yet.

 

[king_biscuit]

I think this one will be popular at $379.00:

CV 70s 5

 

[LoTone]

I see that Squier is going more traditional color wise. Most of the basses are sunburst with red tort pickguards. They do look like classics.

 

[Yahboy]

Come to think of it, the tuning machines on the VMs are of higher quality than the Classic Vibes. If I ever get a lefty Classic Vibe, I'd swap them out for some Ping-well's or perhaps get some Gotohs for a good price.

I must say Fender has been treating us lefties recently. Hope it continues

Both CV and VM has nice and stable tuning mechine. But I prefer the nickel coat ,longer shaft and more accurate vintage shape elephant tuning peg on CV.

 

[40Hz]

These look like a fine blend of the old CV and VM lineups. Threaded saddles, bone nuts, no more chrome-dome knobs on the 70's Jazz, proper single-pickup Precision, model, lefty versions, new colors. People might complain about Fender rehashing the same old same old, but these look like good new basses.

Fender has built its enviable place in the music world on “same old same old” spiced up with some new colors every so often.

Why mess with a product formula that’s had a 60+ year winning streak with no end in sight?

They already tried that with the Dimension. And just look what that got them.