Yeah, I'd like the maple neck with the pearl blocks on the Squier CV70's body...
I'm actually thinking of getting a CV70's Jazz and making it a project bass.
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Squier Classic Vibe 2019
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Yeah, I'd like the maple neck with the pearl blocks on the Squier CV70's body...
I'm actually thinking of getting a CV70's Jazz and making it a project bass.
Yeah the perloid blocks are such a great piece of style. I'm realizing just now that I wish my Fender MIM Jazz Bass had pearloid instead of black block inlays!
According to this link from Sweetwater, https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/JBassCV70Blk--squier-classic-vibe-70s-jazz-bass-black the body wood for the CV70's Jazz Bass is Poplar.
In Fender's website CV70s Jazz bass had only black block inlays, havent seen that one before.
I don't mind the black blocks as my Geddy Lee Jazz has them but I would like the pearloid ones a lot more and to have something different and they look real cool..... ...I'm also not spending $450 for a neck that has them.......
I think that photo was photoshopped to show how cool it would be...
I called Fender 2 weeks ago. Black and 3TS models have POPLAR bodies, the natural one is SOFT MAPLE. 100% CONFIRMED
Well, there is no specific wood called "soft maple", so I'd like to know exactly which kind/s of maple they are using.
I'm not sure what would sound better.. poplar or the "soft maple" wood they are using.
In a very quick bit of research.. soft maple is harder than poplar so it should be brighter. Soft maple isn't that much softer than rock maple.
I'm thinking the natural grain, soft maple version.....
I'm thinking the natural grain, soft maple version.....
Squier Modified Vintage 70s Jazz Basses are soft maple too... it sounds sturdy
Now, I wonder if GC will be having a Memorial Day sale of sorts where this bass might be less than $349...
I could wait a few weeks to find out but if the price is MAP and they cannot go lower, no problem...I can still go to Brookfield, WI to order one and pay less tax than I would in Illinois to get it as close to $349 as I can.........
I can't believe I'm thinking about getting another bass....
Edit for: Screw GC. They don't carry the Squier line in the store.
I went to the Music Center in Kenosha, WI instead.
I could wait a few weeks to find out but if the price is MAP and they cannot go lower, no problem...I can still go to Brookfield, WI to order one and pay less tax than I would in Illinois to get it as close to $349 as I can.........
I can't believe I'm thinking about getting another bass....
Edit for: Screw GC. They don't carry the Squier line in the store.
I went to the Music Center in Kenosha, WI instead.
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Keep dreamin' mate! You have to spend about 4 times the price for nitro
True, but not the only reason i guess. In order to use nitro they have to use a better kind of wood as well in my opinion, so that also increases the price. They only use nitro on custom shops and road worn mexico basses as far as i know, thats why road worns are more expensive than the regular ones i think.
I can't tell whether Indian Laurel just looks dry, or actually dries out. I know when I put some fret oil on my Indian Laurel fret boards, it starts to look a lot like rosewood- maybe a little nicer. But it seems to drink that stuff because after a couple of weeks it looks dry again?
It's not dry, it's its normal colour. Laurel is lighter than rosewood, look at laurel furniture. Oil doesn't evaporate is just 2 weeks, the only thing that could make it look darker... is a surface tint.
If you use boiled linseed oil it will get darker and darker as time goes by. But we’re talking a few years.
I'm not so sure it's fair to assign a drastically lesser value to the new breed of Classic Vibe basses. I've had 2 CV basses (Chinese) and 3 VM (Indonesian) basses over the years. While I suppose the CVs were a little bit better as far fit & finish are concerned, the only one of the 5 I sold was a CV 50s P bass. It looked fantastic. But it was a total dog. Flat, dull, lifeless, low output pickup. Very little sustain anywhere on the neck no matter what strings I tried. More dead spots than I could shake a stick at!
Having said that, my Matt Freeman signature (basically a CV 70s Precision without the block inlays) is fantastic. Both my VM 70s Jazzes ( 4 & 5 string) and VM Jag SS are great as well. I'm sure that although the new CV basses are now coming out of Squier's Indonesian facility, the vast majority should be pretty darn good bases for the money.
Having said that, my Matt Freeman signature (basically a CV 70s Precision without the block inlays) is fantastic. Both my VM 70s Jazzes ( 4 & 5 string) and VM Jag SS are great as well. I'm sure that although the new CV basses are now coming out of Squier's Indonesian facility, the vast majority should be pretty darn good bases for the money.
That is definitely the nicest looking Indian Laurel fret board that I have ever seen. Maybe there are just different grades of the stuff?
