Squier Classic Vibe 2019

[Yahboy]

View attachment 3544616 Here's a picture of my 2014 MIC Classic Vibe ( sorry about the pickguard to all the tort haters) and my 1986 MIJ . Funnily enough I got these at the same time for the same price £280 each.

Absolutely nice looking JJ SIG jazz with Tort !!!Awsome.

 

[lizardking837]

The Squier Affinity range is still Chinese made. Might be worth buying one, installing some decent pickups like Quarter Pounders and adding a decent bridge such as a Gotoh 201 or Badass II.

Would be Fender quality easily with some simple upgrades.

This. I have an affinity P-bass from 2002. When i was in high school I dropped in quarter pounders. I never felt the need to upgrade the bridge. Despite sitting a case for the last few years, the neck was still arrow straight and it felt like 'home' when I played it at my parent's house. It needs new strings but I still able to get a bright mid 2000s 'punk'/alternative sound out of it.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Ordered a roasted maple Precision neck, intending to put together a part bass with a PJ-loaded Jazz body. Now, though, I can't stop wondering if I'd be better off picking up one of these new Jaguar basses & swapping the neck. Always loved the body shape, miss the Squier jag I used to own, and I love a black/black/maple bass.. hmm.

 

[cataract]

Finally got around to installing some black Hipshots on my ‘19 CV 70’s Jazz:

These feel like a dream!
Will probably post the stock tuners in ye olde classifieds sometime soon.

 

[Texican]

Finally got around to installing some black Hipshots on my ‘19 CV 70’s Jazz:
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These feel like a dream!
Will probably post the stock tuners in ye olde classifieds sometime soon.

Which model fit? Did you have to modify anything, or were they drop in replacements?

 

[cataract]

Which model fit? Did you have to modify anything, or were they drop in replacements?

I ordered the HB1 set.. which were supposed to be straight drop-in replacements but I had to drill pilot holes for all of the holes closest to the headstock. All of the holes on the rear” side (closest to the bridge) lined up perfectly.
No biggie though- worth the effort IMO!

 

[Texican]

I ordered the HB1 set.. which were supposed to be straight drop-in replacements but I had to drill pilot holes for all of the holes closest to the headstock. All of the holes on the rear” side (closest to the bridge) lined up perfectly.
No biggie though- worth the effort IMO!

Thanks for the info!

 

[antfarm]

So... here's a juicy little bit of speculation: I've been looking at the serial numbers of the various new CV basses and turned up something interesting. The 60's P bass (like I purchased), 70's J bass, fretless J, 5-string J, Bass VI and both left handed models all appear to have "ICS" serial numbers, pointing to Cor-Tek (Cort) factory in Indonesia. The as-yet unreleased Jaguar, Mustang, 70's P bass and 50's P bass appear to have "ISS" serial numbers... Pointing to the Samick factory in Indonesia. This gives me hope that the Jaguar will have better QC than the other currently available CV models. Then again, the pictures of the back of the headstocks on the Fender site may not be telling the whole story, but it still gives me hope...

On the guitar side, the 50's and 60's strats show ISS numbers, the 70's strat shows ICS, in case anyone cares. Haven't checked the Teles.

I am super happy with my previous gen CIC CV 70's P bass ("CGS" serial no), but it also seems to have a slight anomaly. Mine came with a vintage style bridge (bent plate, steel saddles with groove) instead of the high mass with brass saddles. The store I got it from seems to advertise them like that, though ("4-Saddle Vintage-Style with Bridge Cover"), so it may simply be a regional thing? Will ask the store.

The CV Jaguar and Mustang both have a neck without a skunk stripe, which also points to a higher quality build.

The 50's and 70's Precisions have maple fretboards (or one-piece necks?), so the skunk stripe is period correct.

 

[4sight]

The CV Jaguar and Mustang both have a neck without a skunk stripe, which also points to a higher quality build.

Does it? I thought a skunk stripe just meant they'd routed the neck from the back to put the truss rod in. Without a stripe means it was routed from the front before the fretboard was glued on.

 

[antfarm]

Does it? I thought a skunk stripe just meant they'd routed the neck from the back to put the truss rod in. Without a stripe means it was routed from the front before the fretboard was glued on.

You're right. I was extrapolating from the fact that my 2013 CIC CV 60's Jazz Bass has a high quality neck with no skunk stripe and a round laminated fretboard.

with these new basses, at least they put in the effort to make it more period correct than the other CV basses. Nowadays, to my knowledge only Fender's Vintera and American Original 60's Basses have the truss rod installed from the fretboard side.

 

[4sight]

You're right. I was extrapolating from the fact that my 2013 CIC CV 60's Jazz Bass has a high quality neck with no skunk stripe and a round laminated fretboard.

with these new basses, at least they put in the effort to make it more period correct than the other CV basses. Nowadays, to my knowledge only Fender's Vintera and American Original 60's Basses have the truss rod installed from the fretboard side.

I wish they'd do a 70s Jazz with a 7.25" radius fretboard and chunkier neck that slim/modern C. At least they're putting the bridge pickup in the right place now I guess.

 

[lizardking837]

I wish they'd do a 70s Jazz with a 7.25" radius fretboard and chunkier neck that slim/modern C. At least they're putting the bridge pickup in the right place now I guess.

Same. I played one of the MIM 70's basses and fell in love with that neck profile almost instantly. And just when I started saving up, they discontinued the line. I'm gonna sit on my cash for a bit, but I'm probably gonna do the Squier.

 

[Oobly]

My CIC CV 70’s P bass (purchased new in December 2018) also has the bent plate with steel saddles. Not sure what gives...

Interesting, thanks for this info. Certainly is a little odd, but I like the vintage bridge, so I don't mind, but others may be unhappily surprised by this.

I wish they'd do a 70s Jazz with a 7.25" radius fretboard and chunkier neck that slim/modern C. At least they're putting the bridge pickup in the right place now I guess.

Well, there is the Vintera 70's Jazz, but that's quite a lot more expensive than the CV. I think they're keeping all the CV range with modern style neck carves to suit the target market of mostly less experienced players, but I agree, I'd love to have a true vintage style instrument with everything period correct, but not have to pay crazy money for it.

About the pickup positions, I did a little comparison of the various Jaguar pickup positions to a 60's P bass and J Bass, because I noticed they looked different between the Player, Modern Player and CV:

The order of the Jaguars is Player, Modern Player, CV.

I like the positions on the new CV Jag best, P pickup is only a little forward from the original and the J is in 60's position.
The Troy Sanders Jaguar has the same positions as the new CV, and the original Jaguar bass with all the switches and two jazz pickups has them in the later 70's positions, the one with all the switches and PJ layout is like the current Player.

 

[Donnacha]

I just noticed that the Squier CV range of basses are on the fender website but the Jaguar is not listed? That was the one that interested me the most.
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[4sight]

I just noticed that the Squier CV range of basses are on the fender website but the Jaguar is not listed? That was the one that interested me the most.
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It shows up in searches, probably just a glitch on their site. Not uncommon for Fender!

 

[Oobly]

I just noticed that the Squier CV range of basses are on the fender website but the Jaguar is not listed? That was the one that interested me the most.
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Don't scare me like that!

Many stores still taking pre-orders on them (like I did), so it'll be... interesting if they don't actually release them. Maybe too many pre-orders have been placed, so they want to slow it down by not showing it on their site?

It's already seriously hard to wait, I just want this thing in my hands.

 

[cataract]

Have you ever thought to yourself “Man, wouldn’t it be cool if the 2019 Squier Classic Vibes came with way cooler knobs, like the anodized knobs that Sadowsky uses? In fact, the same knobs exactly?”
Yeah, me neither..

 

[Heavy Blue]

Have you ever thought to yourself “Man, wouldn’t it be cool if the 2019 Squier Classic Vibes came with way cooler knobs, like the anodized knobs that Sadowsky uses? In fact, the same knobs exactly?”
Yeah, me neither..
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Yeah, me neither but those ARE nice knobs.

Where would one get some of those?

 

[cataract]

Yeah, me neither but those ARE nice knobs.

Where would one get some of those?

Sadowsky dot com.

 

[Heavy Blue]

Sadowsky dot com.

So obvious that I’m feeling kinda daft.

I didn’t know that Sadowsky sold parts like that lol. Hopefully they aren’t an arm and a leg lol.