I replaced the pots and wiring (920D Custom shop), pickups (Lindy Fralin), bridge (Omega) tuners (Hip Shot H7) on my 2019 CV 60's sunburst Precision. I thought the stock pups were somewhat boomy and lacked definition. Mods made a huge difference in the sound of the bass taking to a new level but money spent could have payed for a Fender MIM player right from the start. One of the stock tuners was bad and wouldn't even make a full revolution without binding to a complete halt and metal shavings was grinding off. I didn't want any issues developing with the others so just replaced them all. Sanded down and polished some rather sharp underside edge of the frets and a gave the bass an overall great set up. Lastly I gave the Indian Laurel fretboard a few coats of walnut stain to make it more rosewoodesque. I was getting a deadness in the A# area of the G string. Doing some research here on TB I nailed it down to frequently absorbtion in the head stock apparently quite common. I now have 3 Fender Fatfingers (yes 3) placed in different areas on my head stock. Made a tremendous difference and looks cool too. This Squier P bass with all the mods in now killer!!!
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Squier Classic Vibe 2019
- Thread starter LkS
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I bet it is now but like you said you could’ve nearly bought an MIM by now.
I’m in a bit of a bind for getting a P bass around here. I’m a lefty and while I would love to get a white Player P no one will bring one in. They all want me to buy it first but after some of the experiences I’ve had doing that I don’t really want to do that again. It’s just a MIM P, not some piece of boutique exotica ffs.
Anyways, there is a Squier CV60 P here like yours. Like you, I quickly determined that the pup and especially the tuners are dosh (also had one tuner spitting shavings when I was renting it, never ever had that happen before) and the bridge is basically ok but it isn’t sitting level and the front corners are slightly pitched up.
It actually feels and plays nice though. The finish and 4-ply pg are nice too. The laurel board is fine by me as it’ll be fine with a little fret doctor or similar. It’s a bit of a bitch to get in tune but once there it stays in tune.
So yeah, the Squier is (Canadian dollars) $459 and then I’ll have to figure in the price of a pup, tuners, and bridge. My local ma and pa said they’d sell me a Player P for $800 so idk maybe I’ll order blind again cause a Player P anywhere else around here is $879-899 and after the upgrades the Squier will be around $700-800 total.
One question to all. The CV60’s tuner holes are smaller than the ones on my VM Jazz so I’m left to presume that that tuner shafts are smaller as well. Is this going to be a problem when I want to switch to flats right away?
It seems like the production of the 2019 Classic Vibe line was planned in China at the Grand Reward factory at first... and then they must have chosen to switch to Cortek in Indonesia, sadly. Looking at the serial number, it must have been early parts.
(First post, long time lurker here, hi all )
Has anyone swapped the tuners on their 2019 CV P or J bass? Is there a direct drop in replacement?
I’ve searched other threads but there seems to be conflicting information and they are usually referring to the pre 2019 models
Has anyone swapped the tuners on their 2019 CV P or J bass? Is there a direct drop in replacement?
I’ve searched other threads but there seems to be conflicting information and they are usually referring to the pre 2019 models
I just picked up a 2019 jazz classic vibe and did some research on the tuners. I think to be safe you may just want to measure the hole diameter to be certain. I seem to have found conflicting information as far as what tuners will work. I was going to upgrade mine but I think I will hold off for now. They seem to be pretty good quality. I did upgrade the pickups and I am going to drop a 62 stacked knob harness. Dam it I told myself I would just play it the way it came but I can't help myself. I also sanded of that dam thick poly on the neck. Good luck on your search.
I'd like to put a set of Gotoh GB528 Res-O-Lites on mine but they cost and not sure of hole size. Also would like to replace pickups with Seymour Duncan Apollos. Would be nice to use the bass with other than full on neck and bridge, but I get hum otherwise.
Those would be the two upgrades I would for sure consider.
Oh, and maybe a Stellartone Tele-Jazz v.3
But I will just play it for now ...
You know whats funny about this bass is there is absolutely no hum at all. It must be the way they grounded it. I am really impressed with the quality for under 400 dollars.
Well the release date for the walnut CV 70s precision seems to have stabilised at 20th March, so I've put a preorder in. Fingers crossed. I played a CV 70s jazz at the weekend and it sounded really nice, and definitely better than what I remember of my vintage modified jazz.
The Hipshot HB7 is painfully close to being the exact same measurements as the stock tuner
The distance between the 2 screws on the wider end of the plate is 3mm out from the stock holes, I wonder if it’s better to look for a tuner with an even larger plate and re drill so the old holes are covered
Just be careful if you need to drill new holes. Mark that drill bit with some tape and wax those threads.
Hmm, I’d be tempted to take it to a tech to do, I’m really good at messing up seemingly straight forward jobs ha!
On second thoughts and looking at another thread though the HB1 looks to be closer to a drop in replacement. I may just have to order 1 and see
I put HB7's on my 2019 60's CV Precision because after contacting Hipshot they told me they were the closest match. However if I did it all over again I would have gone for a wider plate since I had to drill new holes anyway and fill in the old holes which sometimes overlapped the new holes. With a a wider plate you could get by without refilling the old holes.
Yes, I saw somewhere else they said to go with the hb1. It would be nice not to have to fill the holes in if the plate covered them. Its an easy job to do you just have to take your time. When I get a chance I will take a pic of my 2019 jazz 60s I got her all back together. She looks really sharp with the 62 stacked plate.
The Hipshot HB7 is 3.0 oz ea
The Hipshot HB1 is 2.8 or 2.9 oz ea
The Gotoh GB528 is 2.18 oz ea
The Hipshot HB1 is 2.8 or 2.9 oz ea
The Gotoh GB528 is 2.18 oz ea
Ok thanks all. Odd that Hipshot recommended the HB7 then..
Glenster - drilling aside have you noticed an improvement over the stock tuners?
Glenster - drilling aside have you noticed an improvement over the stock tuners?
Well if you read my others posts you'd have seen that I stated that one the original tuners wouldn't even make a complete rotation without jamming to a halt and I was getting metal shavings. I think they may all have caused issues sooner or later so replaced them and yes the new tuners are much better. The replacement operation was not a simple job, a lot of care, measuring, precaution, patience was needed.
Just added some pics of my new Super Squier!
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Interesting because with my CV 70's Jazz V I have to keep both neck & bridge pots dimed otherwise I get 60hz hum
Yes, I really anticipated getting some hum when I first got her. No hum at all. I have upgraded the pickups to fender jazz originals and still no hum. I think its the way they grounded it. They applied a nice layer of shielding paint. I wish I had a picture of it when I opened it to install the pickups. They had a strap screwed in under each pickup and they were all routed to the bridge pickup pot. I ran each one to its own pot. Still dead quiet. I think in the future if i will skip cooper shielding and use the paint shielding. I was about to do it in my last project but I made a mistake reading the warning label and it freaked me out. I am going to put a high mass bridge on her next I noticed the current bridge it not sitting flush. I may update the turners too. They seem bind up at a certain point and seem to skip. And I told myself I wasn't going to put any money into her. She has now been dubbed my Super Squier!
