Squier Classic Vibe 2019

[InstantEctobass]

Every time I look at indo CV 60P or CV60J bass, include my previous VM J, those Lauren board wood definitely look like dead wood nearby the beach.
I don't know why FMIC decide use the grey tint Lauren board instead thier early nice looking Brown tint Lauren board use on VM PJ.

This also occurs on jotoba board between Cort/Sterling Sub and Ibanez.
Jotoba board on Ibanez look like raw wood with dry yellowish tone; meanwhile the Cort and Sterling has much brownish wood tone on jotoba wood they use.

Tinting = using more chemicals

Yes, laurel is unconsistant and kind of unpleasant to look at... but hey, we all know Fender is cheaping out, a if we want the real instrument, we need to seek elsewhere.

Rosewood is back, they could use it, but then the US Fenders aren't attractive anymore.

I've also seen Fenders with rosewood being dry, super dry. So dry that when I oiled it with lemon oil, the part of the rosewood after the nut piece at the headstock, which is trapped under the glossy lacquer of the front of the headstock... is still dry and light tinted.

So it seems like even Fenders are not even oiled/tinted at all.

 

[Malak the Mad]

Just picked up this one used ... was looking for a Peavey Fury, but this popped up on the radar screen first. It replaced my old 68, sold a few years back. I got it for rough and tumble live use in blues juke joints. It’s about on par with any of the 70s P basses I’ve owned over the years I’ve yet to contemplate any changes to it, seems fine as is.
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I kinda have to agree, it does look like it could use some deep conditioning oil. On the suggestion by a fellow TB'er, I picked up a bottle of Howard Feed-N-Wax Wood Polish & Conditioner. So far, I've only used it on a few necks, but the results have been great.

 

[nico485]

Squier CV 70s P Bass

• nico485
• Mar 31, 2020
• acoustic classic vibe precision bass squier

Got my walnut 70s P in. Not a whole lot of time on it yet, but liking it so far. Went ahead and ordered some fender flats for it. Fit and finish seem to be good. Once I get the new strings on, I'll do a setup on it and hopefully get to play it some more! For anyone interested, it has an ISS serial number

 

[Oobly]

Every time I look at indo CV 60P or CV60J bass, include my previous VM J, those Lauren board wood definitely look like dead wood nearby the beach.
I don't know why FMIC decide use the grey tint Lauren board instead thier early nice looking Brown tint Lauren board use on VM PJ.

This also occurs on jotoba board between Cort/Sterling Sub and Ibanez.
Jotoba board on Ibanez look like raw wood with dry yellowish tone; meanwhile the Cort and Sterling has much brownish wood tone on jotoba wood they use.

Agreed, the 60's P I tried looked very "dry" and "faded". The Jaguar is fine, more brown than grey and I don't feel the need to do anything to it.

I have some Crimson Guitars "fretboard restorative" which is great stuff, used it on a VM fretboard with excellent results, warms up the color, fixes the "dry" look and gives a little more "depth" to the wood. Will use that if the Jag fretboard starts to bother me.

I noticed a small issue with Jaguar after installing the EMG pickups, the bridge is mounted slightly to the G string side, not enough to be a real issue (only a mm or two), but it is worth noting.

I've put Chromes on and like them, in between the TI Jazz flats and TI Power Bass in terms of tonality, stiffer and higher tension than Jazz Flats, actually even higher tension than the stock Fender strings, but feel fine when playing.

Not happy with either of the "best" ways to wire the stacked pots, with isolator resistors and without. With the resistors there's a little less "liveliness" and without them the tones pots interact. I like the look, though, so I may just wire them VVT with only one tone pot wired. Considering blend, volume, tone also, but don't think I'll be able to find a good stacked blend pot...

 

[Oobly]

Squier CV 70s P Bass

• nico485
• Mar 31, 2020
• acoustic classic vibe precision bass squier

Got my walnut 70s P in. Not a whole lot of time on it yet, but liking it so far. Went ahead and ordered some fender flats for it. Fit and finish seem to be good. Once I get the new strings on, I'll do a setup on it and hopefully get to play it some more! For anyone interested, it has an ISS serial number

How are the tuners on yours compared to other basses in your collection? Stiff or okay?

 

[nico485]

How are the tuners on yours compared to other basses in your collection? Stiff or okay?

I've only tuned up strings that are on it so far and they felt fine. I didn't notice them being stiff or anything. I'll pay more attention when I swap strings.

Only other bass I have right now is the affinity PJ and it appears to be exact same tuners and bridge, but the CV has a little better finish, darker and richer looking. Hard to really tell in photos though.

Tuner comparison

• nico485
• Mar 31, 2020
• squier tuners

 

[InstantEctobass]

I've only tuned up strings that are on it so far and they felt fine. I didn't notice them being stiff or anything. I'll pay more attention when I swap strings.

Only other bass I have right now is the affinity PJ and it appears to be exact same tuners and bridge, but the CV has a little better finish, darker and richer looking. Hard to really tell in photos though.

Tuner comparison

• nico485
• Mar 31, 2020
• squier tuners

True these are the same tuners... they're clearly cheaping out on the new CV line.

 

[Oobly]

I've only tuned up strings that are on it so far and they felt fine. I didn't notice them being stiff or anything. I'll pay more attention when I swap strings.

Only other bass I have right now is the affinity PJ and it appears to be exact same tuners and bridge, but the CV has a little better finish, darker and richer looking. Hard to really tell in photos though.

Tuner comparison

• nico485
• Mar 31, 2020
• squier tuners

Okay, cool. As long as you're happy with them, no worries.

True these are the same tuners... they're clearly cheaping out on the new CV line.

Yes, there are a few small areas where you can see a difference compared to the CIC instruments, the tuners are the most obvious. They can be improved with bending the plate a little as I mentioned. Taking a closer look, the pickups are also not quite as nice (looks like thinner wire used and shallower bobbin, but pretty close in sound). All in all, a perfectly usable instrument out of the box (which I could not say about the 60's P, but I could have just got a bad one), but very nice with a few tweaks / mods.

 

[Littlewing6283]

This came in today. Just finished setting it up. Installed some emg geezers.

 

[Littlewing6283]

White guard didn’t last long lol back to black

 

[Laurie Bass]

Today..I ordered a CV 60's Precision Bass (White/Laurel board). Here in Canada normally they are $519.99 (Canadian)and on Amazon.Ca it was $429.24. I need another Precision like I need a hole in my head (I have 3 already)..but I could not turn it down. Official pics when it arrives...it maybe a few weeks.

 

[Clifford Lee]

they're clearly cheaping out on the new CV line.

I had the same suspicion as many others on here. I bought a CV '60s and it really gives out a scent of cheaping out. The nut is of cheap plastic, the short stem tuners had some play, the bridge is a cheap late '50s knock off and the pickup covers are too big for the pole pieces. It seems to be built well but with inferior, to the original CV series, parts.

 

[antfarm]

Interesting, the specs on the Fender website say it's a bone nut.

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[InstantEctobass]

I had the same suspicion as many others on here. I bought a CV '60s and it really gives out a scent of cheaping out. The nut is of cheap plastic, the short stem tuners had some play, the bridge is a cheap late '50s knock off and the pickup covers are too big for the pole pieces. It seems to be built well but with inferior, to the original CV series, parts.
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Yes it is. The new tuners and bridge are bad. The new tuners are the cheapest they could find. The bone is synthetic bone, but I'd rather have a good plastic nut. Plastic exists in lots of way. CV Gen 1 basses had plastic nuts, all of mine are still good.

 

[ruju]

I had the same suspicion as many others on here. I bought a CV '60s and it really gives out a scent of cheaping out. The nut is of cheap plastic, the short stem tuners had some play, the bridge is a cheap late '50s knock off and the pickup covers are too big for the pole pieces. It seems to be built well but with inferior, to the original CV series, parts.
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No problems here.. I've got the new CV 60s jazz bass in Daphne blue and everything is decent on it. Sounds great too.

Just curious, if you saw all these this wrong with the bass, why did you buy it? Or was it bought sight unseen?

 

[Yahboy]

I had the same suspicion as many others on here. I bought a CV '60s and it really gives out a scent of cheaping out. The nut is of cheap plastic, the short stem tuners had some play, the bridge is a cheap late '50s knock off and the pickup covers are too big for the pole pieces. It seems to be built well but with inferior, to the original CV series, parts.
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No problems here.. I've got the new CV 60s jazz bass in Daphne blue and everything is decent on it. Sounds great too.

Just curious, if you saw all these this wrong with the bass, why did you buy it? Or was it bought sight unseen?

Here is talkbass, member can share their own experience here , pro and con. Anyone can satisfied or disappointed their new bass, can compare those current VS previous model without constraint.
Some people find personal dissatisfaction after buying.

Why are you so indifferent to his sharing?

 

[Clifford Lee]

No problems here.. I've got the new CV 60s jazz bass in Daphne blue and everything is decent on it. Sounds great too.

Just curious, if you saw all these this wrong with the bass, why did you buy it? Or was it bought sight unseen?

This is a matter of personal preference I suppose. Not bashing on the Squiers, or judging others for their choices, I just call them as I see them. I own a 1st gen CV '70s p and a Matt Freeman, also owned shortly a 1st gen CV '50s and these basses set the bar too high. I was expecting this to be a tradition that Fender would carry on to the next generation... I bought the bass online used for the sole purpose of making a Frankenbass and couldn't help but compare it to my old basses.

 

[Littlewing6283]

im still overall happy with mine 70s p bass. Pickups werent my cup of tea but thats personal preference. I went with Geezers. Bridge will be fine, havent noticed any issues with it.

I agree with everyone in that the tuners are not the greatest. Had some sharp fret ends and I had to do some rounding on the edges but I still am overall happy with it. Love the neck, and the bass is under 9lbs. Put some flats on her and i'll be gigging this as my pbass with flats whenever we start gigging again.

 

[Clifford Lee]

The bone is synthetic bone

Are you sure about this? Side by side to my Freeman, '70s, '50s and American standard the new '60s looks like normal plastic whereas the others are almost the same, especially the Freeman and the American p. Here's some pics to give an idea. 70s, 50s, Fremann, the Fender and last the 60s.

 

[ruju]

Here is talkbass, member can share their own experience here , pro and con. Anyone can satisfied or disappointed their new bass, can compare those current VS previous model without constraint.
Some people find personal dissatisfaction after buying.

Why are you so indifferent to his sharing?

Huh? He shared his opinion and experience. I shared mine.
Where's the problem?