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Squier Classic Vibe Club (Part 3)

#3,601
InstantEctobass said:
I don't think it's all true though: I have 7 Crafted in China Classic Vibe (Squier) and Modern Player (Fender) necks: one CV 60 (rosewood) and 2x70 (maple) Precision Bass neck, a Matt Freeman neck (maple) as well as CV60 J (rosewood) and Modern Player Jazz Bass (one fingerboard and one maple) necks, and not all of these have the same "slim C" profile. That's what Fender writes everywhere but it's plain not true, at least for what I have :…

…- all my 4 maple fingerboard necks have a big/fatter neck profile (D to U)
- all my 3 rosewood fingerboard neck have a slimmer "C" neck profile…
I personally love my maple CV/MP necks BECAUSE of that bigger profile that have. And I'm not talking of nut width, because my MP Jazz Bass maple necks is 38mm at the nut and it still has a huge D/U profile that the rosewood counterparts doesn't have! :woot:
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That’s why it’s really best to play them if possible, they all can feel a little different from bass to bass. I have seen 70’s J’s advertised as “C” and I believe the MF is designated a medium “C” (thicker than modern “C”) it’s a signature bass and it should be roughly (.085” 1st fret and .097” at the 12th) it should feel a bit thicker. I get what you are saying about Fender nomenclatures they can be sus, but we were talking CV’s here I think they are designated “C” and “slim C”.

It would be nice to have 1st fret-12th fret measurements for players who know thier preference but I think most players are just not that savvy or picky (nothin wrong with that) I know I won’t be carrying around calipers to measure thickness. Best to try before you buy.
 
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Agriamodeling said:
I am silly as created a thread about the neck thickness of a Squire CV 70 Precision Bass, when I am following this forum :-(
I have sold mine a year ago but as the neck was really outstanding, I am hesitating to buy another SQ bass or build one using Fender parts. I have the measurements of a Fender neck with the big square inlays and the neck profile info but no thickness is quoted for the Squire CV 70 Precision Bass.
Can anyone of you please measure the neck thickness at the 1st and the 12th fret?

Cheers,

Tamas
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i have a 2022 CV Precision bass. I'm not sure if these are what you're looking for but i hope it helps.

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jpaulo said:
Has anyone changed the stock 250k volume pot to 500k or 1M on their CV60P?
I believe I can use the extra brightness but am afraid of losing low end, would that happen?
Tks
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I been swap the 250K pot to 500K on my MOD PJ (with MF Neck and Dimarzio DP126 PJ set).

Since Model P sound MID heavy with 250K pot, the 500k able make the upper mid voice more stand out , crisp and shout !!!!

Actually i planing put the A500k on my indo CV70P with fresh EB Group flat loaded. But i will try the EB Cobalt flat first since i love the string stiffness over Group flat. If bright sounding Cobalt flat are well match with stock 11.6k pickups, i just swap those stock pots with CTS solid shaft 250k pot.
 
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Yahboy said:
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That's what I don't like what that 2nd gen Classic Vibe series, is that we don't know what we're getting. What if we want to know where the goods we buy are made? So far, for me anyways : Grand Reward > Yako > Samick > Cortek

EDIT: I tried to check my CV70 (1st gen) P and Matt Freeman necks width at nut and for both of them it's between 42 and 42,5mm
 
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I spot some different on entire CV70s neck between Cortek and Samick made.

Beside the neck/fretboard poly coat color are notable brownish/darker on Samick vs yellowish/brigther on Cortek.
The trussrod wood cover are brown walnut on Samick and unknown darker wood use on Cortek.

Remove the neck ,under the neck hell , Samick put the production batch label on it (same to all 4 Samick Cv50P i been own ) which cover by poly coat. But Cortek has nothing. I only found a small orange color round sticker under mine Cortek unit, din't know what the purpose for......

The nut on Samick neck has no thick poly coat cover on each side like Cortek did .
 
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Yahboy said:
I spot some different on entire CV70s neck between Cortek and Samick made.

Beside the neck/fretboard poly coat color are notable brownish/darker on Samick vs yellowish/brigther on Cortek.
The trussrod wood cover are brown walnut on Samick and unknown darker wood use on Cortek.

Remove the neck ,under the neck hell , Samick put the production batch label on it (same to all 4 Samick Cv50P i been own ) which cover by poly coat. But Cortek has nothing. I only found a small orange color round sticker under mine Cortek unit, din't know what the purpose for......

The nut on Samick neck has no thick poly coat cover on each side like Cortek did .
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Who offers the best between Cortek and Samick to you?
 
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InstantEctobass said:
Who offers the best between Cortek and Samick to you?
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After own 5 Indo samick CV50P (2 new sunburst, 2 new white blonde and 1 used white blonde) , current cortek CV70P and few cortek VM J, VM PJ , plus hand on/setup some cortek CV P and J, honestly, not much build quality and factory fret work different between Samick and Cortek. Most of them need more or less touch up to make them play well.

Both never come close to discontinued CIC CV bass , even my cheapo china made Bacchus J.
1 blue 1 Candy apple red, both are well build, solid roasted maple neck and flawless factory fret job.

Off topic,

Bacchus J with down grade pickups set , only $18 !!!!
Request overwinding, alnico V magnet, 8.4k neck / 8.7k bridge, by China seller.

Solo bridge pup sound meaty without loosing much top end, solo neck pup sound pretty close to 51-ish P vibe.
Blend both pup, massive tone compare to current sweet sounding hum cancelling Cort VTB-ST J pup.

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Yahboy said:
After own 5 Indo samick CV50P (2 new sunburst, 2 new white blonde and 1 used white blonde) , current cortek CV70P and few cortek VM J, VM PJ , plus hand on/setup some cortek CV P and J, honestly, not much build quality and factory fret work different between Samick and Cortek. Most of them need more or less touch up to make them play well.

Both never come close to discontinued CIC CV bass , even my cheapo china made Bacchus J.
1 blue 1 Candy apple red, both are well build, solid roasted maple neck and flawless factory fret job.

Off topic,

Bacchus J with down grade pickups set , only $18 !!!!
Request overwinding, alnico V magnet, 8.4k neck / 8.7k bridge, by China seller.

Solo bridge pup sound meaty without loosing much top end, solo neck pup sound pretty close to 51-ish P vibe.
Blend both pup, massive tone compare to current sweet sounding hum cancelling Cort VTB-ST J pup.

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I love the 3-hole control plate with those knobs! Great look to it :thumbsup:

And yes, nothing come close to CIC CV bass... well mainly for the necks, to me. The bodies were basswood and it's mediocre. The CIC Squier electric guitars got Alder/Pine, which was pretty amazing! Bridges were amazing, tuners too, but the necks were the top of the game. I have 6 basses, all of them with a CV/MP neck (all are parts-bass expect for my CIC CV 60s Jazz Bass). A 7th neck that needs a body (CIC CV 70s Precision Bass mapled maple). And I'm getting a CIC CV 50s Precision Bass next week :drool::woot:

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InstantEctobass said:
I love the 3-hole control plate with those knobs! Great look to it :thumbsup:

And yes, nothing come close to CIC CV bass... well mainly for the necks, to me. The bodies were basswood and it's mediocre. The CIC Squier electric guitars got Alder/Pine, which was pretty amazing! Bridges were amazing, tuners too, but the necks were the top of the game. I have 6 basses, all of them with a CV/MP neck (all are parts-bass expect for my CIC CV 60s Jazz Bass). A 7th neck that needs a body (CIC CV 70s Precision Bass mapled maple). And I'm getting a CIC CV 50s Precision Bass next week :drool::woot:

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(I don’t need a telecaster, I don’t need a telecaster, I don’t need a telecaster…………..honey, can I get a telecaster ?!) :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot:
 
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