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Squier Classic Vibe Club (Part 3)

#581
My main bass is a jazz bass with a Fender Cabronita neck, and I want to put together a similar back up bass. The Cabronita neck is rock solid. Hasn't budged through various string changes. I came across a used lake placid blue Squier CV 50's P bass. The neck seems to have the same general specs as the Cabronita neck, and it has the old style headstock which I like.

I'd buy the CV just for the neck to put on a jazz body. Is the CV neck nice and solid? Are the tuners any good? I've heard great things in general about classic vibe basses, but I'm curious about the neck specifically.

Additionally, according to the specs, the butterscotch one has a one piece neck. Does the lake placid blue one have seperate neck and fretboard wood?
 
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Gorn said:
My main bass is a jazz bass with a Fender Cabronita neck, and I want to put together a similar back up bass. The Cabronita neck is rock solid. Hasn't budged through various string changes. I came across a used lake placid blue Squier CV 50's P bass. The neck seems to have the same general specs as the Cabronita neck, and it has the old style headstock which I like.

I'd buy the CV just for the neck to put on a jazz body. Is the CV neck nice and solid? Are the tuners any good? I've heard great things in general about classic vibe basses, but I'm curious about the neck specifically.

Additionally, according to the specs, the butterscotch one has a one piece neck. Does the lake placid blue one have seperate neck and fretboard wood?
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I have a BSB Precision and IMO the neck is a bit thicker in the LPB's. They both have one piece maple necks but the BSB's have a vintage tint that the other doesn't.
The necks are pretty solid and they resonate nicely although the tuners could be upgraded. They're not bad per se, but you can go with better ones.
 
#585
No video sorry but I played mine with flats and a pick. Nice and thumpy!
 
#587
Huge appreciation for the installation of the CV Precision neck on my parts body. I recently took an American Special P neck and had to return it before I bought the CV neck because it was pretty rough with sharp fret ends and some kind of grain fracture, so attention to detail did not compare with the CV neck.

Would love to check out the new goldie P bass. The stock photos don't give any clue to the true color. I googled CV gold guitar and saw a very interesting metallic Aztec Gold on the 60th anniversary Strat. Wondering if that's in fact the gold we'll see.
 
#588
Matt Freeman accepted here?

Also recently had a CV 60s jazz and still currently own a CV 50s telecaster.

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#593
shawshank72 said:
Hey all,
Looking to get the cv 50's p bass in butterscotch.
What does it look like without the pickguard on?
Anyone have some video/audio of this bass with some flats and a pick?
Thanks
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Here's a sample for you - I suck with a pick so I kicked my compressor on, but this should give you some idea. These are Chromes by the way.
 

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Pocket4 said:
Huge appreciation for the installation of the CV Precision neck on my parts body. I recently took an American Special P neck and had to return it before I bought the CV neck because it was pretty rough with sharp fret ends and some kind of grain fracture, so attention to detail did not compare with the CV neck.

Would love to check out the new goldie P bass. The stock photos don't give any clue to the true color. I googled CV gold guitar and saw a very interesting metallic Aztec Gold on the 60th anniversary Strat. Wondering if that's in fact the gold we'll see.
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99.9% it's Shoreline not Aztec. Aztec would be great though!
 

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