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Squier vintage modified club

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het best bass for playing loud...
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My first bass:

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Since I'm still pretty much a beginner it's also my only bass. For now. When I've accumulated a bit more savvy I may set about modifying it...

Good bass - a friend of mine who's much more of an experienced/talented musician than I borrowed it and loved it. Compares well with my Dad's MIM Jazz as well.

Might I have a number now pleez?
 
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The Telebass :D

The greatest bass known to man.
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I saw a similar one at the store and I'm seriously thinking of getting it (sold Epi SG to get it as a backup). Looks amazing, I just need to try it. Other choices include either a VM or CV P bass. J bass no because I already have a MIM.

So I guess you recommend it, huh? How does it compare to VM P basses, tonewise and playability-wise?
 
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Squier vintage modified jazz bass - Badass 2 bridge, Seymour dunncan sjb-3 quarter pounders (BOOM), Cts pots, orange capasitator, switchcraft jack and black pearl pickguard :)
 

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carlthegroover said:
I saw a similar one at the store and I'm seriously thinking of getting it (sold Epi SG to get it as a backup). Looks amazing, I just need to try it. Other choices include either a VM or CV P bass. J bass no because I already have a MIM.

So I guess you recommend it, huh? How does it compare to VM P basses, tonewise and playability-wise?
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I'm very happy with mine and, given some understanding of it, I bet you would be too.

Unlike a P, it is not "growly." It has a very smooth, rounded tone that is less ... pillowy, or fuzzy sounding than Epiphone's mudbucker offerings (that fuzzyness an effect of their insidious little single guitar pickup under the chrome cover: I hate that thing). It is powerful, warm and dark sounding. You will not be boosting lows. If you boost lows you will get a moony, totally muddy, wall-shaking level of bass that isnt really useful or musical, just incredibly loud. I EQ for high mids and a little bit for low mids. I think it distorts VERY well: I use overdrive, havent had a chance to try fuzz. When I'm playing clean, I open up the tone and it has a very satsifying sound, like a clean, defined thunderbird. Maybe somewhat piano-like. Fingerstyle I play slowly by the neck or quickly by the bridge. With a pick, I play by the bridge.

I would put on a fender american bridge. The stock bridge is fine but hard to intonate. To put on an american bridge you will need to fill the old holes and drill new ones for the screws. It allows you to do string-thru if you want which, in my experience, makes no difference whatsoever. I put it on because the grooved saddles let you move the strings left or right to align with polepieces, and because it allows me to NOT string through, widening my string options.

I string it up with bright, bright rounds. Sometimes stainless steel, sometimes bright nickels. I am shocked but the cheapo slinkies I put on it recently sound really, really good. I've tried chromes and they sound all right, though you cannot string-through easily with them. Other flats have sounded dull or too dark/muddy on this thing. I have yet to try TI's on it, though I may try this afternoon. I suggest using rounds, as they supply some bite that this beast may otherwise lack without the option of a bridge pickup.

Playability? I love the neck. It's wide but also deep/chunky. Like an SX neck. Like a thunderbird neck (not the thin variety, but the chunky, rounded one). Think baseball bat. I have big hands and long fingers so this means I'm always fretting comfortably. It's just SOLID feeling. Mine has nice, relatively even frets without any sharp ends. My action is medium-low so I can use a pick without buzzing. The truss rod adjusted nicely without any noises or oddities. I took a little bit of microfiber pad to the satin finish and the result is somewhere between satin and glossy and is incredibly comfortable. I still think it looks too pale, but I'm sure over time the poly finish will darken from sunlight and it'll look great.

I really love this bass. I recently re-assembled it, as it had been languishing in a parts bin, and I was shocked by how much I'd missed it and liked playing it. It is NOT a P-bass. It has no honkiness, it is nasal. I'm not sure that it'd work in every genre of music. It is it's own creature that produces very clear, defined lows. It is what I always imagined "bass" to be.
 
#879
Awesome! this is one of the neatest ones I've seen superbb...

tell us about the tone you get with the sjb3's ??
and what was the rationale behind BA2 vs III?? I have been thinking of that change myself. Or, a bridge like the one on the CVJ...

Speaking of... I would like some feedback on this. I bought a CVJ a couple months back to keep companionship with my VMJ. Emotionally I like the VMJ better [don't tell the guys in the CV camp..] I definitely like the VMJ neck better. I like the bottom end on the CVJ better, but our best sound board guy says the VM cuts through better, sounds "killer" in the mix. I can believe it - there's something very certain about the tones on the VMJ, and I haven't really found the best strings yet... when I do it will clean up some.

So I'm thinking of letting the CVJ go and getting a sunburst VMJ to be roomate with my blondie... Have any of you also had the CVJ and reluctantly turned it loose in favor of a VM or two?

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Squier vintage modified jazz bass - Badass 2 bridge, Seymour dunncan sjb-3 quarter pounders (BOOM), Cts pots, orange capasitator, switchcraft jack and black pearl pickguard :)
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#880
Thanks very much !!

The tone is great with the duncans... incredible low end, the power and depthness is awe inspiring. Nice clean highs too and the mids are good, although the pickups are better for low end and highs. I personally didnt found these that scooped, alot of people sound they are too much. You better be interested in some rock or blues if you take them for a spin.

The BAII I got a while back and had it before I was aware of the BAIII, I find it more substantial than the bridge on the CVJ and I feel it gives greater tone. If I had the choice of bridge again Id go for a Babicz full contact, Ive heard they are BA killers :eek: :)

The CVJ are nice, but the maple on the VMJ's is beautiful and you get just as much bang for your buck, I also agree the neck on these is much better, its a brilliant neck, really slim which is what I prefer :D
 
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