Modified into a Super Squier

This is an amazing starter bass and can be an all around great bass with some adjustments. The stock pickups are okay, but you will most likely need to raise the bridge pickup as it tends to be quieter than the neck pickup. I also adjusted the action and intonation to how I wanted it. I ended up swapping my pickups with DiMarzio DP123BK Model J pickups. I leave the bridge pickup sitting a little higher even with the DiMarzio pickups. I also replaced the bridge with a Hipshot 5K400 (High mass, brass saddles). I replaced the nut with a bone one. One of the factory machine heads ended up with a warped gear so I replaced all of them with the Fender J bass machine heads. I currently have Fender flatwounds on it. This bass has basically been rebuilt into a super Squier. I am contemplating switching the pots eventually too. I had to resolder the jack wires, they broke; though Im not sure exactly how, just noticed it was really buzzy.

As far as appearance and build the bass feels very sturdy. It is a little heavy in comparison with some of my other basses, but certainly manageable while playing standing for long periods of time. I LOVE the maple fret board with black block inlays. All my other basses are rosewood/blackwood necks with standard dot inlays. I find the neck radius/width easy to play on (I don't have long fingers) and you can easily slide your hand up and down the neck with minimal friction. The body is glossy, i have rubbed my wrist raw on the body while pick playing for extended periods of time, but this can easily be fixed by using wrist bands, also has not been a problem while finger picking. The neck is kind of blocky at the insert, so it makes it hard to play really high notes. That said, I have a 24 fret bass for playing songs that require high notes around the 19-20 frets. I am also fairly certain that the "Blocky neck mount" issue is also an issue on Fender J basses as well, so not specifically a fault of the Squier Model.

I think if you played this blind folded you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between this bass and the Fender Model. Basically I think one of the biggest differences between the Squier models and Fender models is that the Fender models most likely come fully setup (with slightly better parts) where with the Squier ones you will need to make some minor adjustments. With the right musician a good bass can be had regardless of what it says on the headstock.

Resilient

Still going strong after 13 years, more or less... Personally it's all I need from it sounds great and it's incredibly easy to maintain, my only gripe is the weight. This one's a back breaker, definitely not a live bass but as for recording not bad at all!

Hard to Beat at Its Price!

Right off the rack, the fit and finish of this bass was astounding. It absolutely smoked my old Affinity Precision, which had jagged, sharp fret-ends and seemed to be impossible to intonate. And the tones... the comparison almost seemed unfair. The 70s Jazz Bass's simple control setup allows for a huge variety of tones, ranging from a deep reggae throb to a trebly rock attack.

There are two Duncan-Designed single coil pickups, which are where the "vintage modified" part of the bass's name comes in (they're spaced according to 60s specs, rather than true 70s measurements). These are positioned at the neck and bridge. The first chrome-plated knob that your plucking hand will encounter controls the volume of the neck pickup, whereas the second one adjusts the volume at the bridge. The third is a master tone knob, which controls the tone for both pups simultaneously.

It's that simple.

Now, you might expect that like most jazz basses, this one tends to do bright rock tones and not much else, and you're not far from the truth--I don't really do any jazz, blues, or what-have-you. But my post-punk and new wave influences mean that my bass tracks move between high lead runs up near the top of the neck with a drone string going (a la Joy Division/New Order's Peter Hook) and low, deep pulsing tones softly picked with the fingers or even the thumb (along the lines of Public Image Ltd's Jah Wobble, or Sting in his Police days). The Squier 70s VM Jazz bass keeps up with all of it quite ably, because the pickups are voiced so differently that mixing and blending with the volume knobs alone produces a fairly wide array of sounds. And that's before we even mix in the tone knob... Read More

Great bass, low price

Personally, this is the first and only bass I've owned, but I've used quite a few before this for a while. This bass is better than most of the others I've used and, despite the low price, sounds fantastic. It plays well and is really comfortable to play.with some upgrades, it could compare to a more expensive Fender bass.

Happy with it

This was my first bass guitar, and I was ecstatic with it at the beginning. It's everything you'd want from a Jazz Bass, except... After playing other Jazz Basses, and come back to this one, you notice it feels smaller and the tone from the pickups aren't very loud or full. It's very well made for the price, however.

Great

This bass and my stingray got me through highschool. I remember my dad pulled me out of school one day my junior year and we drove out to a Facebook marketplace meetup about an hour away. I paid $80 for it, and it was in prestine condition. I ended up selling it to one of my band mates.

JAZZ BASS 70S NATURAL VINTAGE MODIFIED

Dans sa version 2013 améliorée, la Jazz Bass Vintage Modified ’70s de Squier vous replonge dans cette période mythique de l'histoire de la Jazz Bass. Elle est dotée de deux micros Fender et d'un manche fin en érable avec un profil en C et une finition brillante teintée vintage. Elle possède également une touche en érable filetée noire avec un radius de 9,5", 20 frettes medium-jumbo, de magnifiques incrustations noires, une plaque de protection noire à trois plis, un chevalet à quatre pontets, des boutons de contrôle moletés chromés, ainsi que des mécaniques ouvertes. Elle offre aux bassistes d'aujourd'hui les sonorités et les sensations des années 70, avec la qualité et les performances supérieures de Squier.

Don't say it's a Squier... It's a Jazz!

Natural finish, black pickguard and control plate. I changed the bridge with an Allparts Omega (Badass II clone). Looking forward to changing tuners in order to get a all-black look for mechanics.

Does an amazing job for the price.

Gets the job done. I'm very happy with it as my first bass. Will definitely invest more into my next bass as I get more comfortable with the instrument.

Love it!

While I'm only a few years into being a bassist, this bass has delivered the best tone, in both highs and lows, out of the array of basses I've been playing. Solid, and reliable.