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Like its mid-'70s-style four-string brother, the Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass V 5 String Electric Bass Guitar has a soft maple body and one-piece maple neck with sharp-looking black binding and block inlays on the 20-fret maple fingerboard. Dual Duncan Designed single-coil Jazz Bass pickups, three-ply pickguard, five-saddle bridge and chrome hardware and tuners give the Jazz Bass V superior sound and feel for the five-string bassist, with superior Squier performance and value.
Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass V 5 String Bass Features
- Black Bound Fingerboard with Black Block Position Inlays
- Knurled Chrome Dome Control Knobs
- 4-Over, 1-Under Tuning Machine Array
- Bar Style String Retainer
- Synthetic Bone Nut
Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass V 5 String Bass Features
- Body: Soft Maple
- Body Shape: Jazz Bass
- Series: Vintage Modified Series
- Neck: Hard Maple, C Shape
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5 in. (24.1 cm)
- Frets: 20, Medium Jumbo
- Scale Length: 34 in. (86.36 cm)
- Nut Width: 1.875 in. (47.6 mm)
- Hardware: Chrome
- Tuning Keys: Standard Open-Gear Tuners
- Bridge: Standard 5-Saddle
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
- Pickups:
- Duncan Designed JB-105B AlNiCo 5 Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge)
- Duncan Designed JB-105N AlNiCo 5 Single-Coil Pickup (Neck)
- Controls:
- Volume 1. (Neck Pickup)
- Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Master Tone
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| Probably Squier's Best Bass |
| General |
| What is your overall opinion of this product? |
| This is the best bass Squier offers. I've been using it as my primary gigging bass for almost a year now, and other bass players have been commenting on it as well. |
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| Quality |
| What is your opinion of the quality of this product? How does it work for different genres of music? |
| I'd put this thing up against any of Fender's Jazz Basses of any era, any country. I mean, MIA basses have an edge over it in the quality department, but I've played all of them, and the differences are miniscule. For a bass that wasn't hand-made in an American shop, this is as good as it gets. |
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| Features |
| Are the features on the product what you were expecting? What are your favorite features? |
| I especially love the maple fretboard, which isn't all that easy to find at this price point, and the black neck binding with white position markers.
And by the way, a previous reviewer said the block inlays are painted on - well, they're NOT. At least, not on my bass.
The "Duncan Designed" pickups are a little hot, which I thought was awesome when compared against other Squier models. But I never did swap them out, and they're working just fine. A pickup upgrade wouldn't have hurt, but one I practiced with these a few times I was happy with their sound, so I kept them. |
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| Feel |
| Heavy, fast, chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? |
| Overall it's a bit on the heavy side, as it's a 5-string Jazz Bass. If that's a problem, you can also get the 4-string one and swap them out onstage. |
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| Tone |
| How is the tone? Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick or thin? |
| This bass has a bright and precise sound that you have to hear to appreciate. The way the brights and lows accentuate each other is better than on most Fender Jazz Basses, in my opinion. |
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| Finish |
| How did the stain or paint job look? |
| The only thing I'm not absolutely in love with on this bass is the yellowish tint of the finish. On the Fender American Deluxe, which looks a lot like this bass but costs semething like $1700, they used a clearcoat finish to bring out the natural wood grain. On the Squier, it's some kind of vaguely yellow or orange color that still looks good, but but as good as the much more expensive Fender American. Of course, at this price point, this is probably the best finish available. |
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| Value |
| Did you get what you were expecting for the price? How does it compare to similar products in the same price range? |
| Got wayyy more than I expected for a sub-$400 bass. It's an unbeatable value. |
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| Playability |
| How was the action out of the box? |
| Low and perfect. I took it to my tech anyway and had him check it out. Your mileage may vary when it comes to out-of-the-box playability, but I got really lucky with this one. |
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