Every aspiring musician must go through a stage were it has to find suitable gears they can start with. For this matter a bass guitar that can do a fine job of delivering the needed sound and playability on a cost effective way. There’s an old saying that first impressions last, and arguably that’s true, exemplified on how great looking is the quality and well sounding are the instruments made by Squier.
Introductory to the Squier line of bass is the Affinity Series J-Bass and Affinity P/J Bass which is the most affordable. Then as you move up there is the basswood body Squier Vintage Modified, available in white and 3-color sunburst with a tortoise shell scratch plate. Followed by the maple body Squier Vintage Modified 70’s Jazz Bass, and last but not the least the agathis body Squier Vintage Modified 77’s, returning players to the age of disco funk and the dawn of punk. Pick-ups and major hardware like the bridge and tuners of the said models of the Vintage Modified are all the same. Finish, inlays and knobs etc differs.
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- Double cutaway body that can be either in maple, basswood and agathis tonewood
- Bolt-on C-shape maple neck
- 20 medium jumbo fret in maple or laurel fingerboard
- Set of Standard Open-Gear Tuning Machines
- Adjustable Vitage-Style 4-Saddle Bridge
- Fender-Designed Single-Coil Jazz Bass pick-ups placed on the neck and bridge, controlled by separate volume for each and a master tone in Knurled Flat-top design knobs
Body and Neck: The contoured double cutaway body of the Squier Vintage Modified 70’s Jazz Bass is made of maple which is hard, dense by standards and a bit heavy comparing it to other tonewood. Its tonal characteristic is bright, and precise on the tones with tight lows adding extra breath of life to an already low pitch instrument. This light colored wood has a tightly packed grains famously seen in natural and sunburst finish with or without a scratch plate.
The C-shape neck and 20 medium jumbo fret fingerboard is slim in contrast to a P-bass neck. Also made of maple bolt-on to the body using plate and screws, garnished with inlay blocks and binding on the sides.
Pick-ups: Generating the rangy articulate sound of this J-bass model are Fender-Designed Single-Coil Jazz Bass pick-ups placed on the neck and bridge, controlled by separate volume for each and a master tone in Knurled Flat-top design knobs.
Hardware: Intonation set-up and tuning is easily adjusted using the 4-Saddle Standard Bridge and Standard Open-Gear Tuning Machines.
Final thoughts: What stands out on a jazz bass is the two single-coil pick-ups that are capable of producing better volume,because it is hotter than a split single-coil, moreover when the pick-ups are being used at the same time. This element of sound is offered by Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass on a considerable price and to mention this bass model is almost half the cost of a Fender Standard Jazz Bass.
Before raising the eyebrows, Of course the comparison between the two bass is still far in components, however on the sound alone, the Squier Vintage Modified models is very much compliant and acceptable to give its due.
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