Jono Bolton

14 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

I believe they did that on purpose. Fender had the Modern Player series for a while that was made in China, to fill this gap. But it had a ton of overlap with the more expensive Squiers in the Vintage Modified and Classic Vibe line. It was confusing many potential buyers, and in terms of quality the Squier CV and Fender MP were identical. They were quite succesful, but at the same time they made it even more difficult to justify paying that much more for a MIM, let alone an MIA Fender when you could have the Fender name on the headstock of a €400-500 guitar or bass!

The Chinese Classic Vibes were excellent; even if you took the price out of the equation, they were just good instruments. I think it was definitely intentional to merge the VM and CV lines to drop the quality on them and move them further from the lowest rung of the fender ladder. 

27 minutes ago, jardin9 said:

Hey!

 

Been looking for one of these for a while. Do people think this is a good deal? Anyone delt with this shop before?

 

https://www.fenderfever.com/fender-pb-70-us-precision-bass-reissue-mij---2005---olympic-white

 

Cheers!

I had one of those in Daphne Blue. Really good quality and one I wish I'd kept hold of. I paid £800 for it 2 years ago and sold it for the same price about a year later.

I had the Classic Vibe Bass VI. It was decently made and I really liked the pickups in it, but ultimately I didn't use it much, and the string spacing at the nut was far too narrow for me to play comfortably so I sold it at the end of last year.

It's absolutely sickening to think that a bass made in the 90s would be considered 'old'.

I took the scratch plate off last night and had a look at the wiring. I've got a 1 Meg CTS pot in the tone position, but the solder on the volume pot is covering up the details; is it likely to also be 1 Meg or would it be lower? I didn't get a note of the cap values while I had it open so not sure what it is. Given the volume pot doesn't have a smooth sweep, it is worth just replacing the whole harness?

Great bass, great price.

What pots and cap have you got in there already?

On 11/04/2024 at 17:46, ead said:

Just received this eamil:

 

Hello

Many thanks for your recent order.

Unfortunately the jazz bass  has recently been discontinued and is not in stock with our supplier so we will not be able to supply this.

Is there anything else that you may be interested in ?

We do have the following in stock now :

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/squier-classic-vibe-60s-jazz-bass-il-daphne-blue/

and this is due in mid to end April at Fender

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/squier-classic-vibe-60s-jazz-bass-il-3-colour-sunburst/

 

Also , our sales team would be happy to make some suggestions based on your requirements.

If this is not of interest to you then please let us know and we  will refund you straight  away and apologise for any inconvenience caused

We look forward to hearing back from you.

How can a product on pre-order be discontinued?

I'd be more interested in the P if the neck had dots instead of blocks. I don't know why Squier (and Fender) have blocks on their 70s Precisions when almost every genuine 70s Fender P I've seen has just had a normal neck on it.

7 minutes ago, velvetkevorkian said:

OK this is neither cheap nor in the UK but it's pretty cool https://basslab.de/doubleneck-bass/

Are we looking at the same picture?

5 hours ago, Highfox said:

Reading this I went and double checked my Vintera 70's tele bass.

I never noticed any issues with the tone or volume pots on mine. Not as responsive as a split - P for sure, but I get what I would expect in variations in volume/tone using the knobs. It's a fairly dark pickup for sure, but has  a mellow bite when fully open.

Hope you get yours sorted.

 

I'm a big fan of these Mexican basses. I have four now  A flea, Player plus, the 70's Tele and just picked up the Vintera ii 60's P. I can't knock any of them for craftsmanship, fit and finish. In some cases better than some American versions.

 I have had to do my own tweaks to get them how I like them, basic stuff, truss rod, string height and intonation, but after that I have been happy with them.

 

People complain about the high prices on these and I agree somewhat, but hasn't everything sky-rocketed in price lately?

I still think you get a good bass for your money in these middle tier Mexican range.

In terms of build quality, I have no issues at all with mine. The first one I had was returned due to a dent in the finish under the top coat, but this one is fine build-wise. I'll probably open it up and re-wire it at some point, but I suppose my main issue is that I don't know what it's supposed to sound like to begin with as I'm not that familiar with the pickup. I've watched a few YouTube vids and in some there's a clear difference between the tone at 0% and 100%, similar to a P Bass, but I've seen a couple where the sound isn't hugely different. The volume pot is definitely a duffer, but I can live with it for now.

1 minute ago, neepheid said:

 

Sounds like you need a @KiOgon...

I did think that, though it's a bit shite to have to replace the wiring in a 4-month old bass that cost a grand

5 minutes ago, neepheid said:

I find the tone knob does weird things (or naff all) when playing at low levels or with headphone amp on most basses.  I thought it was just me.

I probably wouldn't have questioned it but I can hear the difference in my P Basses very clearly. I didn't wonder if it was perhaps a duff pot as the volume control in the Telebass is garbage; once you turn it down to about 8, it's off completely.

I've updated the thread title rather than create a new thread as the issue seems to be wiring related, rather than the pickup itself.

This might be a daft question as I've got one of the Fender Vintera Telecaster Basses, but I'm a bit perplexed by the Wide Range Humbucker in the neck. The tone control doesn't work in the same way as a P Bass does where turning it down rolls off the top end; rolling it from 0 to 100% seems to provide different voicings to the pickup but the difference is quite subtle. It could be because I'm usually playing at low levels at home, or my ears are a bit duff.

Perhaps that's just how they sound, but I'm struggling to find much information on them and how they're wired. I was expecting a big boomy sound with the tone turned right the way down.

1 hour ago, LukeFRC said:

To the uninitiated what makes it a limited edition?

Matching headstock and a bound neck as far as I can see. Dot and binding always looks better than blocks IMO

Without pictures it's hard to say, but IIRC every Fender (and Squier) produced in '96 had a 50th anniversary sticker on the back of the headstock. Chances are it's just a standard production P Bass of the time, rather than something specific produced for the 50th anniversary.

1 hour ago, Agent 00Soul said:

Not a bass (obviously) but:

 

My first electric instrument was a Jazzmaster that I got in 1984.  Nobody was buying them then so it was dirt cheap.  A few years later, I unscrewed the neck and found out it was dated 15 June 68, three weeks from my date of birth.

 

I still have it.  I didn't know this was a thing until I read this thread!

 

You've had an instrument for 40 years? I thought you were supposed to sell them on every two to three years. That's how it works, right?

I only really play precisions, or precision-style basses, and they're all much of a muchness really. I don't think one made in 1987 (my YOB) would be much different to the ones I've currently got; 1982, 2011, 2023, and one put together from various parts.

Price drop to £330 - £50 less than I paid for it just 2 weeks ago and I'll I've done to it in that time is clean it up a bit.

On 30/03/2024 at 09:19, OliverBlackman said:

Until you need cash or space. If you don’t need either, then keep them because you never know when you might fall in love with them again. 

This is probably the correct answer. Unless you're absolutely certain that you don't want or need it, and you can afford to do so, hang onto it. I've got one for sale at the moment that I only had a day before putting it up in the Marketplace. I didn't really want it in the first place but I won an eBay auction that I didn't expect to, and I felt it would have been a dick move on my part to not pay for it, so I know I won't look back in regret if it goes. 

I always like the look of these but they're far too cool for me. There's not a hope in hell I could pull it off.

The jack cup has been replaced with a more secure screw-in version, and the rust on the polepieces, while not perfect, is mostly away.

16 hours ago, sblueplanet said:

These are lovely to play. I tried a few in the range when they first came out but being a lefty i prefer symmetrical basses if I'm flipping them upside down. Did borrow one with flats for recording a couple times. 😎

It's a nice bass but I already have a butterscotch one and I don't really need two of them. In honesty, it was an eBay purchase that I didn't expect to win!

2 hours ago, Happypants said:

 

No doubt you are aware but these have a thinner front to back profile than a typical precision; I'm a jazz neck man and I find these very comfortable.

I sold mine because I also didn't get on with the neck profile; I like a beefy neck, so it was too slim for me. They're great quality though, and I used it for recording and it sounded great. You'd be hard pressed to find a better bass for the money.

43 minutes ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

In the old days of Basschat , there were a few rude comments made about peoples gear that was being sold . Thankfully the mods sorted that out , and Basschat is a good place to sell stuff .  
I do feel for you, but times are very tough due to cost of living etc and I hope things improve for you . 

 

Have you tried eBay ? I think that if you started out at a lower price  say £77 for example , and see what gives . 
 

Regarding farcebook , hardly used it so ditched it . It was on Basschat many moons ago, that I heard about the negative issues about selling on it so I never listed anything . Ignore the negative comments , and don't take them to heart. The " people" on there  don't know you , and they probably have posted similar comments on other peoples posts just to amuse theirselves . 
Glwts 

Even eBay has it's idiots. I've got a guitar up for sale and received an offer yesterday that I deemed too low, so I made a counter offer that was about midway between their offer and my listed price. The buyer declined it and added a message that basically amounted to "I can buy an entirely different guitar brand new for less".