anzoid Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Been on the look out for a cheapish Jazz to serve as something to mod and muck around with. Wasn't having much luck finding anything with a plain maple fretboard until this showed up: It's a 2013 Squier VM Jazz Factory Special Run in Candy Apple Red. Never seen one anywhere before but it pretty much was what I was looking for... apart from the pickup cover and tug-bar. Haven't been able ti find much about these online at all so if anyone knows about Squier Factory Specials and where this fits with the rest of the Squier range I'd be interested to learn more. Quality is pretty good, fret-ends are a little sharp but action is good, no fret buzz and low action. Sounds like a Jazz bass, not particularly high-output pickups. And it's now officially my heaviest bass - 4.1kg. Let the modding commence... A couple more photos: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihangle Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Did you carry out any mods ? I’ve just played one of these and really like it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzoid Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Yeah, have done a few bits and pieces: Put in a new wiring loom from @KiOgon - basically the first thing I do in any passive bass It's got a series/parallel pull/push on the volume knob for a little bit of extra variety and overall the choice of pots opens up the sound a little bit. Installed a pair of Entwistle JBXN pickups because I wanted a bit more growl - the Duncan Designed pickups are a little too polite for me. The rest is just swapping out the control plate, scratch plate and knobs for black versions - eventually I might swap over the rest of the hardware to black... though currently thinking I might go back to the original look (or sell the whole thing...) - can't make my mind up. Overall, it's a lovely bass, I prefer the satin finish on the neck over the gloss that my VM fretless has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihangle Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Thanks for the update - the mods sound really interesting. The satin finish on the neck seemed really nice on the one I played ... I think I’m going to have to back and buy it ... seemed similar to the neck I played on an American Performer @£1k! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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