Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Fretless

[chrkelly]

Bought one of these blind off the internet last week and would would like to say hats off to Squier for making an incredible instrument at a truly incredible price. If anyone has ever wanted a fretless this is definitely the place to start looking. I always need one for work, but having borrowed my friends' basses for the past few years, I finally figured I needed my own. Being completely skint and having a show with a pretty difficult fretless part coming up fast the Squier seemed a good deal at £219. It obviously needed a severe set up and new strings when it arrived but apart from that, damn this bass is good. Slightly uneven fingerboard around the botom C on the A string that needs careful fingering to avoid a bit of buzz but apart form that, stunning! Tons of mwah and the usual passive jazz versatility. I've used it on a few rehearsals this week and this bass definitely cuts it. I'd also happily turn up to a recording session with this bass, it really sings! I'd prefer to have a rosewood/ebony fingerboard (the ebanol is a tad bright and synthetic for my liking) but for that price I can't complain. I know the quality of cheap far eastern instruments vary a lot, but if you get a decent one, for £219 its an absolute steal!

[parker_muse]

Been waiting for a bassist who knows his stuff to write about these.


I want to get started in fretless, and i was looking at these as i have the 70's VMJ and i know how good that is, and i was hoping this would be just the ticket!


Thanks man,

Parker

[Machines]

I'm yet to try one - but I've not heard anyone give anything but a glowing review for these.

[Vander]

Bloody Squier! They're not allowed to release stuff like this when I'm moving house and so am absolutely flat broke.

I'm not sure I can justify a fretless for any gigging purposes, but I wouldn't mind having one for funsies and £195 (Dolphin Music) is so sorely tempting...