I prefer the uncontoured slab precision bass body shape to the sculpted Fender bodies. my Yamaha TRBX 305 smokes this bass in quality easily.It is a very simple, reliable instrument, and a great starter instrument. I think my good earned money can get a better used or new bass that will have better quality control forbthe same price. These things may be considered nit picking by some people, but we're talking $400 here and that's at least 3-4 gigs to me. so I'm not sure how long this matte white finish will last if I were to take to rehearsals or gigs. and already there is a black stain that wont clean up. I had this bass and played it for an hour, I was wearing a pair of shorts and a T shirt, no belt. Pickups were solid with no noise and good tones, the pre was weak imho. That may be because I'm one to like glossy neck backs but I have a yamaha trbx 305 and an ibanez SR 500 that have satin necks and this Squier does not come close to that feel. But like I stated the neck had a cheap feel to it. The neck profile is standard slim jazz and immediately comfortable. The chrome on this bass was labelled a smokey chrome. The screws were loose, I had to snug all 4 down. sound was typical of a passive bass, no noise, but no real ooomph either. they were quiet, had good tone but the bass and treble boost had little effect, that's probably a good thing tho. Not much to them, a very small PCB that was just laying in the cavity. The cavity had the typical black sheilding paint. The backf of the neck felt unfinished and had some spots that felt smooth and other spots that felt dirty like it had no matte finish at all.Ĭontrol cavity was cut well and the plate fit tight and had aluminum foil tape backing. No sharp frets, no dead spots, harmonics were good: The neck had discolorations like this everywhere: It needs the nut slots today be cut a little lower as the strings sit just a tad high in the nut slots. well the slot for it looked like a rough cut. The tuners look high quality but the A tuner slipped a little had to tighten up the gear screw. The neck pocket seems tight but the route seemed sloppy cut The bridge was a standard Fender style high mass bridge similar to what you may find on a more expensive bass. The control knobs are nice and smooth turning, felt solid. Pickup slots were cut straight and correct size.īridge was not tight, I did tighten the screws after I got out 'the toolkit'

easy adjustability w 2 screws low E side and 1 screw high G side. The pups a more narrow than say an EMG but wider than a standard J pup. Well I removed the bass from the box which was double boxed from Zzounds.Īnd I inspected the quality of the bass as follows:įace of the bass is pleasing to look at.

I just received the Squier Contemporary Active HH Jazz today.

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