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Squier Vintage Modified Precision Electric Bass

Packed with a 1-piece Maple neck, Duncan Designed split single-coil pickups, an Agathis body, chrome hardware and much more. An excellent choice for anybody looking for the unmistakable, classic Rockin’ sound of a P-Bass. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10

Feature:
Not real crazy about the agathis body, but for the money, a great value. The neck is as good, if not better than the Fender MIM P-Bass. The Duncan pickups do a great job.

Quality:
The Squier Vintage Modified series are very, very good. I also own the Jazz version. Fit and finish is very good, hardware is average but acceptable, the Duncan pickups are excellent. The VM series are passive basses, so no batteries to mess with. The P-Bass pickguard is not the best. The satin finish on the neck feels a little inexpensive to me, but very smooth and very fast. There is an ever-so-slight neck dive due to the lightweight agathis body.

Value:
Bass Player Magazine recently rated the Jazz version as the Best All-Around Value, and this P-Bass cousin is just as good.

Desirability:
Personally, I'm not a big fan of the white w/ black pickguard, but for the 70's vintage look, Squier did an exceptional job. This is a very practical bass for live play or recording and it also makes a great backup for any situation. I'm gigging with it tonight.

Sound:
It sounds like a classic Fender P-Bass. It shouldn't, for the price, but it does! Perfect for Classic Rock, Blues, Soul and Classic R&B.

Ease of Use:
It only has a volume control and a tone control. It's a P-Bass...that's all it needs! I slightly increase the lows and highs on my amp's EQ, roll back the tone control on the bass, and I've got the James Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Jack Bruce sound. That's it. Simple.

Support:
No experience.

Overall:
Squier has everyone talking about their VM series basses. Good quality, good value. I am very happy to own the P-Bass and Jazz basses. I do own more expensive basses, but for the money and then some, this is one healthy bass!

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
It lokos really nice and is light weight

Quality:
Great

Value:
Cheap and cheerfull - Never goes out ot tune

Sound:
It sounds ok I think. I dont agree totally to the other review on this page. Alot of people cant really see past their nose when it comes to instruments. If you think it sounds a bit dull its probably because you have not set your eq right on your amp. As for using a highter watted amp I agree but dont jump in anp buy a big expensive amp, your looking for an amp thatb provides plenty of low end at high volumes.

Ease of Use:
Now Instead of playing with this bass and not liking the sound and throwing your toys out of the pram and braking your back with expense and buying a really expensive guitar, you can do what I did. The wood on this guitar is good, dont let anyone tell you otherwise, I took the pickup out and replaced it with an EMG-P active pickup. because I was changing to active I had to change the pots and wiring too. I bought a thicker pick guard and use Elixer or ernie ball strings. A gotoah bridge and gotoh machine heads. I use an Ashdown electric blue 15" bass amp 180 watts, sounds great and i DI the amp straight into a mixing desk. his bass now sounds better than a a vintage £900 fender P Bass and all for a total price of £150

Support:
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Overall:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Features:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Value:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
I Want It:
* * . . . . . . . . 2 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Support:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10

Feature:
Controls are not very responsive. Not worth the effort.

Quality:
Get serious! It is a cheap knock off made in a third world country and sold for three times what they would pay for it.

Value:
Look, it is a low end bass. Don't buy a low end bass. Even as a beginner it is better to start in the mid price range. When I started I bought cheap. Dissapointment is not far off. You may even quit in frustration because you have a cheap bass and amp and cannot get the "sound" you should have. You will spend more in the long run having to upgrade. . Save your money. Buy something worth at least $400.00 and be happy. A clue, get an amp of at least 100 watts. 150 is better. Trust me. You will need the extra poop to get heard over the six stringers....

Sound:
Dull. Passive pickups.

Ease of Use:
It is a stick with four large strings.

Support:
They solved the problem alright. They took it back...

Overall:
Not much good can be said about any of the low end basses. Cheap wood, questionable pickups, poor strings...

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