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I found your channel searching for jaguar bass here. Loved your videos and bgm! Keep up the good work!

Do you know what the bridge width or string spacing is? Seriously considering purchasing one of tnese but if its smaller than 17mm between strings it might be a deal breaker

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Thanks for this. I got here because I was curious about getting a custom. Not anymore!

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Good review, like! What about Minilab's pads? are they too terrible compared to Akai mpk? A lot of people complain that they're preatty stiff and unsensetive

Thanks for introducing me to these Stringjoy strings...I ordered a set for my Bass VI (to France)

2:30 The MP ref nearly killed me! Glad I wasn't drinking anything at the time.

This is exactly why i have not and most likely will not ever order from the Fender Mod shop. I've seen to many videos with bad or indifferent experiences. This is the first Bass video I've seen. I'm sorry you had such a poor experience with this purchase. Its really a downer. When you spend this amount of $$$ on a new instrument it should be a great experience not a "it is what it is" experience. Love that candy tangerine color!

I like it!

Amazing!!

Great review Scott. I picked up a 'Quincy' six string bass around 5/6 years ago for £230 new. Well, I won the lottery that day. What a fantastic instrument! Many have thought it to have a 2K+ price tag - because that's how good it looks, feels, plays & sounds.

What a cry baby

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Anyone else have problems with the active circuit? It works sometimes and other times not.

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Thé hole in the body it’s to show that is MX made instead of US, to prevent scams

My Squier Bass VI arrived at the height of COVID and the nut was really badly cut and needed to be replaced. Bridge adjustability is pretty non-existent, as you'd indicated, but there are some pretty affordable aftermarket replacements. Mine has a lot of slippage on the low E tuner, so I may be replacing the tuners. The muffling effect of the bass cut is really significant, as you indicated. I really enjoy mine, really unique.

Nice review and demo. Just got one myself. Excellent for the money. So the pickups are actually not standard jazzmaster pickups, but p90s in a jazzmaster pickup housing (which is why you see the screw tops instead of alnico rods). But many consider the p90s better than JM pickups, unless you want a really sparky surfy type of sound. Jazzmasters are also bright because of 1 meg pots instead of 500k or 250k like strats. Apparently the p90s are a good match for these pots. Anyway, mine is great out of the box. I’ll be doing a full setup including leveling and dressing frets, but it really doesn’t need much. The only mod I’m making is to swap the bridge with the Descendant AOM compatible bridge, which is a drop in replacement for the AOM on the JMJM. This is just because I’m picky about matching the radius of the fretboard perfectly (default is 12” radius bridge for a 9.5” radius neck). And the descendant bridge allows to individual action height per string, allowing me to make the treble strings lower than the bass strings.

Wow it actually sounds good. Insane

I’ve swapped UJ pickups on my ‘78 Jazz Bass and it’s much more obvious than this. I got more clarity, cuts through the mix much easier. Did lose a bit of that old Jazz Bass thick tone. Hmmmmm …

If you had trouble getting action low enough with the high mass bridge… it’s because that baseplate is thicker than the bent steel version. A shim under the neck resolves that issue.

Anyone else see the chicken?

Reliability is my #1 requirement. Playing live multiple times per week it has to work 100% of the time, which is why I now passive instruments, mainly Precision basses due to two knobs. So far my 10 year old American P-bass is by far my most played live since it has NEVER failed me once and is always the same every time I play it.

i feel like i'm watching a professional 100k+ subscriber youtuber right now. this is severely underrated. thank you!

Try a Kiesel JB 4 or JB 5. KILLER fretless basses. Been using Kiesel/Carvin basses for over 30 years. Never once had to return a bass for any factory failures. My fretless is a J style bass with 2 H50A Alnico stacked hum buckers. Passive pick ups, active /passive electronics.

If I'm ever gonna buy a brand new Fender bass today it will always be a Japanese made one either used or new. Just top quality through out. Heck, even they factory own brand Fujigen (FGN) make better bases then fender and cheaper (used market at least)

Jeeze, you shoulda just bought an american performer pbass, it's a pj, comes with a gig bag instead of a hardcase, no stacked knobs, and you coulda replaced the electronics in that and still had cash to spare

Dude! WAAAY TOO MUCH fixing you had to do. unacceptable. I would have returned It.

Been using Carvin/Kiesel basses since 1992, also just got my new Kiesel JB-5 5 string fretless back in April 2024 and as usual not one issue with my bass. I won't play anything else. I have a fretted and fretless 5- string version of the Fender Jazz bass , and a 4 string version of the P bass. No flaws /issues etc.. in all the years I've been playing Kiesel/Carvin basses professionally .

Nice review. I liked your composition at the end of this video.

I wouldn’t buy a new fender these days… if you’re not going vintage, go second-hand japanese reissue and upgrade the pickups. I’ve a ‘92 made, ‘57 P reissue with a Lollar pickup in. This thing trounces custom shops and old dogs alike. An amazing little bass that often goes cheap 🤷‍♂️

If that bridge is plastic it won't get super cold or hot with ambient temperature changes. Take it off and put it in the fridge or freezer for an hour, if it's any kind of metal it'll get and stay cold. Plastic wouldn't get so cold and would warm back up very quickly.

Love my MIM J and MIM P

I have found that the best fenders are the player series also . The American models all have the noiseless pickups which I am not a fan of, of my Fenders my CIJ Fender jazz bass special ( boxer bass) is the best made of all my Fenders. My Sire basses all have been good and ive had good luck with my Jackson basses. 😊

I love my Sire P5, but it doesn't get played much because I prefer my G&L jazz and my Passive Sterling

Very sweet dog - don't like gold either but it seems to work on this jazzmaster which I also got & it's a great instrument.

You bring up Squier... I was to buy a Candy Apple Red 60's CV Strat when a Sire S3 hss grabbed my attention. It was an hour (two hours both ways) closer to my front door so I checked on the Sire first...and bought it. No regrets though that Candy Apple Red looks very nice. Also got a Gretsch G5421 Bourgundy with parlour pickguard, the S3 is Sunburst, just figuring a green Tele or resonator 😮 of some sorts 😃

Got a Micro Mustang headphone amp, does this count? 😅

I have a Squier P bass that I have had for about 20 years. It plays great, sits well in a mix, and is sturdy. The tone pot is starting to crackle a bit now so I may need to replace it. I bought it in a beginner’s kit for about $200. And yes, it was my first bass, still my favorite bass.

Haha, I love my player Jaguar bass. I think you increased your odds by getting it from CME. It's already gone through their inspection, and they're happy to return rejects back to Fender. So it's been vetted. I got mine via order through a local shop, so it had been set up by someone skilled before I ever touched it. I'm not sure the sale price means they're discontinuing them. Strats and teles are also part of that sale. Cheers! I'm glad you found a winner. I hope it keeps you happy, and you can file off the problematic spot on the neck plate. ✌️

Like you, I own 4 squiers...an '86 japanese jazz, an '01 korean mb-4, and 2 fsr broncos armed to the teeth with aftermarket upgrades...in their stock form, the japanese one was ridiculously better than the others, but it was more expensive too

Fender made some good basses I guess now 10 yrs ago now?? 4, and Five Humbuckers.. 24,frets, and DISCONTINUED them!! DUMB asses!!

Being in Australia, the cost for one of these is prohibitive. This is an excellent video, thank you.

I appreciate you. This is great content and you seem very honest without an agenda. Thank you.

Great to see the comparison! Of course it is hard to really judge the differences with the internet, CZcams and our computers in between your sound and what we hear. I must say I doubt if the investment was really worth it, but you did get rid of some annoying hum. And indeed, as you write: is this Squier any less good than the 'original' Fender?

IT DIED ON STAGE AND I SOLD IT. I feel like that really needs to be stated clearly here. I loved this bass at first, but the output jack has a fundamental design flaw. I couldn't trust it after that. I could have replaced the jack, but I decided to sell it instead.

I got a fender Mexican jazz for $612 brand new from sweet water