Squier Jazz Bass Classic Vibe 70's Upgrades Sound Comparison (2023)
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Squier Jazz Bass Classic Vibe 70's Upgrades Sound Comparison
In this video I show the sound of every upgrade I made.
1. Stock Bass
2. Change of Bridge (Hipshot Kickass)
3. Change of Pickups (Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound JB)
4. Change of electronics (John East J-Retro 01)
It got brighter with each upgrade 👍
It’s definitely more beefy. Cheers!
but not after the bridge installment and you can bring the beef into the sound by getting a bigger amp or an EQ proof me wrong.
@@KingCrimson82 well, the tone knob there is 85% towards lows. You’ll get the beef if you go direct. The resonance of the strings to body day/night. At the end of the day it’s about personal taste.
ôf course, i just had one where a slight grounding problem took away 1/3 of the top end. And it was day and night, how a beginner would imagine a 2k and a 200 bug Bass difference would sound like. The main reason for hardware changes, to me, like the bridge would be that the heavy usage would use up, bend, the tinnier one, i doubt that this can be done, i do not think it bends, and sometimes you got a situation where , the light aluminium gibson bar, moment where you got more top end with lighter hardware. In the comparison here the stock sounds better "to me". But to the first point, it really is a ballancing act to get the magic out of this instrument but if it sounds like this: czcams.com/video/rZbl8_MUzQo/video.html or even better czcams.com/video/JXRXLqxtR4c/video.html i mean in every detail its not faked, i got that out of my 15watt guitar amp if the grounding issue was addressed(which i still have to do) @@preciseaudioblog sublime accentuation i would not touch that.
@@KingCrimson82 Got you. You like those sounds. (Btw, I don’t know what did they use to record those takes and wether they did some post processing. If you watch my first demos, when the bass was full stock, didn’t sound like that (yes, I 80% low on the tone, but still). Now, taking in count the budget, and since I have discovered that the would is the most important, before buying the Squier, I would save more money and buy a better (but used) bass on Reverb. You can find some great offers there.
The bridge swap is not good, sounds muddy. I am keen on getting the John East into my Fender 1978 Jazz but after listening to this I realise it will no longer sound like a 78 Jazz anymore. The preamp does give it a lot of clarity etc but it looses the classic Jazz Bass tone. Guess I'll stick to keeping it stock.
Absolutely true. I was looking for a more beefy sound. Cheers!
bridge didnt make it better, muffles it. Also if you adjust it, you should get more punch out of the stock model. I personally dislike active. Of course it sounds good, or more like "easier" but it is just a "me me me" wave, because anybody needs get actives then and whoops all dynamic is gone, all accentuation inaudible. On the other hand, i totally understand "modding" all my guitars are stripped and changed, just my vintage 70s has , besides the jack, everything i would have picked too.
I had a Vintage Modified PJ that sounded alright when I got it so inwas thinking about swapping pick ups but I saw a video of the same bass with raised pick ups so I tried it man oh man did it make a huge difference, I kept the pick ups and put CTS pot's which made them sound even better 👍
i've got exactly the same bass and i'm tempted to mod it like you (except for preamp) but truth is it sounds so fucking good like it is that i'm hesitating
Hi! If you like it as it is stock, don’t do it. I was in the search for sound. Now, for the price, the instrument is good but the wood is not resonant. If you want something better, I would suggest to look for a used bass in reverb.com. (I would do that). Cheers!
maybe i'll swap the pick up for lindy fralin but i'm not even sure...it just sounds amazing...and is gorgeous....love the mapple fretboard....resonant...well it's not a guitar... @@preciseaudioblog
i'm not looking for anything better...i'm totally content with this@@preciseaudioblog
@@bbsoni4814 It’s a temptation just going through the upgrading process. I’m glad you are happy with the bass. Cheers!
exactly...hi mass bridge makes a big difference?@@preciseaudioblog