benh Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) Still waiting for them to bring out a 5 string Jag! Or a 5 string VMJ for that matter, either would be an instant buy for me. Edited January 7, 2011 by benh Quote
waynepunkdude Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 [quote name='neepheid' post='1080887' date='Jan 7 2011, 11:44 AM']Necks are too thin! Boo![/quote] Your hands are too big, booo!!! Quote
neepheid Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1080889' date='Jan 7 2011, 11:45 AM']Your hands are too big, booo!!![/quote] I think it's more a case of my technique requiring a bit more +/- leeway than Jazz necks allow Quote
Cyrene Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Sorry for this question but what do those HB Jags sound like? Don't think i've heard one live, also not sure which recordings i'll hear one on. Quote
Mog Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 [quote name='neepheid' post='1080887' date='Jan 7 2011, 11:44 AM']Necks are too thin! Boo![/quote] Aren't all Squire necks built to the same specs? ie. Modern C shaped and some other C shape? Quote
dave_bass5 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) [quote name='spongebob' post='1080811' date='Jan 7 2011, 10:38 AM']I'm loving my CV-P - never thought I'd be so happy with it. Who'd have thought that in 2011, with the numerous bass manufacturers out there of many prices, hot topic on BC would be the new Squiers??? Bit like Skoda syndrome, isn't it?[/quote] Same here. This time last year i was playing a Lakland DJ5, then i got a Lakland Duck Dunn (my second) but im more taken with my CV P than i have been with a lot of my previous basses. Maybe its the lack of funds tied up in a bit of wood and metal that makes me happy. Have these new Squiers been beaten senseless with the ugly stick, or are they the Ugly stick? The Jag looks makes me think of a butchered Guitar from Woolworths. I just cant get on with them. Edited January 7, 2011 by dave_bass5 Quote
Rich Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Plus the one. Never been overkeen on the Jag shape TBH. 209 quid is an absurd bargain though. Quote
dave_bass5 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) If it wasnt for the missing lower horn i would love one of these. The pup configurations look great, as do the colours. And yes, a real bargain. Edited January 7, 2011 by dave_bass5 Quote
pandathe3 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Why no Double Humbucker versions? I like the sound of getting the Black HB Jag and put another HB in. More so than a HB and Split neck pup anyway. The Jag HBs are just L2000 with a wierd looking scratch plate Quote
Rich Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 [quote name='pandathe3' post='1081001' date='Jan 7 2011, 01:08 PM']I like the sound of getting the Black HB Jag and put another HB in.[/quote] Do it. And make a build diary of it, with some sound samples. The Jag shape has always reminded me of those occasional sad sights you see on eBay (usually in that German comedy store), where some muppet has come home from the pub and taken a bandsaw to his Jazz in order to make it 'unique'. Quote
eude Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Why oh why do Squier not bring out a VM Shortscale of some description?!!!! Or even just a higher quality shorty than the little Bronco... I'd be on it like an aggressive moss! Eude Quote
waynepunkdude Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 [quote name='Rich' post='1080996' date='Jan 7 2011, 01:05 PM']Plus the one. Never been overkeen on the Jag shape TBH. 209 quid is an absurd bargain though.[/quote] Where can I get one for £209? Quote
dave_bass5 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1081158' date='Jan 7 2011, 02:56 PM']Where can I get one for £209?[/quote] probably in the for sale section in a month or so [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Squier-Vintage-Modified-Jaguar-Bass-Special-HB,-Black~ID~14652.asp"]Soundslive[/url] Edited January 7, 2011 by dave_bass5 Quote
Musicman20 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Seriously low prices. Mental. Is the CV P staying at its current price? Quote
basskit_case Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Any news on release date for these, when do they become availble? Quote
Jerry_B Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) Soundslive are charging [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Squier-Vintage-Modified-Jaguar-Bass-Special,-Black~ID~14650.asp"]even less[/url] for the non-humbucker version...! Edited January 7, 2011 by Jerry_B Quote
dave_bass5 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 [quote name='Jerry_B' post='1081260' date='Jan 7 2011, 04:25 PM']Soundslive are charging [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Squier-Vintage-Modified-Jaguar-Bass-Special,-Black~ID~14650.asp"]even less[/url] for the non-humbucker version...![/quote] Nice looking hats :-) Quote
Mog Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Jaysus they're almost as cheap as the Affinity line Why is the VMJ still so expensive though? Quote
Circle_of_Fifths Posted January 7, 2011 Author Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) [quote name='dave_bass5' post='1081171' date='Jan 7 2011, 07:07 AM']probably in the for sale section in a month or so [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Squier-Vintage-Modified-Jaguar-Bass-Special-HB,-Black~ID~14652.asp"]Soundslive[/url][/quote] As [color="#4B0082"]Lord High-Master of Things Squier[/color] - I'd say that you can put your hand on your thigh and get a skin graft faster than these will hit the used market. And since I cannot multi-quote on this site - these HBs are new and just barely in transit-shipping to retailers yet, there really cannot be any sound samples - yet. The neck radius is 9.5 on all of them AFAIK but I cannot say anything about the thinness of the neck in a cross section. I DO know that the Jazz necks are 1.500" at the nut and 2.225" at the 12th fret, whereas the Precision is 1.675" at the nut and 2.250" at the 12th fret. I am so used to the 9.5" radius necks that I find the 7.5" neck almost unplayable to me. That smaller radius queered the deal on the Markus Miller since it feels like the neck is backwards to me. Now, sitting here on this keyboard, I'm debating if I want to go to my GC today and plop down some greenies on a new HB in red. Nah ---- prolly in black so's I can put a Tort PG on it and make it a matching full-place setting at my musical table. But then again (dang it!) I [i]DO-O-O-O[/i] love the idea of an active P/J too. Edited January 7, 2011 by Circle_of_Fifths Quote
sshorepunk Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Who cares what the headstock says! I'm a Fender Tart, owning CS and deluxe Jazzes along with Jap' P bass But if I play one of those Humbucky Jag's and it playes right, it will be mine! Tony Quote
Kiwi Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 I'm amazed alright. Amazed at the different ways they can repackage the same basic specification. Quote
Circle_of_Fifths Posted January 7, 2011 Author Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1081441' date='Jan 7 2011, 11:26 AM']I'm amazed alright. Amazed at the different ways they can repackage the same basic specification.[/quote] I sense just the tiniest bit of negativity in that statement. A neck's a neck at 9.5 or 7.5 or any different rather - and it's all for the masses anyway. Not every bassist can afford nor might even might want a boutique bass and this marketing skill satisfies several levels of desires, wants and needs. If not for the consumers, then for the factories that need to keep their talent employed and the building that need to be occupied during these days of rather Apocalyptic slides into broke-ness and destitution-ness. I say 'good on 'em' for the sheer variety and marketing elan. You can be banned from Squier-Land by The Lord Of Squiers if you nay-say. You're already in Upsidedown Land! You [u]can[/u] be further banished to (shudder!) Australia! Edited January 7, 2011 by Circle_of_Fifths Quote
eude Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Circle_of_Fifths' post='1081352' date='Jan 7 2011, 05:56 PM']As [color="#4B0082"]Lord High-Master of Things Squier[/color] - I'd say that you can put your hand on your thigh and get a skin graft faster than these will hit the used market.[/quote] Well Lord High-master of Things Squier, any chance you can get Squier to do a VM Mustang or Musicmaster Bass? Pretty please?... Eude Quote
Circle_of_Fifths Posted January 8, 2011 Author Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) [quote name='eude' post='1081793' date='Jan 8 2011, 12:36 AM']Well Lord High-master of Things Squier, any chance you can get Squier to do a VM Mustang or Musicmaster Bass? Pretty please?... Eude[/quote] Nah! I want to be taken seriously when I am on stage playing bass and wouldn't want Squier to go that way:: [color="#A0522D"][size=5]Different? [i]I think not.[/i][/size][/color] [color="#C0C0C0"]Just kidding. I think [/color] The VM line are pretty great as they are, and don't forget that almost on a 4-month interval they unleash something new and wonderful. I have two VMs right now and am seriously thinking of that new VM-HB in (natch!) BLACK and then with a Tort PG ------------[i]ah![/i] I'll forward your request to myself when I'm able to get my people to talk to my other people to make an appointment to talk to me. As [color="#4B0082"][i][size=5]Lord Of Squiers[/size][/i][/color], you can be assured that I shan't waste any time in considering your petition. 'WE' are amused wi'ye. Edited January 8, 2011 by Circle_of_Fifths Quote
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