bassatnight Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Folks, I am toying with forking out around the £250 mark for either a Squire Modified Jazz or the Precision version, can anyone shed any light on their plus and minus points? or should I stick nother hundred on and go for a Fender Standard Series model? Money is a bit tight at present. Ta, Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 [quote name='bassatnight' post='303043' date='Oct 9 2008, 02:32 PM']Folks, I am toying with forking out around the £250 mark for either a Squire Modified Jazz or the Precision version, can anyone shed any light on their plus and minus points? or should I stick nother hundred on and go for a Fender Standard Series model? Money is a bit tight at present. Ta, Steve.[/quote] I had the jazz and it was really nice. Looks good, low action, easy to play, sounds good On sale here for £200: [url="http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=5134"]http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=5134[/url] Was fairly heavy though and I replaced the bridge because the stock one is like a standard Fender and not particularly substantial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I've got the jazz version and I'm very impressed. Having said that, I tried out four of them in different retailers, before I found what I considered to be a good one. I have also replaced the bridge and the pick ups. It was very playable before the mods, but much improved after. I haven't found the weight an issue and have played a number of long gigs with it. All in all a very good instrument and money well spent. I won't be selling mine anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire5 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I've just bought a VM Jazz off a fellow 'chatter and I'm over the moon with it.It looks impressive,feels nice and sounds good.It's slightly heavy though,but I guess thats a personal thing.I've got a Gotoh 201 bridge on order for it,just to finish it off,as well as a series/parallel push-pull pot (!).Definitely a keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markytbass Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I've got half of a VMJ, the maple body is heavier than normal but not really that noticable on the strap. It came with a Stagg neck which I changed for a Mighty Mite maple Jazz neck, fitted Schaller machine heads and a Hipshot string retainer. My next step is to fit a Badass3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 have played one (but bought a used CIJ instead). Very nice, very playable was my view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/squier-vintage-modified-precisi/71000"]VMP[/url], lovely. £190. The Classic Vibe has the new Fender HMV bridge, but I felt the VMP was better in every way. And cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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