Vintage VJ74, any good?

[Brian18242]

Quite fancy getting hold of a vintage VJ74 in fiesta red but not heard too much about them? Any feedback on them welcomed! Quite like the idea of a jazz with 12" radius which these appear to have! 

[Lozz196]

Not played one of these but the Vintage Tony Butler Precision I had was very well put together, played & sounded great. Not a good instrument for the money, just a good instrument full stop. If I weren’t so hooked on US Fenders the common sense approach would be to own/gig Vintage basses.

Edited October 10, 2022 by Lozz196

[police squad]

yep I have 4 Vintage 6 strings. An SG, JD telecaster, 335 a-like and an old Geoff Whitehorn signature. They are all very good instruments, particularly the Jerry Donahue telecaster.

My older brother had a Vintage P bass. It was giggable straight out of the box. Great hardware and pickups too

[ebenezer]

Great basses, wilkinson hardware, well put together, but beware, some are quite heavy

[bubinga5]

I had one. I totally hated it.  bad fret ends,felt really cheap. And i mean really badly put together  Of course i cant speak for every one but your money would be better spent on a Squire imo. I dont care if it had hipshot hardwear i would still stay away. 

[Brian18242]

Be interesting to try one in person as very little reviews online.

[NikNik]

I had one, years ago.  The Jaco clone they made. Looked ok from a distance but up close it looked real cheap. Body seemed to be made out of balsa wood; absolutely no acoustic tone. Neck/'board was ok. as was amplified tone, but nothing to write home about. Shifted it quickly. Perhaps there have been improvements since then.

 

Ah, I see the bodies are now alder.

Edited November 1, 2022 by NikNik

[Machines]

On 29/10/2022 at 17:05, bubinga5 said:

I had one. I totally hated it.  bad fret ends,felt really cheap. And i mean really badly put together  Of course i cant speak for every one but your money would be better spent on a Squire imo. I dont care if it had hipshot hardwear i would still stay away. 

 

I had a sunburst/maple one from eBay as it went cheap. It felt 'OK' but it did feel a bit heavy, the pickups were also extremely hot, and the top end was too much. Sold it a few weeks later for same price.

 

Agree on Squier as a better option.

Edited November 1, 2022 by Machines

[police squad]

On 29/10/2022 at 22:11, Brian18242 said:

Be interesting to try one in person as very little reviews online.

you could always order one online and if you don't like it, you can return it