Squier by Fender Vintage Modified Fretless w/Bartolini PUPS

[greyshark100]

modern jaco i like it

[666patrickbateman666]

Great playing man

Whats the weight of that bass ?

[joeprogrock]

Hi vinxbass love your style. I have recently been getting into bass myself after about 30 odd years of playing the 6 string and and having a ball jamming with local muso's here in OZ. Anyway I was thinking of purchasing the same bass as I dont have a fretless , are these good quality Chinese instruments and do you think I will get similar sound to yourself with the stock standard PUPs?

[edgar669966]

sounds like a banjo on the high notes lol

[edgar669966]

sounds like a banjo!

[fofo412]

hey, i love your sound! i searched for bartolini because i planned to get these pickups for my jazz bass, and you've just convinced me!

are they the split coil or dual in-line coil? thanks!

[vinxbass]

The Barts are not necessarily hotter, that have the Bartolini sound - strong low mid punch and the clarity is much better than the Duncans.

[D20band]

@vinxbass

Cool thanks! I was thinking of putting those in my Vintage Modified fretless. All of my other basses have active pickups, so going to passives was a bit of a change.

[PipeFellow3434]

what kind of bartolini pups are they?

[vinxbass]

They are Bartolini 9J1's. They really make this bass zing with "mwah". And that is "zings", not sings.

[D20band]

@vinxbass

Are the Barts hotter than the stock Duncans that are in the bass?

[ibanez1618]

Nice vid, I like the pink ball in the background too lol.

[paapakobe]

That was cool & nice playing - really shows the tones one can get from this bass. Tasteful solo & technique too

[DudeLove1996]

You have a good Jaco Pastorius tone. I guess it doesn't matter what kind of bass you have it only matters if you have good technique and good pickups.

[vinxbass]

When I play live with the Squier, I don't use the Jaco tone at all. I roll back the bridge pup and leave the neck pup full up, with the tone full up too. The music my bands play do really leave any room for me to use the Jaco tone at all; it's ok.

[6y298]

You sound great btw - sweeet solo :)

[vinxbass]

Thanks, I was just messing around with the fretless. Kinda experimenting around with different techniques to see what it's capable of. It actually sounds quite nice for under 3 bills. Thanks again.

[6y298]

I did in fact get the fretted, like you said, great value for under 3 bills - thing rings like a bell.

[6y298]

Bassplayer mag had high praise for the Squier VM basses. Fender really raised the entry level bar with these bad boys -got my eye on the fretted Jazz.

[1tootall96]

i love it myslf

[rktech68fl]

amazing tone! love it. Are you using rounds or flats..? I can't tell.

[vinxbass]

Sorry to take so long to get back to you, I'm using Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkys. 45-65-85-105 are the gauges. I like em. They don't hurt the Ebonol fretboard on the Squier much at all, maybe just a few lines from the strings themselves, but that's about it.

[bizzyindmp220]

I love this solo, its very, im trying to learn how to play it infact... how long have you played bass if i may ask?

[vinxbass]

I've been playing bass for 35 yrs., but just started to fiddle around with the fretless this year. This is why I got the Squier FVM Fretless so I could get into a good fretless bass for cheap.

I'm flattered that you want to learn my solo, I've never been told that before - go after it.

[bizzyindmp220]

Heh, I have a knack for going around youtube and learning how to play live concert pieces and improvs other people put up. There are so many amazing bassists with so many unique styles on youtube its great. If I had a webcam i'dd throw a few covers up... but alas with the hard times I can't even purchase one.

[BandiditoGangsterito]

Yeah! great solo. I have this bass I love it!

[zumazmusic]

Who says you can't slap on a fretless?! Nice job all the way around...great tone, great playing, great intonation.

[vinxbass]

Thanks, I wish I had a better recorder.

[bahamath]

"Who says you can't slap on a fretless?"

Certainly not Les Claypool.

[Furlong88]

some nice sound outta... shows that squier rock..

[BassFanatic07]

i wonder why u dont have many views cause ur good

[vinxbass]

It's probably because I don't boast too much about my playing, but thanks for the compliment that's very kind of you.

[BassFanatic07]

no problem :) I hope it continues well for you! :)