Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass fretless -prt 3 MOD

Squier Vintage Modified Jazz fretless demo. My friend came to visit & said lets make a video! Not what i had in mind but... she had great questions and wanted to know about my guitars. So this series was born, Great bass guitars for under $200 bucks, reviewing guitars & basses costing $150-$350, that aren't crappy. Comparing the effects of custom mods to the sound & look of the instrument. Leave a comment, rate (5 stars is good) or question and hopefully it will inform we artists and the manufacturers too. No more stank gear! If we're cutting trees, make it worth it.

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Music

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• Squier
• Vintage
• Modified
• Jazz
• fretless
• bass
• kobena
• kobe
• aquaa
• harrison
• guitar
• demo
• african
• musicians
• music
• modified
• seymore
• duncan
• basslines
• active
• pickup

[maxproud]

Good Job with this!! It fits you nicely. Is it me, or does it seem like the fretless sounds perfectly for African-styled music?

[paapakobe]

@maxproud Great question. Most guys I know prefer the jazz sound over P-bass. Electronic instruments are mostly a stand-in for/extension of some traditional instrument or playing style. A fretless allows you to play GUNBRI/hajhouj, NGONI/xalam or OUD type sounds and riffs - intentionally or unintentionally. I think the sound of string on wood is the thing, but we use what we have & fretless is relatively rare back home. Anything that lets an instrument "TALK" more is great for African music.

[CherryConcrete]

I have the feeling that this bass sounds a little bit... artificialy... like plastic

[paapakobe]

@CherryConcrete It can sound like that, but it is more organic with the new bridge. The KSM i installed later

made it really clear that there's plastic in the mix so i went back to the LeoQuan. 0When it's time i'll probably put a rosewood or ebony or cocobolo board on.

[DeadBabiesInParis]

Great idea for a series! I'm always torn between getting the high quality stuff or fishing around for the cheaper, yet just as playable, instruments. You have much experience with 70's precisions?

[paapakobe]

@DeadBabiesInParis Not much, i never liked precisions because of the one way + slap sound - but they're so solid

[Charlietahoe1]

Paapakobe is a great talent and he really knows how to get the sound out of that bass. I had one, now I have an American Fender Jazz fretless. It has a much smoother richer sound, yet the ebanol fingerboard on the Squier is very cool; gives the bass a very articulate and punchy sound. The stock pickups really sound good too. I found that Alembic strings are easy on the finger board. I installed a Goto Bridge; big improvement.

[FreakofFury]

nice sound, looks like one of those jaco basses too....fretless indeed has a unique tone. i prefer passive and let the amp do the work, tho there is an advantage to active ..a lil buzz on that "g" string, but not bad for a fender squire.....dude you got a deal on it tho....~rockon~.

[AnthonyOnBass]

You mentioned getting the bass at the 12th Fret - I am familer with P-Town, too. Who do you play for?

p.s. you are a great musician, by the way!