We missed you Lobster 💯❤️btw if you were to upgrade this bass, where would you focus on? …so Happy you’re back 💥💯maybe a Darkglass preamp?

Thank you for your expert review! ❤

I just found a place who will build me the exact neck I wanted, hmmm. I might be able to assemble a pretty dope bass if I just drop 900 bones on a fretless 5 neck, get double reinforced rods medium D shape, 12 -16 radius ck hardware and that dark ebony fretless board, nice and fat 5 string sturdy neck, inverse inline headstock with ebony veneer, this gives you a tighter B and looser G instead of the reverse, which is perfect for a 34 vs 32 scale for me is a big deal !. things 24 frets is too many, I prefer 21 frets. 30-34 inches is too big of a deal. You like to make things hard, for yourselves ?. I need to wet my 34 bass down some, throw some chicken grease on there, boil them strings or something, thing plays better if damp or something. You like friction, I guess and these frets are like hitting curbs on a bike, boom, boom, boom, ouch. Why jumbo frets or wait, why frets ?. Can anyone give me a good reason to want frets ?. I can't buy more fretted basses unless I had a reason to. Becomes a fret fest

this vs the sire z series..? thoughts please..

Jaco played it in one of his popular videos

Please someone answer : I can't find easily and expnsive in France HIPSHOT Tunners So : I plan to buy instead: Sadowsky Bass Tuner Light Open 1L BK Would that be as ligth as hipshot tunners so that my Sire V7 will NOT HAVE NECK DIVE anymore? Thanks!!! @LowEndLobster

Great review! Thank you! I am looking for a bass for my church. Would this be a good option? Any other basses you would suggest instead?

Hi Lobster, on my Sire V7 2nd gen i really WANT to install my gotoh bridge 201B-4? Would that work man?

Ahahah😂😂 your expressions are priceless u can tell how much fun you are having n then u start wandering about with all your awesome pedals 😂😂 ... sometimes u get caught out and u don't know where u are with the noodling 😂😂😂 Is it a jazz profile at the nut ???

Just finished adding these to my V7. What a difference! No neck dive whatsoever. Thanks for doing these reviews and tutorials! Excellent information!!!

Where do you go to get replacement pick guards that fit good but look different than the standard Music Man offerings? Thanks!!!

I've just bought a EB copy with an Artec Mudbucker, researching on Fly Guitars shows the electrics/wiring for Gibson basses, great website with much info. Seems the best Capacitor for the Mudbucker is .033 uf which is on the original EB0, although EB0 also has a .01 uf Capacitor as a high pass filter to tame those earth shattering frequencies of the original Mudbucker.

Strange you didn’t give it five stars…… It had all the upgrades already on it and you loved the sound and playability.

Where would you place the Sire Z3 in that shootout?

What about the bridge? is it good enough to keep it?

This is a weird strange world

Yeah, no more hour long videos please! Merry X-mas by the way!

I love every dimarzio ive ever heard. All super phat and clear at the same time

I own the 4-string version of this bass and absolutely love it. Thanks for reviewing the various settings. I like the way you play... perhaps you could get a job as a standup comic! Am so glad to finally see a review of this bass, be it the 4 or 5 string. Personally, I don't care for the piezo pickup(s). Concerns the fretboard markers, just go to a professional luthier and have him/her place nice inlays on the edge of the neck to replace the too small dots.

I installed a Fender Hi-Mass bridge and some flatwounds and it plays like a dream!😮

The HH had som rattle in the strings, but that was the only difference I noticed. Probably more of a play style issue perhaps.

I always wanted a yellow P-Bass, but they don't offer this colour here in Germany at the moment. I hope Squier will bring this edition to Europe, too.

I am considering this bass guitar! How many claws out of 5?

The only problem I have with mine is being able to drop tune it but having to deal with fret buzz and strings rattling. I feel like I have to adjust the truss rod and saddles every time I change tunings! I’m thinking about changing string gauges cause I primarily play metal, but I think I’ll need a luthier to file out the nut a bit for my low string…😮

Dream p bass right there

You like this more than the Gibson SG Bass ? Or you prefer the Gibson SG Bass ?

i bought a Squier classic vibe Jazz bass and it's absolutely beautiful. I agree with the neck issues and it just gets worse from here. I have to agree and recommend to get a mexican Fender instead. i have one that still sounds amazing, and no neck issues.

Wtf....where is the guy😮

I have a ibanez btb 1005e from 2004. It's a very cool piece of history for ibanez, the first btb to use bartolini pickups, tho they're single coil on the 1005e, and the neck is bolt on

I have a different Sire at the moment, but I just ordered the V5. Fantastic at the price point.

Looking for the Z7 review, I decided to get the Z7, after watching the Z3 review. The weight is 8.15 almost 9 pounds, I didn't get the Natural, they are out of stock right now.

Have one, threw Seymour Duncan 1/4 pound pickups on it, PJ setup, and this thing smokes!!! Awesome!!! And all done for under $500.00, including Shaller strap locks!!!

With both pickups, roasted maple fingerboard has a small "edge", both most of the time, they sound identical to me.

I want a white cutlass so bad 😢

Would you choose the Sire Marcus Miller V7 2nd Generation Alder 4-String (the Jazz one) istead of this Precision one? Thank you very much.

Potential boat anchor! 🙂😁😂

Dang it, 🦞. I've been eyeing this bass for a little while. I saw this review a couple of weeks ago and fell in love with it. Almost everyone has them backordered, but I was lucky enough to find ONE rose gold 4 string at a mom and pop guitar shop in Texas that was discounted because it was open box. It looked great in the provided pictures so I jumped on it and can't wait for the post office to finally deliver it! I hope I have better luck with the tuners on mine since neither Gotoh or Hipshot have a no drill drop in solution. 🤞

MM some of the best made instruments out there.

Is the 4 string version of this the G&L CLF Research L-2000?

Was going to look into area j pups for my five string v7, but I don’t think they’d fit as they’re not standard fender spaced (the tabs for the screw seem to be closer together than the sire pickup tabs) looking into some nordy dual coils now. Wish they’d fit they sound great!

What you´d use between this and Sire P7 Fretless 4 String Bass?

Squire has better/preferred tonality and balance. If I am going buy the bass for the starter, I would pick Squire. But for my case, already have a good main bass, I would buy Harley Benton because cheaper price and good tunner, and easy to experiment new things on bass in sonically and hardware.

I've truly missed the memo. When was the parade? 🤔 😏

Did the bass come strung with SIT Foundations or did you put them on?

Great review, I know this is an older video but I’m on the fence on getting this bass, do you know if Fender has corrected the issues? Thank you Lobster!

ahh yay you’re back!! :) missed seeing your regular content on youtube, and you’re looking happier than ever. ♥️

Love the matching top there! Nice touch :-) Btw I realise this is old now, but is there any chance you can redo a pup/premap install on a Sterling Ray 4 or dig out the old vid of you doing that? I was never able to find the actual instructional vid where you swapped out both the pup and the preamp after watching it once before I got my bass. Anyway, great vid here.

It’s fretless, is it? So why is it different to original? Is fretless fretless?

This isn't available in my country. I'm disappointed.

Nice video. Good to know what replacement tuners fit and which don't. Thanks Lobster!