Squier Vintage Modified Precision Bass Review with P/J Pickup configuration

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Recorded and Produced by Paul 'Stick' Annis -- Maplewood Studio
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The Full Spec:
Vintage Modified Precision Bass® PJ, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
Color: 3-Color Sunburst
Body Material: Soft Maple
Body Finish: Polyurethane
Body Shape: Precision Bass®
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyurethane
Neck Shape: Modern "C"
Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 20
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
String Nut: PPS
Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays: Dot
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Squier®
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: Fender-Designed Single-Coil Jazz Bass
Middle Pickup: Fender-Designed Split Single-Coil Precision Bass
Controls: Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Pickup Configuration: PJ
Hardware
Bridge: 4-Saddle Standard Vintage-Style with Single Groove Saddles
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Standard Open-Gear
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Control Knobs: Dome Style

[@Kubooxooki]

That was my first bass and it's still my favorite bass. I still use everything stock and love the tone.

[@PaulAnnis]

Cool!

[@ConstantineIsslamow]

Beautiful looking and sounding. Thanks for sharing with us

[@chrisdallen129]

Just got this exact same Bass a few months ago as a gift. I am a newbie so this video was great and hit the mark for me. Much appreciated. Cheers.

[@duncanmathers76]

I own this bass, in this finish and I absolutely love it. Listen to the slap tone - for 250 quid!! And yes, it really is insanely light and so nice to play. At last someone has put a review up which does this wee bass justice. Nice one Stick.

[@bmidtschalint3904]

Thank you for the video. I was planning to buy this bass for some time now, and you really made me choose this. Great review!

[@victorzamudio4165]

Great review Paul! i think p/j bass configuration have the best of both worlds!

[@SanitysVoid]

I got a blue one on the way. Played one at local shop. They sound great and it plays as nice as my MIJ 1980's P bass.

[@geovaniefloresnaturalbodyb701]

squier p bass is a really awesome bass. i changed alot of it tho. i added duncan desgined pups color white. changed the pickgaurd to a blue pearl. changed to knobs. it kicks ass. i recommend everyone to make your bass unique and customize :)

[@rossanofabro]

Thank you Paul, great review as ever

[@justinsolberg1988]

Thanks to your video I was able to make an informed decision to buy this bass from my local Guitar Center. Thank you, I don't regret it.

[@jamesrichardson2072]

I own this Squire Vintage Precision Vintage Modified Precision Bass PJ-3 colors sunburst. It is a kick ass bass, and worth the $300 dollar (American money).

[@savanaviolenta]

To me this bass sounds better than a Mexican,why should I even bother paying double the price.This one's got it all.

[@josefranciscoherrerabalcor4465]

I thought the same thing when I bought this bass. I had the opportunity to try both basses and this has a better finish on the neck and they sound the same!

[@paulevans4334]

They play just as well if not better too

[@guywithabass3625]

Nice bass, good review!!! Keep it up I really enjoy your videos!!!

[@PaulAnnis]

Thanks ! 😊

[@aya8817]

i`m in love with that precision pickup

[@ThomasLuongo]

This is definitely on my radar as a replacement bass, especially with drop-in Seymour Duncans

[@Robstafarian]

Always great to see you, Stick. Heh, I think this is the first time I have written your name since my Chapman Stick arrived (I like it very much, too).

[@KibblezanBitz]

I'm going to be buying one of these soon so I can learn the bass. Getting the Lake Placid Blue finish.

[@MrDangard]

I bought this bass and added a tortes shell pick guard and a split coil Fender 55 bridge pickup--noise gone. Plays and sounds great and is so versatile.

[@josefranciscoherrerabalcor2198]

MrDangard could you send me a picture of it? I want to do the same thing to mine. [e-mail]

[@xabrielimbeault8331]

keep it up man!! great vids

[@CatFishKick]

Great video as ever, your bass playing has really improved =)

[@PaulAnnis]

Cheers, I need to play more!

[@aarondavis4341]

Squier is amazing,I can't stress this enough,I got just the basic pbass,but I do plan on buying either à squier vintage jazz or jaguar

[@jorgesanchez2724]

great review as always

[@cuervo_locutor]

Great video. Charming bass.

[@MicaelAzevedo]

Have One similar, squier p bass special standard from 2000. The jazz Pickup isnt so nice as my squier jazz bass VM but the p Pickup sounds amazing really. In mine has been done some fret leveling and corner sanding and added a gotoh bridge. Tunners are really nice too i think they are very similar if not the same as the fender ones...

[@Pleasantviller]

The pick guard seemed to bend a bit near the tone knob:) Love all your reviews Paul. Keep going mate:)

[@strocat25]

take a P/J configuration bass turn volume and tone all the way up and you get my favorite sound on earth. I'm gonna buy one on these in lake placid blue soon.. My other bass is a sterling by music man Sub Ray-4 in mint green with a maple fretboard.

[@jamesrichardson3322]

I had many basses but this one is one of the nicest one I ever owned. I put La Bella Deep Talkin' Bass 1954 Original Vintage Perfectly Balanced Sets Flat Wound with Stainless Steel/ Made in U.S.A. 0760M 0.52 0.73 .095 .110 Electric Bass. I love the three color sunburst, beautiful made bass. Donald Duck Dunn had bass like this

[@GinoS1994]

I have one of these bad boys! I swapped the stock pickups with a DiMarzio DP126 set and put in a white pick guard (looks cooler IMO) and it holds its own against pretty much any Fender MIM or even some of the Americans I've played.

[@woodybear8298]

According to Fenders web site these Squire 5 P basses are made of basswood, the Squire 5 Jazz basses are made of soft maple.

[@josecardenas4013]

Nice video as always...

[@viperBSG]

Actually agathis (kauri) is unfairly maligned. Though locally it's referred to as a pine, that is misleading since the only thing it has in common with North American pines is that it's a conifer. But then so is redwood and other respected tonewoods. Agathis is simply a plentiful wood in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands where a lot of lower-priced instruments are manufactured. It doesn't have a real exciting grain pattern but it's harder than basswood, alder and other commonly used woods and some say it has similar tone to mahogany. You may find agathis instruments that don't sound great, but it's likely not the fault of the wood, but of the cheaper pickups or poor construction practices employed in the places where the wood is plentiful. Find a well put together instrument made of agathis and it should be fine.

[@moshiurrahman9874]

Do a review of the Jackson JS2 please! Cheers ! :)

[@531chaz]

I have a slick p/j bass with a jazzmaster body. Tone is unreal

[@MaxBrilhart]

It's a jaguar dude

[@tenshi_80]

Thansk for the review!!!

[@marv151]

this is a great bass, I own it. The jazz pickup sucks but the things sounds great if you have a good eq, it sounds great

[@ylcn77ylcn]

very nice great

[@Monolithy]

What bass between Squier Modified Vintage P bass PJ and Squier Modified Vintage Jazz bass is better to play queen songs?

[@mirko2481]

hi can you explain me how the knobs works? i mean what does the first knob from above and so for the others

[@PaulAnnis]

+Mirko Burroni 3:41 :)

[@canvoodoo]

Mmmm! nice bit of Love Games in there Stick...

[@PaulAnnis]

canvoodoo Haha! indeed, my take on it anyway! LOL

[@xavierarmendariz7155]

So... What's the difference between this and the VM Jaguar?

[@diegojosesoriano]

So will this bass give me the best of both worlds? I really like geezer butler's tone (he uses a p bass) for fingerstyle and flea's tone (j bass) for slapping.I know it will give me the full Precision tone, but PJ basses only have one jazz pickup, so will it give me the same tone as a regular jazz bass if i just use the bridge pickup?

[@xavierarmendariz7155]

It would give you the sound of the Bridge pickup from a Jazz Bass, so, maybe it's not going to have the same sound from RHCP, but don't worry, sounds great for slaps

[@miguelr246]

4:27 ... dafuq was that...

[@troycoolerbigbrain1723]

That’s the playin the bass with a pick is very illegal face

[@IAmInfinitus208]

@PirateCat91 He's referring to Davie504 making a joke about picks in general being illegal to use. He's joking tbh and it's funny that way considering his early years on YT you can see him use one.

[@hammyred919]

I have a 1980 model from Japan but it's only got a Vol and tone

[@user-py8di4nm2t]

im gonna get that in christmas time

[@lukep2k362]

Wait so does it switch between jazz and p bass

[@Brinta3]

I really like this review. You say you are not a real bassplayer, but who cares? The way you let us hear all the different sounds with the same short simple pieces of playing is in my opinion the best way to do this. The only thing I missed in the video: Does it have any neckdive? Is the weight well-balanced with such a light body?

[@RoyCousins]

TheFilthyLiam It's lighter than a Fender Precision, but not by that much. Balance is good (between 17th & 18th fret). The finish on mine (Candy Apple Red) is excellent.

[@XpunkishXduckX]

I just got one last week and I will say there is some neck dive. Granted, I do have a real slick strap from the store I'm using that probably doesn't help. It's not an problem when I'm playing but if I'm just standing there then it will start to drop.

[@davidrichardson7687]

You play pretty well to not be a full time bass player, nice demo cool bass.

[@susanna8612]

Just bought this bass with amp and what ever else starter pack included for 199 € 👍

[@lorenzoluciani7391]

With both pick ups sounds very similar to a jazz bass! Is it just me or not ?

[@chrisbirdsall6055]

Open with 'Love Games'. Nice.

[@jerobussio]

can anyone help me out here why should i buy this one instead of a regular squier p bass? the price is almost the same (this one being just a little bit more expensive). Im relatively new to this so in terms of sound and all that i can hardly tell the difference

[@domagojoinky8262]

You can get more tones out of it than from regular p bass. That bridge pickup can give you definition of jazz bass while p pickup gives you meat and thunder. Better buy this over precision or jazz bass.

[@solojuve91]

could this bass be a good choise for playing metal/hardcore punk? great video!

[@kamalpasha6778]

Dario yes, it's versatile!

[@erockscott1184]

Why not???....its all about your attitude and playing style.

[@TheBassfresh]

squier site says body is agathis (type of mahogany). very light tonally deep. why i like my vm 77 jazz

[@ImaginaryEvil]

Yeah it's agathis. Soft maple is heavy as hell.

[@canadianrushfan12]

+ImaginaryEvil I just got the same one but mine is agathis.

[@paulevans4334]

The problem with the soft maple body is that it dents way to easy, other than that the vm P bass and the Jazz are well worth the money and play and sound just as good as any Mexican Fender.

[@campar1043]

should I save a bit and get this one instead of the affinity version?

[@campar1043]

Kevin Leamon okay

[@mouthfulloffeces]

Pretty sure he can save us 15% on our car insurance in 15 minutes. . .

[@acdsk8]

difference between this one and the affinity series?

[@punknerve8768]

This is much higher quality.

[@perryguerrero6723]

According to Fender website, the pickups aren't Duncan Designed but Fender-designed.

[@boynamedlen]

+Perry Guerrero The newer ones (including the one is the video) have Fender pickups, the older ones have Duncan Designed. If they were DD, it would've said so on the cover.

[@JavierNos]

Somehow I own the one in the video (FD) and the old one (DD) and the DD has a tremendously better and fatter tone

[@nerkoids]

Paul, the body's not made of soft maple, it's agathis. Soft maple is pretty heavy, and it doesn't have a large, open grain like you have on the body.

[@DavidBarrera132]

You can buy a Warwick, A thoug one! But they have some small tunners that get uout of tune with a little move! I've tried with warwicks and those tunners are not really good! i have a squier Pj is like the older version of the video one and the tunners are strong "The Affordable" They are very very good! Intruments do not have to be Fender or Gibson to be good! ;) Even the Squier Jazz Bass active Deluxe is so much better than some of the Standard Fenders! So go and spend some thousand of dollars on a stock Fender!

[@dirtycelinefrenchman]

I have a Squier VM Precision and love it, except for one persistent problem: terrible hum coming from the jazz bridge pickup. It can be heard even while I'm playing, which is different from typical single-coil hum. I looked this up online to see if anyone had a similar issue but found nothing. I took the bass into my local music shop for them to have a look at but they couldn't figure it out. I even tried dropping in a Seymour Duncan Apollo pickup (which is specifically a hum-cancelling jazz pickup), but this didn't fix it. Now I just make sure to keep the bridge pickup dialed out, which is unfortunate, since having it was a big motivating factor for why I originally bought the bass.

[@garyvaldez8699]

I have this bass!!!!! But it's all black

[@eddieryan3232]

Is this short scale or long

[@robertopinto4513]

Long

[@Zigger27]

Looks more like agathis instead of soft maple, and would be more logical since this bass is rather light weight. Soft maple is actually relatively heavy

[@erockscott1184]

Agathis body...not "soft maple".

[@rmccain99]

That is a high mass bridge.

[@interceptingwind7047]

I was wondering, is it smart for a beginner to purchase this as their first bass?

[@tomamey6408]

Very with that thick bridge and good sounding pickups wish it was my first

[@interceptingwind7047]

Tom Amey already got it :D

[@tomamey6408]

Good choice! I gave my Fender P Bass a very similar bridge and good pickups gives the bass a huge sound wish that had this bass when j started playing

[@interceptingwind7047]

Tom Amey Yea it's a nice bass but i hope you don't mind me asking a question. Is the G string supposed to have like a weird high pitch sound? Kind of like a buzzing sound

[@tomamey6408]

When you strum the string does it sound floppy or does it sound just like a buzz

[@jamesrichardson7493]

I bought one recently and it is the best bass i have ever owned. I have La Bella Deep Talkin' Bass 1954 Original Vintage Perfect Balance Set. Flat wound with stainless steel/ Made in the U. S.A 0760M .052 .073 .095 .110. This bass is worth getting! !!!!

[@erockscott1184]

I have this one and the pickups are awful...low output...replaced all the pots and it still sucks. I have to invest in better electronics for sure.

[@benjahnz]

Face plate was warped near the pots. Certainly not immaculate.

[@kimseniorb]

I love the crispy di thats been clipped as hell :(

[@yogscraft1239]

Made of Agithas, not "Soft Maple"

[@PaulAnnis]

As I annotated, there are various specs out there with different body materials listed, I am no wood expert but all I know is it sounded great and was light!

[@yogscraft1239]

Paul 'Stick' Annis Ah, on second looks I see the annotations. I'm just going off the official Squier website. Good video none the less \m/

[@danielgomez7085]

Michael McBride It is indeed Agathis, soft maple is never that light nor dors it have that grain.

[@XlouietheflyX]

+Michael McBride Yeah I have the natural finish VM Jazz 70s and it is soft maple, which makes it a real boat anchor. Mine is at least 11 pounds stock and has gained some weight with some aftermarket parts to be around 12 pounds.

[@Bassist77]

made in indonesia

[@shawnhuff3597]

squire basses are the ones every one byes to upgrade why not just save up and by American fender bass

[@boynamedlen]

+Shawn Huff Depends on what you upgrade. I haven't played one of these with the Fender pickups, mine has a Duncan Designed (only P, no J), but there nothing really I'd want to mod about it. I got mine second hand with the pots swapped out for CTS ones and it sounds killer. The only mods I made myself are a D-tuner and I got a chickenhead knob for the tone because I use it a lot and I like to see where I have it set.

[@xavierarmendariz7155]

Because, Squier has the same quality but at a lowest price.

[@lanceunderpants]

body wood has absolutley no effect on tone and this myth that it does is the reason why instruments prices are driven up so high.

[@melchiando]

common, get a bass player to demo, guessing he's more 6string, no long slides, no slap pop, I'm sure it does those great, would like to see it. no disrespect man, im sure your a great player, but u did not utilize what that bass has to offer. do u guys do funk over their in the UK? maybe even some Zep, jones had a lotta pure jazz in his playing.

[@andrewyeaman8757]

I watched it in 1080p but the 90s quality video still didn’t come across that clear. Or maybe it was that you sound like you have cotton balls in your mouth when you speak. That’s my passive aggressive way of telling you don’t ever start your video out by telling the viewer how to watch.

[@naturaljoe7397]

I had this bass in blue. The bridge pickup was terrible. The affinity pj basses are so much better.

[@OverlyCooked]

Horrible demo

[@PaulAnnis]

Terrible isn't it

[@TheLukster100]

+Paul 'Stick' Annis #blockingoutthehaters