Today I’m going to talk about the five things i like most about the Squier 60’s Vibe Jazz Bass
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For those who follow the channel, I bought this bass last year and I did an unboxing video and a tone test with it. But now that I’ve had the opportunity to track dozens and dozens of songs with it, I figured I would do a review and the five things that I like most about the bass and if I think you should buy it or not.
#1 – The Price
Brand new this base costs only $429. To me compared to basses twice the price, I do not think this bass is half as good. I’ve played bases that are incredibly more expensive than this one and yes they are better but bang for buck, this base is fantastic.
#2 – The Neck
It comes with a 20 fret, maple neck with an Indian Laurel fretboard. It’s that nice c-shaped neck and it is a 34-inch scale and it just to me it feels so good in the hand. I feel fast on it, it feels sturdy and it’s a neck that you feel like you can play for hours and hours and hours when you’re tracking for long periods of time or even playing a show. The neck on this bass really surprised me with how much I liked it.
#3 – The Tone
I truly was expecting to have to mess with the tone a lot on this bass knowing that I’m buying a $400 bass. The tone right out of the box is a nice fat tone, it has that nice low subsonic fatness to it. It has some of that nice clarity where you get some of that string attack as well if that’s what you’re going for. So the tone right out of the box of this base was surprisingly good.
#4 – The Flexibility
With this bass I’ve tracked everything from plucky muted indie rock bass lines to full fledge overdrive, octaver, crazy metal bass lines and this bass seems to be able to do it all no problem. The flexibility of this bass itself with just the two pickup volume knobs and the tone knob is fantastic.
#5 – The Looks
It’s a good looking bass. This is just such a classic good-looking base and pair that with the three-tone sunburst finish that mine has, it’s almost like an art piece. To me just it adds like a nice color to the studio and if your instrument’s easy on the eyes I feel like that’s just a bonus!
All right so now to the end where I tell you if you should buy it or not. I think if you’re looking for a bass and you’re not wanting to break the bank, you want flexibility, you want something that looks good, this checks all those boxes for you. I say go ahead and buy it! If you’re looking for more of a boutique bass that you can show off to your friends and show off at shows, then maybe this one isn’t for you. But if you’re looking at something for utility use this bass is fantastic. I never thought in a million years i’d say this but… but BUY THE SQUIER!!!
- My Recording Rig:
- Tone Machine Guitar (Custom Built)
- Fractal Axe FX II
- Steinberg Cubase Pro
- Spitfire Audio
- Steven Slate Plug-ins
- Ernie Ball Strings
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- Shot & Edited by: Zach Wirchak
Zach Wirchak 