Fender Squier Jazz Bass

2004 squier jazz made in korea 20 frets standered jazz controls 2 volume (neck&bridge)and a tone passive stock squier jazz pickups standered fender tuners

i play punk slow acustic type songs metal and a little ska it puts out what i would expect bright punchy with pick a little twangy but alright

from factory the actions comfertable a little high but i got used to it in about in hour the pickups arnt lined up with the strings properly but dosnt affect the sound to much veary good finish no flaws or anything of that sort

the bass handles and feels veary well while playing live and in the practice space the hardware seems to be sterty enough to last a good number of years before needing replacment the strap buttons are solid but i got staplocks just in case its a dependable bass but i would still bring a back up on stage after all its still a squier

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ive been playing about 8 years i own no other basses do to money troubles if i went back id probly save up the extra $200 to get a fender jazz

All Standard features. Made in Korea.

This has the most average sound in the world, it does it's job, but is nothing special in my opinion, still, having owned a P-Bass special its sound is superior, yet it obviously gets beaten by the Fender model.

THe paint was very poor, i have had it for just over a month and it already has 2 large scrathes on the back, as well as one or two imperfections in the wood.

apart from the paint problems and slight imperfections in the body, the hardware is solid and im comfortable using it live.

never had to deal with them.

Overall, its not an amazing guitar, but it does what it says on the tin, it was cheap but more than out does its dues. Despite its flaws, and tbh if i cared enough about them i would buy a new one ( :) ), its a good solid guitar and suits my basic needs perfectly.

2003 indonesian made Squier Jazz Bass Standard Series
20 Freets
Solid Alder, not poplar
standard V/V/T config
Maple Neck Rosewood Fretboard
Vintage style Tuners
Came with two allen keys(Trus rod, saddles)

Not a ten, as it is a standard jazz bass, but what more do you want?

Lound enough to play unplugged(surpisingly) sounds goud pluged in. Has the classic j sound, yet a bit noisy when only one pickup on. better than a standard p bass. you can make it sound low or high when you want. nice but no wear near the sound of a american fender

Good set up but some buzzez, a twist of the supplied allen key took care of that(shock!) cant expect the factory to know what i like now can i?
Lovely slim j bass neck, beautiful sunbust finish(20 dolars more expensive)
there was a small indent in the freetboard like sometihng bumped it. it's hard to see and has no effect on playability.
looks like a million bucks!
frets nice and polished, nut good,

amazingly it was in tune right out of the box!

looks prety dourable, though i expect the paint wont last my wear and tear. strap buttons are solid, but i will get strap locks.
though it is a squier i think it will hold up. havnet had to adjust the trus rod, but as winter sets in i will have to. id have to use it in a gig with out a back up as i have no other bass! but you know even bass strings can break, or maby it will die suddenly as i walk onto the stage. you never know! OVer all it's good, but again it's no american fender deluxe

never tried to deal with them, but i hear they can be reasonable in help.

If it were lost or stolen i would upgrade to a MIM Jazz
IF your considering a bass buy this over a the p or p special as this sounds better. if your experienced buy sometihng of higher quality

Squier 2003 Sunburst Jazz Bass. Don't really know where it was made, never looked it up, maybe Japan, Korea? Standard number of frets. Two volume, one for each pickup, and one tone. standard j-bass config. Standard Squier pickups. Passive. Not sure on the woods. Rosewood fingerboard. The body style is a Jazz bass, obviously. The Bridge style is string-through-bridge. No included accessories. Did buy a gig bag for it. doesn't fit too well although.

Music style is everything from Jazz to Nirvana, basically everything but country. I'm using a little drive practice amp until i upgrade and have some money. It's noisy, even acoustically. I usually change my settings and tunings all the time. Maybe the neck pickups off, tone all the way up for a punchy sound. The dislikes i have is that the pickup, where i usually rest my thumb, has a tendancy to like have a small sliver of plastic on the edge stick out.

The action was already set up by the store, and was low and good. The pickups were set at an odd angle, only on the bridge pickup though. All else, nice. Every part on it was ship shape and i made sure it was before i bought it.

This bass will withstand live playing, i hit a wall with the headstock and took the paint off of the wall and nothing off of the bass, no marks, anything. So it probably will. The hardware will last, but I'm thinking of replacing it with some J-bass reissue pickups sometime anyway. The strap buttons are pretty solid, but my favorite strap has a tendancy to come off of the basses i use anyway, so i can't really judge. I can depend on it, but haven't had anything adjusted just yet. I would use it on a gig without a backup, since this is my only bass at the moment :)

Haven't dealt with them, but with the plethora of information i've found on fender sanctioned websites i'm sure they'll be helpful.

i've been playing for one year, starting with a karera bass which i still love for its weight and far-out metallic sound. If it was stolen, watch out. I'll paralyze a person for this back, since it was my first 'real' bass. I'll smack em with my other bass. It has a sharp neck. the edges are quite odd, so i'll probably replace it soon.

My Jazz is a 1982 JV series Squier (62 re-issue).

I played Fender Precisions for 17 years, and also owned a Japanese Fender Jazz for a few years. I found my bass in a local free ad's paper for #85! as soon as I saw the JV serial numberI knew I was onto a good one, so didn't haggle!

It was as it had left the factory, white with a tortie scratchplate, and rosewood fingerboard, but had very little output. I took it to bits and discovered it had been rewired incorrectly. After rewiring it, I took it to a gig, loved the sound and have used it as my main bass since.

Being a 1962 re-issue and two volume pots and one tone. the bass has reverse tuners, threaded bridge rollers.

For most styles of music it has THE sound, bright, punchy with plenty lows. Sounds great in the studio or live. For live work I use a Trace Elliot 300 watt 1x15 combo with a custom made 1x15 extension cabinet. I can get pretty much any sound I want with this set up, but for rock gigs, I still use a Precision for that wall of sound bass without the Jazzes subtlties.

10 out of 10

As mentioned, the electrics neede done, but other than that, new strings, and bang one great Jazz bass!

These basses were great when new, and only improve with age.

No problems, easily don a couple of hundred gigs since I got it and can't fault it.

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As you may have guessed, I love this bass to bits. Since buying it I sold my Fender Precision 57 re-issue, It just wasn't getting used anymore. I've played Fenders of all vintages both J and P type, and this is up with the best of them. A vintage quality bass at a bargain price.
Not long after buying it , I tried it back to back with a brand new USA Jazz, costing around #1100, and the Squier was a far better bass on all counts, I'm very much a Fender man, but the new stuff ain't a patch on the old. Why spend all that money on a new bass when you could get an early 70's (four bolt, don't like the 3 bolt one's myself) bass for the same money?

Would I buy another? what do you think!

One word of caution on this note though, JV series Squiers are becoming harder to track down, I know of a few late 50's early 60's Fenders that are actually JV's re-badged. Be aware, check out Ed Romans site for info on this. It does happen, and shows how good these instruments are.

If you find one at the right price GO FOR IT!

ca. 2001-02 squier jazz bass sunburst finish. identical setup to fender jazz. satin finish neck. body supposedly adler... came w/ aftermarket hardshell case (nicer than bass. slightly lighter than u.s. version. orignal neck/bridge setup lousy but easily improved.

The jazz bass is supposed to be less bombastic than the "p" and will disappoint rap metal fans; but it can be a very rich sounding so long as you can give up some of the throb of a p bass. I like it but it's an aquired taste.

Playing it through a crate 100w amp w/ 15in and horn and 2 12 outboard cab w/ rackmount eq/comp/dly

a first rate second rate bass. hardware and frets fine, pu's are not going to rattle the foundation but it has nice definition and a useable palette of tones.

light body (good) satin finish neck (bad) but no worse than the new us stuff. on its own merits, its fine, for the money its great

built like a brick. no, really. bridge is "vintage style" (read:junk)
but other than that all is well. spend some of the cash you saved on decent strings.

If you call Fender, tell them this is your 15th insturment purchase this year or they will laugh and hang up. If you can convince them you're rich they can be swell.

for the money, amazing.

Stock Squier Jazz, Black
Nothing new here.

Pretty normal features.

I play many genre's and with many groups. I've played it through a SWR Workingman 15" and a Behringer 12". While it doesn't sound half as good as a real Fender Jazz, for a bass the sound is acceptable. It has a very flat sound, kindof like sending it first through a cheap microphone.

Finish is great, the action had to be adjusted (naturally) from the factory (and those terrible factory strings replaced). Some sloppy work on the neck (two or three little bits of glue and a few frets not completely sanded down). The pickups were adjusted well.

I've played two of these: a late 80's and an almost new 2002. They seem to last alright. The finish is very nice. The tuners are of questionable quality.. but the instrument stays in tune very well.

Never dealt with Fender/Squier.

I bought this guitar after playing the School's model. I am not a bassist, but i needed something that would be cheap and get the job done. I use both squiers in a pit orchestra for a musical. Through the SWR Workingman 15" it does an admirable job keeping up with the other 20 or so musicians. The older (late 80's model) is a little nicer than the new one. The neck seems of better quality and it certainly sounds better. I'd never gig with this where it could be seen though.. a squier just isn't cool.

1997 or so, made in Korea.
2 jb pick ups. Passive electronics. The regular JB configuration.

I play funk, nu metal. The sound is bad. Lows are just not there, highs are not clear at all. The mids are bad and you can't control them. It sounds as bad as korean lousy bass can sound. Very noisy, especially if you turn one of the pick ups off. Somewhere about 10 fret it's sound reminds the real JB, but thats it. Slap sounds bad. I mean if you want all the flyes to dye in your room, then slap it, but this is the only reason to do it. Be carefull, don't slap it while humans around!

Frets are terrible. G-string always being caught by a fret.
While I got it, the action was terrible, it deffinetly needed a setup.

Live playing? Not an option. It sounds too bad even if you plug it into a million dollar equipment.
The buttons are OK, they turn. Finish will last I think. I don't think I'll stay around to see it.
Would I depend on this guitar? Sure, if I'll get into a fight, using this bass will be even better then using "the force". Too bad Luke didn't have one...

Never had to deal with them. Lets give them 10 for that.

I played it for 3 years. Don't buy it. There are better korean/chineese basses. If it gets stolen, then your thief didn't read this review. Stick it to your guitar, and it's safe!
Now I'm a proud owner of Warwick Streamer Std. I know now what good bass is. And also I know now how bad Squier JB is. Overall - its a piece of crap. Even those little words "by fender" cant't make it sound alright.

i just got a japanese made squier J-bass from a junk shop in japan for 25 quid and it has been dated to 1984 serial number starts with an E. basically it is a fender J-bass so same layout etc

im a reggae/ska man and you need a J-bass for this stuff, i have had a few fenders mainly around the same age as this and to be honest this guitar wipes the floor with them. pre CBS fenders were great but ide rather buy a car for the same money, as for newer fenders i wouldnt spit on them. this sounds amazing.

dont think anyone has touched this axe for years but it has been kept in a case and is in beautiful condition, lucky me, what a find. everything is shiney and new looking, i took the scratchplate off cos i like the look without it. poser i know. plays like a dream

it is 18 years old and looks better than i do so it must be good for another 18

never use it

i been playing 25 years with many faces and i have too many guitars to list here mainly japanese classics ex- tokai les paul reborn goldtop - yamaha SG1 - gibson LP recording 1971 - etc. and this will be my favorite bass i can tell already, i have a fernandes X-Japan bass and also 2 greco P-basses. it wont get stolen cos i look after my gear but if it did the gun will come out and he/she will have to die, simple. if you are looking at any new guitar remember this old saying... they dont make them like they used to. it is so true. if you find a 1980's squier jump on it, new fenders suck, even the yank ones trust me i have had them and sold them within 6 months, even the new mex/korean squiers are crap and cheeply made, there just isnt the wood around these days.anything before 1985 or around is usually worth trying out, another good japanese J-bass is the Tokai, make sure it is an oldie you will not be sorry you brought it. cheers for reading and enjoy playing music we are all musicians and in the days of old musicians shared court with kings but not any more, most of us share the dole lines with wineoes...bye bye

Squier Jazz bass 2001-2002, crafter in indonesia, fretted. 2 tone one volume, 2 jazz pickups, passive electronics, probably poplar finish is black.

The jazz suits the music I play (70's punk, classic rock and little reggae and other styles). I play it through a yorkville 200wtt and sometimes a zoom506I, the sound can be bright and clear or dark are warm depending on pickup used, the bridge has a nice punch to it whilst the neck gives a warm soft tone. I havent recorded anything except demos with this bass but it'd be a gigging bass. The sound is overall quite good and versatile but the pickups are quite quiet so I have to push amp a little.

The bass is quite well setup, the action is nice and fast and the finish is nice. I dont have any complaints on the setup. It's an inexpensive bass so I was quite pleased with the setup. I was happily suprised with the 3ply pickguard, my other squier had a cheaper factory one put in that promptly cracked.

This is a good solid bass, it stays in tune and the finish looks like it could last, I would feel fine taking this bass without a backup, I've had no problems on any need of minor setup since I bought it a few months ago.

I dealt with squier once about a replacement pickguard on my pbass (hard to come by around here) and it took several months for them to get back to me and they sent a faulty pickguard which had to have new holes drilled.

I've been playing for about 3 years, I own a squier pbass (defretted), a yorkville 200watt bass amp, a cheap 60's guitar, a bp-15 amp, zoom506I and dod deathmetal effects. I quite like this bass but I'd probably save for a mex fender jazz or precision or look into used, I like the versatile sound and comfortable slim neck and fast action but I dislike the low output pickups and squier decal. I chose this bass over a squier pbass special and a nice yamaha due to the feel of the neck, the yamaha was quite higher quality but discount but the neck was awkward. I wish the jazz had better pickups, but thats the only real complaint it's quite a nice bass good for begginers, occasional bass players or anyone who wants a cheap gigging bass.