Squier Classic Vibe '60s Fretless Jazz Bass Guitar 3-Color Sunburst

This is a beast. You will need to hydrate the fingerboard, adjust the truss rod, set the action and intonate it. Basic setup. After that, you have a fully functional fretless bass at your disposal. It sounds great, looks sexy ... What more could you want? For a Squier, I'm pleasantly surprised!

Can I afford a professional Fender? No, unless I want to make payments for the next two years. This is a great entry into the fretless style. Good for practice. The Fender roundwounds make alot of noise when sliding...will be changing them out soon to a flatwound T.I. or similar.

This bass sounds great, and feels great. My only complaint is that the side marker dots are between the fret lines, so they are only close to where your fingers should actually be fretting the strings. I would prefer no fretlines, and the dots in the correct locations.

im not a fretless mwah junkie....i try to hit dead on and play normal tones and when i want some additional character on the note then great, its there. i like the softer fretboard wood as it doesn't seem as bright as ebanol. i played around with some tapewounds, flats and half rounds and finally found a light gauge ghs bassics (roundwound) to give me the sound i wanted and settled on. once intoned and you get your strings right is a nice sounding jazz bass...i pretty much keep the neck PU at max and the bridge PU at 1/3 and the tone at about 1/3 of max...this is my tone of preference, essentially p-bass sounding. nice heft and balance and a good starter fretless though now i wish it wasnt lined. knobs and finish all seemed good to go with no issues.

Great addition to the tools to create in my home studio.

I have been playing for 40 years, 15 of those in a rock band playing originals in Detroit area. I have a 1976 Fender Jazz bought from a pawn shop in 1986. 2007 I put EMG actives on it. have own(ed) several other basses and was always told that Squiers were cheap. I bought this on impulse as it is the same color of the fender copy I had in 1979. Was always afraid of playing fretless until this year when I converted an Ibanez TR bass I bought in 1993 into fretless.. I was hooked.. This Squier bass has awesome sound and feel. Looks good too. Not as heavy as my 1976 Jazz which weighs 3 tons..