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3.0 out of 5 starsCool Bass, but Mine Needed Setup Work
Reviewed in Canada on August 14, 2022
Very interesting little short-scale bass. I'm glad they reissued these, because they're impossible to find for reasonable prices on the second-hand market.
I had fun with mine, and now that Squier is putting proper, good-quality strings on them, they're definitely a lot more playable out of the box.
However, I've found that some of the guitars from this series can be hit or miss. I bought three, and two of them had some irreparable setup issue that I couldn't fix at home. It seems like the ones with this Jazzmaster-style tremolo system are especially sketchy. Mine felt fine at first but I discovered a high fret that was preventing it from being fully playable all the way up the neck.
In short, worth a try, but make sure yours is 100% playable before you commit. Amazon will take a return, so don't be afraid to do so if your guitar isn't easily playable.