Squier Adds Cabronita Precision and Bass VI Models to Vintage Modified Line
Squier’s Vintage Modified line of basses is getting two new additions with the announcement of the Vintage Modified Cabronita Precision Bass and the Vintage Modified Bass VI.
The Cabronita comes in one finish – black, with a single play white pickguard. The bass sports a maple neck with a 9.5?-radius maple fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets, and a Fideli’Tron humbucking bass pickup.
Hardware includes dual knurled flat-top control knobs (master volume, master tone), four-saddle Hi-Mass bridge and vintage-style tuners.
MSRP on the Cabronita is $499.99.
Vintage Modified Cabronita Precision Bass Specs:
- Body Material: Basswood
- Body Finish: Polyurethane
- Body Shape: Precision Bass
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Polyurethane
- Neck Shape: Modern “C”
- Scale Length: 34? (864 mm)
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5? (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 20
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.625? (41.3 mm)
- Position Inlays: Black Dot
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Squier
- Bridge Pickup: Filter’Tron Bass
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Bridge: 4-Saddle HiMass
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Standard Open-Gear
- Pickguard: 1-Ply White
Squier’s Vintage Modified Bass VI offers the return of the Fender classic made between 1961 and 1975. Squier says the bass “delivers authentically vintage-style look and tone”, which some modern enhancements thrown in the mix. Those include a “modern C” neck profile with 9.5? fingerboard radius (compared with the orginal’s 7.25?), and three custom Jaguar single-coil pickups with notched “claw” shielding rings (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup).
The Bass VI offers a classic 30? scale with standard tuning one octave lower than a guitar. The maple neck is top with a rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets and pearloid block inlays.
Pickups are controlled via four two-position slider switches for on/off control for each pickup and one bass-cut “strangle” tone circuit switch.
The bass has two black plastic control knobs for master volume and master tone with a vintage-style six-saddle bridge with non-locking floating vibrato.
Finish options include Black with a three-play white-black-white pickguard, Olympic White with a tortoiseshell pickguard and Three-Color Sunburst with a tortoiseshell pickguard.
MSRP for the Bass VI is $549.99.
Vintage Modified Bass VI Specs:
- Body Material: Basswood
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Body Shape: Other
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Neck Shape: Modern “C”
- Scale Length: 30? (762 mm)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5? (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650? (42 mm)
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Block
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Squier
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Jaguar Single-Coil with Claw
- Middle Pickup: Custom Jaguar Single-Coil Reverse-Wound/Reverse-Polarity with Claw
- Neck Pickup: Custom Jaguar Single-Coil with Claw
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-On/Off Slide Switches (One for Each Pickup)
- Pickup Configuration: SSS
- Special Electronics: 2-Position Slide Switch for Bass-Cut “Strangle” Circuit
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style with Non-Locking Floating Vibrato
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
- Control Knobs: Black Plastic
- Strings: NPS, .025 to .095 Tuned E to E (1 Octave Down)
- Unique Features: White Bound Fingerboard with White Pearloid Block Position Inlays, Single Wing String Tree
For more, check out Squier’s website.
Glad to see that they are beefing up the entry level basses, maybe they will help keep some of the newer bass enthusiasts interested and help grow the community.
Fenders high-end Squier lines are really taking the need away to buy into the Mexican Fender stuff.
I am seeing more and more Squiers that are hands down better then Fender MIM guitars and on par with USA Fenders made in the 1970s-1990s.
I bought a CIJ Fender Bass VI about a month ago, fulfilling a lifelong dream of owning one. I just ordered the Squier model today…it will be interesting to see how they match-up soundwise.
wrong pick for instrument number 2 (i think) but I’m liking the look of bass number 1 the old school headstock black with maple fretboard. that weird pickup concerns me is that just a Thunderbird pickup?
I played the Bass Vi at Sam Ash the other day. I probably won’t buy one, but it’s a REALLY nice instrument, especially for the price. My main complaint is that the short scale and small gauge strings really make the low E and A sound anemic. It would be a fun axe to fool around with if I had a spare $600 laying around for a tax writeoff, but those days are long gone… Also, I tuned it EADGCF – can’t deal with that guitar tuning.