• Reviews around pickup (3.61 of 5)

    Squier by Fender Vintage SS Modified Special Jaguar Bass - Candy Apple Red

    • Nice quiet pickups
    • The pickups are not the greatest, but are more than serviceable when used with a bass effects unit, providing for a wide variety of tones
    • From some reviews I'd read, some people thought the pickups were a bit weak or they felt the strings needed replaced from the factory strings
    • The pots are super smooth and quite, but the pickups are a little noisy if you take your hand off strings
    • The set up was even fine - I didn't even need to adjust any strings for intonation!As others have noted, the jazz bass pickup (in the bridge position) is weak, but the p-bass split pickup is nice and warm
    • I liked that this one had the P-J pickup combo like another one of my basses
    • Each pickup sounds great on its own, but I really like the tele sound
    • None of the 3 pickups are mounted in parallel plane with the strings (i.e. the top of the pickup cover is at an angle to the strings, like the pickup is leaning towards the head-stock)
    • All 3 pickups are bright are super bright and chimey
    • I feel the pickups are good and punchy... not like using any of the duncan upgrade pickups... but more punchy than the pickups in some of my older fender basses
    • I can say it does play nice, the pickups sound good
    • So you can do the typical Strat combinations, but also combine the bridge and neck pickups like a Tele or even turn on all three pickups at once
    • The P-pickup is clear and strong with a great P tone to it.
    • Its pickups are clear and versatile, the neck is thin and comfortable, it's very light weight, and it looks terrific.
    • The set up was even fine - I didn't even need to adjust any strings for intonation!As others have noted, the jazz bass pickup (in the bridge position) is weak, but the p-bass split pickup is nice and warm
    • The P-pickup is clear and strong with a great P tone to it.
    • Good P-Bass tone.
    • The set up was even fine - I didn't even need to adjust any strings for intonation!As others have noted, the jazz bass pickup (in the bridge position) is weak, but the p-bass split pickup is nice and warm
    • The P-pickup is clear and strong with a great P tone to it.
    • Good P-Bass tone.