Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI vs Yamaha BB435

It's a bass but tuned one octave down instead of 2. I can play guitar lines, and the strangle switch works great into like a Fender Princeton Reverb where you don't want to harm the 10" speaker. This is my second Squier from Amazon, the first one was delivered in an open box and NOT in mint/new shape. It had some problems from most likely bouncing around opened for a couple of days

The only issue with the bass is that the J pickup is a bit noisy, but if you roll it down 1/4, the noise goes away. Other than that, I'm very satisfied with the bass. I had a very small issue with the shipping that the seller, GearTree, was very quick to resolve to my satisfaction. Superb customer service

So that one gives you that pickup This is going into a guitar not a bass amp And you've got this strangle switch it's kind of like a a low roll-off li...

One last note - Amazon ships these in their factory shipping box, but I had no issues. The hardshell case the bass came packaged in was fine, unblemished and totally safe when it arrived at my door. I would recommend this over any comparably priced bass, and to anyone who wants a passive, vintage-style bass that does the classic P-Bass thing exceedingly well but offers more than any other manufacturer can offer at the price. This is a lifetime type instrument for me, I believe

Guitar plays great, set up pretty well out of the box and accepted a light top/heavy bottom custom Stringjoy set to comfortably play in EAEADF#. Guitar seemed to have suffered some cosmetic and structural abuse, with all of the protective plastic removed from key pieces. Pictured, one can see the pickguard as well-worn immediately after unboxing, as well as the low E (prior to stringjoy set) bent and unwinding towards the higher end of frets. Overall happy with the guitar in terms of playing, cosmetically it simply needed a new pickguard and strings immediately out of the box due to rough transit and having already been opened, played and protective film peeled

You get an alder body with a maple neck and a rosewood fretboard; already uncommon these days when you have manufacturers charging you much more for basses made with poplar bodies. Folks, poplar is not a tone wood and it is only fit for making bookshelves in your kid’s bedroom. However, what really impresses me about this bass is the build quality, the playability and the tone; it’s a great bass by any measure. I was originally planning on replacing the pickups but it was not necessary, the stock pickups sound great