Vintage Icon VJ74 Bass Demo & Review 

You’re welcome!

Yeah it’s a great sound for a passive bass

I’m glad you took his advice. They are great instruments and deserve more recognition!

And costs next to nothing

Tony smith yeah! Thanks for the info! For sure they are newer to us in the states. They are severely underrated.

Exactly what I was thinking

I feel you. I love Fender! However, this thing can hold its own.

Oh yeah. It’s really pretty. I got the body of mine glossed. I appreciate the exposed wood, but I would rather look at it than feel it.

Wilkinson pickups are underrated for sure.

Bert Buikema yeah I’ve been considering doing it. It definitely would help with the noise. Thank you!

By noise are you referring to single cool hum or a buzzing sound ?. Mine buzzes a lot when not touching the strings. It's rather annoying.

Yeah. I just recorded the audio from the bass to my DAW.

Thank you! Check the website for details.

Thank you! Yes I don't have a Vintage P-bass, but I think they feel and sound really great! Before I got this one, I was debating between this model and the reissued series one in purple.

Thank you!!

Yup! I played it all this week at a conference! It still sounds amazing! I love it!

Thank you!

Thank you! The company is based in UK. Not sure where they make the bass.

I believe both the ICON and the Reissued models are made in Vietnam and the Acoustic models are made in China. Hope this helps.

Doozy Animation thank you! This model is probably one of the best sounding basses that I’ve tried. And it’s definitely the best in its price range.

T Stanski hey! They are MJC Ironworks strings. They sound great!

Bmoll Cmoll really? I’ve been using mine for over a year now and I’ve never had any trouble with the neck at all. I haven’t even really had any buzzing issues either. Sorry you’ve had those issues with yours.

Good question. There are a lot of different pickups out there and I'm still discovering options. Some brands I've thought about are: Tesla pickups, Nordstrand, Delano, Kent Armstrong, Bartolini, Seymour Duncan, Aguilar... You can watch videos of pickups that people have already made demos for. Check out the different companies and what they provide and see what sounds best to you!

Thank you! They are based out of the UK, but also have a distributor in Texas. I was actually able to try out a few models in different stores before making my decision. Side note - if you're interested in winning my fender Geddy Lee signature jazz bass, check out my giveaway video!

They’re made in Korea...

Thanks! I ordered mine. I got to try some first before I made my purchase. I live in SoCal and there are a few shops that carry some of the models. Also I tried some at NAMM.

@@LanceShelton Thx. Any recommendations for a 5 string PJ?

Christoph Ruepprich depends on your budget. What’s your price range?

@@LanceShelton $1k. I'm interested in the Sire P7 five string. Didn't care for the Yamaha's too much. One of my faves is the Lakland DJ 5, albeit it's a Jazz.

Christoph Ruepprich yeah Sire is really good! Also, there is a company called Tribe, they have a decently priced bass called the SF. It has a p/Musicman pickup, but you can change the selectors to give you Jazz options between 60s and 70s j positions. Also, BassMods makes a dope 5 string PJ. If you are interested in trying something less expensive, there is a company called Harley Benton that makes a bass similar to the Tribe company that I mentioned earlier and they also make a 5-string PJ. You can look all of them up and see what interests you. I’m sure there are others, but these are ones that I’m more familiar with outside of the ones you mentioned

Not sure exactly how many pounds it is, but it’s the lightest bass that I own. I think it’s lighter than alder, and it’s definitely lighter than ash body basses.

Jackson Mysliwy it’s a company called MJC Ironworks. They are great strings!

LanceShellzShelton awesome thanks, i have a bass made by this company and i really liked the strings that came with it but didn’t know what they were to buy more

Terrance Burgess you should get one! See if you can find one in a store near where you live.

You can go to the website that is listed in the description.

MM as in Marcus Miller or Musicman?

For Marcus Miller, you would need to add a preamp, and probably use different pickups that would work with the preamp. For Musicman, you would need to find a way to install a Musicman pickup in the bass.

@@LanceShelton miller thnks

Not on mine. I haven’t had any fret issues with it.

William Woche yeah I really like the look on this one too. I almost got the Jaco Model instead, but went with this one because it was already fretted and it made this video easy to demo since it’s a stock model and perfect as is. I’m not sure who it is modeled after. It may have just been a cool idea they came up with.

LanceShellzShelton nice man, yeah I love the look of this bass. Congrats on the endorsement and nice vid. Good playing

@@WillieG1016 Thank you! I don't know how I missed this message!

Not exactly sure. You can check the website. I think it might be the same as Fender.

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Yes the tone and feel of these basses are great! They are great for the money and play well. I always get surprised how good it sounds all over again every time I change the strings.

@@LanceShelton great lance nice too hear your still playing it 👍👍🍺🇬🇧