Squier CV Bass VI LRL 3TS

It's been almost 2 weeks that I'm playing this unique bass with my band.
It definitely is a one-of-a-kind instrument. It's basically a guitar on a octave lower OR a bass with 6 strings.
The pick up switches allow you to experiment with different kind of combinations. It can be Neck-Middle-Bridge, Neck solo, Middle solo, Bridge solo, Neck+middle, neck+bridge or middle+bridge.
It also has a bass strangle switch which cuts away the lower frequencies.
Quality of neck is actually really good, and apparently they fixed some issues that the Vintage Modified version had (first of all the tuning instability and bridge too loose).
They tried to fix it, but didn't accomplish it totally.
Strings (especially the Lowest E) are not the right ones. The lower E is too loose and causes too many annoying buzzes. So I swapped it with a .95 E and now it's tight and plays well.
They actually improved the bridge, even though it still wobbles a little tiny bit but you definitely can bear it.

Pick ups sound really good. Overall, built quality is very good.
Thomann delivered the pack in a week and a half which is impressive since we are living in pandemic times.

Recommended if you KNOW what to do with it.
Don't treat it like a common bass or just a modified guitar.
Recommended to those who like to experiment with new sounds and tones.

I had been playing guitar for over two decades, and bass for about a decade before I bought this item. Inspired, as I'm sure so many others were, seeing its big sister in the Beatles Get Back documentary by Peter Jackson.

This is a fun little toy. I won't deny it takes some getting used to. It's not a guitar, nor is it a bass. The best I could describe the feeling is like playing a guitar with bass strings, but even that is not fully accurate. I always play bass with my fingers, never a pick, and so the closeness of the strings means that you kind of have to adapt your playing a little bit.

Also, you can play chords on it, but again, it feels a little weird as a guitarist due to the thicker strings.

Where it really comes in to it's own is when you hybridise your playing style. I like to play it as a bass but with a pick at the lower end, then do chords up past the 12th fret. It really sounds great at both once you get used to the feel. Soloing feels lovely on it too.

The sound is quite good, there is a nice bit of versatility between the three pickups.

The tuning can feel a little finnicky and I did have to do a good bit of setting up of the bridge when it arrived as the intonation was way off. This was pretty straightforward however.

Overall this is a great instrument for the price, and I'm very happy that I bought one.

Pros:
1) Comfortable neck
2) Good-sounding pick-ups
3) Solid, satisfying switches
4) Well-cut bone nut
5) Stable tuning machines.
6) 3-ply pickguard
7) Delightfully retro style
8) Spotless finish, tasteful sunburst, nice flame along the neck
9) It sounds evil

Cons:
1) Strings - too thin, needs a new set out of the box.
2) Bridge - lacks for an extra 2-3mm of adjustment on the lower strings. This leads to intonation foibles.
3) The body is made out of 4 pieces. If you care about that sort of thing then get one in a solid color.
4) Some rough edges on the pickguard.
5) The knobs feel a bit light.
6) The instrument is altogether quite microphonic, though I think of it as a charming quirk rather than a flaw.

I like it. It's my first Indonesian-built instrument, and I am thoroughly impressed by both the build quality and the finish, as they are miles above those of similarly-priced instruments of the 80s and 90s. I will probably replace or modify the bridge to assuage the intonation issues, but the instrument is playable out of the box. For how much it costs, it's a pretty good deal. Would recommend.

As a guitar player, this bass feel much natural to me than a normal bass. Scale length wise it is like a short scale, but the distance between strings brings it closer to the guitar experience.

With the original strings and setup it was pretty poor though with plenty of fret noise and bad intonation, but after stringing it with La Bella flats and fixing the setup it became a useful tool.

It is baffling though that company like Fender produce a guitar with such a lousy bridge, it is so bad that you simply cannot get a good intonation without modifications and the main problem is that the pin have a different diameter than the hole in which they are supposed to fit. Result is that the bridge will lean forward and elevate the intonation problem. They must have known this after the first prototype.

The machine heads are also to small and a low gearing makes it hard to tune.

Maybe they don't think it is important to have a bass in tune.