phsycoandy Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Bass-VI-Original-Vintage-75_W0QQitemZ120134851163QQihZ002QQcategoryZ33039QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Bass-VI-Origi...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Is it a guitar or a bass, tremelo arm ffs!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 [quote name='phsycoandy' post='24656' date='Jun 28 2007, 10:53 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Bass-VI-Original-Vintage-75_W0QQitemZ120134851163QQihZ002QQcategoryZ33039QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Bass-VI-Origi...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Is it a guitar or a bass, tremelo arm ffs!!![/quote] Baritone Guitar, methinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phsycoandy Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 So how is it tuned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodaxe Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 [quote name='phsycoandy' post='24658' date='Jun 28 2007, 10:58 PM']So how is it tuned?[/quote] Those little knob thingies on the headstock /coat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phsycoandy Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nice one Bloodaxe I should have seen that one coming![quote name='Bloodaxe' post='24660' date='Jun 28 2007, 11:00 PM']Those little knob thingies on the headstock /coat[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phsycoandy Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 so would it be a 34" scale..sorry to sound ignorant, but im failing to see the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJW Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 its down an octave to guitar, but a lighter guage of string than your regular bass, so you can play it like a guitar. They're pretty cool instruments really, I've only played one once (to back up a bass line on a song) and it was a good laugh to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 [quote name='phsycoandy' post='24670' date='Jun 28 2007, 11:05 PM']so would it be a 34" scale..sorry to sound ignorant, but im failing to see the point[/quote] 30" scale baritone guitar "Originally used mainly as a studio instrument that could handle the Nashville “tic/tac” sound, the Bass VI has built a loyal following among guitarists looking for a baritone guitar with a look and feel similar to the popular Jaguar® guitar." Think Duane Eddy sounds ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nope it's a 30" scale with same width at the nut as a Jazz. I think it was an attempt to entice guitar players to bass by offering them something that was similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Don't quote me on this one but I heard somewhere that it was EADGBE...I'm probably wrong but hey. Despite knowing jack about them I've always found them oddly appealing ... want more shinfo - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_VI"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_VI[/url] God bless wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 All I can say is *wow!* I would love one of those... memories of 'Wheels of Fire' era Cream come to mind, or was that all Gibson basses that JB played? I'm sure I remember higher notes in his playing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lapisi Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 There's some nice shots of one in this old Soft Machine video, even some whammy action. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gpaMTgBCx0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gpaMTgBCx0[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 I really wish you hadnt put that on here........ I've put in on my 'watching ' page an I'm now off to sell my pet sheep, the dog and all my back issues of Playboy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='The Burpster' post='24805' date='Jun 29 2007, 11:42 AM']I really wish you hadnt put that on here........ I've put in on my 'watching ' page an I'm now off to sell my pet sheep, the dog and all my back issues of Playboy! [/quote] try Kiwi for the sheep ... my pen's full right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Eb3 eara live Cream Sunshine of your love .. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI8SUc2SV4k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI8SUc2SV4k[/url] I didn't realise they swapped lead vocal lines .. But now I know where the expression "Wear the fox hat" comes from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 you can get a get a japanese jaguar bass VI with a 28.5" scale length for about 500 quid strung with 25 - 95 guage strings and tuned E to E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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