BottomEndian Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='skankdelvar' post='520451' date='Jun 22 2009, 01:18 AM']The sentence should have read: [quote]And a whole lot prettier than the Bass Five that Fender also knocked out. Funny how neither has cropped up as a re-issue.[/quote][/quote] I love it! We were both wrong... and right. Not often that happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='520689' date='Jun 22 2009, 12:54 PM']I'd forgotten about Lindert! I quite wanted one of their guitars back in my late teens. Heady days... What's the scale length on that?[/quote] [i][b]Production dates[/b] 1997 - 2002 [b]Information[/b] The Franklin Bass VI is a six string electric bass with a single cutaway semi-hollow body. It has Lindert's Escape Velocity(tm) neck, ergonomically designed to be half rounded and half vee shaped. It is has 24 frets, 30 inch scale and utilizes a 21/16 bridge and 121/32 nut width. The Franklin( Bass VI is tuned one octave below a guitar and uses 85 to 21 gauge strings. The neck is maple with rosewood fingerboard and has Lindert's patented Thumbs UP headstock. Like all of the guitars and basses in Lindert's Locomotive Series, the Franklin Bass VI has a semi-hollow body texture painted beechwood brown and cream. The Franklin(tm) Bass VI was made between 1997 and 2002 and was available with humbuckers. In 1997 it sold for $809.00, with standard hand wound Alnico pickups $779.00. There were three other Bass VI models in the Locomotive Series: the Locomotive T, Locomotive S and the Diesel.[/i] Apart from the kooky looks and the batty headstock, the real interest here is the neck. The second you pick up a Lindert, you find yourself wondering why no one else has copied the idea ... it just feels instantly "right". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Of course, there's a whole new Fender 6-string bass now. And what a fugly munterfunster it is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='519211' date='Jun 20 2009, 12:23 PM']I have been reading through the Fender book and stumbled across these Has anyone ever played one? Are they more like a baritone guitar? Has anyone ever even seen one because I haven't. Or just any info I'm intreagued.[/quote] It's a Baritone guitar through and through. The Low-E string is a .95 so it's close to a bass but nonetheless, a guitar play wise. Obviously, you can get some CRACKING sub tones with it! They used to be used to create the "Tick-tack" bass sound for rockabiliy players in the 60's by having one person play the bass and another play one of these, both playing the same line. But THIS is more what a Fender VI should be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Kongo' post='520740' date='Jun 22 2009, 01:53 PM']It's a Baritone guitar through and through.[/quote] ahem...it's a bass... actually, forget it...i've been down this road too many times Edited June 22, 2009 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='520695' date='Jun 22 2009, 12:57 PM'] I love it! We were both wrong... and right. Not often that happens.[/quote] Quick, let's do a double team spanging with frying pans! That'll teach him for not being clear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='ahpook' post='520790' date='Jun 22 2009, 02:48 PM']ahem...it's a bass... actually, forget it...i've been down this road too many times [/quote] Yeah it's "Bass" in terms of tuning but not a "Bass guitar"...Ok maybe we'll call it a "Contrabass Guitar" instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 [quote name='ahpook' post='520790' date='Jun 22 2009, 02:48 PM']ahem...it's a bass... actually, forget it...i've been down this road too many times [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 But if it had less armour and more powerful engines, then it would be a battlecruiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I read something about the Fender Bass V here. Coincidentally, I just stumbled upon one on eBay at a rediculous price: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-rare-Fender-Bass-V-from-1966-in-Olympic-White_W0QQitemZ280361980159QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item4146e050ff&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A3%7C294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-rare-Fender-Bass...%3A3%7C294%3A50[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='LeftyJ' post='523709' date='Jun 25 2009, 02:58 PM']I read something about the Fender Bass V here. Coincidentally, I just stumbled upon one on eBay at a rediculous price: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-rare-Fender-Bass-V-from-1966-in-Olympic-White_W0QQitemZ280361980159QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item4146e050ff&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A3%7C294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-rare-Fender-Bass...%3A3%7C294%3A50[/url][/quote] Does that seem like a ridiculous price for a 43-year-old rarity? That's an honest question. I know nowt about vintage instruments... apart from the fact I can't afford them. Tell you what: I'm going to post this in the Ebay Links forum and see what the consensus is down there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='523727' date='Jun 25 2009, 03:14 PM']Does that seem like a ridiculous price for a 43-year-old rarity? That's an honest question. I know nowt about vintage instruments... apart from the fact I can't afford them. Tell you what: I'm going to post this in the Ebay Links forum and see what the consensus is down there...[/quote] Well even the Re-issue is a few grand to buy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 There is no Bass V reissue Only a Bass VI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='LeftyJ' post='524164' date='Jun 25 2009, 10:02 PM']There is no Bass V reissue Only a Bass VI.[/quote] And the confusion rolls on! Skank's got a lot to answer for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='LeftyJ' post='524164' date='Jun 25 2009, 10:02 PM']There is no Bass V reissue Only a Bass VI.[/quote] Ah sorry, I mean, a Re-issue Fender Bass VI is still a few grand to buy. I don't like the Fender V...One pickup on that extended body? It's clear no one knew what a bass was to be back then...It's just...wrong! Good idea having a high-C...but why make the fretboard shorter and the body longer to compensate? Had they have kept it normal it would have sold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I just noticed Ibanez has released this, in the fine tradition of bass/guitar hybrids like the Fender VI: [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eu/news/f_products/2009/Showcase/SR7VIISC.html"]http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eu/news/f_products...e/SR7VIISC.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='LeftyJ' post='525113' date='Jun 26 2009, 06:10 PM']I just noticed Ibanez has released this, in the fine tradition of bass/guitar hybrids like the Fender VI: [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eu/news/f_products/2009/Showcase/SR7VIISC.html"]http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eu/news/f_products...e/SR7VIISC.html[/url] [/quote] Yeah it was on their site early this year. Japan only though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 [quote name='LeftyJ' post='525113' date='Jun 26 2009, 06:10 PM']I just noticed Ibanez has released this, in the fine tradition of bass/guitar hybrids like the Fender VI: [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eu/news/f_products/2009/Showcase/SR7VIISC.html"]http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eu/news/f_products...e/SR7VIISC.html[/url] [/quote] At the nut, the break angle of the strings looks terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 This is a cracking sound by Jet Harris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 [quote name='Kongo' post='525134' date='Jun 26 2009, 07:26 PM']Yeah it was on their site early this year. Japan only though. [/quote] No it isn't I first heard of it on the website of a German store that has one on order: [url="http://www.musik-schmidt.de/gb-Ibanez-SR7ViiSC.html"]http://www.musik-schmidt.de/gb-Ibanez-SR7ViiSC.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 ...a 7 string baritone? The work of The Devil. I've decided - I want a Bass V re-issue. Even though they haven't done one yet... (waits for other shoe to drop). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 [quote name='skankdelvar' post='527860' date='Jun 29 2009, 04:16 PM']...a 7 string baritone? The work of The Devil. I've decided - I want a Bass V re-issue. Even though they haven't done one yet... (waits for other shoe to drop).[/quote] ...CLUNK! Not a reissue, but there's [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260437676663"]another Bass V[/url] on eBay now. Half the price of the last one too. Very probably a refin, as the description says. After all, the neck plate's got buckle rash [i]in extremis[/i], but the body finish is pretty much spotless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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