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A close relation to the Jaguar, Fender's original Bass VI -a six-string bass with a floating tremolo arm-debuted in 1961. It was discontinued in 1975, but brought back in 2013 as part of both the Fender Pawn Shop series and in a more affordable Squier version.
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The Classic Vibe Bass VI is a faithful tribute to the secret weapon of producers and adventurous players that have dared to explore it since its original production from 1961 to 1975.
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Reviews Vintage Bench Test: 1963 Fender Bass VI The ultimate secret weapon in the recording studio? By Huw Price Is it a guitar, is it a baritone, or is it a bass? The correct answer is yes, because the Bass VI is all of the above and more.
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The Bass VI was first produced by Fender in 1961 and is in effect a six-string baritone guitar. Its heavier strings are tuned like a bass guitar, an octave below a regular guitar, and the body shape is similar to a Fender Jaguar.
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The Fender Bass VI is sometimes referred to as a baritone guitar and sometimes as a six string bass guitar. It is a fairly rare bird. From 1961 to the early '70's less than 7-800 were made, but copies / reissues are now available. In the February 1989 issue of Guitar Player it is claimed that Leo Fender intended the Bass VI to be a bass and.
Fender Bass VI Electric 6String Bass Guitar (1962) RetroFret
In this video, I go through everything you need to know about the Bass VI. What is a Bass VI? Who played one? What style of music can you play on a Bass V.
Fender Bass VI Electric 6String Bass Guitar (1964) RetroFret
The Jaguar effect Following the release of the Jaguar, Fender began modifying the Bass VI giving it Jaguar-style pickups with their distinctive saw-tooth surround plus a string damping mechanism that was part of the bridge assembly. Whilst the Jaguar retained the triple switch panel, for the Bass VI a fourth slider switch was added to the plate.
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The current Fender and Squier Bass VI models are considered bass guitars, as was the Fender original. They're strung with bass strings, albeit a special set made specifically for the model. They have a 30" scale length, like most short-scale basses, and they use standard tuning (EADGBE) one octave lower than a guitar.
Vintage Bench Test 1963 Fender Bass VI All Things Guitar
Fender unveiled the original Bass VI back in 1961 (though, officially, its original name was simply the Fender "VI") as an answer to Danelectro's six string bass of a similar style of the era. The instrument was unique. Compared to a standard bass, it had a shorter scale, six thinner strings tuned E one octave below a guitar.
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Originally introduced in 1961 and discontinued in 1975, the Bass VI was designed as a direct competitor to Danelectro's UB-2 six-string bass guitar, which had achieved some popularity among studio musicians for recording so-called "tic-tac" bass lines.
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The Fender Bass VI, originally known as the Fender VI, is a six-string electric bass guitar made by Fender . Design concept and history The Fender VI was released in 1961 and followed the concept of the Danelectro six-string bass released in 1956, having six strings tuned E1 to E3, an octave below the Spanish guitar.
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Sporting an offset body and floating vibrato system, the Bass VI is immediately reminiscent of Fender's Jazzmaster, released a few years earlier in 1958, and came in sunburst with a tortoiseshell celluloid pickguard as standard, as well as a selection of custom colours.
Fender Bass VI Electric 6String Bass Guitar (1965) RetroFret
The Bass VI was introduced in 1961 as a six-string bass (the 1961 Fender catalog referred to it simply as the "New six-string Bass Guitar") and it occupies its own special ground somewhere between a guitar and a bass.
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Stock strings are .025-.095 Fender USA nickel plated steel strings, Labella flats for the Bass VI come in around .026-.095. 1 lurkingfan4 [a] 424 · Oct 03, 2023 07:04 AM · report · ↑ reply
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The Fender Bass VI was first released in 1961. Pulling from Fender's entire range, the Bass VI features an offset body, and extended range that places it between a baritone guitar and a bass, tuned an octave below a standard guitar, and an octave above a regular bass.