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Re: Fender Bass VI???

1/16/2000 2:31 AM
Wyatt	Re: Fender Bass VI??? The Bass VI was Fenders short-scale 6-string bass. Pretty much the same short-scale neck used on the Mustang Basses, but with 6 strings crammed on (made things tight). It's scale is slightly longer than some baritones (30" as opposed to around 28" or so) and it's tuned down a full octave from a guitar, where as a Baritone is just tuned down a Fifth. Jack Bruce often used one with Cream (Bruce seemed to prefer short-scale 6-string basses, he also used the Dano Long Horn), Tom Petty's music often features one, but The Cure are probably the best at mixing it into their sound. The last time it was made was in a Japanese import version that can now command more than they sold for new, if you can find one. And originals are usually in the $2,000 range. -Y.

1/16/2000 2:31 AM

Wyatt

Re: Fender Bass VI???

The Bass VI was Fenders short-scale 6-string bass. Pretty much the same short-scale neck used on the Mustang Basses, but with 6 strings crammed on (made things tight). It's scale is slightly longer than some baritones (30" as opposed to around 28" or so) and it's tuned down a full octave from a guitar, where as a Baritone is just tuned down a Fifth.

Jack Bruce often used one with Cream (Bruce seemed to prefer short-scale 6-string basses, he also used the Dano Long Horn), Tom Petty's music often features one, but The Cure are probably the best at mixing it into their sound.

The last time it was made was in a Japanese import version that can now command more than they sold for new, if you can find one. And originals are usually in the $2,000 range.

-Y.

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