Got a bass 6

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:20 am

well sorta. I had an extra jazzmaster laying around so I made it into one .80-.26 strings all wound, tuned like a regular guitar but the low e is G. it got a little too floppy @ e, and with it tuned to G, depending on what key I'm in I can use open string and chords on a regular guitar and this, so its perfect, and bowlshakingly fun

Morgan approves

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gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:27 am

morgan!

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:31 am

<3MORGAN<3

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:01 am

<3 morgan indeed.

this is a pretty cool idea. I actually had been thinking of stringing a guitar with a set of bass vi strings. this burns 6 string bass is actually gibson guitar scale.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:25 am

Hell yes!!! West Coast Bass VI\baritone club!

James · Post by **James** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:11 am

Am confuse.

It's a regular scale Jazzmaster tuned down to GCFA#DG?

Asher · Post by **Asher** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:10 am

Who is Morgan?

le Faye?

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:55 am

Lovely stuff (nice to see you make good use of my NOT PHONE USE badge!), although I imagine nut issues will prevail with the fat gauge. Quite timely, as on my two comp submat tunes this time around I did a similar thing and strung up the Jazzo with Ernie Ball Beefy Slinkys (11-54) and tuned down to C on both songs.

So much fun to get a much-unheard timbre from the thing.

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:47 pm

Awesome Jazz VI!

Dare I suggest a .90 gauge low e?

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:21 pm

I would have gone fatter with the strings but that was as big as would fit the tuners.

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light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:23 pm

ultratwin wrote:Lovely stuff (nice to see you make good use of my NOT PHONE USE badge!), although I imagine nut issues will prevail with the fat gauge. Quite timely, as on my two comp submat tunes this time around I did a similar thing and strung up the Jazzo with Ernie Ball Beefy Slinkys (11-54) and tuned down to C on both songs.

So much fun to get a much-unheard timbre from the thing.

I did file out the nut slots to the right diameter, dont see why id have any issues. Its a really wide warmoth neck too, so it's super comfortable, better than with regular strings really

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:05 am

You could alway bore out the whole where the tip goes in the tuner, I did that on my bronco bass so I could get some proper strings on it.

If you go this route, go verry carefully and don't bore one huge mungo whole, just increase the bit size by small incriments until the hole is perfect.

chrismakesgod · Post by **chrismakesgod** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:46 am

Won't this mess up the neck with tension and stuff?

Anyways, i say you demo it.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:27 pm

light rail coyote wrote: I did file out the nut slots to the right diameter, dont see why id have any issues. Its a really wide warmoth neck too, so it's super comfortable, better than with regular strings really

Good to hear, must be a beaut to play!

goldengurls · Post by **goldengurls** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:49 pm

some of your guitars look like they've been on fire