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Since there's no CAR I'd go for the black too. I bet it would sound stunning through one of those Matamps I've been eyeing up lately. WANT.

FRAN WON THE THREAD WITH THE PLACEBO VID!
yes the camera men must die. too much switchy switchy.

"Squier brings you the welcome return of a longvanished Fender classic in the deeply satisfying form of the Vintage Modified Bass VI six-string bass. The original model of 1961-1975 has provided distinctively voiced low end for everyone from the Beatles to the Black Keys, Cream to the Cure, and many others.

The Vintage Modified Bass VI delivers authentically vintage-style look and tone, with a few modern touches such as a comfortable “modern C� neck profile and 9.5� fingerboard radius (the originals were 7.25�), and three custom Jaguar single-coil pickups with notched “claw� shielding rings (reverse-wound / reverse-polarity middle pickup).

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http://www.keymusic.com/fr/produit/Squi ... s-VI-Black

now I'm sure this has been covered before but I'm curious. could you string these up as a baritone guitar?

They are releasing these Fender versions in japan - not the pawn shop model: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-2013-Fend ... 58a1c9c0fe

http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/bass_6.html

Josh wrote:could you string these up as a baritone guitar?

Yes. Same scale length as a Dano baritone - put lighter strings on, adjust the intonation and maybe tweak the trussrod, and you're away.

And you can play chords on it then too.

What's the tuning for baritone?

Noisy Cat wrote:What's the tuning for baritone?

DDAEFbG#

A-A, B-B or C-C, same intervals as a regular guitar. So in B-B tuning, a regular open-E shaped chord will be a B.

No its not.

DanHeron wrote:They are releasing these Fender versions in japan - not the pawn shop model: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-2013-Fend ... 58a1c9c0fe

http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/bass_6.html

They've been out for a while now (certainly before the PS ones were released in the West).

CAR with matching headstock looks ace:



I think a few places in the US had some imported as a "limited edition" recently.

They've got the proper wide bridges too. Nice but work out a lot more costly (inc import taxes to the UK etc) than the Squier will.

Josh wrote:now I'm sure this has been covered before but I'm curious. could you string these up as a baritone guitar?

Yep; string 'em with a lighter gauge and tune up.
I've got my Schecter Ultra VI tuned up to baritone using d'Addario light baritone strings. The longer scale length with light strings makes for a decent tension in B-b.

Fran wrote:No its not.

Erm, yeah, most baritone tunings I've seen in use have been B-b, A-a or C-c in 4ths.

I'm most familiar with A-a tuned baritones. Perfect fifth below standard.

I foresee a trip to Tokyo in my not too distant future. Matching headstocks are my jam.

i always tuned my baritone b-b, tho when i was in the ronald raygun with aen we tuned our "barrel toned" guitars a bit differently. I say barrel toned cuz we had this sound of a wall of "fuck" barreling at you.

Ankhanu wrote:

Fran wrote:No its not.

Erm, yeah, most baritone tunings I've seen in use have been B-b, A-a or C-c in 4ths.

lel Methinks Francis just trolled folks like a BOSS

StevePirates wrote:I foresee a trip to Tokyo in my not too distant future. Matching headstocks are my jam.

I recommend Ochanomizu, which is within walking distance of Akihabara (Electric Town) and Kanda - the NE area of the city iirc. There's basically a whole street that's full of guitar shops...I spent a whole day traipsing around leaving a drool trail in my wake. There's a Guitar Center in Shibuya and a three/four floor store in Shinjuku too. It's a fun way to spend an afternoon if you're a gearhead who happens to be in the area.

Back on-topic Re: tunings. I was thinking about that yesterday and figured that I'd try an EADadg tuning...basically, fit some slightly lighter gauge upper three strings and tune them up a bit so I could use the bottom two strings for bass and the other four for chord playing. If I've got the notes right there, I'd be able to play bass and drop D power chords on the same instrument, which might be pretty useful. Is that a common thing for bass VI owners?

wwrrss wrote:YES. WHITE VI IN MY FUTURE.

quite possible this.