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12-09-2012, 07:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | Bass VI project *STUNNING*
Here is arguably the most beautiful instrument that I own. It's a Warmoth build, and I did everything in my power to do it up right.
It's a bound ash body, wenge neck and a beautiful figured ebony fretboard. A mastery bridge, Curtis Novak pickup with a coil tap ( JM-180), a custom ebony/bloodwood stack knob (volume/tone) The pickguard is finished oak ply, semi transparent to the naked eye.
These pictures made the teal burst look darker at center than it really is. It's a standard teal burst, lighter in the middle.
There are a few scratches and a nick on the back, I tried to photograph it all.
The headstock logo reads "Manta Ray BASS VI", my girlfriend at the time told me it looked like a manta ray, and the name stuck.
Phenomenal instrument. If you're a fan of the bass VI, this one is for you...just in time for Christmas! Shipped in a gigbag, paypal okay. Looking for
$800
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12-10-2012, 06:55 AM
| | | | What makes it a project? I made a Bass VI myself and have to say they're pretty incredible instruments
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12-10-2012, 09:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | Oh, just that it was a warmoth build. Self assembled and wired, pickguard was made by hand |
12-10-2012, 09:17 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Grolsch Strap Locks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York City | | | VERY cool! |
12-10-2012, 02:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Champaign/Urbana, IL | | | Bump for a great build |
12-10-2012, 02:59 PM
|  | I wanna be...say, what day is it today, Ted? | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Location, Location | | | Apologies for my obvious ignorance, but I'm curious enough to ask, what makes this a bass? Looks like a regular guitar to me.
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Originally Posted by hover  tell him the cab could double as a pulpit. A gloriously rawkin pulpit. | |
12-10-2012, 03:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Buffalo,NY | | | It`s a bass because of the tuning,E to E,one octave lower(like a bass). It should also have a 30` scale neck,longer than a guitar neck.
Awesome build man!
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12-10-2012, 03:07 PM
| | I wanna be...say, what day is it today, Ted? | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Location, Location | | | Oh wow! Cool!
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Originally Posted by hover tell him the cab could double as a pulpit. A gloriously rawkin pulpit. | |
12-10-2012, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by change-jug It`s a bass because of the tuning,E to E,one octave lower(like a bass). It should also have a 30` scale neck,longer than a guitar neck.
Awesome build man! | Thanks! And I would like to confirm the scale length at 30". I should have included that in the OP |
12-13-2012, 04:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: nyc | | | Any sound clips? |
12-13-2012, 05:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seoul, South Korea | | | I just got rid of my Dano VI... anyone considering a Hellcat should definitely give this a long look. Cooler than a Fender VI, better setup than a Hellcat, more solid than a Dano.. good luck bump! |
12-13-2012, 05:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Purple Mountain Majesties | | | As a fan of extended range basses, baritones, and hybrids, that is really nice.
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12-13-2012, 06:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | Thanks guys! Hellcats are cool, i decided either that or a build. Build was a good choice!
I'll work on clips |
12-15-2012, 07:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stafford, England | | | Guessing it's a US only shipping? No harm to ask i guess =]
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12-16-2012, 02:41 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Boston, Mass | | | very cool |
12-16-2012, 05:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Philadelphia | | | Great job Lp! |
12-16-2012, 07:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | I have shipped abroad before, i think it's about $50 more expensive depending on where in the world. Quote: |
Originally Posted by SolomonHelsing Guessing it's a US only shipping? No harm to ask i guess =] | |
12-16-2012, 07:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Los Angeles | | | Damn, I really I wish I had the coin for this bad boy. I know right after Christmas I'd have it. HAHA, hope to see this one again when I amoed up. |
12-16-2012, 08:13 AM
| | | | What does it weigh? |
12-16-2012, 08:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by rduval What does it weigh? | I don't have a scale at home but it's not all that big, and it's ash. I would guess it's in the 8s? Low 8? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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