6 string bass like a Fender bass vi?

[devnulljp]

Shergold Marathon!

 

[basspraiser]

This

Lakland Decade 6 Bass Review

Very well built....I can't play one but the people who do seem to love it

 

[Double E]

Music Man Silhouette Bass Guitar

 

[Aidil]

Thumbs up on this Ibby, I bought one a couple of months ago, and love love love love it. It feels really good, very comfortable neck. I actually bought it online, and was a bit concerned that it may not have enough 'ooomph', like not great bass response, but was pleasantly surprised. I have mine tuned as a guitar, EADGBE, really versatile, expressive instrument IMO. I believe that they have been discontinued, and I dont know how many they made, but I would think NOS should be available somewhere.

yup, I read that SRC6 wasn't being produced as many as other Ibanez basses since it belongs to Ibanez Bass Workshop Lines. But, seems like it hasn't been discontinued yet, despite it's not available on Ibanez USA website anymore. It's in its second batch of productions of 1P02:

They were limited production and they don't pop up very often. If you can locate one, there was an Ibanez SR7viiSC. It was Ibanez's 7-string version of the Fender Bass VI.

this would be in my lifetime collections if I could ever own one...

 

[RedVee]

Watching.

I'm a bit intrigued by these Bass 6s, and didn't know there were so many alternatives. Too bad Epiphone don't have an EB6 reissue to add to the group.

I tried a Squier last year at a shop. Kinda liked it even though I don't play guitar or use a pick, which are both on my 'to do' list. The E string put me off though, it was just floppy.
Since then I've read that a .95 E cures that. So I'm happier now.

I think I'll start looking locally for a used Squier at the right price just so I can possibly roll it on if I just can't get it to work for me. In the meantime I have a friend with a Custom Shop version that has invited me to come up and have a play around. That might tell me whether to proceed or not.

 

[Jebberz]

If you are adventurous, Warmoth offers a body and a neck for you to build one.

 

[danosix]

so are you saying a Dano is not really worth it compared to other modern products?

(btw, thanks everyone... i didn't realize there were so many options)

Nope, still think the Dano is the best... but I want my bass VI to do what a Dano does.
But not everyone wants the "spaghetti western" or "tic tac" sounds. The Dano does other things too, but the Ibanez is more "modern" for better AND worse. Higher output, more eq options, better hardware - it really is a soundgear crossed with a modern 6 string guitar - the Dano and the Bass VI are vintage guitars modified to go lower.

EDIT: to further clarify my point - I just don't believe that a register should determine the look and sound - if you want retro - Dano and Fender are still the icons and the best - if you want modern - be modern. Don't do the messed up retro thing.
Or, in other words, if you were in a modern heavy band (for instance) you might not want a retro looking instrument or the thinner more traditional sound of these might not fit in - that's where the Ibanez fits in. Or, if you want to make it your main instrument - rather than a switcher instrument - the active electronics and higher output will give it a more traditionally "bass" tone.

 

[AztecViking]

Here's another color variation on the EBMM Sillouette Bass Guitar. The Sillouette is of course in the center.

 

[hypercarrots]

here's a real silhouette bass

 

[hypercarrots]

This is very Joy Division's/New Order's Peter Hook

Cheers,
Wallace

this is more like it

 

[HaphAsSard]

Barracuda, by Burns of London:

Barracuda Guitars London
Barracuda Special Guitars London

700 euros plus some tenners depending on your location:
Thomann - Welcome Home!

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As implied @hypercarrots: the instrument @AztecViking posted, an authorized kind-of copy (from the mid-Aughts) of the one owned by hc (Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette Bass Guitar), is the OLP MM5 Baritone. Mine is my primary instrument these days.

@lz4005:
the Gretsch you mentioned should be the [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. I also recall seeing a pic of a beautiful double-cutaway version of it, probably either very rare or a one-off.
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...Aaand we've just about covered it, methinks. If something else exists, it can probably found in the threads linked below.

Four megathreads on this type of instrument:
The Short-Scale Six-String Club—for the original six-string basses!
The Short-Scale Six-String Club Part 2- for the original six-string basses!
The Short-Scale Six-String Club Part 3 - for the original six-string basses!
The Short-Scale Six-String Club Part 4 - for the original six-string basses!

 

[Sloan11]

of all of these instruments.., I'm interested in one that is 1000 or less, and can get close to the sound of a traditional 4 string bass on the low end.

i know some of you will say the ibanez is the best bet for that, but tbh I really find that instrument unappealing for the eyes. (just my opinon, obviously). otherwise, what do you think would suit me based on those points? (i plan on using a bass amp and i'm not opposed to adding an EQ pedal to my setup if need be)

 

[Rib 13]

Eastwood has a new model coming in too:
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that is both beautiful and butt-ugly at the same time....amazing how they did that

 

[Jebberz]

that is both beautiful and butt-ugly at the same time....amazing how they did that

It is a reissue of a Teisco instrument from the 60's... I guess the tobacco was funnier in those times....

 

[vickerekes]

Sloan11, I put a series switch in my '62 BASS VI; and the big, fat 3-bucker cops the tone of a traditional 4-stringer quite well for many decades now.

 

[Jebberz]

I don't recall the model number but there is also a Gretsch 30" VI.

I have one on a 6/6 double neck, and I believe they sell it as a single as well.

It is the Invalid Link Removed G5265 Jet Baritone. Just bought one, came tuned B-B. I changed the strings for proper bass VI strings and it works beautifully.

 

[Jebberz]

Did 2 gigs with the Gretsch. Turned out that I used only the Gretsch on my last gig. Works beautifully.
Lacks a bit of volume and bottom end compared to my regular basses, so I used a Green Rhino as a clean(ish) booster. Volume at 2 O'clock, gain completely down, and 100hz 3/4 up. Always on when i use the VI

I get a nice bassy sound from the neck pickup, a very equilibrate sound in the middle position, and when using the bridge pickup, the Green Rhino starts to overdrive slightly, in a very pleasant way (like a guitar in a tube amp). Lacks a bit on bass in that position, but it is very great to play some leads, and some Rythm guitar parts. All this without having to touch anything in my board.

The scale is the same as my Jag SS, and the position of the neck falls roughly in the same place, so no muscle memory to build, I don't even have to adapt when I switch.

Now the downside... I wish I had another VI tuned in D... and maybe a fretless one... I think I've found my voice... but I will wait to see after the honeymoon if I still love to play that kind of instrument as much as I do now.

 

[Flamingo21]

I get a nice bassy sound from the neck pickup, a very equilibrate sound in the middle position, and when using the neck pickup, the Green Rhino starts to overdrive slightly, in a very pleasant way (like a guitar in a tube amp).

Where I marked your words bold, did you mean bridge pickup?

 

[Jebberz]

Where I marked your words bold, did you mean bridge pickup?

Absolutely. Post corrected, thanks for your keen eyes