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Bass VI options?

getBAK

getBAK

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I've got a hankerin for a BassVI style instrument and trying to figure out all of my options. This will be 6-string, guitar tuned, with ~30" scale.
So far I've got (ir order of approx cost)

Anything I'm missing I should add to the list?
 
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getBAK said:
I've got a hankerin for a BassVI style instrument and trying to figure out all of my options. This will be 6-string, guitar tuned, with ~30" scale.
So far I've got (ir order of approx cost)

Anything I'm missing I should add to the list?
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Are you considering used? There’s the Mosrite shaped Danelectro Hodad 6-string bass…
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Or if you had the inclination, build one from Warmouth parts. That way you could eliminate the Jazzmaster/Jag style whammy bridge set-up if desired, and also start from scratch with the pickup/electonics layout if you want to try something different. I’ve had the Dano, and a Squier VI, they were fine in their own ways, but the crowded string spacing got on my nerves, so I let go of them.
 
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The Short-Scale Six-String Club Part 4 - for the original six-string basses!​

Bass VI Manufacturers?
bass vi alternatives site:talkbass.com - Google Search
 
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HaphAsSard said:

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The Short-Scale Six-String Club Part 4 - for the original six-string basses!​

Bass VI Manufacturers?
bass vi alternatives site:talkbass.com - Google Search
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Oh, I’ve gone looking for such things. Thanks for the link.
 
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Dunable makes a Swervedriver and has some other custom options using a few of their body shapes. Starting prices are $3,200.

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Scroll for the semi custom Swervedriver. However the link to the specific page is 404.
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The other custom VI options
dunableguitars.com

VI Custom Build - Yeti, R2, Gnarwhal, or Asteroid

30.75" scale, one octave below a standard guitar. Short scale six string bass? Really low tuned guitar? Sort of both, but also not really one or the other! Now available for custom orders, as a Yeti, Gnarwhal, R2, or Asteroid! Plays like a guitar, but also kind of a bass! The traditional setup...
dunableguitars.com dunableguitars.com
 
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Anyone ever compare a baritone with a bass vi?

Almost seems like you could modify a strat into a baritone tuned to A for a poor man’s version. You give up low E but I mean it’s already a centaur of an instrument to begin with.

Always wanted a bass vi. Been giving hard look at the Squire. Kinda glad there is no MIA. I bet you might be able to build one for less than the Vintera. Maybe.
 
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