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New Bass VI is here! With video

jbiscuti

jbiscuti

Dec 22, 2007
912
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NYC / LA
unsatisfied.guitars
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Endorsing Artist: Grolsch Strap Locks
#1
Mine is finally here and I'm having a blast with it! First task - getting that nasty Helter Skelter tone:

http://youtu.be/0W5fgfSAAiU

Note: you are hearing NONE of the original bass in that video - that's all me. Didn't go note-for-note - boy would THAT be a pain - just tried to capture the vibe and ham-fistedness of the original.

More on my impressions about the Bass VI a bit later...
 
#3
Thanks dude!

This thing arrived with an absolutely atrocious setup. The pickup heights made absolutely no sense (they sounded completely out of whack), the neck was bowed, the bridge was too high, and the bridge pickup screws were all almost completely out! I'm wondering if it was a return that someone had monkeyed with (it came from a big box online store).

Once I got it all tweaked out, it played much better, but man, this thing was just crying out for flatwounds. The low E string was basically unusable with that thin roundwound. So I put on a set of LaBellas and WOW - there it was! These things are totally meant for flatwounds. Yes, they're expensive at around $50 a pop, but it could be the difference between this thing being a keeper for you or not (I was already thinking about selling mine until I put the flats on).

I really need to do a video next to show how smooth and "normal bass-like" this can sound - it doesn't just do the Helter Skelter thing!
 
#9
jbiscuti said:
The low E string was basically unusable with that thin roundwound. So I put on a set of LaBellas and WOW - there it was! These things are totally meant for flatwounds. Yes, they're expensive at around $50 a pop, but it could be the difference between this thing being a keeper for you or not (I was already thinking about selling mine until I put the flats on).
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I got mine yesterday but haven't had a chance to play with it today, it's going to take time to get use to but I think I'm going to love it. Nice knowing it wasn't just me that had a bad low E; I'm just dying to get some flats to replace the stock strings. Great cover by the way!
 

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