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New Pawn Shop Bass VI
- Thread starter sigmafloyd
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Actually, Lakland has been making a Decade VI (US only) for over a year, with P-90s in it. If they made a Skyline version, I'd be all over it.Lol!
Has anybody put the LaBella flats on one of these yet. I'm going to get a set of Labellas but I haven't decided on the rounds or flats yet and all the demos I can find are with rounds. Anybody know any songs that have a bass vi with flats. I know it wont sound exactly the same but it might give me an idea of how flats are going to sound.
To all the Pawn Shop Bass VI owners out there.......
How are you guys enjoying your VI`s? Still happy with them?(I hope so!)
I`m about to bite the bullet and put a down payment for one and I`d just like to hear a few more positive things towards this bass.
Thanks!
How are you guys enjoying your VI`s? Still happy with them?(I hope so!)
I`m about to bite the bullet and put a down payment for one and I`d just like to hear a few more positive things towards this bass.
Thanks!
Just got mine today but I really like it. Yeah its got the floppy E but I plan on getting some LaBellas very soon. The pickups sound fine the neck and middle get good bass sounds the bridge makes it sound more guitarish but sounds great with fuzz or overdrive. Its very clear sounding overall but you can take out a lot of treble with the tone knob and it will get muddy sounding. The tremolo is ok I don't really like them even on guitars but its not cheap feeling or anything like somebody has said. The finish is perfect can't find a single blemish on it Fender Mexico really seems to have this part down. I say get one put some new strings on it (or not its still playable with the stock strings just takes some finesse) and rock on.
Awesome 254_stringer, let us know if the flats fit and if they do please link us to where you go them.
Still loving mine and I've had it a while now. The bridge pickup sucks but I expected that. I've already started the mods on mine. I installed the Fender mute and modded the bridge so that it will intonate. I'm planning to build a pickguard as to incorporate a third Jag pickup in the bridge and have the chrome plates. When I get done with it it'll look a lot like an original Bass VI. Not that it wasn't gigable as it came, I tend to do some modding on most of my stuff. If they had released a true re-issue I'd probably still ended up doing something to it.
I have no idea why everyone wants to put flats on everything now days but they really are not for everything. The last time I played an original one with flats it reminded me of how a mustang sounds with flats. It may work in some genres but sounds dated to me. Here are the only clips that I found and they certainly are dated.
To each their own I guess but I think it begs for rounds.
A candy apple red one will soon be mine! Im stoked. Honestly, I kind of like the look of the sunburst and black with the tort guards a little better. Nearly every bass Ive owned has either been sunburst or black, so I wanted to shoot for something different this time. The matching headstock on the CAR was the deal sealer.
This guitar will be used primarily for recording tic-tac (doubling upright bass and piano left hand). Played with a pick, tic-tac just gives the upright a little attack and definition on top. A bassy sound with a lot of fundamental is not the desired sound for tic-tac. That is the uprights sonic region. For tic-tac, keeping the tone wide open, using only the bridge pickup and muting gives the desired effect. It may sound terrible by itself but it works great in the mix.
A few questions for SneakyT and other PS VI owners:
1. Does the tremolo lock? In pictures, the tailpiece appears to have the locking button. The specs do not mention it, though.
2. SneakyT, was the mute fairly easy to install? It almost looks like there is not enough room for it between the bridge and bridge pickup.
This guitar will be used primarily for recording tic-tac (doubling upright bass and piano left hand). Played with a pick, tic-tac just gives the upright a little attack and definition on top. A bassy sound with a lot of fundamental is not the desired sound for tic-tac. That is the uprights sonic region. For tic-tac, keeping the tone wide open, using only the bridge pickup and muting gives the desired effect. It may sound terrible by itself but it works great in the mix.
A few questions for SneakyT and other PS VI owners:
1. Does the tremolo lock? In pictures, the tailpiece appears to have the locking button. The specs do not mention it, though.
2. SneakyT, was the mute fairly easy to install? It almost looks like there is not enough room for it between the bridge and bridge pickup.
Yes, it uses the same trem as the Classic Player Jag and Jazzmaster.
Would have been easier if I had a plunge for the drill or a bigger drill press. You will most likely need to shim the neck but I prefer to do that on most offsets to increase the break angle over the bridge. When disengaged the mute rests on the pickup height screws so it is a pretty tight fit. Overall pretty straight forward. I detailed the process a bit better over at the offset forum.
Cool. Thanks, Sneaky. Aha. That's just the info I wanted. I'll try to find your thread on the other forum, too.
I can't wait for these to start popping up used. I mean, it's a good price new, but I really don't want to get it brand new and mod it for a better bridge PU.
After actually having the bass in my hands I think I will be getting the rounds you can get plenty of thump out of this thing with the tone knob. Gonna put in an order at bass strings online as soon as I get my check this week. One more thing and it may be my imagination but I set the tremolo up last night and i feel like the E string is not as floppy not where I want it but better.
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My wife just ordered me one of these for my b'day. Subscribed so I can read the entire thread on my phone today.
