NGD: Fender Pawn Shop Bass VI + Helter Skelter vid!

[Tommy]

If you want it to sound like a bass, play it through a bass amp. If you're going for more of a baritone guitar thing, play it through a guitar amp.

Sounds like sound advice.
Thanks.
I'm just afraid the lower frequencies would tear the heck out of a guitar amp.

[sloop_john_b]

If you want it to sound like a bass, play it through a bass amp. If you're going for more of a baritone guitar thing, play it through a guitar amp.

Sounds like sound advice.
Thanks.
I'm just afraid the lower frequencies would tear the heck out of a guitar amp.

I would be afraid of the same thing - when I play it through my old '64 Princeton, I usually capo it at the 5th fret or something, so it's more like a baritone guitar. You get better-sounding arpeggios & chords that way and less chance of damage to your amp.

[Chrome Aardvark]

Am I correct in guessing that there's no Bass VI "strangle" switch type function on the Pawn Shop model?

[aceonbass]

Lower frequencies may be a problem with old guitar speakers, but they're not going to have any negative effect on the amplifier itself.

[cassius987]

Am I correct in guessing that there's no Bass VI "strangle" switch type function on the Pawn Shop model?

I saw one at Premier Bass Guitars (the owner's, not for sale) and I think he said it had a strangle switch he intended to replace.

[sloop_john_b]

The Pawn Shop model does NOT have the strangle switch.

[Danotron]

I'm considering buying one of these too. I think Robert Smith used one of these (not a "pawnshop" model but a bass VI) on some of the Cure stuff. There seems to be a lot you could do with it. I'm waiting for them to get one in at my local GC or Sam Ash to try (before I buy ).

I like the red one (mostly due to the matching headstock).

Thanks for the video!