Chris Squire's Fender VI Bass

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:09 pm

I am trying to make a deal on this bass, maybe. Information from Steve Howe's tech (Hugh Manson, I think) says 'he used this bass...in the studio and on stage for "The Yes Album," Fragile," "Yessongs," and "Going For The One." Is there any belief to anyone in this forum that he would use a bass like this in the studio? Never seen a picture with him playing a Fender VI.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:28 pm

Anything on those records that sounds like the VI?

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:02 pm

I recall reading somewhere a long time ago in a galaxy far away that the bass line to Roundabout was doubled an octave higher. If this is so, it could maybe have been a Bass VI or perhaps just a guitar. Maybe!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:32 pm

I was in that galaxy also Jeff. I seem to remember that it was doubled on an acoustic.

That was an awsome galaxy though, wasnt it Jeff ?

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:55 pm

Sure was, now where did it go?

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:59 pm

"I was in that galaxy also Jeff. I seem to remember that it was doubled on an acoustic. "

I had some absinenth in London last week. Maybe that was another galaxy ago.

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:20 pm

Are you guys sure it was an acoustic? I could swear that I read somewhere that CS doubled the bassline on an ES-335....???

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:01 pm

I remember reading an interview in which Steve Howe said he doubled the line on guitar. I don't remember him saying with what though, was a long time ago, probably in Guitar Player.

jojo99 · Post by **jojo99** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:07 pm

I believe the "roundabout" line was doubled on a Gibson archtop acoustic, which Howe later sold to Squire.