Picked up a Holy Grail guitar

[lennon211]

Today I picked up one of my holy grails: the Fender Bass VI. It's a CIJ reissue from the 90's. Very clean condition with the case. I got an awesome deal on this piece...much cheaper than any of the Japanese ones that I've seen on the 'Bay. It plays so well and it sounds amazing. It has a wide variety of sounds ranging from the rumbling baritone to a very punchy bass sound. To celebrate, the first two songs that I played were "Sunshine of Your Love" and "I Feel Free" followed by some Beach Boys.

[winston]

I love those basses. Congrats.

[weemac]

The ones that I have played have been "More than the sum of their parts"
A good score for sure!

Eden.

[sloop_john_b]

One of the funnest guitars I ever owned. I did a whole bunch of recording with it and it was unbeliveable! I had a '63 and couldn't realy afford to keep it, sadly. I am either going to make a parts one or look for a CIJ in 2011.

[egosheep]

One of the funnest guitars I ever owned. I did a whole bunch of recording with it and it was unbeliveable! I had a '63 and couldn't realy afford to keep it, sadly. I am either going to make a parts one or look for a CIJ in 2011.

These guys sell the bodies/necks:
http://www.usacustomguitars.com/baritone-vi.html

[sloop_john_b]

Yep, USACG would be my first choice. About two weeks ago they had a VI body for $99, and I passed on it like a dope.

[sloop_john_b]

Where are the pics Matt?!

[lennon211]

Coming up. I had some lesson planning to do last night. I'm going to get it together on that tonight along with some bigger group shots.

[scotty]

Cool congrats Matt. Looking forward to the pics.

[lennon211]

Here are the pics of the Bass VI that I have so far.

[whojamfan]

Wow, those are way cool, and really let you rethink your playing when doing songs you already know on bass and guitar.

[antipodean]

My only quibble with playing these as basses (as opposed to baritones) is that the high E string can be a bit twangy for regular bass parts, so one must revert to playing up the neck for high-register parts to get a thicker tone.

For fast riffs, double stops, and chords they are superb.

[lennon211]

I do have to say that it is a pretty awesome sounding instrument. Since I'm primarily on guitar, it's a really good fit. I've had something similar for sometime which is a CIJ Jaguar Bass VI Special that came out a while back. It's very cool too, but it just didn't have the VIBE. This is still taking some getting used to but it is opening up some bigger sonic possibilities.

[paologregorio]

The Cure features a bass VI on some of their material, to great effect!

[craigh]

Isn't that the same bass that John & George used? Oh what was the name of the band that they were in? It's on the tip of my tongue.

Craig