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Major wrote:matthew wrote:I have played the Fender Bass VI. I also own one.Based on your string suggestion, I don't believe you.You're cheating yourself using anything lighter than .95 on a Bass VI.I 100% agree with this statement if you are using standard E-E Bass VI tuning.

Bon Hoga wrote:A .105 is a standard low E string for full scale basses, I don't see how it can possibly be extreme on a short scale instrument.I can. ROOM. The nut width on the MIJ one I have is closer to a Jazz Bass width of 1.5" (it's whatever the metric version is that's just larger). It's all a tradeoff. From a tension standpoint, I'm sure the 105 feels and sounds great. I just can't do it on mine. I'll probably settle somewhere from 95 to 100.

I have modded my Squier Bass VI quite a lot.First I shinned the neck and replaced the strings with La Bellas (95-26). Then I replaced the volume and tone pots because the old ones did not work properly. I also added a new cap to the tone pot and put on a new pick guard and the tone and volume knobs from an old telecaster.After I replaced the bridge with a stay trem it is now a pretty nice instrument.I play it a lot and I am almost happy with it. I am not convinced of the pick ups and have considered to put in some Curtis Novaks because his Jazzmaster pick ups sounds really good. They are not cheap though. I was also considering lip sticks.Does anyone have other ideas about pickups that would upgrade the bass without costing an arm and a leg?

had mine 2 weeks now, ended up buying some Fender 013-065.. ..they fit, which was a gamble. Some of the shit advice you get from guitar shops these days...Anyrate, 13-65 gauge seems fine for my tuning, quite surprised. Mine has a staytrem, which I guess is a good point, not that I have experienced the trem problems associated with the standard one. Stoked to have one decent instrument

The Staytrem bridge is much better than the one that comes with the Squier but the new bone nut was a huge improvement compared to the cheap plastic thingy.

Thanks for posting that! I had no idea there were two VIs in that song. I've always thought that a trio with drums and two Bass Vis - in the right hands - could make for a seriously interesting band. While different.. this helps confirm suspicion.

The Squire Bass VI looks bad azz. Two six string basses at once. Thanks Glen Campbell and Ray Pohlman.

Staytrem bridge and pearloid pickguard

Here's mine (also posted in the show your guitars thread)I originally had a 3TSB one that i'd bought new and did a bunch of mods to, but I'd sold it along in favour of picking up my '69 Super Reverb. I always missed having the VI around, so when this one came up in Montreal, I jumped on it. All of the important stuff was done: AVRI '62 Jag pickups, 1" Staytrem bridge, AVRI trem, and flatwounds. The original owner sanded off the Squier logo and clear-coated over a Fender logo. When I got it, I added the parchment guard (the white was blinding), full-sized Jazz bass knobs, 70s style tuners and matched the headstock with a custom Squier logo. Faking it with a Fender logo didn't really work for me. It plays and sounds great; but at some point, I'd like to go a little heavier on the low-E. It's not unbearable, but it's the one thing that could stand a bit of improvement.