The Bass VI - Weird & Wonderful |
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Patrick's today's task is to show you the peculiar Squier Bass VI and of course also play some sweet tones with it. What do you think about the instrument? Do you even have one and use it on a regular basis? Tell us in the comments!
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Fender worked around the intonation issue by bumping up the gauges of the 3 lowest strings a bit so now the gauges are 24, 34, 44, 65, 80, & 100. The 100 Gauge Low E String is Common on Bass so that really livens it up.
? seems like a strange way to deal with whats going on there
I just installed the the .100 E string and it’s a big improvement. Less buzzing, closer intonation and bigger sound.
@@villabeach Fender 24-100 Gauge Strings, & it makes the Bass VI sound more "Bassey".
But isn’t killing the bass vi wibe? You guys all just want BASS!! Then buy a p-bass or something. Try using the bass vi as guitar instead.
@@HenrikMoos It's a more enhanced sound
I still think the ultimate Bass VI performance is Lennon on "Helter Skelter". It's so crazy and dirty and floppy. They really got obsessed with that damn thing in 68-69.
Bass 6 the place between a bass and a baritone, oooh the magic space it fills in a mix and with high gain oooh so much fun to doom on 🤘🏽
I have a Squier VI, changed the strings, I've put heavier ones. Now it works well, stays in tune and is useful for what it is: a bass.
I’m open to seeing any Bass VI, as I’m learning about this awesome instrument!
4:55 this alone sold me on it.
Ahh the “getting weird and abstract with it”
"The Cute and bands like that"
_shows a picture of Peter Hook_
Sir, I am offended.
I've had one for awhile and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
I have had a fender Jaguar baritone custom as well as a center Japan bass vi over the years. While I really appreciate them, enjoy playing them etc, I always ended up finding myself not being quite satisfied enough on the low end or the high end. Usually ended up switching back to bass guitar for what I needed, or standard electric guitar to cover other things. I think it's a cool instrument but it's really a niche instrument that is fun to play around with but won't get much use for 99% of the people who buy them. There's a reason they have been around for over half a century but still haven't received a significant amount of use overall. But hey, if you can make it work for you and enjoy using it, it's definitely a neat tool
This was my main concern. Thank you!
For me the bass V1 would just be a toy to see what I could come up with, would never gig with it, thanks for your comment 👍.
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I just got a Schecter Hellraiser C-VI and it's a ton of fun. Such an odd and fun instrument. Can't recommend it enough, regardless of genre
Now if only Squier would do an ''affordable'' iteration of the Fender Electric XII 12 string!!
They recently just did lol.
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Jazzmaster XII, but it’s not the same. It’s not even a Jazzmaster, it’s that dumbed down 2 control crap FMIC has been pushing as a Jazzmaster for the last several years. I played one yesterday for about 10 minutes. I would much rather have an Electric XII reissue.
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Amazing demo! the best I´ve watched so far, I´m just curious, what strings are you using?
Sounds and looks like labella bass vi flats to me. They have a rounds set iirc too.
I want this so bad
I think it does a great disservice to this instrument to say it's not a bass. It is ABSOLUTELY a bass, with the choice of 3 pickups giving you great versatility when using as a bass. The fact that it will do so much more than a more traditional bass doesn't mean it isn't one.
Thank you for the video!
I own one myself and I think it has a kinda höfner vibe
Can you get strings for it at guitar center or do you have to order them ?
the band that makes the absolute best use of the bass VI is TTNG
the bassist combines bass lines + chord tones on the low-mid range of the bass VI, while the guitarrist is 90% of the time arpeggiating and doing tapping on the high end of the guitar, pretty much like a left hand + right and on the piano
it actually makes much more sense than the lead + rhythm + bass setup that 99% of the bands use, 2 instruments on the same range, while the bass is also up there with the rhythm guitar, no wonder why most people cant hear the bass on most rock and pop songs
The labella flats fix the intonation issue right?
The opening part sounded Motown and reminded me right off like Alabama Shakes.
Just capo on the 12th fret and you're back to a regular guitar😂
Hi. Whats the model of those Pickups ?
What fuzz pedal are you using? Thanks
this a need
the intro song, is it a real song or just a jam?
Do you guys think i could put a guitar brige and nut on a bass and do this to it?
Please tell me. Can it work as a bass in a band, or is it something else?
It can work. There are two bands that use it as a bass that I can think of (there will be more). Horse Girl, which is a kinda indie rock girl band. And listen to The Church's album Priest=Aura - the only bass on that album was the Bass VI.
@@zoeherriotwell why not just mention Cream
@@HenrikMoos because I’ve never listened to more than two songs by cream and can’t comment on their usage of the bass.
@@zoeherriot then don’t go around giving people advise on what will work or not. You don’t even know what type of music William is playing
@@HenrikMoos what a dumb, pretentious lame comment. The question was simple. I gave examples of it working in a band setting for him to investigate - because they are indeed two bands that use it.
And why did you suggest cream. You don’t know what music he’s playing either. FFS.
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The frequency of the open E on a bass is 41.2Hz and 82Hz on a guitar. The Bass VI is an octave lower than a guitar and tuned the same (on the bottom four strings) as a bass. This secret hidden octave of which you speak is a myth.
Amen. Shocked he'd get that wrong.
@@leesbassment6393 yup, just imagine the size of the headstock if they'd called it a 'Half Way Between The Bass And A Guitar VI'. The rainforest would be gone...
You are completely right Charles, we'd have to start referring to a regular bass as the electric contrabass or rather electric subcontrabass :D - video fixed! //Phil
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses trust me, the next time I tell someone I'm in a band, and they ask what instrument I play, I'm gonna tell 'em "The Electric Subcontra Bass". Can I have a signature model, please? :-D
? Ich dachte eine Gitarre ist nur eine Oktave höher als ein normaler Bass... Ich denke das ist falsch was er gesagt hat.... Oder hab ich da was vertauscht?
Ren Canzian of "I Poo" 😂
How about the two string bass made famous by Mark Sandman of Morophine.
Difference between this, and a 6-string bass is the string gauges, these need thinner strings, so it’s really more “octave down guitar” than a bass. Especially with that floating vibrato tailpiece.
The first four strings are tuned the same as a 4 string bass.... so not sure if there is a distinction there to be made.
@@zoeherriot yes, but the strings aren’t as thick so it’s not a booming bass sound, more like a down tuned baritone sound (baritone is usually tuned B to b)
@@joermnyc no… it sounds like a bass. It does have a different tonal quality, for sure, but this is tuned E to E (obviously with the addition of the high B and E strings), the same as any standard four string bass. And bands have used it successfully as a bass guitar - so it’s not really an argument - and you’d never know unless someone told you.
Got the same shirt
I LOVE this bass... Can you do a giveaway??? 🥺
You are talking a bit of nonsense here bud. The bass Vi is the exact same octave as a regular Bass.
There is no octave between a guitar and a bass. It’s exactly the same . I’m a bass player of 35 years and own 3 bass Vi’s including an original 61
Not sure how you come to this mythical middle octave notion . It’s truly insane
Actually a bass.
Too funny on the comments, is it a bass or is it a guitar? Use it as you like , I don’t have one yet. Might pick one up to noodle with. 😂
No, it is definitely a bass. What the hell do you mean "not a bass". It's tuned EXACTLY THE SAME.
People are now using these as a full octave baritone Guitar, and it honestly works, there are some people who have reconfigured the pick ups to have dual humbuckers or 3 coils or two singles and a humbucker and they sound great. Of course this is a bass and is what it’s marketed as but with a little modification it works great as a full octave baritone guitar
Pickups and low end bro
@@causewhynot284 I mean Robert smith has been using it has a full octave baritone AND a bass since 1981. But he also used a P-Bass like a baritone by playing it in the higher registers. It’s still a bass. So yeah, you can do that, of course. And it’s got a beautiful sound - songs like Lullaby, and Pictures of You would not be the same without this bass.
its just a 6 string bass but instead of adding a lower and higher string, its two higher strings and they are tuned like how a guitar would do it. its just a bass
The two additional strings are different tunings from a standard six string bass and iirc it's shorter, plus the strings are much closer together
It's a bass but it's important to distinguish it from a normal six string bass
Dude. You tell us it’s a mixture between bass and guitar, but you don’t play anything you couldn’t have played on any bass. Did you forget it has six strings?
Um, no. Regular bass is one octave lower than guitar. The bass six is just a short scale bass, with six strings instead of four. Shocked that you'd get that wrong.
Uhhm no acktuallyyyy
@@lucasc5622 ???
@@leesbassment6393 im calling you a twat because you are trying to sound smart
String spacing, high B and E strings, tremolo and pick-up configuration don't exactly scream bass guitar.
The term “octave guitar” could also be applied here. I play guitar, tenor guitar, baritone guitar, and bass guitar, not to mention othe rcretted stringed instruments, and the Bass VI is its own critter entirely!
I personally prefer the name "baritone guitar"
Baritone !=== Bass VI
You can prefer whatever you want but a Bass VI isn't actually a baritone as it uses heavier strings (wound strings even on the B and high E) and is tuned even lower than a baritone guitar. There are a couple of unusually long 29.75" baritones like the Gretsch and the Danelectro which come strung with baritone strings and the intent of being tuned to A, B, or C but not necessarily all the way down to E1. You could put baritone strings on a Bass VI and tune it higher but then you would essentially have a 30" baritone guitar. So once you get to 29 or 30 inch scale it's a matter of what you do with the instrument exactly as to what it should be called. A lighter set (like say 14-62) with unwound high strings tuned to A, B, or C and it's an extra long baritone but put 20-84 (or a bit heavier) and tune it to E1 and it's clearly a different instrument and even more so with flats. Most baritone guitars max out at 27" it's just the few extra long 29.75" ones that make this all extra confusing. How about a piccolo bass? Now that's a confused instrument. ;)
and in doing so, you'd be wrong. It's not called the Fender Baritone VI ffs.
I don't even like 5 strings
This bass is not like those heavy metal bass. It is tuned like a guitar E to e. But octave lower like a normal bass so you can play chords or anything you can on a normal guitar
What do we do with those two bottom strings... lol
Triads.
Listen to The Cure - Robert Smith uses the Bass VI bottom strings to play melodies (Pictures of You, Lullaby, High).
Bass guitar is a subset of guitars, so contrasting a 'bass' with a 'guitar' is ridiculous. A bass guitar is not a bass clarinet, or a bass flute, or a bass trombone, so please stop referring to it as a 'bass'.
Yeah I don’t think anyone else here or the general population minds calling it a bass guitar a “bass” as shorthand reference. No one is going to confuse with another instrument entirely within this context.
You must be a absolute blast at parties.
Bass could also refer to upright bass which is quite different than a bass guitar. It's interesting that back in the day some referred to "Fender bass" as a kleenex type of term for any bass guitar even if it wasn't made by Fender. The term "horizontal bass" was also used which is cool and rather properly descriptive.