Bass vi

BoatRich · Post by **BoatRich** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:56 am

Bassus Sanguinis wrote:I was pretty excited about the Squire but though its dressed to kill, the neck just doesn't deal with tuning down to drop C.

This is something I was really curious about... Fuck. I may have to get a slightly longer scale neck made when I get one then?

kosta · Post by **kosta** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:10 pm

Damn. You dudes want to drop tune from the bass register? Heavy! Will the tuners accommodate much heavier strings on these?

In other news - I just scored a '95 or '96 MIJ Bass VI, and it cooks. Great guitar.

BoatRich · Post by **BoatRich** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:32 pm

kosta wrote:Damn. You dudes want to drop tune from the bass register? Heavy! Will the tuners accommodate much heavier strings on these?

In other news - I just scored a '95 or '96 MIJ Bass VI, and it cooks. Great guitar.

Ideally I'd play it in Drop C or Drop C#, I currently use a borrowed VI in a 2 piece in that tuning and it's not really stable/I play really hard and it's not mine so I can't mod it. It's really useful to tune down a bit when there aren't other instruments because it feels like it takes up more space and I'm a really bad singer. We also play somewhat heavy stuff. (O' Brother/Brand New/Ceremony esque) What color did you get?

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:25 pm

Bassus Sanguinis wrote:I was pretty excited about the Squire but though its dressed to kill, the neck just doesn't deal with tuning down to drop C.

What strings did you use when you tried that? Circle K makes custom sets so in theory you could pick the gauges that would keep the tension the same as the standard strings in standard tuning.

Holy Schnikes · Post by **Holy Schnikes** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:36 pm

kosta wrote:Damn. You dudes want to drop tune from the bass register? Heavy! Will the tuners accommodate much heavier strings on these?

In other news - I just scored a '95 or '96 MIJ Bass VI, and it cooks. Great guitar.

LaBella's custom VI sets addressed the tuner fit on the heavy guage strings by leaving real thin ends to ensure they made it through those guitar-style tuning pegs.

kosta · Post by **kosta** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:25 pm

BoatRich wrote:
kosta wrote:Damn. You dudes want to drop tune from the bass register? Heavy! Will the tuners accommodate much heavier strings on these?

In other news - I just scored a '95 or '96 MIJ Bass VI, and it cooks. Great guitar.
Ideally I'd play it in Drop C or Drop C#, I currently use a borrowed VI in a 2 piece in that tuning and it's not really stable/I play really hard and it's not mine so I can't mod it. It's really useful to tune down a bit when there aren't other instruments because it feels like it takes up more space and I'm a really bad singer. We also play somewhat heavy stuff. (O' Brother/Brand New/Ceremony esque) What color did you get?

That makes sense. Must sound crazy....

Mine's sunburst. Not sure if the older MIJ ones came in any other colors.

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:24 am

Circle K helped me get to F# below standard bass E on a VI

Thank you based K

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:04 pm

Gonna be ordering strings to finish up my Bass VI, what gauges are you guys using? I just want to do E-e without flop
//I was thinking of Circle K 102's, just because the smaller strings are more comparable to what non-boutique sets would be in terms of gauge.
That'd be .024/.033/.043/.057/.076/.102

What say ye?

rfurtkamp · Post by **rfurtkamp** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:03 pm

Depends on what you're sensitive to and their particular tension of that string type.

The VI has never been a megafirm low E, it's sort of like expecting one of the old Ashbory basses to have a more metallic feelling rubber string.

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:05 pm

I played a Fender Pawn Shop VI and I thought the string tension was pretty okay. I suppose I could just pick up a single string if I wanted a thicker low E. I don't like a super amount of tension, but I hate flop. Something in the middle would be nice

Derelict78 · Post by **Derelict78** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:17 pm

skullservant wrote:Gonna be ordering strings to finish up my Bass VI, what gauges are you guys using? I just want to do E-e without flop
//I was thinking of Circle K 102's, just because the smaller strings are more comparable to what non-boutique sets would be in terms of gauge.
That'd be .024/.033/.043/.057/.076/.102

What say ye?

This is what I ordered on friday.

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:21 pm

Let me know what you think buddy, I'm quite curious. It seems like it would be a decent set

kosta · Post by **kosta** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:53 am

Achtane, that new avatar is hilarious. Based 'Tane.

Derelict78 · Post by **Derelict78** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:04 pm

skullservant wrote:Let me know what you think buddy, I'm quite curious. It seems like it would be a decent set

So far so good. I put them on, they feel good and tuned up nicely. Letting it sit now then I'll adjust the neck tomarrow.

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:43 pm

Awesome!! Doesn't seem like they took long to get to you either

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