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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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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