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big smoke
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| Lefty Bass wrote: | | metallicafan18 wrote: | | Just picked up this 1994 Precision Active deluxe yesterday for $270. Simply amazing bass. |
And you posted it in a thread entitled "Show your Bass VI" why? |
lol i see your point but no need for the sarcasm tbh, imo  |
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Brett Valentine
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Bought it back in the mid 90's, converted it to a B to B baritone using the G and C strings of a 6 string bass set and the A,D,G, &B strings of a Fender 10-46 set (ends up to be only just a little bit stiffer than the tension on my Strat). Top 2 tuners are Sperzel, the bridge pickup right now is a Carvin, but I'm thinking of trying Bartolinis (the stock Fender pickups get microphonic with any kind of gain).
Love this thing. Depending upon how you approach it, it can be a high bass or a Strat's big brother!
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zontar
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The original Bass VI's were more like the modern Baritone guitars, than the contemporary 6 string basses--but still kind of cool. I doubt I'll ever buy either, not my thing, but I'm all for people posting Bass VI pictures--and all for them being played as well.
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the_dude
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dont they make a japanese bass vi?
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JSJH
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'Believe there was a Japanese one a few years ago imported into the USA, maybe in '03 or so.
'Tried to score one a number of times and they all seemed to be gone. |
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Brett Valentine
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| Mine was a Japanese RI that must have just come in the store. Went home with me that day. |
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synchro
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Here's mine. Ordered from the C.S. in December of '08:
I just can't figure out why they put that goofy white guard on it. |
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Surfabilly
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| JSJH wrote: | 'Believe there was a Japanese one a few years ago imported into the USA, maybe in '03 or so.
'Tried to score one a number of times and they all seemed to be gone. |
My MIJ Bass VI, according to looing up the serial number, was made in 1996. Perhaps 2003 was the end of that particular run?
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synchro
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| Surfabilly wrote: | | JSJH wrote: | 'Believe there was a Japanese one a few years ago imported into the USA, maybe in '03 or so.
'Tried to score one a number of times and they all seemed to be gone. |
My MIJ Bass VI, according to looing up the serial number, was made in 1996. Perhaps 2003 was the end of that particular run?
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I think that the MIJ models were a single run in '96. As I understand it they brought in a run from Japan and they languished on the shelves. For years afterwards you could buy a N.O.S. Japanese VI for as little as $500; then the backlog was depleted and the prices went up. The last time I checked they were within $1,000 of the price of a Custom Shop model.
The Bass VI has always been a slow seller, yet there's always a few of us out here that want them. In '96 I had just changed jobs and was in no shape to buy one or I would have. I've been craving one since '67 and I finally ordered one last December. Thank goodness I did, they discontined them about a month later. Now I finally have one . . . but why did they put that dumb white pickguard on it?
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wilburcook
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject: show your bass vI |
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