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Tele bassVI [ ]
Dano U2 Bari
Both my white and green Vs are tuned bari, difference is second string on the white one is g and on the green one it's f#
The thang Mark II is a fretless BassVI..
My acoustic guitar is tuned bari too, but it is also setup to be played like a dobro/lap steel.

Dudes playing Bass VI type deals, do the lower chords sound like mush like they do on a normal bass?

Moustache_Bash wrote:Dudes playing Bass VI type deals, do the lower chords sound like mush like they do on a normal bass?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2nPowgSlLc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fwhnWgimDc[/youtube]

I find chords work better in short scale basses in general... BassVI even more due to their guitar pickups.
here is my tele
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/mudfuzz/tele-bass-vi-test-run[/soundcloud]

That's sounds really cool, mudfuzz.

i've been really interested in going the Bass VI route. my hands are too small and wimpy to deal with a real bass and i dig how these look. the option i might go for is hunting down either a Teisco TB-64 or TG-64. anybody have any experience with them?

Moustache_Bash wrote:Dudes playing Bass VI type deals, do the lower chords sound like mush like they do on a normal bass?

If you get enough tension on the strings chords will sound good.
In E, my strings are a little too loose and chords get sloppy but in G they sound fine.
I'm sure with a proper setup you could tune how ever you wanted.
Amp and Pickups also have a lot to do with the VI sounding more like a Bass or Guitar.

nightraven wrote:i've been really interested in going the Bass VI route. my hands are too small and wimpy to deal with a real bass and i dig how these look. the option i might go for is hunting down either a Teisco TB-64 or TG-64. anybody have any experience with them?

I've never tried the Teiscos but if you have trouble finding one, the Mudfuzz VI can be put together pretty cheap and without too much hassle.

Ilikewater wrote:I want in!

My like it!!!

MiddleEarthCrisis wrote:I've never tried the Teiscos but if you have trouble finding one, the Mudfuzz VI can be put together pretty cheap and without too much hassle.

gimme the quick gist of the parts needed for that please!!
i saw some pics and they look really great but i'm worried about a neck not fitting the squier body. how's that all work out?

nightraven wrote:

MiddleEarthCrisis wrote:I've never tried the Teiscos but if you have trouble finding one, the Mudfuzz VI can be put together pretty cheap and without too much hassle.

gimme the quick gist of the parts needed for that please!!
i saw some pics and they look really great but i'm worried about a neck not fitting the squier body. how's that all work out?

http://what-ever-blank-ever.blogspot.co ... -mega.html
Neck will be a little big and you will have to do a little fitting. Compensated/angled saddles are a must to me. but really any 24 fret 30" scale neck will work out on a normal 21 fret 25.5 scale guitar, with a little tweaking.

Mudfuzz wrote:http://what-ever-blank-ever.blogspot.com/2011/04/tele-to-bass-vi-conversion-or-mega.html
Neck will be a little big and you will have to do a little fitting. Compensated/angled saddles are a must to me. but really any 24 fret 30" scale neck will work out on a normal 21 fret 25.5 scale guitar, with a little tweaking.

dayum, i don't have the time or skills (or facilities!) to do that, looks quite a bit of work. building/modding guitars is not my forte. i'm better at buying shit
but nice work i must say

Haki wrote:Sucks they broke up, but the Crown Fire album is bliss, then as a bonus you get Eugene Robinson at the end. I should get around to checking out their new projects.

http://www.myspace.com/aoksuicideforest
http://www.myspace.com/kaveldt

I think both those projects are also already done. The AOK record is fucking awesome.

Also be on the lookout for AWAAS and Sylvia (both feature ex-members of Conifer and Ocean).

nightraven wrote:

Mudfuzz wrote:http://what-ever-blank-ever.blogspot.com/2011/04/tele-to-bass-vi-conversion-or-mega.html
Neck will be a little big and you will have to do a little fitting. Compensated/angled saddles are a must to me. but really any 24 fret 30" scale neck will work out on a normal 21 fret 25.5 scale guitar, with a little tweaking.

dayum, i don't have the time or skills (or facilities!) to do that, looks quite a bit of work. building/modding guitars is not my forte. i'm better at buying shit
but nice work i must say

I'm a professional woodworker, for me the actual modding/assembly took all of 45 min, wiring it and fitting all those controls in it took the most time for me

As for buying one. As I said above I haz a Dano U2 Bari from the late 90's, I love the thing! You can tune them either bari or bass VI, also if you can find a Dano Hodad Bari those are dreamy

Ilikewater wrote:sometimes G to A

I really want to get a proper bari and set it up drop G, so I can be a fifth lower than the other guitar player (playing in drop C).

Still haven't found a baritone to buy, right now I just have my Schecter tuned to drop B

nightraven wrote:i've been really interested in going the Bass VI route. my hands are too small and wimpy to deal with a real bass and i dig how these look. the option i might go for is hunting down either a Teisco TB-64 or TG-64. anybody have any experience with them?

same here, my idea scale is somewhere between 32" and 28". so i've been on a quest of looking for shortscale basses that aren't single pickup or birdsong's price range.

basically i want a 5-string high strung 24 fret jazz bass :I