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Finishing my tele body to make a second VI. All that's left is to clear coat it, then assemble. Side note, I really should've worn gloves.

Where did you get a bass VI neck for a tele?

edit: nevermind found them on ebay

DC Kunkle, but that's probably what you found? They're awesome. Same quality as an American Fender from what I can tell.

I second that the DC Kunkle is great. Its a super thick neck though, which some may find offputting.

BoatRich wrote:DC Kunkle, but that's probably what you found? They're awesome. Same quality as an American Fender from what I can tell.

Does this require moving the bridge or anything, or can you literally slap this neck onto any guitar body with a Fender sized neck pocket and you're in Bass VI country?

Yeah dude, it's a conversion neck so nothing has to get moved around.

bloatedsack wrote: or can you literally slap this neck onto any guitar body with a Fender sized neck pocket and you're in Bass VI country?

No, you can't. First, you need a 25.5" scale body -- a Strat, Tele, Jazzmaster or some other 25.5" Fender. Another thing you have to consider is the shape of the neck pocket -- there's Strat style (rounded) and Tele style (straight).

BoatRich wrote:Yeah dude, it's a conversion neck so nothing has to get moved around.

Wow this is awesome. Thinking about converting a'51. I'm assuming I'd need a different bridge? Or at least bigger saddles for the bass vi strings, yeah?

Bon Hoga wrote:

bloatedsack wrote: or can you literally slap this neck onto any guitar body with a Fender sized neck pocket and you're in Bass VI country?

No, you can't. First, you need a 25.5" scale body -- a Strat, Tele, Jazzmaster or some other 25.5" Fender. Another thing you have to consider is the shape of the neck pocket -- there's Strat style (rounded) and Tele style (straight).

Warmth has a 28 5/8" conversion neck that'll work with a Strat or Tele body as does Moses which makes a graphite neck for Strat and Tele conversions. I had a tele with a moses neck a long time ago. It sounded great but was super out of balance but I never tried moving the position of the strap buttons which might have helped that.

I should be getting my new pawnshop VI on Tuesday. It's getting a full setup and electronics (pickups and pots) and hardware overhaul (nut, bridge/trem, shielding and pickguard). Hopefully I can get some recording done with it next week.

We were talking about the DC Kunkle necks specifically.

I've got an old Epi strat clone from the '80s with a neck that suffers from severe fret sprout and an owner who can't fit his fat fingers with all the winky little strings. Ressurrecting it as a Bass VI would be an interesting use for what's left of it, as it was my first guitar and I feel some sort of attachment to it.

I'd have to measure the pocket, but I suspect it's 100% Fender clone.

Now I just need to save some money and find some time. How hard was filing a nut blank?

bloatedsack wrote:How hard was filing a nut blank?

GFS sells pre-slotted bone nuts, they're good quality and easy to work with, provided you've got proper nut files.

So apparently this was a thing, as much as anything that shipped fewer than 70 units between '60 and '61 can be called a thing. Gibson EB-6.

FFS. Get rid of that burst and I'd be all over it

Got my VI back....mastery bridge and trem, Lollar pickups, 110 Kalium strings, new pickguard and the Couch strap is from 70's VW's