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Ry Cooder : Bass VI or Strat Hybrid?

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:50 am
by Invader Zim
Title says it.

I hope for Bass VI pickups on a Strat in some manner.

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Curtis Novac Model
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And the thread that I posted earlier.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=112916


I posted a similar question on another board. ( I am stuck in my own Teisco Purgatory. )

Re: Ry Cooder : Bass VI or Strat Hybrid?

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:34 am
by N0_Camping4U
Is that guy playing a Bass VI/Strat hybrid? Or is it the earlier Bass VI without the strangle switch? Pre... 63, I think?

Are you asking about making a Strat with those pickups?

Re: Ry Cooder : Bass VI or Strat Hybrid?

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:38 pm
by Invader Zim
N0_Camping4U wrote:
Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:34 am
Is that guy playing a Bass VI/Strat hybrid? Or is it the earlier Bass VI without the strangle switch? Pre... 63, I think?

Are you asking about making a Strat with those pickups?

As someone elsewhere pointed out those pickups pictured were only used in '61 and '62.
Given Mr. Cooder's proclivities towards mutants and mash-ups I am curious if he is playing a Strat with early Bass VI pickups. A rather outside combination for 1979.

A Strat would be interesting as would a Teisco style build I am pondering.

Re: Ry Cooder : Bass VI or Strat Hybrid?

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:26 pm
by chrisrnps
There are references online and at least one other blurry photo (from Vintage Guitar magazine?) of Cooder playing a VI - with a capo and a slide!

Re: Ry Cooder : Bass VI or Strat Hybrid?

Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:33 am
by WillPhistre
What makes you think this is a strat? Looks exactly like a 61 bass vi to me. I think I played one just like it a few months ago!


https://imgur.com/XhFtIN9