A Bass VI for $200?

[The Dead Ranch Hands]

I just made a cheapo Bass VI out of my SX Jag bass copy. I bought a Dano Baritone neck for it (30" scale), and the rest of the parts I already had on hand.










I'm really happy with it!

[MattK]

Brilliant! How does it sound?

[The Dead Ranch Hands]

Brilliant! How does it sound?

It sounds pretty great! It doesn't have a neck pickup and the bridge pickup is very close to the bridge, but it doesn't sound far off from recordings of the Bass VI that I've heard.

Now I just need a neck pickup and maybe some pickup surrounds to hide the gaps from the Jazz Bass pickup holes

[ohm-men]

Guess you've seen it before, but with it's latest update, A SD 'Lil 59 in the bridge.
For those ariving a bit later, DIY BAss VI body from African Maghonie with a reworked Squier Bronco Bass neck. Total price was 'round $ 200,- I guess.
Plays and sounds like the real thing.

[bassVIst]

Guess you've seen it before, but with it's latest update, A SD 'Lil 59 in the bridge.
For those ariving a bit later, DIY BAss VI body from African Maghonie with a reworked Squier Bronco Bass neck. Total price was 'round $ 200,- I guess.
Plays and sounds like the real thing.

i REALLY like this!

all of these...

[MattK]

That really is super hot - as if the VI had been popular right through the 70s and Fender had spruced it up to fit in with their 70s look.

[The Dead Ranch Hands]

Added a neck pickup and moved the bridge pickup north. Obviously the switch plate is just for looks, until I get around to routing for it. It's not perfect, but I did my best.

[Casbah]

This is an amazing thread!

How does that lil 59 sound with the bass VI?

[Metispicker]

I just made a cheapo Bass VI out of my SX Jag bass copy. I bought a Dano Baritone neck for it (30" scale), and the rest of the parts I already had on hand.






I'm really happy with it!

That's looks great! Did you have to reshape the neck pocket or the neck to get the dano neck to fit? I'd like to see a picture of the body and neck to see how it looks all together
I thinking of doing something similar either with a dano neck, or modify a bronco bass neck, or modify the short scale Hofner 182 bass neck which I currently have.

[Casbah]

Sorry to threadjack even further.. But is that the "baritone" Dano neck on Allparts.com or is it their Dano bass neck done up?

[The Dead Ranch Hands]

I just made a cheapo Bass VI out of my SX Jag bass copy. I bought a Dano Baritone neck for it (30" scale), and the rest of the parts I already had on hand.






I'm really happy with it!

That's looks great! Did you have to reshape the neck pocket or the neck to get the dano neck to fit? I'd like to see a picture of the body and neck to see how it looks all together
I thinking of doing something similar either with a dano neck, or modify a bronco bass neck, or modify the short scale Hofner 182 bass neck which I currently have.

There's a gap in the neck picket because the dano neck is narrower than the original bass neck. The dano neck is supposedly a little wider than a Strat neck, so you'd have to do some modding to get it to fit something like a strat or an offset. I'll try to get a full pic later.

[numberthirty]

I know of a really great thread on this very subject on another message board.

If it's cool, I'll be glad to post a link.

[MattK]

I've got a thread about it on shortscale.org, if that's what you mean! Otherwise it would be interesting to see.

[numberthirty]

I've got a thread about it on shortscale.org, if that's what you mean! Otherwise it would be interesting to see.

http://www.electrical.com/phpBB3/viewto ... 0&start=80

The first Bass VI conversion is on page two. Things pick up again around page five.

[MattK]

Nice, and with the imprimatur of the mighty Albini no less (well, his studio anyway).