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astro · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Montreal

Itâ€™s a Bass VI

12 years ago, I wanted a bass VI, and there were no options other than Fenderâ€™s custom shop or vintage at the time. I could afford neither. This was before the Squier and the Pawn Shop models were released. I decided to build one. I started collecting parts, had all the parts by around 2012 but then I bought a house, had kids, went back to school and basically the project went on the back burner. This year I decided to do a quickie paint job with Krylon satin Sea Glass on the unfinished body and today I assembled and wired it up.

The body (and pickguard) was made by Cooterfinger, itâ€™s one piece alder. It deserves a better paint job than the one I gave it because itâ€™s a really nice body. Iâ€™ll do a proper finish on it one day (retirement project?). Neck is from a Pawn Shop VI that I bought from eBay. Plates were made by Stereordinary over at Offsetguitars.com. Trem is AVRI, and the bridge is a Staytrem VI. Pickups are Fender (AVRI in the neck and middle, Classic Player Jaguar in the bridge).

I wired it up like stock, except that the strangle switch does nothing when I turn it on. I think I used the wrong capacitor. I had teeny tiny capacitors, and I think I used a 0.05 instead of a 0.0033. The numbers are so damn small that I probably misread them.

Ankhanu · . Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 2959 Location: Nova Scotia

Fuck thatâ€™s a good lookinâ€™ VI.
At least if the strangle is just a capacitor issue, itâ€™s an easy fix. How ya finding the hotter pickup in the bridge?
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astro · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Montreal

BearBoy · Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 3:36 pm Post subject:

Looks ace

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astro · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Montreal

Noirie. · YOUTH Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 5179

Looks sick.

Is it a Satin finish?
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astro · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Montreal

astro · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Montreal

I managed to carefully unsolder the caps and to resolder them into their proper spots. Wasnâ€™t easy as the leads were cut very short. But I succeeded. Strangle switch is very useful, I was worried it would cut out too much bass but it still sounds good when activated.

This thing is a blast to play! My little one is in bed now so I canâ€™t crank it through the Concert, but Iâ€™ve been playing it through my Roland Bass Microcube using headphones with the reverb cranked, and having fun trying to sound like a spaghetti western soundtrack. I wish it hadnâ€™t taken me 12 years to finish it, but I am glad to finally be able to play it!

dots · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:35 am Post subject:

Fantastic job! I especially love the epic story behind its completion.
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astro · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Montreal

BoringPostcards · . Joined: 30 Jul 2009 Posts: 1431 Location: Newfoundland

Looks really good. Bass VIs are very fun instruments to play.
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speedfish · . Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 1148

Nice! I love when a project comes together!
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Thom · lamp Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 5667 Location: Exeter, UK

That looks great - well done for finishing it!

Doog · Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:29 pm Post subject:

What a beaut!
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Freddy V-C · Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:33 pm Post subject:

Damn, this looks great and the colour is gorgeous! Well done on finally getting it finished.
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